Band on board

Tonight, I finally got to play my new bass amp that's been sitting in my music room for the last three months collecting dust.

One of the bands I belong to finally got their act together and played some music at a rehearsal studio. I had bought my new bass amp because my old one was getting one. It was slowly dying. It had to be replaced. So I tried repairing it instead. It's such an old amp, I didn't want to see it just die and end up in landfill. While the repairs made it work again, it's just not the same. It's a bass amp, so it needs a really good bottom end sound. This amp had lost that oomph you get. The dropped note you feel rather than hear.

I originally went to just buy a cabinet with some speakers in it, but my wife insisted I don't do things half way and so I bought the head with the cabinet.

Having it sit in my room all this time has been one of those feelings you get when you're young and you can't wait to open the presents, except this feeling has been there for three months.

Finally, finally. I got to play it at gig volume. It was so silky smooth, low and powerful. Such a nice luscious bass sound. I love that smooth deep throb you feel when you hit a note on the lower register.

I'm playing tomorrow night again, and then I'll be playing every week with another band from here on. Though there's yet another band who wants me to play bass for them though I haven't done so yet. They sacked their other bass player and put me in, without an audition.

So, with all the stuff happening with music, I figured an update of what's happening with some bands I'm playing with should be included.

I'm also looking to buy a banjo and a Ukulele soon. My wife wants me to play banjo and Uke for her. We shall see how that turns out.