• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

NAMM Photos

#681
Epiphone Acoustic. Should be easy to turn around if you are a lefty.
Epiphone bass.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Audius Loudus, Nunovsky, puff father and 4 others
#684
wintremute said:
Jake Serek @Serek_Basses is one of the VERY few people who put straps on their basses. Why doesn't everybody do this? How I can I really get a feel and check for neck dive and see how I look with it slung low if it doesn't have a strap?
Click to expand...

Couldn’t agree more... I didn’t play a Serek, but I did play the Green D-ROK. Balance was awesome, felt lighter than my Warwick $$ 4. Neck was a bit chunkier, which is one of the things I love about my $$. Didn’t see too tough to get used to the fan fret... Hellboy was super cool looking!
 
  • Like
Reactions: wintremute
#686
  • Like
Reactions: NoSlapForYou, GregC, bonin in the boneyard and 1 other person
#690
searayus1 said:
Raise your hand if you're here looking at stuff you will never be able to afford...….unless you let everything else in your life slide. If your rich, just move on...……….we know we're bass-poor.....
Click to expand...

It's not about being "rich" or "poor". If you like something, then you make room for it in your life. If that thing is music, specifically bass guitar, then you figure out a way to get what you want. If you can't afford a nice bass guitar, it's because you haven't prioritized it; and that's ok. Your priorities are yours, but you don't have to be rich to acquire even the nicest bass.
 
  • Like
Reactions: larrygs
#693
scubaduba said:
Devon basses. Absolutely killer instruments. Best in show award in my opinion.

View attachment 3671456 View attachment 3671490 View attachment 3671492 View attachment 3671495 View attachment 3671533 View attachment 3671536 View attachment 3671537
Click to expand...

I bought my Devon bass in February 2019..I have played it on every single gig since (over 300).. Light..Wonderful design..and as good looking of a bass you will find anywhere.

check out devonbass.com or hit him up on FB...Tell him Dan Collins recommended!
 
  • Like
Reactions: mikewalker, SadowskySteve and Ben Rose
#694
Holdsg said:
retirement is overrated...bum bum bum bum bum
Click to expand...

Nope! Retirement is wonderful! Between bassin', drums, photography, my son working on his private pilot's license, gaming, catching up on movies I missed, cooking and a bunch more, I am at least as busy as when I was working. Difference is, after working for 50 years, I get to choose what I do!

Dan
 
  • Like
Reactions: coolhang, larrygs, mikewalker and 10 others
#695
Who buys / plays those super high-end fancy wood 6 string beasts?

All the pros I see almost always play a Fender P or J or very similar variant. The players I interface with, and the folks that I see at festivals don't play the bling basses. If I go to a festival with 30 bands (30 bass players), 20 of them are playing Fender P-basses, maybe 5 are playing Fender Jazz Basses, 1 or 2 might be playing a Guild / Gibson semi-hollow, 1 or 2 a Music Man or T-bird, and maybe zero or one will have a boutique 6 string made from some purple tree.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ElMon, Woodchuck, jt62 and 2 others
#697
shadven said:
Who buys / plays those super high-end fancy wood 6 string beasts?

All the pros I see almost always play a Fender P or J or very similar variant. The players I interface with, and the folks that I see at festivals don't play the bling basses. If I go to a festival with 30 bands (30 bass players), 20 of them are playing Fender P-basses, maybe 5 are playing Fender Jazz Basses, 1 or 2 might be playing a Guild / Gibson semi-hollow, 1 or 2 a Music Man or T-bird, and maybe zero or one will have a boutique 6 string made from some purple tree.
Click to expand...

Good thing is fender is making P’s and J’s left and right so you will always have those available to you. I on the other hand would much rather have other options even if the tree is purple lol.
 
  • Like
Reactions: gzarruk, daddymactx and shadven
#698
daddymactx said:
Damn I missed meeting you there!!! I spent a fair amount of time on the white one!!!
Click to expand...

I wanted to try that one and/or the gorgeous blue quilted one, but an actual potential customer came along just as I was about to plug in on Sunday morning. I loved that booth location, and of course Devon and his wife are ace people.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ben Rose and daddymactx
#699
shadven said:
Who buys / plays those super high-end fancy wood 6 string beasts?

All the pros I see almost always play a Fender P or J or very similar variant. The players I interface with, and the folks that I see at festivals don't play the bling basses. If I go to a festival with 30 bands (30 bass players), 20 of them are playing Fender P-basses, maybe 5 are playing Fender Jazz Basses, 1 or 2 might be playing a Guild / Gibson semi-hollow, 1 or 2 a Music Man or T-bird, and maybe zero or one will have a boutique 6 string made from some purple tree.
Click to expand...
I share that observation. Maybe those same guys have a closetful of exotic-wood six-strings that cost a few grand apiece but they bring their Fender Ps and Js (and the occasional StingRay) to rehearsals and performances.

Personally, I’m rarely spotted in public without my Precision Bass and/or my StingRay 5H—between those two basses, my needs are largely met. I have a Traveler TB-4P for ... well, y’know ... traveling!
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back