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Greetings from a new member

#61
JRA said:
welcome!

love to gawk at what others find pleasing: please post a pic of your player.
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Current line up but exchanging the yamaha for an Ibanez sr405
JRA said:
welcome!

love to gawk at what others find pleasing: please post a pic of your player.
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I started my journey back with an Ibanez gsr20 mikro due to my slightly smaller than average male hands, and I enjoy it. Afterwards I added in a Yamaha trbx305 for the 5 string and obviously much deeper sound and better tuning options. I currently have the Mikro tuned to the standard e a d g tuning, and need a 5 string for the drop d and drop c tuning. After giving the Yamaha a go I just can't get along with the neck and the active pickups. The Ibanez sr 405 has passive capability and an active preamp, so best of both worlds IMO. So, I am exchanging the Yamaha for the sr 405.
 

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#66
trigger happy said:
1st post from a new member and fairly new player. I first started playing bass back in high school band 30 years ago and have decided to pick it up again after a lifetime away from it, so I am basically starting all over again. I look forward to the wealth of information to be found here, so much has changed.

I have a positive attitude, I am driven, and a passion for bass and music in general.

I am also a professional archer working in the archery industry do if any of you are interested am always willing to discuss. There is an archery forum similar to this one, so I'm versed in the rules and etiquette. Thanks in advance and I look forward to learning and sharing with you all!
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#68
Welcome Trigger Happy, I have a similar story, played in high school and in college. Just out of College, I had a compound fracture of my left arm that messed up tendons. I put my bass in the closet for years, and decided I better play this thing or sell it. I practiced for a couple of months and am now back playing again. ...it can be done. It was frustrating for a while. It takes a while to get the chops back and to be able to relearn all the patterns and techniques.

By the way, our family has a cabin up at Priest Lake and we spend a lot of time up there. My wife's sister lives in Lewiston, and we both went to WSU and spent quite a few nights partying in Moscow Idaho. Cheers.
 
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G'day trigger happy, an archer from Aus here. I haven't been shooting compound lately (actually sold my last hoyt pce to buy a bass) been enjoying shooting longbow for something different. I used to take my indoor fita very seriously but these days I enjoy shooting field and 3d more :)
 
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trigger happy said:
Probably like the one in my photo. Bare bow retails for $1800 USD, then added in accessories of sight, stabilizers, arrows, quiver, releases, all fine tuned to the bow platform, it can get up over $3000 pretty easily. It does give you about the same satisfaction to play both well also. :)
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Nah, that's the antithesis of Pbass with tort and flats. Pbass with tort and flats is utilitarian, only as good as a bass has to be, no better, which naturally makes it the best, since it resides at the intersection of increasing cost and diminishing returns.
 
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