Greetings from Norway

[jansenh]

Hi all. What a great forum?! I've read some threads & topics, and really like the tone, attitude and conversations. Anyhow, this is my introduction:

I am 37 (male) from Norway, playing bass for 4 years. I have no background in playing any instrument since I gave up on music in school at age 13 ... I am an blues, rock and metal enthusiast, traveling to various festivals and concerts the past 20 years. And during all my experiences with live music, I always found the bass very fascinating. Then I decided to just start playing myself, life is to short to watch it from the sideline... Practicing a lot at home, having some professional guidance from time to time, and I have friends that a seasoned musicians helping me out. I am not really good at it, but trying to keep it simple, steady, modest and basic --- to support the rest of the band, and not shine through too much. So, I can make it work on a descent level. And more important: I enjoy it a lot!

Last year I started playing with a blues/rock cover band, and earlier this year I joined [url="http://www.myspace.com/escapetor"]http://www.myspace.com/escapetor[/url] . I also play at home with my 14 year old son on drums, and a friend on guitar - we play classic rock & blues covers.

For blues/rock I play a [b]Fender Precision 62 re-issue[/b] and for metal I play a [b]Warwick Corvette 5 string[/b].

My amp+cab situation is kind of frustrating at the moment:

I have used the [b]Ashdown ABM EVO III - ABM410 - ABM115[/b]. This equipment has a delicate tone for the blues/rock stuff I play, but the Ashdowns totally failed upon me for playing the Escapetor stuff with two very loud guitars. Its far from loud enough, cranked up full, I still couldn't hear a thing of what I was playing. And I ended up blowin up all 4 (!!!) elements PLUS the horn in the 410... got it replaced by a new one, and gave up on cranking the Ashdowns up to far... I will probably keeping my Ashdowns stuff for blues/rock.

To fulfill the need for loads of volume playing metal with escapetor, I recently bought a [b]Ampeg 810 and a SVT-CL[/b] for that purpose. Which really solved the issue, but hurt a bit money-wise. And my body + head hurts a bit from the massive sound it produces...

regards, Henning

[neepheid]

Welcome to the forum

[Hamster]

Hi Henning-welcome to BassChat!

Some nice gear you have there.

Enjoy!

Hamster

[SteveO]

hei henning, where abouts are you? I'm in Hønefoss (65km north of Oslo) but don't be fooled though, I'm English. Jei snakke Norsk, bortsett ikke fint, and I hope that means what I think it means

We also have annother Norwegian hereabouts somewhere, but I'll let him introduce himself.

Oh and Welcome to the forum.

[edited to say that I don't speak norwegian very well instead of the original which said I talk too fast (at least I think it did ) ]

Edited July 18, 2008 by SteveO

[Machines]

[quote name='jansenh' post='242711' date='Jul 18 2008, 01:55 PM']I have used the [b]Ashdown ABM EVO III - ABM410 - ABM115[/b]. ................Its far from loud enough, cranked up full, I still couldn't hear a thing of what I was playing. And I ended up blowin up all 4 (!!!) elements PLUS the horn in the 410...[/quote]

This was an ABM500 right ?! :wacko:

[jansenh]

[quote name='SteveO' post='242818' date='Jul 18 2008, 04:44 PM']hei henning, where abouts are you?[/quote]

I am in Tananger, outside Stavanger, on the beautiful west-coast ...

[jansenh]

[quote name='Machines' post='242849' date='Jul 18 2008, 05:16 PM']This was an ABM500 right ?! :wacko:[/quote]


Yes, the ABM 500 EVO III