I won 2 Basses!!!

CTGull,

Congratulations on the new guitars, they both look good on the photos.
Hope you have a lot of fun with them.
I'm not into bass guitars, do you need a bass amp.

I'd think unamped would be OK at first.  Wouldn't want to bug the family.  I have a Roland cube amp with the digital effects, with the very important compression.  Something bigger can come later.

This video is what really got me going. 


The band is YYNOT, a Rush tribute band that also does original tunes.  yynotband.com/   We saw them TWICE last weekend, and met them.  They were a bit overwhelmed before the Saturday show and my wife stepped up and helped them sell their merchandise, sold $1200, a record!  Now we're kind of part of the family.  It's a LONG story.  They are incredible musicians, especially considering this was originally an internet band since all the members live all over the country.  They never practice together, they learn their parts, show up at the gig, do a quick sound check, and they're ready to go.  Many people have said last Saturday's concert was one of the best they've ever seen!!  And this is coming from diehard Rush fans, who embodied perfection.  It's kind of exploded from there.  They're about to start recording their second album.  If it's as great as the first they could break out big time.  We're going to see them in upstate NY in May.  My wife will help sell the merch again.  Also, I'm working on building a forum for the band, to put everything in one place.  yynot.boards.net/  The framework is done, I need to add content.  They have a website but the fan posted pictures and videoes are on Facebook.  As you might know, everything scrolls off into oblivion.  The forum will allow everything to be seen by everyone.

AND!!!!  Inspired by what I did with their forum, I redid mine last night!!!  No more blue theme!!  I took a picture of one of my guitars and changed the YAMAHA on to top YAMAHA VINTAGE FG.  It looks great!!  And changed the forum colors.  yamahavintagefg.boards.net/



I have GOT TO work on guitar stuff today!!!  And maybe go look at the 2013 Martin 000-28EC!!

Congratulations on the basses - looks like you got them for a good price too! Have fun!

Click the Watch on Facebook.  Or this link.  www.facebook.com/tim.starace/videos/10205541519973423/

I asked him if he would upload this video to his YouTube channel and he said sure.  I bought VideoSurgeon yesterday.  I'm hoping the YouTube video is better resolution.  I'd like to try to transcribe it.

I'm in no hurry for an amp. I well amused with it acoustically, so far. I don't need to alert the neighbors. Yet.

Roland makes a micro bass amp that sounds intriguing, but out of my "cheap" price range.

I'm sure I'll find something at a pawn shop at some point.

I think the Ibanez Mikro is 25" scale, like the YamaBass I'm building.

A little thread drift. I've never gotten used to the idea that someone can "win" something and then have to pay for it. It seems that if you paid $102 for a bass, you did get a really good deal, but you didn't win it, you bought it.
But language does change and nowadays "Reality" means "putting someone in an artificial situation and manipulating their actions," so I guess we can say "win" means "getting a really good deal on something you buy."