MarkDyson
Blues Hound Wannabe
So. Today I took advantage of having the day off and went over to my local music store to make a pest of myself via trying out various guitars, basses, and amps with no clear agenda to buy anything.
While I was noodling around on a Taylor mini bass plugged into a Rumble 100 amp a white-bearded fellow came over and sat near me to listen. At a pause he introduced himself and we started to chat. He's primarily a Jewish praise & worship bass player and he heard me playing and wanted to say hi.
As things progressed, and we got the staff to replace the batteries in the Taylor, we went over the stuff I like in a bass (short scale, interested in passive pickups because batteries, prefer flat wound strings, and so on) and he pointed out an Epiphone bass sitting over on the used rack. I was game, plugged it in...and loved it. Clean, crisp tone, it had flatwounds on it, and the tone over the Rumble 100 was great. I noodled around doing walkups (scales, really) in various keys and I decided I wanted it.
The specifics are it's an Epiphone Allen Woody signature bass in classic red. Here's a pic I gleaned from the innerTubez:
It didn't take long for me to decide to drag out the plastic and make it mine. I made sure the store owner knew who talked me into the purchase and he just grinned. They go way back.
So, Happy New Year to me!
While I was noodling around on a Taylor mini bass plugged into a Rumble 100 amp a white-bearded fellow came over and sat near me to listen. At a pause he introduced himself and we started to chat. He's primarily a Jewish praise & worship bass player and he heard me playing and wanted to say hi.
As things progressed, and we got the staff to replace the batteries in the Taylor, we went over the stuff I like in a bass (short scale, interested in passive pickups because batteries, prefer flat wound strings, and so on) and he pointed out an Epiphone bass sitting over on the used rack. I was game, plugged it in...and loved it. Clean, crisp tone, it had flatwounds on it, and the tone over the Rumble 100 was great. I noodled around doing walkups (scales, really) in various keys and I decided I wanted it.
The specifics are it's an Epiphone Allen Woody signature bass in classic red. Here's a pic I gleaned from the innerTubez:
It didn't take long for me to decide to drag out the plastic and make it mine. I made sure the store owner knew who talked me into the purchase and he just grinned. They go way back.
So, Happy New Year to me!
...great score Mark...later.
