bass player feeling at home

[Matthijs]

Hi all,

Just introducing myself. Being a long time bass player I feel right at home on this forum and want to thank you for letting me in. Just to let you now where I stand:

I believe tone is in your fingers, not in your gear. Yet as any bassist I know: I constantly tinker with my gear and can talk for hours on the subject.

I don't hate guitarists for not realising how important the bass is. I've lost that chip on my shoulder a long time ago. (And anyway hornplayers are far worse).

I've always prefered 10 inch speakers over bigger ones and I'm especially proud of my very small home built 2*10 stack that's specially tuned for double bass. (I stole some schroeder idea's). All though I have to say I find my opinions are shifting as I've bought a bigger car.

I'm not stuck to a particular musical style and mostly play double bass or frettless. I use my frettless for everything, including normaly 'fretted music'.

I resent all songs containing 14 or more different chords. I think it's a bassplayers task to clarify the harmonic structure and counteract keyboard players and guitarists who think "more is more".

[James Hart]

Well said and glad to meet you!
(though I prefer a 12" and 15" driver combo myself )


Welcome to Talkbass!

[Vorago]

Hey, niet zoveel Vlamingen en Nederlanders hier, een aantal, maar het is hier overwegend Amerikaans en Engels. Nadeel is dus dat je weinig over Europese bassen te weten komt, maar dat neemt niet weg dat ze hier op alles een antwoord hebben. Plus, het is een erg leuke community, een van de gezelligste die ik ken.

Groeten van een zuiderbuur

[Bob Clayton]

Welcome, Matthijs, to TalkBass.com!

Hope you enjoy it here. There's a bunch of great people on the boards with tons to talk about.

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Happy Posting!

Bob Clayton