Inara Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Hi everyone - I don't know why I haven't joined before now. I'm an American, living in Seattle, but years ago I lived in Yorkshire for a little while. I loved it, and didn't want to leave, but life circumstances kind of forced me back across the pond. I started playing very young, about 30 years ago, and have played primarily fretless for most of that time. I'm about to get back into fretted playing though, for a bit of a change and to brush up on some solo chordal and tapping pieces I've written that I've been too lazy to try perfecting on fretless. My main bass right now is a purple fretless PJ parts bass with a Squier body, Warmoth neck, and DiMarzio Model PJ pickups that I put together early in 2020, right after the pandemic really hit. I also have a beat-up 1986 Pedulla Buzz that a previous owner stripped the finish from, including the headstock logo (but the atrocities visited upon the poor instrument resulted in me being able to afford it, so there's that). My main amp is a TC Electronic RH450 into one or two Schroeder Mini 12+ L cabinets. I also have an EA Doubler head, and a Bergantino AE410 cabinet with weird white "tribal-ish" paint all over it (but the atrocities visited upon the poor ... etc). Anyway, I'm happy to be here. I've visited and lurked a number of times, but finally decided to take the plunge and join. Cheers! 9 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Welcome - the more the merrier why not post some pictures of your very interesting sounding kit? 1 Quote
Inara Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Welcome - the more the merrier why not post some pictures of your very interesting sounding kit? Thanks! Here they are ... I no longer own the Quilter head or the Ibanez Portamento bass, but I can't find another photo of the Bergantino right now ... 8 Quote
tegs07 Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Welcome Inara. Yorkshire and Seattle. With all that rain you must get plenty of time to practice! 1 Quote
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Welcome @Inara . Great name whether it’s your real one or username. I’m a big Firefly fan 😀 1 Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Good morning, @Inara, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. (...but you knew that anyway, didn't you..? ) Edited July 23, 2021 by Dad3353 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 We have lots of US and Canadian members here; just don’t mention talkbass.com or ri&@kenbackers or prince Harry and you’ll be okay 1 Quote
Inara Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Passinwind said: Frets? Ewww...☣️☣️☣️ 😎 Lol, frets will still only consume maybe 5% of my attention 😉 1 Quote
lownote Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Frets Edited July 23, 2021 by lownote Quote
Richard R Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 Welcome aboard Is there still a heatwave in the Nothwest US? 1 Quote
Richard R Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 19 hours ago, lownote said: Frets If Mr. F. had though the same way we might all be still playing the Bull Fiddle! Thankfully he didn't 😄 2 Quote
Geek99 Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, lownote said: Frets That’s a bit rude; I have small children and a disabled partner. I work full time and so don’t get enough time to practice to leave frets behind; I find this offensive. I’d love a fretless to try, or an EUB but right now it would just be an expensive dust collecting ornament 😞 Edited July 24, 2021 by Geek99 2 Quote
ezbass Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 I have both fretted and fretless. They do different things and although I love fretless, I would never consider frets as training wheels (I'm currently loving my short scale fretted). I'm not a Jaco fan, but he is mostly revered in the bass community. Jaco played both fretted and a lined fretless. 1 Quote
Tee Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 Welcome. I like Seattle and the PNW. Good road trippin'. 1 Quote
Richard R Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Geek99 said: ... an expensive dust collecting ornament 😞 I have one of those, with frets. Hope to resume practicing now things have calmed down. 😉 1 Quote
Inara Posted July 24, 2021 Author Posted July 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Richard R said: I have one of those, with frets. Hope to resume practicing now things have calmed down. 😉 Beautiful! I can't quite make out the headstock logo - what is the maker and model? It's lovely! Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, Inara said: Beautiful! I can't quite make out the headstock logo - what is the maker and model? It's lovely! Clicking on the photo brought up a 'zoom' mode; it's 'Brawley Basses' on the headstock, but I don't know which model. 1 Quote
Inara Posted July 24, 2021 Author Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Dad3353 said: Clicking on the photo brought up a 'zoom' mode; it's 'Brawley Basses' on the headstock, but I don't know which model. Thanks! I was pinch-zooming on my phone without tapping on the photo first, and it was in lower resolution, so a bit blurry. If I tap the photo first, it brings up the higher resolution photo ... Inara learns something about the Basschat UI lol. Thanks for the tip! 1 Quote
Jus Lukin Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 As it happens my youngest is a us citizen, I blame Disneyland. Mickey Mouse came to our table and went after a photo, Minnie appeared and there’s waters everywhere 1 Quote
Inara Posted July 24, 2021 Author Posted July 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Richard R said: Welcome aboard Is there still a heatwave in the Nothwest US? Thanks! No, it's cooled off back down to normal now, thankfully. We hit 45 C on the hottest day at the end of June, when our average high temperature in June is 21 C. It was awful. Quote
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