Hello All

[Bassalarky]

I been lurking here for a while but thought I'd finally post to say hi.

I have been playing around 35 years, mostly covers and function bands - earned a good living with it in the late 80's/early 90's.

I have a MIJ '92 Fender P bass in Olympic white and another, custom made, P bass in black paisleyburst.  I have retired my ridiculously large and heavy old-school valve head and 4x10 plus 1x18 stack and now use a TC Electronic 450 combo which I really like.

These days its mostly pubs and private functions with a few wedding thrown in.

Just joined a smaller band an am looking forward to the benefit of all the experience here to dip my toe into the world of bass pedals.....

Cheers

[Dad3353]

Good afternoon, Bassalarky, and ...

Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

[SpondonBassed]

Welcome Bassalarky.

I'm surprised you haven't already dipped your toe, so to speak.  As a hobby bassist I am very glad to read that as it suggests that you coped very well without pedals so far.  Although I'd love to get into them myself, I resist because it is unlikely that any pedal would improve my playing.  I'd have to have a specific reason to try one.

On reflection I might benefit from a looping pedal of some description but I'd only end up playing with myself when what I really need is a lickle band of my very own.

[Bassalarky]

Thanks for the welcome.  I have a compressor on the amp which works well and I use it a bit, I may have a reason to try a bit of bass distortion....

23 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

On reflection I might benefit from a looping pedal of some description but I'd only end up playing with myself when what I really need is a lickle band of my very own.

I've seen people using those - they end up playing with themselves in front of an audience.

[TheGreek]