Long-time lurker, first-time poster (Vancouver)

[treehorse]

Hey all. I've read these boards a lot but I don't think I ever got around to signing up for an account before now - pretty much every time I've had a question, somebody's already answered it here and I haven't needed to ask!

But I just bought a new bass last week and need a place to post about it with people who might actually be vaguely interested - my husband is very patient but there's really only so much bass talk he can be expected to listen to...

I was playing a 2003 Fender P-bass, which I loved (though I'm going to have to sell it to pay for the new bass - breaks my heart, but I know I'd regret letting the new bass get away more). I lucked into finding a used MM Stingray5 w/piezo, in pacific blue burst with a gorgeous abalone pickguard - it is absolutely beautiful and sounds amazing.

I play in a project here in Vancouver - it's called ARCTIC, and is sometimes a solo project by Marcus Martin and sometimes a band. When it's a band, I'm in it. We played at NXNE (Canada's answer to SXSW) this year and we play somewhere in town about every month.

Anyway, great to meet all of you!

Kirsten

[James Hart]

Welcome to TalkBass Kirsten, it's good to meet you too. My wife nods politely when I get to rambling about basses and music... I know how it goes

I just had a listen to Artic on Myspace... pretty cool stuff!

How are you dealing with the jump to 5 string? Got any more shots of the new one? It looks pretty cool in the little bit I can see in the one you posted.

[treehorse]

Thanks for the welcome! I'll post some more SR pics tonight - got them on the 'puter at home but not this one I'm on right now.

I had a few days of awkwardness with the 5-string, and I was a little worried at first (especially after reading a lot of people here who said they couldn't really adjust). I was only renting it at the time, just to make sure it was The One before committing. But it felt right after a few days, and now if I pick up my P-bass and try tapping I keep smacking in between the strings for the first minute or so. I feel very much at home with the 5-string now. I've got one song that involves a lot of string crossings, and I think that helped me out more than any of the usual exercises I do.

Just took it in on Monday to get set up, and I'm picking it up this evening - I can hardly wait - it played really well already, but now it's going to feel like a Ferrari. (Not that I'd know what a Ferrari feels like, but I can guess.)

Kirsten

[treehorse]

Alrighty, I just posted some pictures in the "post pictures of your bass" thread here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...=1#post3367016

enjoy!

[James Hart]

Originally Posted by treehorse

Alrighty, I just posted some pictures in the "post pictures of your bass" thread here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...=1#post3367016

enjoy!

very sharp!