Official Crappy Bassist with Expensive Gear Club

[motherpenny]

Oooh can I grab a number.

I can play probably 10 covers, a couple of scales and Big Bottom by Spinal Tap with my BassBalls and 1970 EHX Hot Tubes.
Here's some crappy pics of my gear:
Refurbed 1997 Ashdown Klystron 4x10 400W


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Mint 1997 Fender MIA Standard P-Bass


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Mint 1991 Squier by Fender Japanese MB-5


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1970's Electro Harmonix Hot Tubes (&BASSBALLS)


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[Eater_of_Birds]

man if only my gear was more expensive id be in :s

[dose]

Originally Posted by motherpenny

Oooh can I grab a number.

I can play probably 10 covers, a couple of scales and Big Bottom by Spinal Tap with my BassBalls and 1970 EHX Hot Tubes.
Here's some crappy pics of my gear:
Refurbed 1997 Ashdown Klystron 4x10 400W


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Mint 1997 Fender MIA Standard P-Bass


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Mint 1991 Squier by Fender Japanese MB-5


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Whats a scale? you sound over qualified

[motherpenny]

Originally Posted by dose

Whats a scale? you sound over qualified

Whoops, I've said too much!

[jackson_bass]

I might qualify if I had some expensive equipment.

[cyclomatic]

It's probably me!
Warwick Streamer Std 5, Spector Euro 5 LX, Spector Legend Classic (NIB) Carvin BX500, Warwick 410 cab (workin' on Warwick 115 too) Tech 21 Sansamp RBI etc.
Wish my playing was equal to the quality of my gear.
Just call me numero.........?

[loopee]

Just got back from the gig from Hell - worst gig ever but I do own

3 custom one of a kind handmade basses (all shortscales weighing 6lb +/-
1 Markbass LMII head
1 Markbass CMD121P combo
1 Markbass NY121 cab
1 Schroeder Mini 12+L (slightly customized from the standard cab)
Lots of pedals, DHA VT1 EQ among them
Monster cables, etc

Can I have a number please

[motherpenny]

Oooh can we see the short scale basses? I'm a big fan of them and am thinking about going for a short scale fender next.

[dose]

My new addition 1986 Brooklyn Spector NS2

[Legattabass]

Oh man sign me the f-ck up. This is the first and only club I could honestly join!

GAS'd my way through:

1. Some Ibanez. SOLD.
2. MIM P Bass. SOLD.
3. Peavey T-40. SOLD.
4. Warwick Streamer LX5. SOLD.
5. 2009 MIM P Bass. HEAVILY MODIFIED. HANGING ON BY A THREAD.

Play through an Orange combo amp, or a Hartke 3500 head with fender 4x10 cab. Have chewed through and tinkered with several half completed SX's. Have an Agile Al-2000 for when I feel like pretending I'm a 6 string player too.

Also embarassed to play in stores, though thats getting less frequent. Working on my scales. Jam poorly with a friend on guitar.

I'm confident that someday I will pretend I made a return on investment, and be able to play in a store without getting embarassed

[yuujin]

wow. didnt see this club.

small intro on why i fit the bill.

1st bass MIJ Fender 62RI (Sold)
2nd bass Warwick Thumb BO 5 (Sold)
3rd bass Warwick Streamer Stage 1 5 (Traded)
4th bass Sadowsky MV4 Will Lee (Current)

And I have only been playing since 2008, my combo amp is average, a Hartke A70.

[racket]

Oh yea… I "belong" in this club. To describe my playing...I would say that I play bass with all the skill and virtuosity of a spastic one armed bongo player. (no offense to any and all spastic, one armed, bongo players). As for gear, I have nice stuff, but I know, all I do is bang on my bass, so I don’t need a Ritter. So what is my number?.

[NortyFiner]

Yeah, I belong in this club, if only for my 3Leaf Groove Regulator and other pedal expenses. I've spent way too much on gear to suck at bass as much as I do.

[Coginator]

I wish buying an expensive rig made me play better!
I'd like a number.

[Spaldo]

Originally Posted by StereoPlayer

People say I'm good, sometimes I "think" I'm OK. But I'm kinda of a hack
I'm in!

That's me to a "T"...

I'm in...

Numba please...

[chokeslam512]

Count me in... Modulus bass through Genz Benz 12.0 into Schroeder cabs.

[Rick&jazzbacker]

Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy

so is there going to be a good bass players with crap gear club

Would make common sense. I did professionnal recording sessions with a 200$ squier pbass with great results. Did a show with a Peavey combo 300 ( 300$ used?) and had nice comments. A great writer could use a 2 cents pencil with great results too (iMac? Lol).

[Rick Blanc]

Originally Posted by StereoPlayer

People say I'm good, sometimes I "think" I'm OK. But I'm kinda of a hack
I'm in!

Ding Ding Ding. This is how I feel about my bass playing

[Miasma]

I had an expensive bass, MM SR 4, and I sucked at it until someone recently stole it



Therefore I am not even qualified for this club...

You are so lucky guys!

But I had a good laugh reading this thread!

[puddin tame]

this thread kind of depresses me. it's not a good thing if you have 10k worth of gear and can't play