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[Ou7shined]

Hi fellow bassists. My name is Rich.

<- that's me.

I live in Aberdeen, I'm 40 and a full time dad. I've been playing guitar for well over 20 years now (whoosh - gone just like that) I don't think that I'm all that good really but whatever it is I'm doing I must be doing right as fellow muso's and fans alike seem to rate me. I've always considered myself more of a guitarist (6 stringer) but over the last few years circumstances have conspired against that notion and I keep getting typecast as a bassist. After a 2 year break from music to pursue the career mentioned earlier and long history of playing in grunge bands (were talking original scene here - not the current yoot resurgence) I was headhunted and persuaded to join a brand new Pearl Jam tribute band called... wait for it... Pearl Jammin'. It's a wee bit odd that I'm the same age as both our guitarist's combined, but as they never guessed that I'm a wrinkly until I let slip down the pub last week I'm not that bothered about it. We are gigging and pulling in a fair crowd in Aberdeen venues. We've got bookings for further afield coming up too.

I would put my bass playing style down to years of hooking into the minutia of Geezer Butler magic. Other influences have been Horace Panter (The Specials - my first favourite band) , Flea, the subtle tones of a chap called Walters from a 60's outfit you may have heard of named Pink Floyd have helped and now I am coming to appreciate just how good Jeff Ament was/is. My own creations smack of Soundgarden. I have a great appreciation of all types of music but very little tolerance for modern chart stuff which I see primarily as regurgitated pap geared toward a consumerist market rather than providing for an enthusiast one. I'm particularly taken by [b]Opeth[/b] at the moment - which might say a lot about me actually.

My gear ->
[b]Ibanez SRX300[/b] + [b]Boss GT-6B[/b]...
...and that's pretty much it really. I'm quite literally "sans amp" I generally DI from my GT-6B into whatever PA we're using and if circumstances dictate, I can DI to the PA from my Laney RBH700 which I simultaneously pump into a 10" Peavey wedge to use as a bass monitor for me and the drummer. At home I practice through my NAD/Castle hi-fi - my neighbours love me and at rehearsals I use whatever lump the room provides - usually Peavey or Ashdown.

I'm technically pretty rotten and not up on pro gear so I guess I'll not be much help 'round here but as a veteran I might be able to chip in with my tuppence from time to time and I'll probably ask some dumb-ass questions to top up my failing grey matter too.


Right, I need to go to bed now... this has taken faaar too long to do. Night all. Mind how ye go.

btw : fit like = Aberdonian for hello

Edited August 7, 2007 by Ou7shined

[Kiwi]

Hi Rich welcome to the forums

[neepheid]

Nae bad, fit like yersel?

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='neepheid' post='42309' date='Aug 7 2007, 08:57 AM']Nae bad, fit like yersel?[/quote]

Ha ha a fellow granite city loon.
If you're [b]un[/b]lucky enough to be passing by the Moorings this Saturday night you'll get a lugful of us rockin the shop. If the Moorings ain't your cup o tea (and lets face it they are shall we say "niche" :ph34r:) we've got Drummonds and The Lemon Tree coming up too.

Are you gigging? What do you play yersel?

[neepheid]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='42378' date='Aug 7 2007, 11:13 AM']Ha ha a fellow granite city loon.
If you're [b]un[/b]lucky enough to be passing by the Moorings this Saturday night you'll get a lugful of us rockin the shop. If the Moorings ain't your cup o tea (and lets face it they are shall we say "niche" :ph34r:) we've got Drummonds and The Lemon Tree coming up too.

Are you gigging? What do you play yersel?[/quote]

I might check it oot on Saturday. I quite like the Moorings, mmm mental Belgian beers.

My gear is in my signature. Not gigging, never have done. To be honest I've been a total beginner for 4 years. My girlfriend sings and plays sax in a couple of bands though and she's spurring me on a bit to improve, basically giving me a kick up the backside to practice more. So maybe one day

I get GAS like anyone else, and I've really been bitten by the bass building bug. I'm more assembling than outright building at the moment, but there's a 21x14x2" slab of walnut waiting for me to go one better and design my own body.

[Ou7shined]

Mmmmm waaalnuuut! One of my favourite woods. Swirly.
Your custom jobs look wicked good luck with the fretless. I'm probably gonna have to get a fretless at some point too if I'm to do Jeff Ament any justice but for the mo I'm using my GT-6B to simulate one.

[16Again]

aye aye loon, foo's yer doo's?
pearl jam tribute, i'd like to see that!
d.

[Ou7shined]

Ma doo's are aye chappin' thanks.
I was gonna type up some dates for yiz but it's just quicker to copy over a flyer.

(I hope this outrageous self promotion doesn't contravene forum rules)

[Rich]

Hmmm, most fascinating... they appear to be communicating in some sort of language...