New member here

[Dacarch]

Hello all,
I am an American Citizen living in Germany since 2009. Have been playing my bass for over 20 years, but only recently joined a serious cover band here in Germany playing bass and singing. We do small to medium gigs in the Rhineland Palatinate area (near Frankfurt), doing covers from The Beatles to REM and Radiohead. No pop songs, unless you consider the fab four a pop group. Here in Germany, the live music scene is alive and well, even managing a few gigs during the pandemic.

That's me behind our singer Grace and our guitarist Frank on harmonica... probably a Tom Petty number.
I stumbled into Talk Bass after asking google a pretty specific question about my new Fender amp (Rumble Stage 800) and possible cabinets to go along with it and found the answers in the forum section very helpful.

 

[Pablo504]

Awesome! I met my German wife on a European tour many years ago. It's been great since then.
Nice to have you here...

 

[BlueP]

Hi Mate.

Wow that's a big step to venture into this forum...

It is a great place and some fantastic people, but we can get a bit crazy at times....

Key things to be aware of :

Flat wound strings versus round wound strings
Fingers or pick
Precision of Jazz Bass
Fender of no Fender

If you can survive those topics, you will be able to pretty well survive anything else ...

and there is no indemnity if you find yourself acquiring gear aquisition syndrome (GAS) .. Its quote common in these parts...and I suffered that myself for some time after joining up ... I did however manage to survive that and my marriage is still in tact...

... and the New Bass Day (NBD) posts offer up plenty of good stuff....

Good luck !!

 

[DirtDog]

Welcome!

 

[obieito]

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Weeeelcoooome!

 

[Dirk Bass]

Hello everyone,
my name is Dirk and I live in Germany. I have been playing bass in a rock/metal band since 1990 and I love this instrument.
The forum here is really great and I have been reading here for a long time. I have finally registered and am looking forward to nice conversations.
So long
Dirk

 

[Dirk Bass]

Oh sorry… thought this is a general thread to introduce here in the forum..

maybe the Admin could move my 1st message into the right category..?

 

[Pablo504]

Hello everyone,
my name is Dirk and I live in Germany. I have been playing bass in a rock/metal band since 1990 and I love this instrument.
The forum here is really great and I have been reading here for a long time. I have finally registered and am looking forward to nice conversations.
So long
Dirk

Dirk, are you located in Cologne? I may know you.

 

[Dirk Bass]

Hi Pablo504,
no - i live 80km from Cologne.
But I‘ve played some Gigs in Cologne in recent years with my band.
Maybe we saw each other there, but I can't remember..
What makes you think you know me?

 

[Pablo504]

Hi Pablo504,
no - i live 80km from Cologne.
But I‘ve played some Gigs in Cologne in recent years with my band.
Maybe we saw each other there, but I can't remember..

What makes you think you know me?

Dirk, I will send you a PM.