Originally Posted by Desmund Nichols (Post 25738)

I just wanted to say that today I was practicing my Black Tiger 5, and my bass sounded so good.

Originally Posted by Bob Faulkner (Post 25776)

....most of my playing is done on a super cheap, yet still playable, 5 string fretless that is basically my beater/grunt bass. I get used to that thing then go down to my studio every so often and pull my fretless 4 string Smith out of the case, play about 2-5 notes, then proceed to curl up in the fetal position and cry over how awesomely amazing the thing feels and sounds....

Originally Posted by Bob Faulkner (Post 25779)

Because I don't play that much anymore other than tooling around in the recliner watching tv with the wife and kids. I don't want the Smith sitting in the living room with 2 dogs, 2 cats, and a 6 year old that is a walking wrecking ball.. So, I keep the Smith in it's case down stairs in my studio and play it when I go down there to play, which generally only happens anymore when I'm the only person home.

When my band broke up it kinda sapped a lot of my enthusiasm for playing.. I still do, just no where even near the same league as I used to.

Plus I've developed issues in my left elbow that makes gripping the neck painful.. I'm working on getting that fixed. I've been thinking about getting my chops back in shape and trying to find a casual band to play with, but since I'm not really interested in touring or doing shows anymore that can be quite difficult.