Hi all,
New guy here from the Barrie, Ontario, Canada region. Here is my story: I started out playing drums as a teenager, then gave it up to play guitar for most of my young adult years (can't play drums in an apartment building and keep a roof over your head). I returned to drumming 4 years ago when we bought our first house. Now I find the desire to learn to play bass too (geez, like my recent addition of a sound room and multitracker has anything to do with that timing). Ah yes, middle-aged and longing for 4 more arms and 2 more legs to play it all at once
Guess it's my version of a mid-life crisis. No Ferrari, no 18 year old blondes, just lots of music.
I have been lurking here for the last month gathering information and ideas of a good first bass to buy. Thanks for all the info gathered here, but in the end I had to go play as many basses as I could. My favorite was the Music Man Sting Ray 5, but I was not prepared to drop that much money at this point. The Ibanez SRX700 was my second choice, but the Fender Jaguar also seemed to have the sound and feel I was looking for. Then I had a suprise. One of the salesmen at a local music store, whom I have delt with for years, showed me the OLP Tony Levin sig. 5 string. She aint the prettiest bass in town (she's not ugly either) and nobody will be handing me a members only jacket for owning it, but instantly it had the feel, and the sound I was looking for plus a few sounds I did not expect from a $450 CND bass. No matter which bass I played from that point on, I found myself compairing it to the TL. I bought it, and with the money I saved I decided to pass on the 30 watt practice amp and bought the Yorkville XM200C amp. Oooh does that bass and that amp sound good together.
Anywho, that's my story and I look forward to hanging around here to learn more about the world of basses as I learn to play this beast.
Here is my new bass (OLP Tony Levin sig):
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New guy here from the Barrie, Ontario, Canada region. Here is my story: I started out playing drums as a teenager, then gave it up to play guitar for most of my young adult years (can't play drums in an apartment building and keep a roof over your head). I returned to drumming 4 years ago when we bought our first house. Now I find the desire to learn to play bass too (geez, like my recent addition of a sound room and multitracker has anything to do with that timing). Ah yes, middle-aged and longing for 4 more arms and 2 more legs to play it all at once
Guess it's my version of a mid-life crisis. No Ferrari, no 18 year old blondes, just lots of music.I have been lurking here for the last month gathering information and ideas of a good first bass to buy. Thanks for all the info gathered here, but in the end I had to go play as many basses as I could. My favorite was the Music Man Sting Ray 5, but I was not prepared to drop that much money at this point. The Ibanez SRX700 was my second choice, but the Fender Jaguar also seemed to have the sound and feel I was looking for. Then I had a suprise. One of the salesmen at a local music store, whom I have delt with for years, showed me the OLP Tony Levin sig. 5 string. She aint the prettiest bass in town (she's not ugly either) and nobody will be handing me a members only jacket for owning it, but instantly it had the feel, and the sound I was looking for plus a few sounds I did not expect from a $450 CND bass. No matter which bass I played from that point on, I found myself compairing it to the TL. I bought it, and with the money I saved I decided to pass on the 30 watt practice amp and bought the Yorkville XM200C amp. Oooh does that bass and that amp sound good together.
Anywho, that's my story and I look forward to hanging around here to learn more about the world of basses as I learn to play this beast.
Here is my new bass (OLP Tony Levin sig):
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