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Taking a break from the skinny strings...back to the fat!
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  1. June 24th, 2011, 11:34 AM #1
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    Default Taking a break from the skinny strings...back to the fat!

    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:



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  2. June 24th, 2011, 02:24 PM #2
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    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
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  3. June 24th, 2011, 04:35 PM #3
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    The world needs more bass players................congrats
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    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...
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  5. June 27th, 2011, 02:06 PM #5
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    I missed this one as I was out fishing for the weekend.

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

    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.
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  6. November 6th, 2011, 10:30 PM #6
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    Hey Progrmr, still digging' the heavy strings?
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  7. November 11th, 2011, 07:13 PM #7
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    funny you should post this...I am about to post a NBD
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    Guitars: Ibanez AF-75, Schecter Solo-6 Custom, Douglas SG
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