New Baby!

Sailor Steve · 07-23-10, 01:45 AM

Things are happening with my band again. Our new drummer seems to be working out. He's having some personal problems, but aren't we all?

Our lead guitarist had a processor die on him, so he replaced it only to find out his 25-year-old amp was going as well. So the other guitar player/singer and his wife pitched in and now they have matching Marshalls.

And me? I just got me a brand-new (well, actually it's six years old, but it looks like it's hardly been played at all) Ibanez SR-505 Bartolini-pickuped active EQed 5-string. Not only is the thing a dream to play, but the sound is amazing! There are so many possible tonal variations that it's almost like having a built-in effects processor! It may be months before I figure out what sounds I want to use on what songs.

And she looks good too! Just ignore that ugly guy she's with. Some girls have no taste.

CCIP · 07-23-10, 03:22 AM

Great instrument you snagged there. Good to hear you're enjoying playing with the band too. May the new stuff serve you well at gigs

jumpy · 07-23-10, 03:30 AM

oooh, very nice

I always did like to see the grain of the wood in a guitar, a natural finish is both pleasing to the eye and finger-tips.
Mine's an old westone 4 string, fretless with split mid and an extra bridge pickup (a seymore-something or other). It's a passive doodad, so sometimes the brightness is difficult to bring out (especially with flatwound strings), but it has a lovely warm tone to it.
It was second hand when I bought it but it's a lovely solid instrument.

I should really play it more often.

Flaxpants · 07-23-10, 03:55 AM

She's a beauty Steve..... nice long neck and slender body with lovely curves. Used to own an Ibanez myself, albeit the 6 string variety, and I had loads of great years with that guitar.
What sort of tunes are you banging out then?

HunterICX · 07-23-10, 04:02 AM

Nice one Steve

HunterICX

Jimbuna · 07-23-10, 05:57 AM

She looks really cool Steve

Of course, anything would when being compared to you

Lionclaw · 07-23-10, 05:59 AM

That's a nice looking bass.

papa_smurf · 07-23-10, 06:21 AM

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That's a nice looking bass.

SteamWake · 07-23-10, 09:16 AM

Nice Bass there Steve ! I'm sure you will get many hours of enjoyment out of it.

frau kaleun · 07-23-10, 09:32 AM

They make 5-string basses?

And here I thought bass players could only count to four. (Or is that drummers?)

J/k, she's a beaut. I guess. I don't know from basses.

AVGWarhawk · 07-23-10, 09:46 AM

Nice axe!

mookiemookie · 07-23-10, 09:51 AM

Now we need the picture of you playing it while surrounded by your groupies.

Sledgehammer427 · 07-23-10, 09:56 AM

I was a bass player once....
I had a red epiphone 4 string with gold hardware, it was like a ferrari.

but I moved on to guitars, and I have a dean flying v (custom painted by myself to look like Eddie Van Halen's Frankencaster)
an Ibanez RG model, amber, with a locking termolo, in case I need to do dive bombs
and I recently nabbed a blue squier strat, since I enjoy surf rock so much.

But that's a really pretty bass!

frau kaleun · 07-23-10, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Now we need the picture of you playing it while surrounded by your groupies.

Good news, I understand some of them are already lining up for tickets to the next gig:

Betonov · 07-23-10, 10:50 AM

play it untill your fingers bleed.... and then some more

07-23-10, 01:45 AM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	New Baby! Things are happening with my band again. Our new drummer seems to be working out. He's having some personal problems, but aren't we all? Our lead guitarist had a processor die on him, so he replaced it only to find out his 25-year-old amp was going as well. So the other guitar player/singer and his wife pitched in and now they have matching Marshalls. And me? I just got me a brand-new (well, actually it's six years old, but it looks like it's hardly been played at all) Ibanez SR-505 Bartolini-pickuped active EQed 5-string. Not only is the thing a dream to play, but the sound is amazing! There are so many possible tonal variations that it's almost like having a built-in effects processor! It may be months before I figure out what sounds I want to use on what songs. And she looks good too! Just ignore that ugly guy she's with. Some girls have no taste. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-23-10, 03:22 AM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Great instrument you snagged there. Good to hear you're enjoying playing with the band too. May the new stuff serve you well at gigs __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

07-23-10, 03:30 AM	#3
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	oooh, very nice I always did like to see the grain of the wood in a guitar, a natural finish is both pleasing to the eye and finger-tips. Mine's an old westone 4 string, fretless with split mid and an extra bridge pickup (a seymore-something or other). It's a passive doodad, so sometimes the brightness is difficult to bring out (especially with flatwound strings), but it has a lovely warm tone to it. It was second hand when I bought it but it's a lovely solid instrument. I should really play it more often. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

07-23-10, 04:02 AM	#5
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Nice one Steve HunterICX __________________

07-23-10, 05:57 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	She looks really cool Steve Of course, anything would when being compared to you __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-23-10, 03:55 AM	#4
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	She's a beauty Steve..... nice long neck and slender body with lovely curves. Used to own an Ibanez myself, albeit the 6 string variety, and I had loads of great years with that guitar. What sort of tunes are you banging out then?

07-23-10, 05:59 AM	#7
Lionclaw Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,006 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's a nice looking bass.

07-23-10, 09:16 AM	#9
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Nice Bass there Steve ! I'm sure you will get many hours of enjoyment out of it. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

07-23-10, 09:32 AM	#10
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	They make 5-string basses? And here I thought bass players could only count to four. (Or is that drummers?) J/k, she's a beaut. I guess. I don't know from basses.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Nice axe! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

07-23-10, 09:51 AM	#12
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Now we need the picture of you playing it while surrounded by your groupies. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

07-23-10, 09:56 AM	#13
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	I was a bass player once.... I had a red epiphone 4 string with gold hardware, it was like a ferrari. but I moved on to guitars, and I have a dean flying v (custom painted by myself to look like Eddie Van Halen's Frankencaster) an Ibanez RG model, amber, with a locking termolo, in case I need to do dive bombs and I recently nabbed a blue squier strat, since I enjoy surf rock so much. But that's a really pretty bass! __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

07-23-10, 10:50 AM	#15
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	play it untill your fingers bleed.... and then some more