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My parents bought me my first bass and amp when I was in sixth grade. The bass was a Gibson SG knockoff and the amp was a Peavy TK065. Being...

This one hits a little close to home. ;)

yesterday - friday april 26 - our dear friend honeykat closed his eyes for the last time. he was over 20 years old, and has been with my husband...

I get to play my first gig in about 5 years tonight. A simple open mic and my band is the first slot, at 7pm. As a teacher, I have little public...

Well, I started last year after turning 47, but anyhow.... Haven't been taking lessons since I bought my 1st bass, the every popular "cheapest...

It came out in 98 and was set in 85 If they made it today, it would be set in 2003 Weird The wonder years came out in 88 and was set in 68 If...

An london ramirez dealer told a story , julian bream once had visited him and tried the first ramirez , he loves it and than tries another 30...

I am still going through the 5 stages of grief over my recent quitting of a band I have been with for 10 years. A lot of good memories and enough...

I got this bass in 1995 at First Flight Music in NYC and all they told me was that it was traded in by “Johnny Winter’s bassist”, and that all...

Let me first say that I have played a BG twice in the last ten years. I am a DB player exclusively but may need an electric in the future. And, in...

The first browser with inline images. For me the peak of the web was 1995 when some people had created beautiful sites, but they weren't loaded...

Is it a new amp, a new cabinet technology, a Gibson bass that tunes itself (just kidding), strings, software, effects, accessories...whatever....

Or mass actually matters in bass?

I bought my NS5XL back in 2000 and it was blue/black. Actually it was more black than blue. Now, after years of sitting in the light, I walk into...

Hello DB side of TB! As a courtesy to those w/o much time, and knowing I will probably go on for a bit... TL;DR - any info or knowledge you can...

There is one for sale. It has 24 carat gold plated hardware and reportedly only 200 were made. Anyone knows anything about these ? A Google search...

Title pretty much says it all. Didnt succumb to GAS, and crushed the remaining $42k in student loan debt I had and $15k in credit card debt in a...

Church Bassist Discovers His Amp Has Been Unplugged For Past 20 Years :D Moonshine :bassist:

Hello, I used to play bass about 8 years ago and I recently got the itch to start again. I owned a Music Man Sting Ray and a Fender Jazz Bass...

Search function had limited info especially consider the age of the post. I seem to recall that some of the earlier models were not really as well...

Tyrolean bass approximately 160 years old, color is reddish black, $9,300. Upper bouts 8.5, width 9.0 lower bouts 8.5, width across back 21, width...

And top google result says "vintage" is anything 20+ years old. Sooo......looks like this bad boy is SIXTEEN VINTAGE AMPS now! Or, like 14 vintage...

Why is Bon Jovi’s album back at No. 1, two years later? - How The Industry is selling CDs Bon Jovi’s 2016 album This House Is Not for Sale...

Sure, you could probably call this a shameless attempt to get a few extra instruments, but I've been toying with the idea of getting a bass that...

So, in 1996, I was a dumb teenager. Luckily I was smart enough to buy a brand new Fender American Deluxe P-bass that I play, love, and cherish to...

Hey, bassfolk! I am planning a 50th birthday present for myelf and have a little over 2 years to plan/save for it. I want a really, really nice...

Maybe because back then, those guys were the same age as I am now? At any rate, I'm loving this stuff. Easy lines, but catchy and fun to play!

Donnie Iris will be 75 years old next week and still performing [MEDIA]

So about a month ago I found a Guild or DeArmond Pilot body. So I sanded it down and repainted the body. Found a set of Select EMG pup's. I talked...

I found relative and perfect pitch audio courses from internet. Can 47 year old man , new to music playing and not gifted and talented learn them ?

Hi all, About 20 years ago, I started building a bass. It was never completed, mostly because I haven't had access to a real workshop since then,...

Posted this four years ago, this morning I realized that it has been 50 years since 1968. An awful lot happened in that year. This post is not...

.... I joined TalkBass. Time flies when you're having fun. :D

Can anyone tell me which year these came out? Also, what (if anything) is different about them now and when those changes came about? I know there...