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Fastback 340,
The bass in the picture with the amp is an el-cheapo, Mexican Fender "Precision" tht I bought new in 2004; I think it was made in 2003. It's just a workhorse (I play, some of the time, in a 16-piece dance band that does a lot more rehearing tha we do gigging, unfortunately.) Not much work for a '50s-sounding "big band" in Arkansas, these days it seems.:angry7:
I also have a 1973 model Fender Mustang (short-scale) bass that I bought new, in '75.
I am primarily a guitar player, but started playing bass, early-on, because with the type of music I like to play (post-bop jazz,) it's easy to have a group without a guitar player, but NOBODY can have a band (combo) without a bass! So, if I wanted to work, I had to be flexible... 8)
My main guitar, which I don't have a picture of, is a 1963 Fender, solid-body "Musicmaster," short-scale (I have small hands,) guitar that is a pre-CBS "student guitar" with 1 pickup. I turn the bass control all the way up, and the treble all the way down, and do the same thing to the amp (a 1994, Fender "Blues Deluxe" tube amp with one 12," and reverb) and it gets a sound that fits the kind of music I enjoy playing. Sounds a lot like jazz guitarist Johnny Smith (who, amazingly, wrote the rock hit, "Walk, Don't Run.") You might have heard him; his sound was very unique...
The Epiphone in the picture in my previous post, is a Gibson ES-175 knockoff (cheap, copy), and I use it for Bossa Novas, etc., which I love to play. Jobim write so many gorgeous songs... It's okay, but I like the Fender's fretboad a lot better... it's 3/8ths of an inch narrower than the Epiphone's at the 2nd fret... You get used to that after playing an instrument for 46 years... LOL!
Anyway, as you can see, I am not an equipment junkie... All of my stuff is playable, and sounds okay, but, price was the controlling factor when I bought it. Save the $$$$ for the Valiant! :cheers:
You sure have a LOT of cool equipment!
I wouldn't know what to do with a real, high-quality instrument like your favorite bass!!! I just never have had the money for the good stuff... as you can see.
Maybe if I win the lottery (Arkansas is instituting a new lottery very soon.) That's the only way I'd every be able to have a bass like yours... LOL!
Oh well; I can dream........ :-D
Here's a picture of the Mustang.
Fastback 340,
The bass in the picture with the amp is an el-cheapo, Mexican Fender "Precision" tht I bought new in 2004; I think it was made in 2003. It's just a workhorse (I play, some of the time, in a 16-piece dance band that does a lot more rehearing tha we do gigging, unfortunately.) Not much work for a '50s-sounding "big band" in Arkansas, these days it seems.:angry7:
I also have a 1973 model Fender Mustang (short-scale) bass that I bought new, in '75.
I am primarily a guitar player, but started playing bass, early-on, because with the type of music I like to play (post-bop jazz,) it's easy to have a group without a guitar player, but NOBODY can have a band (combo) without a bass! So, if I wanted to work, I had to be flexible... 8)
My main guitar, which I don't have a picture of, is a 1963 Fender, solid-body "Musicmaster," short-scale (I have small hands,) guitar that is a pre-CBS "student guitar" with 1 pickup. I turn the bass control all the way up, and the treble all the way down, and do the same thing to the amp (a 1994, Fender "Blues Deluxe" tube amp with one 12," and reverb) and it gets a sound that fits the kind of music I enjoy playing. Sounds a lot like jazz guitarist Johnny Smith (who, amazingly, wrote the rock hit, "Walk, Don't Run.") You might have heard him; his sound was very unique...
The Epiphone in the picture in my previous post, is a Gibson ES-175 knockoff (cheap, copy), and I use it for Bossa Novas, etc., which I love to play. Jobim write so many gorgeous songs... It's okay, but I like the Fender's fretboad a lot better... it's 3/8ths of an inch narrower than the Epiphone's at the 2nd fret... You get used to that after playing an instrument for 46 years... LOL!
Anyway, as you can see, I am not an equipment junkie... All of my stuff is playable, and sounds okay, but, price was the controlling factor when I bought it. Save the $$$$ for the Valiant! :cheers:
You sure have a LOT of cool equipment!
I wouldn't know what to do with a real, high-quality instrument like your favorite bass!!! I just never have had the money for the good stuff... as you can see.
Maybe if I win the lottery (Arkansas is instituting a new lottery very soon.) That's the only way I'd every be able to have a bass like yours... LOL!
Oh well; I can dream........ :-D
Here's a picture of the Mustang.
