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Hey Munjibunga...

Not to steer this off of this awesome topic, but what acoustic bass is that? Nice looking!
Thanks. It's a Tanglewood and yeah, it's a nice instrument. It should be as it wasn't cheap - cost me about £400/$640.

It's quite surprising how different an ABG is to a regular electric bass. My playing on that is totally different to on my other basses - much more physical (to get the volume) and often very like rhythm guitar, with more chords than I normally use. If any bassist reading this hasn't ever tried an ABG, you really should, they're great fun to play.
 
bassybill said:
Thanks. It's a Tanglewood and yeah, it's a nice instrument. It should be as it wasn't cheap - cost me about £400/$640.

It's quite surprising how different an ABG is to a regular electric bass. My playing on that is totally different to on my other basses - much more physical (to get the volume) and every often very like rhythm guitar, with more chords than I normally use. If any bassist reading this hasn't ever tried an ABG, you really should, they're great fun to play.

+1. Nowhere to hide with these babies :)
 
bassybill said:
Thanks. It's a Tanglewood and yeah, it's a nice instrument. It should be as it wasn't cheap - cost me about £400/$640.

It's quite surprising how different an ABG is to a regular electric bass. My playing on that is totally different to on my other basses - much more physical (to get the volume) and every often very like rhythm guitar, with more chords than I normally use. If any bassist reading this hasn't ever tried an ABG, you really should, they're great fun to play.

It looks a lot like my 'El Capitan'.
 

Glad to see my chops were liked! haha
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