Old/Noob Disappointed in first bass--options/advice?

[RandalPinkFloyd]

I can't believe nobody has told you that as a noob you need a minimum of seven basses.
One for each day of the week.

You won't play any better but you'll be too distracted to worry about it.

I figured they were going to wait and give that information to him in the orientation later this month. I mean, that TB rule is well below the other rules TB'ers try to enforce such as, under no circumstance are you allowed to tune down, not even a 1/2 step. You're not allowed to have more than 4 strings, no color, needs to be ugly wood grain or tobacco bursts (once you hit your 5 year anniversary you're allowed black basses), whatever the question, the nonsensical answer is p-bass with flatwounds regardless of the issue i.e. "My car is leaking oil." TBer: "Sound like you need a p-bass with flatwounds."

I joke, but In all seriousness, it was pretty obvious a setup issue and yet someone actually suggested he needed flatwounds.

 

[Old_Noob]

Ahh, I see this hobby has its own N - 1 rule; with "N" being the number of bases a person currently owns, and "1" being the number after which divorce will occur.

And thanks for the head's up on the rules.

I will be back in a year with a new with a new woodgrain bass and will have converted the GSR to a 2-string with hot-pink nylon-wound strings like this guy:

 

[Mushroo]

What is that bass??? I love it!

 

[Old_Noob]

No clue. The band is The One and Only PPL MVR (People Mover).

They are like Black Sabbath in costume, with the vocals run through auto-tune to an intentionally obnoxious degree.

 

[Old_Noob]

What is that bass??? I love it!

Custom Singer bass with only 1 half of P-bass pickup

 

[Mushroo]

Custom Singer bass with only 1 half of P-bass pickup

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Thanks! I'll do a little research. I'm just crazy enough to maybe do this, if the price is right.

 

[Mushroo]

Custom Singer bass with only 1 half of P-bass pickup

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I can't find a link anywhere, can you help me out? "Singer Guitars" is such bad SEO, lol!

 

[Old_Noob]

Sorry dude.... all I could find.... Waterstone Series TP TP12 Sam Hill Signature 2-String Bass Alpine White | Dr. LaRrY's Bizarre Guitar Barre ~ est. 1961 | Reverb

 

[Old_Noob]

Wait...here you go..waterstone musical instruments..... Link Removed

 

[David Jayne]

I figured they were going to wait and give that information to him in the orientation later this month. I mean, that TB rule is well below the other rules TB'ers try to enforce such as, under no circumstance are you allowed to tune down, not even a 1/2 step. You're not allowed to have more than 4 strings, no color, needs to be ugly wood grain or tobacco bursts (once you hit your 5 year anniversary you're allowed black basses), whatever the question, the nonsensical answer is p-bass with flatwounds regardless of the issue i.e. "My car is leaking oil." TBer: "Sound like you need a p-bass with flatwounds."

I joke, but In all seriousness, it was pretty obvious a setup issue and yet someone actually suggested he needed flatwounds.

I can't believe you omitted 'real bass players don't use picks.' For shame.

 

[BrianCIDC]

Also I believe that bass has P and J pickup. Try soloing the neck "P" pickup and rolling the tone back about 25% this should give you more of the mids you are looking for.

My 205 has soap bars...and wait till I finish her! I'll post pics...

 

[BrianCIDC]