NoisyJules Posted March 4, 2010 Posted March 4, 2010 (edited) Hi Just joined up- based (sic) in Somerset, play mainly double bass these days. Been bassing for nearly 25 years (eek)- on a Kramer ali-neck for most of that time, but the double bass has brought a new lease of life, and a range of music closer to my heart, ie acoustic. My old man was a double bassist too, though he played classical- I'm more about folk (but with a smidgeon of metal thrown in to confuse the issue.) Bluegrass is the main thing these days- a constant challenge to keep it interesting and not just root'n'5. Sometimes the rest of the band tell me to stop being so 'weird' (ie interesting ) Oh- recently built teachest-style bass out of half an old copper hot water tank! Gear.... Double/doghouse/uprights- Romainian ply bass Chinese solid Old English in repair. Guitars- Kramer ali-neck Ricky 4003 black (mmm) Freshman acoustic a couple of randoms LX- Fishman pre-amp GK microbass All sorts of other bits in the collection from years of junk accretion, same as all of you I expect! Cheers! Jules Edited March 4, 2010 by NoisyJules Quote
Telebass Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 Welcome! Wouldn't mind seeing a pic of that Kramer - one of the few non-Fender basses I liked the look of was the 650B... Quote
NoisyJules Posted March 5, 2010 Author Posted March 5, 2010 Hi guys, thanks for the messages. Dom, I'm just to the east of Taunton. Am in Wellington quite a lot- my main band is based there (Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys). I'll post a pic of the Kramer as soon as I've taken it. Cheers! Quote
NoisyJules Posted March 6, 2010 Author Posted March 6, 2010 oh I took a pic of the Kramer, but can't seem to upload. Does it have to go to an external site? Flickr/photobucket etc? Got a gig to go to- I'll try again later. The Kramer is a Stagemaster stansard in (now very off-)white. Has had Reflex Red-Dot pickups added by previous owner (a mate) which are a drastic improvement over the originals. I've had it for 20 odd years. Quote
Bloodaxe Posted March 6, 2010 Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) [quote name='NoisyJules' post='766065' date='Mar 6 2010, 02:16 PM']oh I took a pic of the Kramer, but can't seem to upload. Does it have to go to an external site? Flickr/photobucket etc? Got a gig to go to- I'll try again later. The Kramer is a Stagemaster stansard in (now very off-)white. Has had Reflex Red-Dot pickups added by previous owner (a mate) which are a drastic improvement over the originals. I've had it for 20 odd years.[/quote] Greetings from an ex-Tauntonian... I'm rather intrigued by this beastie's past. A mate of mine used to own one & they're not exactly ten-a-penny. The dates might just fit too. Does the name Chris Foden ring any bells? You should be able to attach pics drec'ly - when you're posting a new message, just below the message window is a blue box that runs full-width. To the right of this ar a couple of buttons that say "Browse" & "UPLOAD". I've never used it myself (Photobucket for me), but let's see... ... Ahhh... It does work, but the attachment doen't show "in line" in the message body when you're editing (unlike the tags you'd use for linking to Photobucket) nor does it show when you hit "preview post" - you have to wait until you commit to the post before you see it. Pete. Edited March 6, 2010 by Bloodaxe Quote
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