Iowa Bassists! Assemble!

[aquamentus]

I've been meaning to go to one of your shows but haven't made it yet. We should do some shows together. Maybe this fall or winter? Fort Madison or Burlington would be good.

Right on. We're a decent opener. Pop sounding dance tunes for the ladies. Maybe can get our friends Gravity Falls in there to. I think we did play a show together a few months back. Did you guys play the Rocket Slide benefit at HyVee in Keokuk as well? We played super early in the day. And if im not mistaken younguys played pretty late. I had to leave pretty early. Plus, we were missing one of our band members that day.

 

[Fleegetastic]

Yeah, We know the Gravity Falls guys. We did play the Rocket Slide thing.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Bumpin' this baby up. Where my IOWA peeps?

 

[FutureTense]

Been a little busy. High school math teacher as a day job so school years get a little hectic.

How's Iowa treating its bass players nowadays?

 

[Pelham Bleu]

My man in Wilton!

 

[59jazz]

Busy with life and high school marching band, here in Solon.

 

[ampegfuzz]

I read drake customs is in Iowa. I hear he makes killer basses.

 

[TRyan5289]

Holy smokes, who would have guessed there would be a thread for Iowa bassists. Neat.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Anyone ever check out Sioux Guitars out of Sioux City? I use their OD; it suits bass pretty well.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Holy smokes, who would have guessed there would be a thread for Iowa bassists. Neat.

I don't there's anyone handing out nos. for this crew.

 

[RyanJD]

I don't there's anyone handing out nos. for this crew.

Yeah, I'm still around. Sorry! Let me update the list here.
The numbers are superficial, but I put down anyone who posted who lives/has lived in Iowa.
(And it's nice to see that this thread is still semi-alive.)

1. RyanJD
2. Harper
3. QuakingDutch
4. Ozonbass
5. rmars
6. bassrock
7. Particle Man
8. Brianvw
9. FutureTense
10. Ripley
11. allTimeFavorite
12. Stingus
13. psus16
14. QC
15. treekiller
16. jamzcl
17. boombloom
18. squarewave
19. Mulebagger
20. phat5
21. ampegfuzz
22. KevinC
23. BigLoopDuke
24. Fleegetastic
25. timmo97
26. treekiller
27. gnarkill
28. pappas0211
29. extreme
30. Octavio
31. bassvirtuoso
32. Pelham Bleu
33. Shanebo
34. aquamentus
35. TRyan5289

 

[Fleegetastic]

I feel all official now that I have a number.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

The few & the proud!

 

[FutureTense]

35 is a bigger number than I expected, honestly. Great to see so many!

 

[Kamikaze3955]

I'll step up for a number. Hitting the lows for our praise and worship team at Faith Bible Church in Panora!

 

[bassgod76]

Can I get pros and cons of Iowa??

Thinking about moving, and this state is on the list.

 

[FutureTense]

Lots of friendly people. Low crime rates. Basically all small towns. Good schools. Relatively low cost of living. Strong communities.

Small towns falls on the cons as well. We don't get the cutting edge stuff until a few months after the coasts at times. Not much original live music outside of Des Moines and Iowa City.

There's a short list.

 

[bassgod76]

Thanks. Thinking Desmoines

 

[59jazz]

Compared to So. Cal........I sleep better, can BREATHE, and no road rage. Plus there's a very strong jazz and blues community here in Eastern Iowa.

 

[bassgod76]

I'm coming from South Florida. Looking for simple, polite folks.