Where are my manners?

[Cat Burrito]

Hello All -

I thought I'd not forget my manners and say hi. I'm returning to bass after a few years away. Bass was always my main instrument but I had a spell playing some of the other instruments for a while. It was interesting to work with other bassists - and I found without exeception that the bass players tended to be the cool ones of the band! Perhaps I was biased?

I've owned a few basses over the years but always seem to come back to the Fender P-bass. I have 2 basses right now & both are P-basses (a 57RI and a 51RI). The 57RI is 20yrs old and the 51RI is new. I've owned a fretless, a Jazz and a bunch of Gibson type basses (usually Epiphone). My ambition is to get a double bass & this might come to be realised later this year if I can juggle things. If I could have one bass back it would be my Jazz. Amp wise I have a Roland DB700 which seems to do the trick.

Music wise I like Americana and my influences range beyond Country to include Soul, Rockabilly & some traditional music. I admire players as diverse as James Jamerson through to Lee Rocker whilst managing to sound like neither. My favourite bass player is probably Chris Hillman.

I'm here for advice, tips and to look at pretty pictures. If I can return any of those then that's a bonus!

BB

[Zoe_BillySheehan]

Hey!

welcome to the forum.

really like the precisions

Z
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[deaver]

Nice kit. And welcome aboard

Edited May 23, 2009 by deaver

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[quote]Bass was always my main instrument but I had a spell playing some of the other instruments for a while[/quote]

Welcome back to the low frequencies, the dark rich side is addictive