Why did you start this?

[alyctes]

I played cello as a kid.  Wasn't bad at it.  Noticed I understood things about music that most people didn't.  Stopped in my late teens, mixture of other pressures.

In my forties, I noticed I thought of myself as musical without ever picking an instrument up.  

So I guess I got here by embarrassing myself into it.

 

[Chiliwailer]

What made you pick up that first bass at the start of this long and winding road?

2 mates had just got guitars, so I thought we could get it together, and hey, bass is easier right?! It made sense though, I loved rhythm and wanted to be a drummer. 

 

Do you still have the same fire and enthusiasmr? Do you still love it?

Yes, and yes. 

 

What has changed along the way?

While still young I had to stop being in bands due to health issues. That was tough, although by then I’d worked out session work felt soulless and pointless to me, and making it in a band was highly unrealistic. I loved my last band but it badly impacted my health as I really should have fully stopped by then, and actually already had done for a couple of years. 

 

Your taste in music, taste in basses?

All been pretty steady. 

 

What was the first bass?
Rockwood LX100B

 

And what’s the latest?

Completely unexpectedly, I got a fretless Stingray and a Stingray Special within days of each other last month.  

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Chiliwailer said:

And what’s the latest?

Completely unexpectedly, I got a fretless Stingray and a Stingray Special within days of each other last month.

 

You still think 'I wonder where they came from?'

[Chiliwailer]

3 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

You still think 'I wonder where they came from?'

Unfortunately the Barclaycard left some clues. 
 

Despite my subconscious GAS denials.