pobrien_ie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Hi from Ireland! New to bass chat, but have been playing bass on and off for about 14 years. Recently took the decision to get out of the cover band scene (classic rock mainly), and now just enjoying playing again (soul mainly)! Currently using a recently acquired 1989 Fender AVRI 57 P Bass through a Trace Twin Valve Combo. Also in the process of buying a 1989 Jap 62 P Bass. I've no real affinity to 1989, just a happy coincidence! Have owned lots of basses over the years, but am only a recent convert to P basses after stumbling on an early 80's Ibanez Roadstar (which I've since traded). Musical tastes range from rock to soul, and I'm actually really into the whole Motown and Stax stuff at the moment...Jamerson, Dunn, Babbitt, Felder etc. Looking forward to being enlightened!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Welcome to BC from sunny Ireland. Toured it on my bike and loved everyone i met. Great holiday country North and South. Fantastic scenery - almost as good as Scotland All the best Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 Thanks for the welcome Dave! I've a place in my heart for Scotland too...got married there and studied there part-time for a year! Lovely place, but I thought Ireland was wet and cold!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I had a great holiday in Ireland. Started at Belfast from ferry port up the coast to Port Stewart then down to Donegal and onto Sligo to Galway then Limerick and onto Killarney for the Harley Davidson bike rally where Whitesnake, Roy Wood and Bonnie Tyler played over long weekend at Gleeagles Hotel. Weather was a bit wet on the first journey to Port Stewart but from there it just got warmer and sunnier. Last 4 days at Killarney were glorious. Couldn't have asked for more. People were friendly and helpful everywhere we went. Ireland doesn't sell itself well enough by any means. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1333719134' post='1605695'] I had a great holiday in Ireland. Started at Belfast from ferry port up the coast to Port Stewart then down to Donegal and onto Sligo to Galway then Limerick and onto Killarney for the Harley Davidson bike rally where Whitesnake, Roy Wood and Bonnie Tyler played over long weekend at Gleeagles Hotel. Weather was a bit wet on the first journey to Port Stewart but from there it just got warmer and sunnier. Last 4 days at Killarney were glorious. Couldn't have asked for more. People were friendly and helpful everywhere we went. Ireland doesn't sell itself well enough by any means. Dave [/quote] That sounds like a pretty epic trip. The bikers always tend to like Ireland. You're dead right, we could do a lot more on the self-promotion front! The one thing we do lack though is good live music, be that original or cover bands. the whole doom and gloom of the recession has knocked that on the head a bit for now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Welcome aboard Got some friends in Galway and had my honeymoon in Kinvarra. Lovely place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hi Alan. Thanks for the welcome! Not too far from Galway myself...it's a lovely part of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hi there. Welcome to BC. A fair few of us here. You can tell who by the reaction when the letters E and U get mentioned together. Got O'Brien genes myself, although the implications for bass playing are not clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hi, how are things? Yeah wasn't quite sure how much we'd have infiltrated the site, but imagined (as with everything) there'd be a few of us knockin' about! I'd hazard a guess that the O'Brien genes are pretty poor from a bass playing perspective, at least from this O'Brien clan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ceilidhswinger Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hey Pobrian, welcome to Basschat, coming over with my band Havana Swing in October to Cloughjordan, should be a blast Calum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1334151188' post='1611640'] [/quote] Thanks for the welcome discreet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hi Calum and thanks for the welcome. Ah Tipperary, my ancestral home! Great place. Bring a camera! I live about an hour and half away right in the middle, but who know's, I might get to check ye out. Paddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Hey Paddy, Welcome to BC. Have been on Anglesey a _lot_ and been looking at your house from there, so I'm an expert on Ireland (obl. Sarah Palin ref.). best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1334253374' post='1613354'] Hey Paddy, Welcome to BC. Have been on Anglesey a _lot_ and been looking at your house from there, so I'm an expert on Ireland (obl. Sarah Palin ref.). best, bert [/quote] I like it!! You just can't beat her for stupidity. Thanks for the welcome too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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