The exact date is lost to history, but sometime in late 2001 I got my first good bass, a Reverend Rumblefish XL. Here we are at our first meeting, I a college sophomore (dig that posh dorm room) and it a lovely new instrument.
A lot of you (no judgment here) are bass polygamists in a big way, but for me this bass has been number one in my heart from the start. Since then I've never played a bass and thought "I wish I owned this one instead." At best I've thought "wow, this is a really nice bass," then got home, played mine, and said "oh yeah, this is better." I do have a number two, but tellingly, it's just a five-string version of the same, which I purchased years later as the last of them made were being sold off.
So this bass has seen a lot of action, through four or five bands and a good many gigs and countless rehearsals. I've made a couple of small mods over the years (tuners, straplocks) and it could stand a couple more (due for a new jack, I think) but I have no plans to give it a rest. We suit each other, I think. It's a little offbeat, which is usually how I see myself. We're both small and light. And hey, we just look right together.
But when it comes right down to it, I love it for its delightfully aggressive and punchy, yet still old-school sound, and for THEE greatest neck I can imagine. Happy anniversary baby!
And may all of you find a bass you dig just as much!
A lot of you (no judgment here) are bass polygamists in a big way, but for me this bass has been number one in my heart from the start. Since then I've never played a bass and thought "I wish I owned this one instead." At best I've thought "wow, this is a really nice bass," then got home, played mine, and said "oh yeah, this is better." I do have a number two, but tellingly, it's just a five-string version of the same, which I purchased years later as the last of them made were being sold off.
So this bass has seen a lot of action, through four or five bands and a good many gigs and countless rehearsals. I've made a couple of small mods over the years (tuners, straplocks) and it could stand a couple more (due for a new jack, I think) but I have no plans to give it a rest. We suit each other, I think. It's a little offbeat, which is usually how I see myself. We're both small and light. And hey, we just look right together.
But when it comes right down to it, I love it for its delightfully aggressive and punchy, yet still old-school sound, and for THEE greatest neck I can imagine. Happy anniversary baby!
And may all of you find a bass you dig just as much!
