Bassyoldgit Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 (edited) Well...hello world This site is great and is exactly what world "shrinkage" is all about. I feel humbled with my story, having read far more interesting anecdotes but for what its worth: I am from Norfolk UK in 1971, I was right in the middle of the rock and prog rock revolution, A small seaside resort named Cromer was the spawing grounds for many a rock legend. There was a venue "The Royall Links Pavillion" each week we enjoyed bands such as Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, Queen, UFO,Golden Earring,Rory Gallgher, Sassafras, Ian Dury,Atomic Rooster, Status Quo, et al. The nearby city of Norwich gaves us Free The Who and Deep Purple. I first purchased through a "pay weekly" "club book" a "top twenty" bass. I had purchased Free live and The Who live at Leeds Black Sabbath and Led Zepp 4 and was thus hooked and influenced by the styles primariliy by Andy Frazer and because the band we had started didnt have drummer , Geezer Butler, then came Felix Pappaladi, when Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride rang out through our b/w tv on sunday lunchtimes for ITV's news programe. I quickly re-colurered the TT with metallic blue car paint and then sold it on and once again on HP bought a hybrid unnamed Bass which was telecaster type body with a F/precision styled neck. I played this through a Selmer 50 Watt valved amp (cranked up to eleven) and WEM reflex 120 watt cabinet. The air intake at the bottom was so effective it would suck the 30 inch loon pant flares into it if you stood too close. After a lot of practising and only a handful of non-paying gigs. in around 1975 I sold all my gear to buy a 1958 Mini and just kept a black Les Paul copy guitar and a Saxon acoustic (mainly on the wall) for the next 30 or so years. On my 50th birthday my wife at my request bought me a Peavey millenium Bass and I had a second birth. I have since rescued and old 1970's precision copy bass from a skip placed Rotosound nexus strings on the peavey and the "skippy" and added a vesta Jazz copy to my bass collection. Some old farts like me in the mid life crisis buy Harleys or sports cars I bought a Drum kit a mandolin a BM special guitar more amps and effects than you could shake a stick at and not having the balls to go on stage again help out with a local Prog rock band "Hollow Earth" I am composing with the help of computer software and sometimes find a nugget with a combination of my very fortunate rock associated past They say you cannot live in the past but it's bloody great to back there often, with a past as I have been very lucky to have had I wish every success to everyone on this site and look forward to hearing other facinating stories of here and now, music is too good to simply hum toit "you have to feel it" "keep rumblin" Bassyoldgit Edited April 2, 2010 by Bassyoldgit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenic Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Hello, and welcome to the forum. Nice story - and nice era..... I'll probably never play live again (for various reasons) but I have so much fun playing with myself - that I don't miss it too much! What software do you use - I've found Propellerheads Reason, along with a small arsenal of Refills (samples), a wonderful tool - great for messing about with, and for seriously trying to put stuff together - even if it is for my own personal enjoyment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassyoldgit Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 (edited) [quote name='arsenic' post='794206' date='Apr 2 2010, 12:43 PM']Hello, and welcome to the forum. Nice story - and nice era..... I'll probably never play live again (for various reasons) but I have so much fun playing with myself - that I don't miss it too much! What software do you use - I've found Propellerheads Reason, along with a small arsenal of Refills (samples), a wonderful tool - great for messing about with, and for seriously trying to put stuff together - even if it is for my own personal enjoyment.[/quote] Hi my new friend The software I am using is a canadian product "Band In a box" whose name is a bit lame but belies the power. Some of the samples are "Real session musicians" with very complex arrangement possibilities. But mainly you can get a very acceptlable style and composition to then (if you want and have the skill replace the "session" players with a band or simply your self. Check it out and if you have some cash if nothing else it is a very entertaining use of this box of tricks. Some would stick their noses up but it like any computer based programme if you put crap in you get crap out and this programmes certainly has given me a new lease of musical ability and life, all the best merv Edited April 2, 2010 by Bassyoldgit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Telebass Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Howdy! Some of those band names seem [i]awfully[/i] familiar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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