Taking a break from the skinny strings...back to the fat!

[progrmr]

After some soul searching I've decided to take a break from the guitar and go back to playing bass for at least a little while.

I'm going to keep my sweet MIM HSS strat and my Mustang amp - but the rest of the gear is going or already gone.

I had kept an SX Shortscale Jazz 4-string and a small Ibanez amp (soundwave or something, like 20 watts for the coffee table) when I picked the guitar up again. Wasn't satisfied with the feel or tone so I headed out to buy some new bass gear. :) Maybe this is all just a way to justify buying more gear - nah...it's been fun to pickup the bass again and I intend to focus on learning my chord arpeggios and figuring out songs and see where it goes.

Life's too short - when you get the itch, you have to scratch it right? Here's some picks of the new bass - Ibanez Soundgear 405...surprising decent active pickups for a pretty inexpensive bass:

http://www.daverancour.com/sr4051.jpg

http://www.daverancour.com/sr4052.jpg

[marnold]

I've always liked the looks of those Ibanez basses. I played a low-end P/J Ibanez bass a while back and was impressed. The pickups were a little muddier than I would have expected from Ps and Js but that can be fixed easily enough.


I stopped doing new gear posts - I just buy and sell WAY too much stuff
Glad to see you made an exception :)

[MAXIFUNK]

The world needs more bass:dude:rockya players................congrats

[Tig]

I've been having trouble remembering the exact model number of my old Ibanez SG bass, until now. That is nearly identical to the one I had! I loved it and regret having to sell it. Congratulations!

As for turning your back on skinny strings...
http://filipinofreethinkers.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/godzilla-facepalm-godzilla-facepalm.jpg

[NWBasser]

I missed this one as I was out fishing for the weekend.

You probably can well guess my sentiments on this topic...:thumbsup

Cool bass!!

Like Maxi, I used to have an SR500 that was a great bass. Those soundgears are really sweet and I'm glad you like it.

[NWBasser]

Hey Progrmr, still digging' the heavy strings?

[progrmr]

funny you should post this...I am about to post a NBD :)