New love for Bass

[Ghostman]

I completely forgot that I had asked my wife months and months ago for a Neural DSP plugin for Bass. Apparently she put it in the back of her head and I ended up receiving the Paralax plugin for Christmas this year. I spent a bit this past week messing around with it and the Solar 4 string I have. I usually end up noodling for a while with the plugin presets and doing some tweaking. Found some songs to play along with and was having a blast until my fingers were aching.

It's what it's all about right, just pluging in and having fun. I really missed that.

 

[Sapient]

Awesome! Don will no doubt befriend you hardcore. :dood:

 

[ibmorjamn]

I enjoy the bass also.
I will be firing it up soon. I actually had a 15" cab. Should have kept that.

 

[LiveeviL2000]

bass is a ton of fun and yes when you haven’t played in a while your sissy guitar fingers will have to transform into manly bass fingers. I felt that slight soreness for the last couple of months thanks to the Riff Masters contest.

Congrats and have fun with your plugin and rediscovering the joys of bass.
Maybe a sample of play will be in order soon?

 

[iblive]

You guys keep this chatter up and I’m gonna be shamed into slinging my bass around my shoulders. And roger the sissy guitar fingers.

 

[LiveeviL2000]

We all can't be Homer Simpson!

 

[iblive]

We all can't be Homer Simpson!

Who knew. I play bass like Homer Simpson. I'm a Rock Star and never knew it.

 

[Col Mustard]

the low notes rumble ever on my mind

 

[iblive]

the low notes rumble ever on my mind
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That’s a fine looking bass you have there.

 

[DirtySteve]

I've never played a bass.

 

[LiveeviL2000]

I've never played a bass.

You haven’t lived until you’ve played an instrument everyone overlooks!

 

[LiveeviL2000]

Seriously though. Bass is fun to play. You can almost play anything, as long as you can groove, it sounds great

 

[Col Mustard]

That’s a fine looking bass you have there.

thanks Rick! I built her myself out of Warmoth parts. My dream bass.
I sold my other basses, including my venerable '66 J-Bass in 2019 when I sold
so much other stuff and moved to Tucson for my dying wife's sake.

But I kept this one bass. Could not part with her, because I knew I'd never see or build
another just like her. I had named her Luretta, after a song by Townes Van Zandt.
And I still have Luretta. I was playing bars with a local rocker here in Northern Michigan
during 2023, and my old colleagues called me out of retirement to play Bliss Fest with
them last August, which I did. I practiced hard, and nailed my parts. *grins

Loretta's got a great growl...

 

[DirtySteve]

Seriously though. Bass is fun to play. You can almost play anything, as long as you can groove, it sounds great

I'd probably be like Lemmy and just play it like a guitar, lol.