Greetings from sunny southern Wisconsin!
I've been playing guitar for about 20 years, and while I'm not very proficient at it, I can hold my own in a jam situation.
I've owned a really bad no name P-bass copy for many years, until I finally gave up on it. 5 years ago I bought an Ibanez AEB-30 to play around with, but I never really got into playing bass very much.
Until now.
Recently, I bought an SX SJB-75 Jazz bass B-Stock from Rondo (at $99, I couldn't resist!) 'cuz I've always wanted a jazz bass. Within a week I also scored a Jay Turser JTB-2B violin bass from ebay, 'cuz I've always wanted a "Beatle" bass. Having satisfied my G.A.S. for a bass guitar, I'm currently awaiting the arrival (at G.C.) of a Marshall MB30 bass amp I ordered. I've been playing through a guitar PodXT Live using the bass amp models, and it's great for practicing.
Since I'm pretty much a beginner, I'm satisfied with the equipment I have, it seems to be pretty good quality and I'm having a lot of fun learning something new. I've been downloading as much bass related info as I can regarding theory, scales, and just plain old play-along tabs and audio or video. I wish this stuff was around when I was trying to learn guitar!
I've been lurking here for a while and finally decided to join in and participate, as this seems to be a very active forum with a lot of helpful people.
I'll post some pics of my basses when I can. I could post pics of my guitars, but this IS a bass forum! Here's one I can show ya:
Not the best quality picture, but you get the idea.
Looking forward to hanging out a learning more!
Cheers!
CO
