Blog eh? ummm! [31 March 2009 13:27:30] Blog eh ? UUUMM, where to start with a blog. I guess I could give you the low down on the hoe down. I,ve recieved some pluggages...

Lizzymint LISTENER	Deviant Amps BAND / ARTIST	Tombs BAND / ARTIST
Snak LISTENER	Pembrokes Secret LISTENER	NEW!   Andy Edwards BAND / ARTIST
B N H BAND / ARTIST	Tin Raven BAND / ARTIST	Stagefrig... BAND / ARTIST
Will LISTENER	Dihedral BAND / ARTIST	Podders BAND / ARTIST
Nullus Angsietas LISTENER	Flutatious BAND / ARTIST	The Code BAND / ARTIST
Jumpingjay LISTENER	Kirstie LISTENER	Dyframix BAND / ARTIST

Ahoyhoy to all. But an extra loud ahoyhoy to all the fine people whom I have hooked up with whilst on this site.
 Well I,m still an improving bassist. In fact I have probably improved considerably since joining SoundAwesome. It,s a Shame that when you start playing you don,t record yourself as a reference to how much you have improved. In fact my advice to any budding musicians that may be reading this, is to record yourself from the start. When you discover that you are getting better by hearing how crap you were, It does make you feel good and drives you on.
I have had some fantastic feedback and encouragement from the members of this site and this has definitely helped to maintain my enthusiasm and to give me something to play for.
 I have rekindled old friendships since joining this site. Friendships that I had forgotten how valuable were. (Not sure about that sentence)

 There are Now 6 basses in the collection. All with stupid names. Well not all. One is called Dave and I don,t want Dave thinking I think his name is stupid. Hell no!

 Bass No 1. Planky. is an old 60.s Epiphone ET258 that may be older than me. This has an old tone, real 60,s sound.
 
 Bass No 2.Spanky. Tanglewood Rebel 4K. Strung as Piccolo bass.  Nothing flash but very playable.This gives a modern bright clean tone a good all rounder. The piccolo tuning is an octave higher than a normal basses tuning. Very sweet sound for mellow stuff.


 Bass No 3. Klanky. Hudson Project bass with active pickups. ( I hadnt heard of them either but they sure do make a nice bass) This gives a powerful driven sound great for solo bass stuff and finger tapping techniques.


Bass No 4. Lanky. Harley Benton HBB30BK. Electro/ acoustic. Man! Acoustic basses are huge. You could sleep in this thing!

Bass No 5. Dave. Harley Benton HBB400FLTBK. Fretless. Playing this is like driving on ice. You kinda get where you going but you have to slide about a bit. I named this bass after a friend who is pretty much fretless. He doesn,t let much if anything worry him, He has nothing to fret about, and is therefore Fret-less.

Bass No 6. Fat Bob. Squier, Fender. Good reliable brand, Good all rounder. I mainly own this because it is blue. Oh and it slaps well.

 None of these basses cost the earth. I recently had Dave setup by a guitar doctor who I know.  This bass only cost me £120 Brand spanky new, not bad for an active fretless bass. I thought this baby played very well, decent action and of course fretbuzz free. I took it to the guitar doctor who has worked wonders with it. It made me realise that to a point, it is the setup that makes the guitar. Not the price tag.

 Between Planky,Spanky,Klanky,Lanky, Dave and Fat Bob I have a vast array of tones, so now I need a vast array of skills to take advantage of them. Practise practise then practise again.

 There are collaborations smouldering in the sidelines at the moment, Secret practice sessions that only a handful of people know about. Well not more than...Errr! Ok most people know.
I really would like to be confident enough to play that gig next May, and I know that the positive input and connections made since joining this site wiil be thing that drives and inspires me through the next few months, and that these things will ultimately get me up on that stage.

                       Thanks to all the good people here for being here.

                                             Thanks for reading

                                                     BASSPOD

PS: It,s late.  Alibity ot ytpe comptly gone. This is gonna need editing at a later date. Please bear with me on it.

Classical, Dance, Electronic

Influenced By Stuart Hamm.aram Bedrosian.zander Zon.darren Michaels, And Other Cracking Bass Licks Found On Youtube. Like To Hear Rammstein. And Credit To All Those Purveyors Of My Favourite Trance Tunes. Whom I Have No Idea Who They Are As They Appear On Mixed Cds.and I Know Thats A Crime And Im Sorry And All That.

Snak LISTENER	4 Mar 2010 00:03:35] Hippy Bathday, Mr BP. :D
Will LISTENER	3 Mar 2010 23:41:48] Happy Birthday Pods! Hope it was/is a good one! Will
Tombs BAND / ARTIST	3 Mar 2010 11:33:48] Many Happy Returns of this celebration day my friend. Oh... The jury is back... the verdict is... YES, a thumbs up, he's wiser.
Basspod LISTENER	3 Mar 2010 11:07:55] Thanks for your birthday wishes. Certainly another year older, As for wiser, well the jurys still out on that one.
Lizzymint LISTENER	3 Mar 2010 10:02:22] Many happy returns,another year older another year wiser eh? xx
Dihedral BAND / ARTIST	3 Mar 2010 07:35:28] Happy Birthday!!!
B N H BAND / ARTIST	28 Feb 2010 10:16:39] Thanx mate, glad you like it.....always sound better on CD, dont they :-)
B N H BAND / ARTIST	26 Feb 2010 14:49:54] Glad you recieved the CD BP, hope you enjoy it as mutch as the other chap that bought one........ lol.
Tin Raven BAND / ARTIST	22 Feb 2010 23:58:45] Thank you Poddster, you are a gentleman and if i may add a scholar. Cd wingeth its merry way.
Lizzymint LISTENER	29 Jan 2010 08:48:07] Hoping you have a brilliant weekend.......plenty of practising going on I hope...... :)