long time reader and lurker

[halvis]

Started with a Lyle bass in 1972 when I was 13 or so, *think* the first song I learned to play along with was Deep Purples "Smoke on the Water", but it might have been any one of a number of Hendrix, Cream, or CCR's songs. Have ended up regretting selling almost every fender bass I ever owned over the years, except the really heavy ones, as well as my mid 1970's autumn glo rick, and a teal pedulla rapture 4, that was very light. Got into chasing down vintage fender basses in the early 1990s, prior to discovering their vintage tone and light weight, I had been a fan of the heavy ash bodied early to mid 1970s p's & j's in american walnut, natural or blonde. I am also in the minority in that I prefer the 1.625 B neck nut width over the 1.500 A and 1.750 C necks. (not that there's anything wrong with that) The amp combo that stuck with me the longest was the acoustic 371 (370 amp 301 cab) from 1976? until 1986 or so. Talk about "this one goes to 11!", rarely needed to turn it up over 5 or so. My favorite vacuum tubes for bass are the GE 6550a, kt88, 8417, and WE 300.

Have decided to actually come out of the shadows, join & become a supporting member, & maybe contribute some input, and finally, offer up a few of my basses for sale here, as long term unemployment has me making some painful decisions on which basses to sell off in the coming weeks and months. While I am new here, I have been an ebay member since May of 1999, and have lots of feedback buying,selling,trading using the same login name at the following places.

halvis on eBay

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[DiabolusInMusic]

Welcome aboard!

Just a head's up, you cannot link to things F/S on Ebay.

 

[halvis]

Welcome aboard!

Just a head's up, you cannot link to things F/S on Ebay.

thanks for that, I didn't link to things for sale on ebay, nor did I intend to, I did link to my feedback profile there, and on 2 different knife forums, places that I have sold/bought/traded for a while now. I am new here, but I did read the rules, hope I am not breaking any by my previous post.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

thanks for that, I didn't link to things for sale on ebay, nor did I intend to, I did link to my feedback profile there, and on 2 different knife forums, places that I have sold/bought/traded for a while now. I am new here, but I did read the rules, hope I am not breaking any by my previous post.

Linking your profile is good, no worries there. Just things F/S is frowned upon. I don't think the mods actually give infractions for these things but they do delete posts.

 

[halvis]

Linking your profile is good, no worries there. Just things F/S is frowned upon. I don't think the mods actually give infractions for these things but they do delete posts.

 

[halvis]

fair enough. I have been reading here since this forum was in its infancy. I just wanted to establish who I am and what I am about, since I never made an account or posted here before. I have not yet listed anything for sale, nor decided what to put up first, but I DID buy/spend $30 for a year of support, since I do intend to offer my stuff here, before taking it to reverb/ebay/craigs/etc. Certainly don't want to break any rules on my first day of posting.

cheers!
Hal

 

[MalcolmAmos]

Welcome, look forward to your comments.