concretebadger Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Hi all My name's Martin and I currently live in the rural backwater between Leeds and Newcastle. I was pointed in the direction of the forums via a work colleague and figured it would be a good place to lurk and pick up tips on bass playing/recording. I've played guitar for over a decade but after deciding to start a home recording project a few months back I realised I needed a bass to get the thing off the ground. I'm naturally left-handed but always played right-handed guitars so when going over to four strings I took it as a chance to start learning from scratch. I picked up a left-handed MIM Fender J-bass and I'm now in the process of re-learning everything...and it's a lot of fun! I'm pretty much a novice in bass playing but I've been looking towards the likes of Mogwai, Joy Division, Caspian and Mass of the Fermenting Dregs for inspiration. I was brought up on the classic rock faves but my own style is shoegaze/post rock and 90s alternative (I hate categorising music like this, but sometimes it's easier that way!). I'm still getting my rig together so I'm currently running the Jazz through a ProCo RAT 2 and RV-5 reverb into a Marshall valve combo that I used to use for guitar...a Sansamp D.I. or similar is probably more suitable for that, so that's at the top of my shopping list right now. Anyhow, it's good to meet you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Greetings from lancashire concretebadger Welcome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far0n Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Greetings from Kilburn, just outside of Thirsk.... another North Yorkshire rural backwater ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Welcome aboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass24 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 [quote name='far0n' timestamp='1317319948' post='1389504'] Greetings from Kilburn, just outside of Thirsk.... another North Yorkshire rural backwater ) [/quote] Watch out for the mice......:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Now, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 [quote name='concretebadger' timestamp='1317316007' post='1389443'] Hi all My name's Martin and I currently live in the rural backwater between Leeds and Newcastle. [/quote] Sunderland isn't in North Yorkshire...? Welcome aboard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concretebadger Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 Yup, Thirsk isn't far from where I am at all. Sunderland's a bit further north though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlonBass Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Whooooooosh!!! The wink mustn't have helped, Michael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far0n Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) [quote name='bass24' timestamp='1317978638' post='1396795'] Watch out for the mice......:-) [/quote] Tell me about it ! Luckily our singer works for Rentokil so I'm mousetrapped up to the eyeballs. By the way, if any of you Yorkshire chaps are interested the band I play in are at The Crown & Anchor in Sowerby on Sat Oct 22nd. Be good to talk bass bollocks Edited October 8, 2011 by far0n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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