I finally took the plunge and created an account here after benefiting from the info and opinions found here over the years and figured I'd introduce myself while I was at it.
I'm a relative noob when it comes to really trying to play the bass as a bass rather than just as a means of doubling rhythm guitar lines. I got the first bass of my own about 5 years ago (a pretty nice example of a 2008 MiM Standard Jazz Bass) and while I still consider myself primarily a guitar player, I've been blown away at how much more accessible it feels to me than guitar at the base level of mediocrity I'm currently striving to achieve
It's very cool how my time w/ either instrument seems to inform the other and bass seems to bring a unique kind of joy for me.
I'd say my favorite players currently popping to mind are Mike Watt, Dave Holland, Lou Barlow, Joe Lally, Charles Mingus, & Geezer Butler.
Being the gearslut that I am, here are a few shots of the current bass stuff, all far nicer than I probably deserve:
In this pic are my 2 most recently acquired basses (Fender JMJ Mustang Bass and a mid '70s Guild B-301), my first gigable actual bass head (Ampeg PF-500), and one of the cab stacks (Ampeg PF-210 and PF-115HE).
Prior to those 2 basses was the Wattplower, which is also a forever keeper to me at this point.
This pic has my 2004 Sterling 4H, the Ampeg cabs, and what I probably wind up playing through the most; the Ampeg PF-50T. You can catch a bit of my mid '70s Ampeg VT-22 head in the background that I'll play through on occasion as well.
This is the secondary stack that I put together when I convinced myself that I needed a clean/dirty biamp setup consisting of an Eden 210XLT I'd scored many moons ago w/ an Orange OBC115 and OB1-500. It's a cool setup to be sure but pretty excessive...
Especially considering how awesome my OR50+PPC212 setup seems to work for dirtier sounds for bass/Squier VI
Anywho, that's my story so far Thanks for reading!
I'm a relative noob when it comes to really trying to play the bass as a bass rather than just as a means of doubling rhythm guitar lines. I got the first bass of my own about 5 years ago (a pretty nice example of a 2008 MiM Standard Jazz Bass) and while I still consider myself primarily a guitar player, I've been blown away at how much more accessible it feels to me than guitar at the base level of mediocrity I'm currently striving to achieve
It's very cool how my time w/ either instrument seems to inform the other and bass seems to bring a unique kind of joy for me. I'd say my favorite players currently popping to mind are Mike Watt, Dave Holland, Lou Barlow, Joe Lally, Charles Mingus, & Geezer Butler.
Being the gearslut that I am, here are a few shots of the current bass stuff, all far nicer than I probably deserve:
In this pic are my 2 most recently acquired basses (Fender JMJ Mustang Bass and a mid '70s Guild B-301), my first gigable actual bass head (Ampeg PF-500), and one of the cab stacks (Ampeg PF-210 and PF-115HE).
Prior to those 2 basses was the Wattplower, which is also a forever keeper to me at this point.
This pic has my 2004 Sterling 4H, the Ampeg cabs, and what I probably wind up playing through the most; the Ampeg PF-50T. You can catch a bit of my mid '70s Ampeg VT-22 head in the background that I'll play through on occasion as well.
This is the secondary stack that I put together when I convinced myself that I needed a clean/dirty biamp setup consisting of an Eden 210XLT I'd scored many moons ago w/ an Orange OBC115 and OB1-500. It's a cool setup to be sure but pretty excessive...
Especially considering how awesome my OR50+PPC212 setup seems to work for dirtier sounds for bass/Squier VI
Anywho, that's my story so far
Thanks for reading!
