manonbass

Greetings from USA! I am a new Bass Chat Head. I recently purchased an upright bass & want to learn some Funky/Jazz songs (leaning more toward the Funky side). Any suggestions out there? Oh yeah, allow me to introduce you to "Peggy"

[b]Greetings From USA Bass Chat Heads! My name is Jim and I am new to this site. I figured this topic would make for some interesting reading (& I was right). I got some great, happy, sad, strange, & interesting responces to this question on an Amercan Bassist website called "Ugly Bass Player", so I figured I would post the same question on a Bassist website across the pond. [/b] [b]SO..., my question is... What is your favorite Bass? And, what makes it so sentimental? Not necessarily... why is it a badass bass, but why is it SPECIAL to you? Please tell your story![/b] [b]So having said that, I started bass in my teens on a no name plywood piece of crap bass that felt like crap, & sounded like crap (I sounded like crap too). But the first REAL bass I bought in the 80's was a black Yamaha MBIII/Motion Bass Some call a shovel head cause it is shaped like a shovel, with 2+2 tuners. It really is a great, funky sounding bass & I will never get rid of it because I bought that bass (& my first real bass amp), using the $1000.00 my grandfather left me in his will, after he died from injuries he sustained in a house fire my drunken Uncle caused. Yah... made me pretty angry as an early teen & a sh*tty misfortune for my awesome Grandpa Milton. But the positive...my grandfather assisted me in doing what I loved. Now, I am still playing many years later (along with other string instruments) and now recording. I love you Grandpa Milton & I miss you! [/b]