Recent content by Tom Monroe

I'd feel kinda cheesy carrying a nice bass like that around in a soft case.

Gotta feel sorry for the poor guy that received the bass that you had expected instead of the bass he paid for.

The late incomparable Ray Brown.

What is the finish like on the back of the neck?

My first fretless bass was in 1978 and it was an Ibanez that someone had removed the frets from and filled the slots with something really hard (I don't know what). I played that bass for several years. Ibanez instruments were not so great back then, but it was not too bad. The only fretless...

Guitar. I wanted to play guitar from the beginning, but the band my brother had needed a bass player. The rest is history. I am still learning to play guitar. I will always be a bassist. Even my guitar playing smacks of bassism.

Love the bass. Love the playing. I remember the first time I heard Geddy Lee on the radio back in the middle 70's. I immediately stopped and listened closely and said who the hell is that?! I had the oppportunity once back in 1976 to buy an Alembic (probably one of the first they ever made)...

Although my musical interest seems to be less rock oriented than many here I still like some songs at high volume. Among my favs are Anthem for A New America by Jeff Lorber, Child Of Man by Noa and Pat Metheny, and Outback Oasis by Don Grusin.

Howdy. I picked this bass up today and after looking at the serial number I find it was made by Samick, sometime between 1988 and 1996. I opened the cover to look at the pots and I do not see any serial number on the pots that are visible. The pots are double stacked, so I cannot see the pot...