I am useless to this website

[ryan pate]

I am useful....oh wait,to this website? nvm.

 

[FerK]

I haven't purchased any gear in the last 3 years or so. I have no GAS, and haven't had any in just as long. I don't play live anymore (I jam with friends once a week). We have no practice-room volume issues, no internal "band" problems, and where I live there's no Craigslist, Reverb, GuitarCenter, Sweetwater, etc. Nobody tells me anything about my tone, bass style, nor do I tell them about theirs.

Useless to this site. Completely useless.

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Wait...You are in Tampa? We should discuss this over a beer. I've been useless to this website for over 20 years so I might be able to give you some pointers.

 

[Chickenwheels]

I am personally acquainted with a man who actually did Barbara eden

Sounds romantic.

 

[Chickenwheels]

It's blue.

Olympic White.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

True confession time... Of the 14 bases that I own, only 1 of them is a 5 string. I hope the forum can continue on with this knowledge.

Hell, I only own three basses (and I'm looking to sell one of those)!

 

[Geogio]

I don’t have any pedals, or frets.
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I had a friend years ago that had a fretless precision bass, a fretless precision bass...

We named it "The Oxymoron"

 

[dalkowski]

I just play a P direct into an ampeg svt with an 810.

Deep down in our collective heart of hearts, all of TB aspires to be you (assuming you string your P with flats). You GO, brotherman!

 

[Charlie Tuna]

You posted a picture of your rig so you're doing just fine.

Well done.

 

[Spidey2112]

I can occasionally post a picture of my bass.

Is it your first bass? Is it... an old bass?

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

Is it your first bass? Is it... an old bass?

That is my one current bass. It is a FCS 62 that I ordered from Sweetwater in 2020. It’s about 1.5 years old. I miss my old basses but this one works

 

[BassDaddy77]

I've been useless since 1977, just ask my parents!


I am fascinated by what one does with a toboggan in Tampa though. Can you surf with it? Sand dune sledding?

(The above mentioned curiosity serves as an illustration to my uselessness. We come here to "talk bass" and I'm wondering about a toboggan in Florida. )

 

[Hankenstein]

Don't you fret...

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

I've been useless since 1977, just ask my parents!


I am fascinated by what one does with a toboggan in Tampa though. Can you surf with it? Sand dune sledding?

(The above mentioned curiosity serves as an illustration to my uselessness. We come here to "talk bass" and I'm wondering about a toboggan in Florida. )

My real name is Frank Reynolds

 

[Ostie]

I’m even more useless. I don’t have any pedals. I don’t have a tube amp. I don’t know what my string spacing is. I don’t know what the string tension is. Neck dive doesn’t bother me. Maple or rosewood? Yes please.

My only strong feelings are no pointy objects, no pink, and no fridges. I’m too old for that.

 

[groooooove]

most useful thread of the last few years, i'd say.

cool rig.

feels satisfying to know someone out there plugs their (good quality) bass into a (good quality) rig and doesn't obsess over what may be better out in the universe somewhere. just playing.

perhaps i'd give that a try one day, but i'm too busy trying to source a boutique MM style pickup for the $100 harley benton bass i just purchased. sigh.

 

[pglaser01]

You think you’re useless?

I don’t have any pics to post, so by TB rules…..I haven’t even happened

 

[Spidey2112]

That is my one current bass. It is a FCS 62 that I ordered from Sweetwater last year. It’s about 6 months old. I miss my old basses but this one works

Bwawaahaha!

 

[Spidey2112]

You think you’re useless?

I don’t have any pics to post, so by TB rules…..I haven’t even happened

I'm sorry... whaaa?

 

[iriegnome]

I think the OP is exactly what TalkBass is all about. I have not only had 1 bass since 1982! I think what makes this community so grand (for the most part) is that a person with one bass has the same voice as those of us with many of them! Love the TB community