fangio Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 So, I last appeared here in 2012 selling my Shergold Marathon Bass - to Nick I think.. (might be in the market to buy that back if I can twist his arm ! - and he still has it) At the time I hadn't gigged for years, and wasn't really keen to play alone... Migrated to 6 strings with my old Macaferri Gypsy Acoustic, then via an Epiphone Dot, subsequently upgraded to a Gibson 339, and added a Baja Tele, and American Strat... Sometime in 2016 having a drunken conversation I was persuaded to "Get the Band Back Together" - Our guitarist was '50 and anxious to gig again whilst he still could - I'd initially assumed I would be playing guitar.. but no-one else wanted to so I ended up bagging the Bass Place.. Acquired a Reverend Dub-King in Orange.. short scale - persuading myself that it was easier to swap between that and a 6 string without getting disorientated and also appropriate for my daughters small hands as she was just getting into guitars.. The Dub-King is a cool bass.. with a great variety of Tone.. still have it, and love it - though not getting played loads now. Amplification is a Mark Bass New York Combo - can't speak highly enough of this, and there's an old Rozz compressor, Boss tuner, Digitech Luxe, MXR Octave, and Mr Black FwonkBeta on my pedal board. Got back into a Standard scale bass with an American Precision - white with a maple neck (After going in to buy a high end Jazz Bass and picking up the P bass just as a comparison)... Finding the single Pick-up simplicity utterly liberating - though I do play with the tone knob a bit. Done a few gigs now as we all just got the bug again - but as we've all got day jobs - It's one big party gig a year + the odd special event - theres no appetite for regular gigging - but we are all keen to get to be better players. Whilst I've got a bit of time off before the next one I was going to experiment with Flats... What's the consensus - do these go on the Reverend - or the Fender ? And working on my "BassFace".....accused of this by my daughter... basically when I'm well into my groove, my expression looks like I'm having a stroke...apparently... though photos seem to confirm... Anyone else suffer ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Welcome Fangio. Re: "Bass face"; Have a good sniff of a Limburger or Camembert cheese before you start to play. Keep that lip curled for the rest of your performance and you'll be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Hiya Fangio back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwinbass Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Welcome back fangio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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