Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while now and have kept a close eye on the Lefty Marketplace-topic, and I thought it would be time to introduce myself and actually start posting.
I'm Jeroen from the Netherlands. I actually started out as a guitarist and still play guitar at a regular basis, but I mostly consider myself a bass player. I currently play in The Bullfight, we make somewhat dark pop with a slight folkrock edge. When our first album was reviewed by a Dutch magazine, they dubbed it [i]'pop noir'[/i] and that name kinda stuck with us, we like it .
Some of our music can be heard on our MySpace: [url="http://www.myspace.com/thebullfight"]http://www.myspace.com/thebullfight[/url] . The song "Nathalie, strangle me" features me on bass, the other three songs are more than 2 years old and were recorded with our former bassist.
Recently I also started playing bass in a female fronted metalband.
Currently, my gear consists of:
- Ellio Martina Forza 5, a high end fivestring somewhat Jazz-like instrument;
- Rickenbacker 4003;
- Fender MIJ '75 Jazz Bass reissue;
- G&L SB-2;
- Ibanez MIJ ATK300;
- Ibanez MIJ ATK305 (currently tuned ADGCF, a full note below low B tuning);
- Sandberg Bullet 5 fretless;
- Cort NTL-B acoustic fretless;
- Longbow American Classic 32" fretless 2-string.
All are played through an Ashdown ABM300 C210T EVO II with the ABM115 Compact extension cabinet, sometimes with an overdrive pedal (a Fulltone Bassdrive in The Bullfight, and an Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyperdrive in my metalband).
I also have a couple of guitars, but I won't bother you bass players with those
Here are some pictures, please click for a bigger version.
The Ellio Martina Forza:
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Both Ibanez ATK's:
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2008 Rickenbacker 4003 MG
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G&L SB-2
[url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/GL%20SB-2/?action=view¤t=SB2_6.jpg"][/url]
2004 (?) Fender MIJ '75 Jazz reissue
The Sandberg Bullet 5 Fretless:
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My Cort NTL-B fretless:
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The Longbow:
[url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Longbow/?action=view¤t=LeftyJikheetbas.jpg"][/url]
(I'm the guy on the left, the 30" Longbow on the right used to be mine too, I played that one upside down with the strings reversed, but when Longbow announced they were in business again, in october, I ordered a brand new 32" lefty and sold the other one to the guy on the right).
If you want to know more about me or any of my instruments, please feel free to bump in