Introduce Yourself

[xhawk4]

Hi all! Cool thread. Anyway....

My name's Larry, aka Hawk, and I live near Daytona Beach Florida. I got my first "Hondo" bass after my first Daughter was born in 1988.

I never had taken any lessons, just home studies. I learned how to groove in a band environment about ten years ago in a church worship team. I stayed with that until 1990. Never have had much time to practice until about 2 years ago. Raising a family and starting a well drilling and sprinkler business in Florida is time consuming. That now pretty much runs itself and I suddenlt have ample time on my hands.

I'm in a Oldies-Rock/blues/classic-rock band caller "Fender Bender". All cover songs from Johnny Rivers, Creedence, Clapton, Donovan, Georgia Sats, ZZ Top, Stones, Van Morrison, you get the picture.

I'd like to take some lessons on basic progressions in Blues music and would love to master the "Walking technique"! My equipment far out-weighs my talent as I own a '98 Mike Lull Modern-4 jazz, a new Custom John Watkins 4, 70's Stingray and a few cheaper ones that hang on my office wall. Customers love it.

My rig consists of an Ampeg SVP preamp, SWR Workingmans 300, Peavey 4x10 TVX cab, and a "The Bass Company" 2x10. Very nice rig. The 2x10 stays home for practice.

I like this forum and it gives me good info and commradery,(spelling?) Thanks to all who give informative replys on my posts and questions.

Hawk

[Graham56]

Hi,

 

I'm Graham (you could tell that couldn't you...). I'm fat, balding and 45, with wife, three young daughters, large mortgage and a day job. I was a book editor and publisher but now manage a specialist training organisation for publishers. I'm a Scot, although I live in south-east London.

 

I didn't start the bass until almost 2 years ago. I signed up for a college evening class and was lucky to find a superb teacher in Paul Westwood (session player and writer of The Bass Bible).

 

Inspirational.

 

I'm left-handed, and spent the first 18 months with a crappy no-name P-bass copy, upside down and re-strung for left-handed play. But I recently got a mid-60s left-handed P-bass that has been modded with an extra bridge humbucker and Schaller bridge. It has a lovely crunchy sound, deep P-bass presence but with the extra rasp from the bridge.

 

No amp, just a Pandora PX3 for now. I'll worry about an amp when a) my stretched finances have recovered from buying the bass, and b) I'm ready to think about gigging. But the Pandora is fine for practice.

 

So I press on, juggling practice time (usually late night) with job and family responsibilities. I don't play in a band yet (I'm not happy enough with my ability to hold down a simple groove) although a geetar-playin' friend and I get together and jam once or twice a week. We may take it further, I dunno.

 

I do have a deadline though - in a drunken moment I promised the wife I'd have a band together for her 45th party which would play her favourite tunes. So I've got about 18 months to master the output of Robbie Williams, Phil Collins, Annie Lennox (where the hell do I find a singer like her??) and Joe Cocker (or him??).

 

Not all to my taste, but I'm sure I'll learn lots, and if it's the price for keeping her happy it's worth paying.

 

Anyway, why am I writing this stuff when I should be 'shedding??!

 

Back to work...

 

1, 1, 3, 5, 7, 7, 6, 5,

1, 1, 3, 5, 7, 7, 6, 5,

 

etc...

 

Cheers

 

Graham

 

PS: And I find the generosity, helpfulness and knowledge of this forum amazing. I don't contribute much as in the main all I'd be doing is raising the noise/signal ratio, but I've learned a helluva lot from here. While being inspired and entertained as well. Thanks guys.

[...]

Oh hey, look at that. I haven't posted on this thread. For some reason I thought I had... perhaps I'm getting senile or something.

 

Hi! My name is Brian Timpe. I'm 29 years old, I work for The Evil Empire (Microsoft) so I can afford to be a musician. I play bass. I am currently only in one gigging band, Yogi & Half Zaftig , which is a huge departure from the 5 that I was playing in a year ago right around this time. I also whore myself out to musicians/bands who need low-sounding notes for recordings or live shows.

 

I've been playing bass for about 11 years now. I started on guitar 5 years prior to that. Oh, and like every other bassist on the planet, I played trumpet all through grade school and college. All bassists are also trumpet players, I think it's a prerequisite on the application or something. I studied music at the University of Washington for several years and learned some stuff.

 

Other stuff: I have a large house and subsequent large mortgage payment that tends to accompany said large dwelling. I'm a single father of no one, never been married, no kids (that I am aware of). Currently I am single (hey baby, wanna wrestle?) My only other 'hobby' would be going to the gym and working out, not so much fun really, and I do this 5 days a week (however, it IS very fun to watch the attractive women on the stair-bastard machines). I enjoy hockey a great deal.

 

Interesting factoid: I once destroyed a shitty trumpet in a drunken rage. The lead pipe, with mouthpiece still attached, wound up somewhere on I-5 south in Seattle. Ahhhh... college.

[MattC]

Hi, I'm Matt. I am a Civil Engineering major at Detroit's Wayne State University. I've studied electric bass for seven years, URB for 8 months now. One can always find any of these genres in any on the several CD players around me: jazz, progressive music (Rush, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Queensryche), blues, classic rock, and the like. Right now, I believe, Bela's "Left of Cool" is in my car stereo.

I play an Ibanez SR-405 through a GK800RB into a Workingman's 4X10. I also struggle with a Knilling 3/4 upright.

In my spare time (which isn't much), I am working on producing several CDs: the ubiquitous Christmas CD, my solo project, and an Evenescence style EP with a good friend of mine, Amanda.

Professionally, I work as a the Electrical Dept. Manager of ACO hardware (5 years this month). I drive a 2000 Taurus. I am Catholic and go to mass every saturday or sunday. At a bar, you might see me order rum and pepsi, Jagermeister, whiskey straight, Mike's cranberry, Hot Damn 100 or Pina Colada, although never to excess. I am currently single and loving it, although I'm confident that my opinion would change when the next accessably-hot co-ed walks by.

I want a career in music (either performance or production) but I need the stability of a full time career (hence, engineering), so I've relegated myself to weekend-warior status down the line after I leave college.

I'm also tired of guitarists who only know rock. If my former bandmates were to read this, they'd know who they are.

[BrklBss]

Hello!

My name is Joe Huettner, I'm from Biglerville, Pennsylvania, but I attend college at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. My major is Songwriting, but my principal instrument is Bass. I play a Warwick Thumb BO 5-string through a Genz Benz 2x10 combo.

I'm the bassist in the newly-formed band Downtown Crossing - check us out at http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/624/downtown_crossing.html

I also have a site for my solo songwriting endeavors. Check them out at http://www.soundclick.com/joehuettner

[LizzyD]

Well! This has been interesting reading.

 

Hi, I'm Lizzy. I've played bass since about 1986 or so. Before that I studied piano, sax and guitar. Still play guitar. And drums now and then.

 

Currently my main project is the band in Seattle known as Yogi & Half Zaftig (yes, the same one Bumpcity mentioned above) in which I play guitar. I also whore myself out to anyone who will pay. Uh, as a musician that is.

 

Other interesting facts: I'm married to a drummer. I play drums in an all girl punk/pop trio. I went to Berklee. I like prog rock and lots of other kinds of music. I'm a chocoholic. I like good beer. I've worked in the studio with Tony Levin and drummer Jerry Marotta.

 

My main rig is a Roscoe 5 string, Demeter preamp and Bergantino cabinets. I have several other basses and some nice guitar gear as well.

 

Lots of interesting information about me can be found on my website too.

[...]

Just because no one has taken this thread here yet...

 

"Introduce Yourself"

band: Faith No More

album: Introduce Yourself

 

From the day I was born, I took the bull by the horns, and gave you

plenty to scorn, well right on! Then you said in a song that life was

gettin real tough, but hey I think that you're bluffing, what of it?

 

Introduce yourself (right on!)

 

Now two decades gone by and I know that's a long time, para tiempo means

nada nunca. Cause I'm still the same asshole and I still wet my pants

every time that I see your face (who are you?)

 

Introduce yourself (right on!)

 

Hey Mr. Biggs, Hey Mr. Bestall, Hey Mr. Warner what's up?

Hey Mr. Enigma, Hey Mr. Bigtime, Hey Mr. Epic, What's going on?

 

Introduce yourself (right on!)

[clatteramy]

Howdy!

 

I'm Amy. I turn 36 on Saturday. I would say I'm a professional bassist but we don't seem to get paid very often. I play bass and sing in a two-piece band called Clatter with drummer Joe, who is also my husband of 14 years. We live on a farm in central Missouri that we've converted into a wildlife sanctuary, and we restored the old chicken house into a practice studio. We don't have kids but we have 8 cats and 2 dogs.

 

We released a new CD called "Blinded By Vision" earlier this year, and put 10,000 miles on the van last month touring to support it. We've met lots of bassists at shows and made a lot of new friends, and that's what keeps us going. We hope to see some of you at future gigs!

[thrawn]

Hey everyone!

I am Ryan from Bremerton Washington. The land of MXPX and sir mix-a-lot (both went to my HS) I am currently a senior at Central Kitsap High School.

 

I've played bass for about 4.5 years now, guitar for two, and I've just started picking up sticks and beating things with them (I don't have a kit, though my dad has an old gretsch that he won't let anyone but him touch). I was in a... "I don't quite know how to describe it" band for about two years, and left about four months ago for "musical differences." You can check out our old mp3's if you want to, becuase the rest of the band is currently breaking up as we speak; www.mp3.com/bus17 .

 

I play mostly slap and fingerpick, but I delve into a bit of punk every once in a while, so the ol pick comes out too.

 

My major influences are: P-nut of 311, Dirk Lance of old Incubus, Flea, Tommy Shannon, The Ox, jack bruce, Armstrong of Rancid, Commeford of Rage/audioslave, bootsy collins, Fat mike of nofx, and Justin Chancellor of Tool.

 

I listen to everything from Tool to Reggae. I like some underground hip hop too. That shit is fun to jam to alone late at night, when no one can hear me.

 

My set up kind of sucks. I play a fender jp-90 which sounds decent for blues and reggae through a hartke Transient attack 5000 head with a home-made (not by me) 2x10, and a 1x15.

 

My next major purchase is a toss up between a music man sterling and a spector rebop. I'm leaning towards the sterling because it sounds great for punk and funk at the same time.

 

I surf and ski habitually, although I am a crappiful surfer (only two years) I still go freeze my ars off as ofter as possible at westport or neah bay. I've skied for 15 years now, so yeah, check out www.freezeonline.com to see what we're doing now. Its moved past tight-suited racers...

 

I'm applying at Stanford, UW, UBC, UCB, and UC santa barbra. so watch out next fall!

 

later!

 

-ryan

[chamers]

Wow people with even less posts than me time to stop lurking and introduce myself

 

I'm Tim, I'm based in the UK, I started playing bass back when I was college, played in dodgy punk/reggae cover bands, left college and left the music behind for a while.....

 

Now I find I'm 33, I started playing again about 3 years ago, my lack of bass knowledge is scary, which is why I love lurking here, don't often feel I've got a lot to add but I've sure got a lot to learn!

 

I play a Fender MIM 60's Jazz Bass re-issue from their "classic" range and a Tobias Toby Pro 4, korean made music-yo job, with a bartolini pre-amp I fitted after getting advice from some of the kind people here! Oh yeah I play through a Ashdown ABM 300 EVO head and a Ashdown MAG 210T cab.

 

Nice to meet you all!!!

[Bouncer]

I'm Mark, I live in a small town in Western, Ky. I use to play Bass back in the 80's for a few Glam bands(yep, makeup and all!) Anyway, my dreams of being a Metal God were sidetracked when i got married and had my first child, I quit playing until just a few years ago and have picked it back up. I enjoy all types of music. I'm now 36 and play in a lot of jams with local musicians, a lot of Bluegrass being from the same town as Bill Monroe. I play a Peavey Millenium STD with a Gallien-Kruger amp. I play for the enjoyment factor, i have become the local Bassist that feels in for any band in these parts neeeding one and i really enjoy it!

[saxofunk]

Originally posted by Bumpcity:

Oh, and like every other bassist on the planet, I played trumpet all through grade school and college. All bassists are also trumpet players...

Interesting factoid: I once destroyed a shitty trumpet in a drunken rage. The lead pipe, with mouthpiece still attached, wound up somewhere on I-5 south in Seattle. Ahhhh... college.

Bump - I believe you are correct about your accusation of bass players being former trumpeteers. I did manage to learn a few scales on trumpet after being given one. I found that particular horn difficult to play (like it had a hairball in the pipes) so I dispatched it with a .22. As I recall I spent about 30 rounds.

 

Saxophone is the only shiny object that distracts me from bass, and has been my primary axe for over 15 years. Saxophone abusers must be punished.

[MartinJ]

This has been interesting to read. Here's my part:

 

(If this is too long, just skim the bold words for the main points. )

 

I'm a college teacher* here; my subject area is the ever-popular Chemistry. (*Lecturer at the university, Associate Faculty at the community college.) I'm married to a very understanding wife, and we have 0 children at this time.

 

I never played any sort of instrument in my entire life, but this year, at age 42 (nearly 43, now) I bought a bass and a stack of music books, and I've been learning to play for about 8-9 months now. I've had some lessons, and I plan to start a regular lesson program this fall.

 

Most importantly to my musical development is a group of friends - who ARE talented musicians - who allow me to play with them on a regular basis. This has been an amazing experience - in terms of learning and just having a great deal of fun. There is also a local cafe in the VERY small agricultural town in which we live that has a weekly Blues jam - this has also been fun and a great learning experience.

 

I like just about all varieties of music. Okay, I'm not a huge fan of Country Western or Rap, but I'll give it a shot if someone wants to play it.

 

My equipment consists of a Fender (MiM) Jazz Bass and a Fender Bassman 200 combo. I've tried a few other basses and amps, but I don't have the talent or ear to really hear much difference. Maybe someday I'll have a room full of equipment, but it's not likely on a teacher's salary.

 

This forum has been absolutely fantastic for my musical education. I discovered this about the same time I started to learn to play, and I can't thank guys like Jeremy C and Dave Brown enough for all their help, information, and patience. I've printed out so many of these threads and put them into my music study binder to read over and over. THANKS!

 

My other obsession is snowboarding. I've been doing this since around 1983 or 1984, which is difficult for me to believe. During my "best" years - which were my "worst" years, academically - I snowboarded around 100 days per year. Now I "only" hit the slopes maybe 20-30 days per year, but the thrill remains.

 

I've been driving Subarus for about 20 years. They're sorta funny cars, but I find them to be incredibly reliable and durable. I've easily driven each for well over 200,000 miles with absolutely no trouble or major repairs. Also, our Outback wagon is perfect for transporting my bass and combo amp.

 

My shoe size is... well, I guess that this is more than enough.

[MartinJ]

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot to mention:

 

I once saw Bruce Springsteen's ex-wife's brother's girlfriend naked.

 

True story.

[Gord -B]

bump

[wraub]

Greetings. I am wraub, if only to watch some people try to pronounce it. I am 30 ish, going on 19. I have owned a bass or two for around 16 years, but due to circumstances have really been playing bass for 10-12 years. This includes URB, which I played in college while studying music, and fretless electric, which I played exclusively for 6 years, until I got a gig that required slapping. That is when I got the 5 string 1985 Ibanez Roadstar II that most of the forum's member's are quite tired of hearing me talk about. But tough, 'cuz this is about me. It is on this bass that I learned not only a lot of tunes, but by taking it apart for things like a new bridge and various repaints, I learned a lot about how it worked. I recommend this to all players, provided they can think clearly, have confidence, and like tools.

 

I recently acquired a second, matching Roadstar II, to make fretless, which I will do as soon as I can find the time. Also, recently, I was given a Charvel p/j 4 string, and after removing the active circuit, I found it sounds pretty good. This is the first time that I have owned more than 2 basses at the same time.

 

Influences early on were mostly the usual Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson line up, but the older I get its really about trying to put the right note in the right place. I have met a couple of other forumites, and have been impressed both with their personalities and skill levels. I tend to revert to slapping when in a music store, like a lot of bass players. I like good chocolate and cold beer, but am not motivated by food. I used to be fat. I used to play trombone (not sure if these are related.)

 

I am a bad, self taught violinist (and getting less bad all the time.) I love woodworking. Lately, I have been doing a lot of construction work, and just renovated 3 apartments. I do not own a microwave oven. I prefer old Jags and Minis to the new ones.

 

I have owned 9 basses, but all but 3 were Ibanez. I prefer Jazz basses to P basses, both in tone and appearance.

I am a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here.

I think Chuck Jones was a genius.

I think it is stupid to judge somebody else by the color of their skin, or their social position, because when you take the time to really get to know somebody, you can usually find much more valid things to dislike them for.

I wish there was a sarcasm key on the keyboard. I work in a recording studio for long hours and short pay, but heck, its show business. I own an Acoustic 370 that I love (Thanks Harvey! ), but it is 2000 miles away. I have an alleged sense of humor.

Thats about it. Thanks for asking.

 

Peace,

 

wraub

[Basster]

My name's Jim. I'm from Moss Beach CA. I got a late start in music. I like many syles of music and listen to what others in the band are playing, but Bass has been my only love.

[NickT]

I'm Nick, I'm 23 from London in the UK. I've been playing for about 8 or 9 years now (jeez I didn't think it was that long). I was lucky enough to have lessons with Paul Westwood (author of "The Bass Bible") for my final two years at school and then to get my ass whipped at university by a drummer with excellent time and a bunch of classical players.

 

I'll be the guy telling you to listen to Motown. If you wanna see some pics of me, on stage or hear me attempting to play all of the notes I can think of then go to http://www.slidejules.com/landslide and check out the picture gallery and the downloads section for some live cuts.

 

My current musical aims are to learn Bach's Cello Prelude #1 in C major and to learn how to control my placement of my notes within the beat.

[61Pbass]

I'm Sheldon . I was born into a family of professional musicians and never had a doubt in my mind that music would be my lifelong vocation. I have an insane amount of gear which I should cull out and reduce to what I really use (and a few sentimental pieces), but I have just never been able to bring myself to sell anything music oriented. I guess that explains why I have what I have .....

 

I've been reproducing lower register notes for thirty years all over the planet with the famous, near famous and totally unknown. After all that time I finally decided to put together my own project last winter and have been toiling away on it ever since. Strangely enough, I ended up playing one of those funny looking little things with six insanely thin strings on it . Oh well, music is music, and it's especially sweet when it's your own.

 

I'm opinionated, sometimes rude, quite often mistaken in my assumptions (but never wrong ), always willing to give advice (take it at your own risk) and incredibly jealous of guys like Dave Brown and Jeremy Cohen who can pass on the gift of music to those eager to absorb it.

[joke isle]

Howdy Friends. I'm a self-taught bassist currently making a living touring with the SF-based string band The Waybacks.

Born in DC in 1961; been living in San Francisco since 1985. Never played much as a kid growing up in the DC suburbs but I did have much exposure to my father's expansive jazz lp collection...he was (and still is) big into Count Basie, Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Teddy Wilson, the 50s/60s West Coast big bands, and almost anything released on the Verve and Pablo labels. By the time I discovered free-form FM radio (and recreational drugs)in the late-70s I had developed an insatiable appetite for all things fusion. During this time my ear was drawn towards the lps which featured inventive bassists...Stanley Clarke's solo records and RTF, Jeff Berlin's work w/Bill Bruford, Leland Sklar w/Billy Cobham, Percy Jones w/Brand X, Jaco, to name a few.

 

I picked up the bass guitar myself in the late 1980s after moving to SF, learned to play blues and C&W with local bar bands using a borrowed Teisco DelRey and an Ibanez RoadstarII short scale. Bought my first upright in 1990 at Ifshin's Violins in Berkeley -- a 3/4 Chinese plywood beater -- started by taking a handful of lessons from John Clark and by mid-1991 began bluffing my way into playing situations in bars around town. By 1994 I was able to quit my day job as a chef. Worked the free-lance circuit for many years playing with blues, jazz, Dixieland, rockabilly, C&W, and original rock bands around the SF Bay area. I bought a bunch of funny-looking old suits and did my share of time in the trenches during the Great Swing Wars of the late '90s. This coincided with the dot.com boom when every restaurant and club in town was featuring live music and the corporate casuals were pouring in and I got used to playing 30+ gigs per month. Ah!! How i miss the good ole gravy days!!

 

Some of the bands I've played/recorded/toured with: The Hot Club of San Francisco; Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers; Mitch Woods and the Rocket 88s; Trailer Park Rangers; Bone Cootes and the Living Wrecks; Jinx Jones & the KingTones; the Blue Room Boys; Mal Sharpe's Big Money in Jazz Band; the Waybacks.

 

My current rig consists of a 60-year-old no-name German laminated 3/4 URB fitted with a Schertler Stat-B pickup and a K&K Golden Trinity condenser mic and K&K 2-channel preamp. For the occasional electric bass gig or session I love my old Teisco DelRey JB-200 strung with LaBella flats. For amplification I use an Acoustic Image Contra as a stand-alone or with an Acme Low-B II or a Flite 1x15. For touring I've come to depend on my Eminence EUB...detachable neck version fitted with a Fishman Full Circle pickup. Both uprights are strung with Velvet Animas. I'm using a Baggs Para-Acoustic DI and/or an Aphex Acoustic Exciter stompbox.

My schedule with the Waybacks keeps me on the road much of the year so I don't get a chance to post too often on this forum; I do check in regularly and I've learned and enjoyed so much from all you over the past couple of years. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and knowledge and humor.

Joe Kyle Jr.

[Wally Malone]

Joe, great to see you stopping by the Lowdown. One of these times it will work out that I don't have a gig when you're playing at Henfling's and I'll be able to catch the Waybacks.

 

Wally

[joke isle]

Hey Wally! Nothing on the schedule for Henfling's in the near future...we're playing Kuumbwa in SCruz on Nov. 29 and that sorta preempts any other SCruz county dates for a few months. Last time thru Ben Lomond we packed the place -- it was the night of the last big lunar eclipse which made for a most magical night -- so it shouldn't be too long before they have us back.

About Accugroove cabs, do you know of any URB players in NoCal using them?

Cheers,

Joe

[jimbojones]

Hi, I'm James Coyne. I am 14 years old and live in San Francisco, and go to Stuart Hall High School. I have been playing bass for 3 years. I own a Spector ns- crfm. I played trumpet before bass (like Flea). My dad made me learn guitar and i've been playing that for 1 year, i don't like it as much as bass though (of course). If anyone knows me, send me a private message.

[...]

Originally posted by NuB-bass:

Originally posted by Bumpcity:

Oh, and like every other bassist on the planet, I played trumpet all through grade school and college. All bassists are also trumpet players...

Interesting factoid: I once destroyed a shitty trumpet in a drunken rage. The lead pipe, with mouthpiece still attached, wound up somewhere on I-5 south in Seattle. Ahhhh... college.

Bump - I believe you are correct about your accusation of bass players being former trumpeteers. I did manage to learn a few scales on trumpet after being given one. I found that particular horn difficult to play (like it had a hairball in the pipes) so I dispatched it with a .22. As I recall I spent about 30 rounds.

Sweet!! Trumpet destruction at it's finest. My father is a musician as well, he was in the US Army reserve band for a number of years. They once took a trumpet and ran over it a bunch of times with my father's truck. They then took said trumpet, spray painted it army green, and mounted it to a nice wooden plaque. Their captain had it hanging on his office wall for years. Brilliant, I tell you, brilliant.

[Whappo]

At last, a moment to post!

 

My name is Mark Wright. I'm 47 & started playing bass in 1970 with a Gibson EB-3 copy & a Traynor 1x15 amp & cab. Through the late 70's it was mostly rock with many equipment changes. In the late 70's my gigs started evolving to Jazz/Fusion.

 

17 years ago I moved to Northern CA (San Jose area) with my wonderful wife & 2 great kids. Because of an obsession I have with pure sound & over built cabinets, there's little time to gig. Playing consist of 1 rehearsal a week and playing every Sunday at church. Occasionally I have time for studio gigs.

 

Currently I play a Worker Bee 5 string (with a 6 on the way) & a 6 string fretless Ritter. (GASing for a Conklin, Lakland, & MTD) Preamp is a Millennia STT-1 Origin & I just received my new Crest Audio Pro 8002 power amp. (Can you say 4,000 watts?)

 

Cabinets: Whatever old thing I have lying around. LOL

 

A special hi to Wally, Jeremy C, Sweet Willie & Max V.

 

Marco Polo Loco McWhappo

[UntamedBass]

Hi, I'm Joe. By day I'm a web developer for the state of Wyoming. By night, I sleep.

 

But every now and again, I play bass for a C&W four piece called Drew Allen and the Untamed. I've been playing bass for about a month or two (but I did play guitar for about ten years and did some jazz stuff in college many mons ago). That's probably makes me the baby bass player around here.

[andertone]

Hi! I'm Phil Anderson and live in the Tucson AZ area. I've been playing since 1969, and hung around LA in the mid 60's soaking up some incredible music before going to UCSB for various degrees. Had a wild ride in the 70's, playing in some amazing bands and on the A team in Santa Barbara, and have worked with some of the great producers (Tony Stern, Carole King, Toby Scott, Dylan/Springstein, Robbie Robertson The Band, and Robbie Krieger The Doors).

 

Sold the venerable 64 P-bass awhile back and have moved on to Alembic/Sadowsky (mid life crisis!) and continue to play to this day doing jingles and live original music here in the old Pueblo. Have kept most of my bass rigs, from the 15" JBL/EV rigs, but scaled down to SWR Baby Blue and a big stage AlembicF2B/PLX2402 Epi T112/T212 rig.

 

I still can make my eyebrows go like Jack Casady and run around with a notorious pack of Guild Starfire II fanatics

[stettoman]

My name's Eric, 43 years old, picked up my first bass (an APOLLO!) at 13, never looked back. I played in various road bands in the late 70s to late 80s, mostly hard rock and poser bands (the flavor at the time), but love hard blues...

 

Originally posted by Harvey Gerst:

I designed the Acoustic 360 and 370.

 

I currently play a Spector NS-2 neck-thru through various rack units into an ACOUSTIC 370! I've owned THREE 370s throughout my career and believe the 370 to be the best amp ever designed. My current model is slowly burning itself out (pot noise, power transisters getting HOT), so I'm looking for a modeling preamp that will emulate the 370 to run through a poweramp. I'm also looking for a good tech to put my 370 in good working order--What a balsy unit!

 

I'd like to thank you Harvey. My first rig was a Kustom 150--the second and third were Acoustic 370s w/two 301 cabs. I owned several amps after that, but when I found another 370 a number of years ago, it was MINE! You know what you're doing!

[wraub]

Originally posted by stettoman:

Originally posted by Harvey Gerst:

I designed the Acoustic 360 and 370.

 

I currently play a Spector NS-2 neck-thru through various rack units into an ACOUSTIC 370! I've owned THREE 370s throughout my career and believe the 370 to be the best amp ever designed. My current model is slowly burning itself out (pot noise, power transisters getting HOT), so I'm looking for a modeling preamp that will emulate the 370 to run through a poweramp. I'm also looking for a good tech to put my 370 in good working order--What a balsy unit!

 

I'd like to thank you Harvey. My first rig was a Kustom 150--the second and third were Acoustic 370s w/two 301 cabs. I owned several amps after that, but when I found another 370 a number of years ago, it was MINE! You know what you're doing!

Yet another 370 lover! I have had the same one for many years, and I would not think of replacing it with anything else, ever!!!

 

Thanks again, Harvey!

 

Peace,

 

wraub

[stettoman]

"370 Lover" is using the abstraction mildly.

 

My problem is that I'm pretty new to the area I'm in now (moved up from Phoenix) and finding an amp tech for your "baby" is like finding a pediatrician for your baby!! Ya won't let just any bozo lay hand on it...I found one fella who allegedly used to do Marshall modifications for Jeff Beck, (yeah, in Fargo?!??), but I'm a "see it to believe it" type. Besides, I think that Acoustic discontinued production of the 370, so that would mean that the pickins for new models are gettin' slimmer all the time!

 

So I need mine fixed up, then use a little more sparingly. I still remember the first time I saw and heard a 370 used live--the guy played a Rick 4001 through it--must've been around '74 or '75. The most honest bass amplification I'd ever heard...Aw sh!t, I'm drooling again...