Hello from York, UK

[80Hz]

Hi all, long time browser/lurker, finally signing up!

 

I've been playing on and off for (gulp) about 25 years, but you wouldn't know it if you heard me. I used to be involved in writing and recording a bit more seriously, but work demands mean my noodling is now firmly restricted to the bedroom (as it were). I've played quite a few different instruments over the years but I decided at the beginning of 2024 to focus on bass.

 

I currently play a 2023 Fender MIM Jazz Bass, completely stock with rounds; a knockoff P of unknown provenance with a Tonerider pickup and Fender flats; an early 00's Ibanez BTB 400QM (I think that's right) with LaBella rounds; and I've recently acquired a 90's Ibanez SR890 which has turned into a bit of a project (but we've gotta have a project brewing, right?). I don't gig or play out, so I use digital modelling stuff exclusively now.

 

I listen fairly widely and my tastes are all over the place. But in terms of what I like to play, I often find myself transcribing parts from 70's and 80's soul / funk / rock, the kind off stuff you'd find Nathan East or Abe Laboriel Sr on (disclaimer: I can't play like either 😆). I'm not a jazzer, but oddly I find myself enjoying the challenge and musical vocabulary of jazz-adjacent genres. I enjoy nerding out about arrangements (musical ones, not funeral etc).

 

Anyway greetings from dreary Yorkshire! I see a few folks here based in Leeds and other centers of northern civilization. A cordial tip o' th' flat cap to you.

[SpondonBassed]

Welcome Mr Hertz.

[Peejay]

Welcome!

Just down the road from you near Selby.

Doesn't matter what gear you use or what you play as long as you enjoy it. 

[ezbass]

[80Hz]

Thanks for chiming all, appreciate the hellos!

 

@Peejay Good to see some folks close by 😀

[Geek99]

I think from reading that, that you’ll fit in just  fine

checklist:

1. Large herd of instruments already ? CHECK

2. self deprecating SOH? CHECK

3. “project” on the go? CHECK

 

GOOD TO GO 👍

[msb]

Welcome , as 99 noted , you should feel right at home.