BioBiro Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 A nice chap in another thread asked me to introduce myself, so here we go. I'm 19, and I've been playing keys for more years than I can remember, but about a year and a half ago I started playing air-bass, and decided it might be wise to invest in a bass guitar. I always loved the sound of fretless bass's, but a guitar-playing friend advised me to buy a fretted bass to start with - so out of the store I went with my shiny new Tanglewood Rebel 4K. After a year or so of playing this thing, I got fed up with the lack of fretlessness and got a Stanley knife and prized all the frets out of it (but never filled in the slots because i'm lazy). Long story short, sometime later I screwed the thing up by trying to convert it into a 5 string, and eventually bought a bizzare 70's-made Japanese copy (made by Antoria!) of a fretless P-Bass, which weighs an absolute ton, and has a beautiful natural wood body. In the future I wood like to put a Jazz pickup in at the bridge for more of the 'mwah' sound lower down. Yesterday I ordered a MIM Fender Jazz Bass which i'm picking up on Monday. Unfortunately i've got my driving test on Saturday, so if I pass then it's a present well earned, if not, then it'll cheer me up for failing. Either way i'm excited! Happy to be here, Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Welcome fellow fettler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkThrust Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Ah. Air bass. So much cooler than air guitar. Welcome to BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 how the driving test go mate?? and more importantly, hows the bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioBiro Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 [quote name='BassManKev' post='305805' date='Oct 13 2008, 09:25 PM']how the driving test go mate?? and more importantly, hows the bass? [/quote] Thanks for asking - I passed! The Jazz Bass is awesome, my fingers hurt a bit already having been playing flatwounds for so long. I think it's improved my slap technique noticabley in just the 2 days that i've had it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elom Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 [quote name='AndyMartin' post='305201' date='Oct 13 2008, 08:43 AM']Ah. Air bass. So much cooler than air guitar. Welcome to BC. [/quote] I always play air bass with an air plectrum yet I only ever play fingerstyle normally - curiouser and curioser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Air slap bass is best even though people look at you like your mad, its great fun, especially to level 42 or something lol. Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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