Ever since i bought my first EBMM a few years ago, a beaten up sterling, i feel like i came home. That little bass (it is quite small for a bass) just feels perfect, it's light, comfortable and has a great tone.
I remember the day i realised my Sterling bass was the same "Sterling" as the one that decided he wouldn't be bullied by Microsoft all those years ago. For this geek, which was building a linux infrastructure during the same period when Sterling was making headlines with his fight with MS, it was quite cool to see i was loving an instrument concieved by the same artist. Quite inspiring in fact since music and computers have been my main interests forever and seing the two collide this way was quite cool.
fast forward now. Still love that sterling bass. I'm never letting it go, i played too many important (to me) concerts with it.
Now the SR5 is another story, i love the tone it provides, but i can't get comfortable with it. I don't know why, i can't really blame the bass for anything, it's absolutely gorgeous and sounds amazing (the most amazing tone from any of the basses i've owned), but i'm not making a connection with it. I'm selling it as i have a personal rule, to keep only 2 basses that i play with (i think i'm gonna be able to enforce that rule forever but it works for now
The past few days i've been reading about the 1953 fetish and the BFR indian rosewood special. it made me think a lot. I remember telling myself that i would try my best to get a bongo that didn't have a matching headstock as i remember seing one online that looked amazing. The first and only time i tried a bongo i really liked it. Bongos are getting harder to find around here too.
I couln't never make up my mind about a color i would like, there are so many funky (in a good way) colors to choose from that i couldn't decide. Then it hit me, the bongo doesn't need an extravagant color, the instrument by itself makes a statement.So....
So i'm jumping in, based on his word and all your comments, i just ordered a "BP special" black bongo 4, single H, tort pickgard and BFR rosewood neck. It's time to get in the 2000's and this is the bass to jump in with.
This is the first bass i've ever ordered to built. I'm quite excited to know that it will be built for me. I'm also quite excited about my personnal journey to get to this purchase. Inspiration means everything to me when i want to make music.
rock on \m/
I remember the day i realised my Sterling bass was the same "Sterling" as the one that decided he wouldn't be bullied by Microsoft all those years ago. For this geek, which was building a linux infrastructure during the same period when Sterling was making headlines with his fight with MS, it was quite cool to see i was loving an instrument concieved by the same artist. Quite inspiring in fact since music and computers have been my main interests forever and seing the two collide this way was quite cool.
fast forward now. Still love that sterling bass. I'm never letting it go, i played too many important (to me) concerts with it.
Now the SR5 is another story, i love the tone it provides, but i can't get comfortable with it. I don't know why, i can't really blame the bass for anything, it's absolutely gorgeous and sounds amazing (the most amazing tone from any of the basses i've owned), but i'm not making a connection with it. I'm selling it as i have a personal rule, to keep only 2 basses that i play with (i think i'm gonna be able to enforce that rule forever but it works for now
The past few days i've been reading about the 1953 fetish and the BFR indian rosewood special. it made me think a lot. I remember telling myself that i would try my best to get a bongo that didn't have a matching headstock as i remember seing one online that looked amazing. The first and only time i tried a bongo i really liked it. Bongos are getting harder to find around here too.
I couln't never make up my mind about a color i would like, there are so many funky (in a good way) colors to choose from that i couldn't decide. Then it hit me, the bongo doesn't need an extravagant color, the instrument by itself makes a statement.So....
So i'm jumping in, based on his word and all your comments, i just ordered a "BP special" black bongo 4, single H, tort pickgard and BFR rosewood neck. It's time to get in the 2000's and this is the bass to jump in with.
This is the first bass i've ever ordered to built. I'm quite excited to know that it will be built for me. I'm also quite excited about my personnal journey to get to this purchase. Inspiration means everything to me when i want to make music.
rock on \m/
