Teesee Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I'm an 'owd scrote first picked up a bass around 1974 IIRC, a Shaftesbury Telebass short scale, played in various bands particularly punk bands until about 1979 then joined a rock/funk fusion band around 1980 and around '83 bought a Vox White Shadow. The gear I had at that time was a HH Bass Machine with a 2x15 Peavey Black Widow. during that period I sold the Vox and bought a Westone Spectrum until the band broke up and kids arrived. I totally gave up on playing bass from about 87 until 2019 when I bought a 7ender MIJ P bass. Have added to the collection now with mostly Harley Bentons that I've modded to different levels - the maddest being an RB-414 which I've spent 4 times the amount the bass cost me new!😆😆, great learning curve though. I now own 8 guitars, Left to Right in first picture, Retrovibe medium scale, HB P-50, and the orange one I'll post on here about that another time. Left to right in 2nd picture, HB JB-75, Yamaha BBN4 III fretless, HB RB-414, 7ender P and a Harley Benton HBZ-2005. Orange Crush Bass 50 and a few Dreadbox pedals, plus a cheapy DI if ever I need one. Musical tastes vary, likes; UK pre 1980's punk but also New Wave Reggae and dub, particularly Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru, Mikey Dread era Old School Hiphop Smattering of classics Nina Simone Intelligent Indie and LGTBG+ (Antony, Erasure, Soft Cell etc.) Dislikes; Mainstream pop and R&B C&W Cheers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teesee Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Forgot to say I was on Talkbass for 5 years but TBH got fed up of the small minded moderators and rich Fodera owning folk and Rick Fanbois and wannabees who look down their noses at people who like budget guitars. Hope it's a bit different here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Welcome TeeSee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teesee Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Thanks RB, love your sig BTW, I was only just listening to that a couple of days ago! 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Welcome aboard! Lots of affection for HB's and inexpensive basses on this site - and for Foderas and Rics too. Go on - what's the orange single-cut 5 string? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Hello there. Welcome to you and your basses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) Welcome Teesee. Edited July 23 by SpondonBassed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teesee Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 20 hours ago, Richard R said: Welcome aboard! Lots of affection for HB's and inexpensive basses on this site - and for Foderas and Rics too. Go on - what's the orange single-cut 5 string? Well, it started life as one of these https://g4m.com/product/g4m-972-fanned-fret-5-string-blue-burl-burst/ but I'll do a post on here in the not too distant about all the mods that's been done. 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadunk Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Good to see you here mate. Glad you joined! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Welcome! I don’t know how Thomann can sell a Harley Benton for what they do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Grey Bear Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Welcome Teesee. Cheap guitars? I own one and I just got done making it outta an old box. Half baritone, half short scale, all madness. Yours look gorgeous, though to be honest I wouldn't know much of the differences between one and another. Just learning bass. Or, I'll start learning bass on Saturday when my strings get delivered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Teesee Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 21 hours ago, Ol Grey Bear said: Welcome Teesee. Cheap guitars? I own one and I just got done making it outta an old box. Half baritone, half short scale, all madness. Yours look gorgeous, though to be honest I wouldn't know much of the differences between one and another. Just learning bass. Or, I'll start learning bass on Saturday when my strings get delivered. Your guitar sounds very interesting mate, hope you get down with it. Have you posted it on here yet? if so drop us the link. And welcome to becoming a bassist, I'm sure you'll have years of fun. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Grey Bear Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 11 hours ago, Teesee said: Your guitar sounds very interesting mate, hope you get down with it. Have you posted it on here yet? if so drop us the link. And welcome to becoming a bassist, I'm sure you'll have years of fun. 👍 Photo here: Thank you for wishing me well on bass. I've seen folk playing a bass thingy on that there TV thingy, so I reckon I should be good 👍 😄 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrdlow Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Hello there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 G'day! Another Shropshire bass player to join the very few of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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