biro Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) hi everybody, I'm biro. Italian bass player, living in the astoundingly beautiful (though astonishingly boring) florence, probably going to spend some time in leicester next year (god bless the erasmus programme). I'm a law student, I play in couple of bands, mostly fast and heavy stuff, and I'm a total gearhead. My main bass is a 1991 Peavey TL-Six bass, Tim Landers signature six-stringer. Great instrument, and, as stated in some review on harmony central, a real poor man's Alembic. I also own one of those infamous H&S ebay phenomena: a Sequoia six string fretless, which I consider one of the sweetest deals I've ever made, and a Spirit by Steinberger 5 stringer. I don't care too much about the amps. They're big and heavy and I'm too lazy to carry them out. And since I'm kind of a nerd, and getting used to Guitar Rig and Ampeg SVX was not a problem, I tend to rely on a good tube preamplifier and a laptop for my gigs. As a few brave ones may care, here are the links for my youtube channel and myspace page: [url="http://ballpointmusic.tk"]http://ballpointmusic.tk[/url] [url="http://ballpointvideos.tk"]http://ballpointvideos.tk[/url] Before i forget: I've been dragged here by Boneless... but, unlike him, I'm not a native speaker. Please be kind! I hope I'm not going to bother you with my awful grammar skills. Edited February 6, 2009 by biro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi Biro - Welcome to the forums! Good to have you here - enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Welcome... And your use of the English language is a lot better than some of the natives!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdphysio Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) Buonasera Biro, benvenuto. Come stai? Mi piace molto l'Italia! Ciao, Karl (sono Gallese!) ((Buona fortuna con il rugby!!)) Edited February 7, 2009 by kdphysio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biro Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) thank you guys. this is what I would call a hearty welcome. glad I landed to this great shore! Karl, grazie mille! I appreciate it a lot. Edited February 7, 2009 by biro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Benvenuto a Basschat. Spero che lo godiate. Desidero che potrei parlare italiano. Ringrazi il dio per Babelfish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Welcome to Basschat. My Italian only extends to ordering food and drink and asking for the bill. so I'll stick to English. I have a Peavey Tim Landers 5 string. You don't see many of them around. Great bass and an Ebay bargain bu I had a hell of a job trying to source spare pots to replace worn out tone controls. Manged to get a treble and bass one sent from Peavey USA but still can't find a mid/ mid sweep one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Welcome Biro and yes your English is superb! Good to see so many Italians here on BC. Not been to Florence yet but I've adored all the many parts of Italy I have visited so far. and Valentino Rossi is THE Man! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biro Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 thank you so much guys. it's great to find such an amazing welcome committee! I really have to say that this forum is surprisingly cool, and I'm already in love with it. apart from that, it's a great way to talk about basses and bass-related stuff, while practicing some written english. I definitely need it. luckily enough, it looks like I haven't completely lost the ability to write an understandable sentence in this language. that's a heartening result, since my university exchange programme application is eligible to be selected in just a bunch of months... i need to hurry up (and write a lot!) in order to recover completely! GreeneKing, a heartfelt thank you from my language skills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneless Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) [Italian fraternity mode ON] Toh, pure tu qua [/mode OFF] Anyway, folks, he's just too modest, too stupidly modest A great bass player (check out his videos and Myspace... erm, the two links in his signature, they're really worth a look) and great English as well, sometimes even better than mine (and I am half-English - my mother's from Middlesbrough - as well! Shame on me *puts bag over his head* ). Really, he always underestimates himself, but considering he is completely self-taught (right, biro?) he is really surprisingly good. Even if he wasn't self-taught, I'd say the same thing A great asset for the forum Edited February 9, 2009 by Boneless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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