Hello from a Converted Guitarist... Please Be Gentle!

[iain_psb]

Hi all,

Been a member for a while but have only just plucked up the courage to introduce myself... as a converted guitarist from Newcastle.

Played guitar in bands for around 18 years, but stood in as a bassist a fair few times.

Jacked in the band in February this year, deciding to give it a break and focus on work. Lasted 4 months and got a call to do a dep gig last minute with a Green Day tribute band.

Joined permanently straight away and here I am, trawling the forum every day for stuff I don’t need but really want, enjoying life as a bassist.

Pleasure to be here!

Iain

[Oopsdabassist]

Welcome aboard Iain, I wont hold it against you that you can play skinny strings and I can't...pity you maybe..

[Dad3353]

Good evening, Iain, and ...

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Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. (... but you knew that anyway, didn't you..? )

[BassBus]

Welcome onboard. Why would we want to be anything other than gentle on you? You have clearly made the right choice and you won't regret it. I was about to say that bass players are more open minded but then I remembered 80% of them play fender or fender derived basses [[size=2][color=#ff0000]opps, duck, incoming[/color][/size]] You also live in Newcastle so you must be OK.

Edited November 1, 2017 by BassBus

[SpondonBassed]

Welcome Iain. May the GAS be with you.

[Acebassmusic]

[quote name='iain_psb' timestamp='1509563996' post='3399976']
..... here I am, trawling the forum every day for stuff I don't need but really want.......
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There you go....you were a natural born bassist all along. Welcome to the forum

[iain_psb]

Cheers all!

[Marc S]

Hello from South Wales, and welcome to BassChat. Of course we'll be gentle - we are the subtle members of the band
Good place, Newcastle - can't wait to get back up there again (it's been a while... too long)
Many of us are trawling the marketplace for stuff we don't really need - I'm not sure whether you did a similar thing when you were a guitarist?
Or do bass players get worse GAS? Answers on a postcard......

Join in the discussions on here as much as you can - enjoy

Edited November 3, 2017 by Marc S

[PaulWarning]

I suspect there's quite a few converted guitarists on here, I'm one for a start, no evidence for this but we usually give the game away by playing with a pick, could be a poll in there somewhere

Edited November 3, 2017 by PaulWarning

[SpondonBassed]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1509717884' post='3401164']
I suspect there's quite a few converted guitarists on here, I'm one for a start, no evidence for this but we usually give the game away by playing with a pick, could be a poll in there somewhere
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Of course playing with a pole is best done from a distance...

[iain_psb]

My gas was far worse as a guitarist! Somehow I managed to whittle 18 Guitars down to 5.

I only have 2 basses at the minute (likely to buy a third) and since June I’ve have 2 heads and 3 cabs, the third cab likely to be sold tomorrow morning.

But I still think it was worse as a guitarist!

Upcoming post about what cab to buy in the relevant section of the forum...

And an overdrive pedal...

And a third bass...

And this Pole Spondon and Paul speak of. Must get one of them...

[leftybassman392]

Nothing wrong with playing both of course...

Plenty of folks around here do and it doesn't seem to have done us any ha haha ha harm.

[Black Coffee]

Basschat is more of a GASchat for me.

Enjoy the melodic candour.

[Rikki_Sixx]

Welcome Iain! The Green Day tribute sounds awesome, Mike Dirnt is one of my biggest bass influences and one of the reasons I went for four fat strings instead of 6 skinny ones! Hope you're enjoying the forum.

[discreet]

Welcome to the low end...

[charic]

On ‎18‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 20:06, discreet said:

Welcome to the low end...

Beat me to it!