Every marching band needs one...

[Dr Stankface]

That SS represents Smiths Station. The name of my school. We're known as the pride of Smiths Station. The Smiths Station High School Panther Spirit Marching Band. Or so our crazy assistant band director says as we go out on the field. (while I stand on the side of the field)

I admit, the Peavey has been killer for the price but it honestly doesn't put out the sound I want. I think my sound lies in a GK rig.

I remember the first song I had to play for marching band. I had only been playing about 6 months and we played a Blues Brothers show. The first song was, "I Can't Turn You Loose." Anyone that knows that song knows that it's a MOVIN' line. I think joining marching band was the best move I made in my bass playing career. (With the exception of getting a MusicMan )

Andrew

 

[Aussie Mark]

wow that bass is really small

Um, it's a short scale bass

 

[SteveB]

I attended the Labor Day parade here in Pittsburgh just recently, and one of the high school marching bands had an electric bass player. (Using the setup described earlier.. another person was pulling a cart that had the amp and some car batteries on it.) I thought it was a cool addition to the band and immediately thought, "why not add some electric guitar using the same concept"?

My first amp.. I don't even think it had a name on it. It had a tweed cloth over the speaker (probably a 5" speaker), and the rest of the cabinet was covered with something akin to contact paper the color of paper grocery bags. It had a single knob as I recall, which turned the power off when you turned it all the way counterclockwise. The back was open, and I think it had two input jacks. It was all tube, though! It had been my uncles amp when he was a kid.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Jack looks stoned..what do you think???

 

[SteveB]

Jack looks stoned..what do you think???

Did you see the hair? There's no question...


Hmm.. I was about 5 years old when that photo was taken...

 

[Bill]

Nice bass, Andrew!

Nice pic, Jack!

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I was a year behind him and playing Nazareth and Foghat tunes on a Kent bass..

 

[LowDownDave]

Nice Shirt!

VOTE FOR PEDRO!

 

[Disquieter]

Nice Shirt!

VOTE FOR PEDRO!

damn, beat me to it, i was gonna ask when napoleon dynamite started playing bass..

 

[Father Gino]

I think I've unravelled the mystery of Jack's short strap. He's still using the same one he had in 1975, so as he grew taller the bass moved from CYN height to his nipples.

Taller? Maybe wider as well?

 

[bovinehost]

Was I stoned?

Well, it was 1975. Do the math.

 

[skabassist13]

My first amp was a Squier BP-15. I hate that thing. My first REAL amp however is an Ampeg BA-210SP. For being all solid state I think it sounds really good.

 

[Dr Stankface]

Well, this one has given me alot of crap with the input jacks. It went out on me at a competition last year. Before it went out though, it did alot of spattering and humming. Which didn't please the judges at all. I didn't talk to it for a week.

Andrew

 

[tkarter]

Longer cable or less jumping around. Input jacks are part of every bass and amp. They are troublesome until we learn.

They aren't hard to solder and if they fail it will almost always be from some abuse.

Input jack problems are not brand specific.


That said. I have screwed up my share too.

tk

 

[Urwordsbreakmed]

Um, it's a short scale bass

bovine playing the short bus of bass now days? lol

 

[bovinehost]

Hard to imagine me playing a Gibson, even for me, and I was there.

I really began to detest that thing almost immediately. I think I sold it and bought a Ric 4001 not long after that photo was taken.

Oh, the 70s.

 

[Psycho Ward]

As they say, "If you remember the 70's, you were there..."