What inspired you to...?

[silly]

what (actually who) inspired me was my friend who strted playing bass straight in a band. ofcourse it was funny but i kinda liked the way he played and all, so i wanted to play bass as well.
about the stingray, there is this local punk rock band called useless id, they had lots of shows goin on and their bassist is playing a stingray. everytime i went to their show, i noticed his bass and not only it was gorgeous, i freakin loved the sound, even though i wasnt even playin bass back then. this is how i fell inlove with a stingray. a year later i got myself a stingray

 

[mro]

Watching 2 of your friends playing guitar and drums while sitting on a couch in a basement grew frustrating. What else was I to do but get a bass and amp and join in. Then I got into John paul Jones, Geddy Lee, Roger Glover and Tom hamilton. I am glad I was the third person in. A singer came later and a band had started. That was 1974.

 

[Psychicpet]

who's this tony levin?

www.tonylevin.com

 

[EB_SFN]

JUB JUB

Little Lateonthis one......But Blink 182's Mark Hoppus used a STingray for most of there first albums...THe fender endorsment came when SCOTT (ex Drummer) left the band... As for GTS gibsons were used bye Tom DeLonge...my spacebar doesnt work to well. sorrybye

 

[thedude]

Little Lateonthis one......But Blink 182's Mark Hoppus used a STingray for most of there first albums...THe fender endorsment came when SCOTT (ex Drummer) left the band... As for GTS gibsons were used bye Tom DeLonge...my spacebar doesnt work to well. sorrybye

That's what I thought. I never really thought much of Hoppus as a bassist, but I did like the sound of his bass. I suppose it still sounds good with the Fender...

 

[CW Zing]

It's my sister's fault! She was playing Duran Duran (which I hated at the time), and after the thousandth playing of the videotaped interviews and early albums, one thing was clear-- the bass was punchy and hiked up in the mix, and was just amazing sounding. Duran's music was corny... but John Taylor had a good groove and strong tone (mostly from Aria pro II basses). From there I was obsessed about the bassist-- who was U2's bassist? Adam who? The Clash? Simonon rocks. My hands down favorite bassist of the 80's was Kerry Hatch of Oingo Boingo, just a master of his craft.

As for discovering Music Man, it was an evolution of trying out different basses at the music shops around town. I know I liked the throaty growl of the Stingray, and then Flea came along and made me want one all the more. Now he doesn't even play them! I think his Modulus is totally cool, but it's a bit clackety sounding. My first Stingray 5 was bought in '96 (white, rosewood) and it's aging well. I want a 4-string now just for the different feel of the string spacing and maybe a maple fretboard.

 

[SGMan88]

I fellow friend inspired me to continue in the wonderful world that is playing BASS.

 

[fifthorange]

i was inspired to play bass from my friends but then decided on it when i saw flea play around the world.

i basically inspired myself to get a musicman, looks cool and i heard it plays great so i bought one, and i was right

 

[Smoove]

My interest in bass began when I was 13; a cousin of mine brought over some music equipment, and wasn't in a hurry to take it away (he revealed, after some years, that it was stolen), so I started clowning around with it. Drums first, then guitar, and finally bass. I found that I could more easily pick up songs on the bass than I could on the guitar, so I guess I made my choice at that point.

I first fell in love with the StingRay just recently (about six months ago) while trying out basses at the music store. I was looking for something that I could get a good sound out of whether slapping or using finger-style. I tried MANY basses, but each time that I tried one of these, I was always able to get the strong sound that I wanted, no matter what style I used. The StingRay is also the first bass that I've ever paid over a grand for (maybe playing "cheap" basses is why I never got good sound before, huh?).....

I'll be taking delivery of my brand new (black/black with matching headstock and rosewood) StingRay 5 in two weeks.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

 

[midopa]

Black finish, black pickguard, rosewood fretboard, and a matching headstock? My, my, my! Smoove, it sounds like you're gonna get yourself and very uniform-looking bass! It's all good, though. Be sure to post great, big, high-quality pictures of it sitting serenely in the soft sunlight, shining!

 

[Smoove]

I will.....I got the diggy camera all juiced up and waiting; I already know where I'm going to position it for the best possible photo.

It should only be another week or so now!!!!!

 

[hands 5]

It kinda just happen due to some circumstances that I got myself in school at the time(on too many fights at school)so I was dealt an awful "draconien" type punishment which was I wasn't aloud to play my drums until the next grading period (which was 2months away from said dealt punishment)anyway my dad had band and the bass player would leave his bass at our house after rehearsal so oneday I pick it up and from then on I've never put it down.As far as MM's go I was never really drawn to them however I was given a Sabre (which I still have)as a birthday present. I've sold my SR5(which wasn't the sound I was looking for) to finance my other current bass, but I still do use my EB volume pedal and I also use EB chords which is a great chord for $ 10.00 bucks !