NLBD - Diminutive rock machine

[40Hz]

Awesome!

Looks like daughter and father’s hearts are both in the right place. And on several levels too!

Thanks for posting that story and picture. They put a smile on my face that’ll last the rest of the day.

 

[mexicanyella]

This is definitely a put-a-smile-on-your-face kind of thread; thanks for posting. Great pics, and even I (a beat-up P-bass appreciator) like the looks of that lime
green Jackson.

Your daughter looks like a kid with character and chutzpah. In the most complimentary sense of the word.

 

[Matty Koff]

My daughters (8 and 10 years old) recently started piano lessons (online with a great teacher in Nashville TN). That got them interested in learning bass as well.


I took them into the jam room and they tried all of my basses. I have everything from 35" 19mm spaced 5 strings to skinny pointy Ibanez 4 bangers. All of them were too big.

That began the search for a short scale. I brought up all kinds of images of pink Fender and purple Ibanez basses. I felt sure they would latch onto one of those. While scrolling through images of shorties, they both gasped at the sight of this.
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First off, THEY love it. That's the most important thing. But the bonus is that I love it too! This thing isn't a toy. It's a real bass. After getting a good setup done on it, it plays great! It sounds great. It feels great. Fit and finish is great. I will definitely rock this thing out on a stage at some point. I played it for about a half hour through my SVT-CL and 610 the other night. It's warm and punchy. It'll get aggressive if you want it to. But over all I was very impressed.

My younger daughter is ready to rock.
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(I love that kid.)

In all seriousness, if you're looking for a shorty rocker, this thing is actually very nice. And it's under two hunnerd bucks! (If they both stick with it and start to argue over it I'll grab a purple one for sure.... just to keep the peace, right? )

Bright green and purple.. joker theme ftw.

Pointy headstocks are fun.. about a decade before I picked up bass I had an LTD 7 string.. and the "singer" in my band was standing really close to me, moving around headbanging and what not.. smashes his eye into my pointy headstock. It didn't do lasting damage, but, looking back, especially because I'm not too fond of the guy.. I miss that guitar, and chuckle at the memory.

I like the neon green, frankly.

 

[LoTone]

I wonder why in the early 80's there was the pointy headstock aesthetics?

Star Trek Next Generation started in 1987. Before that, there was no notion of Klingon Battle Axes or anything like that.

Where the hell did that come from?

 

[Fishheadjoe]

Man, the quality of low priced instruments available to those who choose to learn is just great compared to when I first picked up a bass!
It won't be too long before she starts asking for the G&L!
Fishheadjoe

 

[lomo]

Considering that headstock.....best treat those young women nicely

 

[dalkowski]

You'll put an eye out, kid!

(Srsly, awesome!!!)

 

[40Hz]

Interesting thing about that neon lime green Jackson…

Your daughter is the fourth woman (or in her case female child) I’ve seen rocking that same bass. Wouldn’t have thought something like that would have been so appealing to the ladies.

Just goes to show (me being a guy) how little I know.

 

[Mechayoshi]

Interesting thing about that neon lime green Jackson…

Your daughter is the fourth woman (or in her case female child) I’ve seen rocking that same bass. Wouldn’t have thought something like that would have been so appealing to the ladies.

Just goes to show (me being a guy) how little I know.

Girls dig Jacksons a lot. Myself included!

 

[Neo1]

Whoa...I thought I was in the "Cool Rock n Roll Photos" thread for a moment. Brought a smile to my face - thanks for sharing the pics and backstory.

 

[40Hz]

Girls dig Jacksons a lot. Myself included!

Works for me!

You make it number five.

Most of the women in my neck of the woods seem to mainly play Strats or an Ibanez.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Could be. It greatly benefited from a good setup. I have a reasonably-priced guy that I trust. So I didn't even plug it in before dropping it off with him. Honestly, it'll do the fat round short scale thing just fine. But it mostly just sounds like a passive PJ to me. And I own several of them.

Passive PJ is all I ever need too

 

[skycruiser]

My daughters (8 and 10 years old) recently started piano lessons (online with a great teacher in Nashville TN). That got them interested in learning bass as well.


I took them into the jam room and they tried all of my basses. I have everything from 35" 19mm spaced 5 strings to skinny pointy Ibanez 4 bangers. All of them were too big.

That began the search for a short scale. I brought up all kinds of images of pink Fender and purple Ibanez basses. I felt sure they would latch onto one of those. While scrolling through images of shorties, they both gasped at the sight of this.
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First off, THEY love it. That's the most important thing. But the bonus is that I love it too! This thing isn't a toy. It's a real bass. After getting a good setup done on it, it plays great! It sounds great. It feels great. Fit and finish is great. I will definitely rock this thing out on a stage at some point. I played it for about a half hour through my SVT-CL and 610 the other night. It's warm and punchy. It'll get aggressive if you want it to. But over all I was very impressed.

My younger daughter is ready to rock.
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(I love that kid.)

In all seriousness, if you're looking for a shorty rocker, this thing is actually very nice. And it's under two hunnerd bucks! (If they both stick with it and start to argue over it I'll grab a purple one for sure.... just to keep the peace, right? )

Ah I miss the good ol' days (like a couple years ago) when my daughter valued my opinion and accepted advice or influence. I think those days are dead for me and will never return! That's an awesome looking first bass - keep it up!

 

[Spectrum]

Seems some 80s fashions bounce back from time to time. Looks like you've got a future metalhead on your hands. If she starts listening to Ratt and Dokken you're in for a ride!

 

[BrickBatMansion]

Those are great basses. Legitimate!

 

[aetheldrea]

Man, kids these days have it easy. When I was starting out I had to play this terrible LeCompte 5 stringer without any tuners or even a nut!

 

[Riff Ranger]

A+ dad-ery, friend.

 

[Dincrest]

Man, the quality of low priced instruments available to those who choose to learn is just great compared to when I first picked up a bass!

+1 to that. That's what I think will really help kids stick with it. It's a real instrument and not just a toy impostor.

And seeing the kid doing the bass player backbend is awesome!

What's cool is that nowadays, we're seeing more girls and women picking up guitar, bass, drums, and gravitating towards heavier styles of music. Let the boys go turn knobs on their mixers and play with their turntables. I'll throw the horns up \m/ with the utmost respect to "the future is female" era of kick-butt rock and metal.

And I'm not surprised that instruments with sick paintjobs and neon colors (like in the 80s) are making a comeback. After all, music these days is very much a visual/spectacle medium and rocking a brightly colored and cool looking instrument will get you the views and likes.

 

[BEADG63]

What a great dad! I'd rock that also...sweet bass! Enjoy it!

 

[Fender_Bender]

I think that colour knocked my cataracts out .