SurroundedByManatees Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Hi There I'm Patrick from the Netherlands. I live in the area of the west coast, where many tourist come by (during spring and summer) to watch the colorfull flowerfields and enjoy the beaches. I can see a mill from my living room, which gives a cliché touch to my dutch-being I guess:). I'm in a band called the Manatees. Were making our own songs, which we enjoy. We use 2 guitars, bass, drums, vocals and keys. Our songs display various styles, but when people ask me about it I usually answer that we play a litte alternative pop/rock music. Could be anything right ;). Many basses have passed during the years as I bought/sold/traded basses to try much I gassed on. I really enjoyed this experience and helped me to learn about basses and their qualities a lot. The bass I play the most is a 82 fender precision special which I purchased about half a year ago. Since I had the frets levelled, its an awesome playing bass unless its wide neck. It weighs about 5kg, but I like the balanced sound a lot. A mono betty strap keeps it comfortable to play. I use it mainly passive though. My other basses are a Musicman sabre, lakland skyline decade (sounds awesome with fender flats), sandberg california TT4 and a vintage Yamaha Super Bass 500. The last 2 will be sold though, to provide money for my gassing on other basses (mustang bass or single coil tele bass). My amp is an EBS fafner with an eden 210xlt 4ohm cab. At home I use an old Rickenbacker TR120B combo or a markbass f series head with fender rumble 210. I log in to basschat quite often to check out reviews, new topics etc. I like to read users experiences about new stuff etc. Also I found basschat market interesting to take a look at or to sell something myself. Cheers Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Welcome Patrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Good evening, Patrick, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurroundedByManatees Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Thanks x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Welcome, I had the pleasure to live in Delft and Breda in the 90s and loved it. Delft had a great music scene at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmeDunk Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Welcome from a fellow country man (I live near Rotterdam) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 +1. Leidschendam represent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurroundedByManatees Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Tnx Guys. I was born in Breda, visit it once in a while....After 19 years since I left, it still feels a bit like my hometown in a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Welcome Patrick, I`ll be visiting The Netherlands on June 2nd for a gig in Amsterdam, really looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Welcome to BassChat Patrick. I've visited the Netherlands a few times. Valkenburg and Utrecht in particular. Both really nice places, and quite different from one another Hello from the land of Daffodils (Wales) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Welcome Patrick.....I had a tattoo done in the Netherlands ..many years ago now. I think that there's somebody looking for a Sabre here...better hide yours.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurroundedByManatees Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Thanks guys. There was a nice walnut sabre on ebay uk a while ago which looked great. Just wait till the right one pops up with nice matching body pieces:). Ive seen many pre eb sabres with ugly (dark-light) matched pieces of wood. Especially on a sunburst it looks just off imo. Mine is a nice natural one from '79. Sounds really awesome and has the flamboyant stingray type sound if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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