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Originally Posted by GeoffW1
Hi,
A lot of my victims as a cub scout gave me more than a shilling. We would target the professional people at home, not the pensioners, beady-eyed little businessmen we were.
David, what electric bass did you buy for your first one?
Cheers
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My first and only electric bass is an Ibanez copy of a Rickenbacker - one of the early ones before the copies got so good Rickenbacker started to complain. The sole reason for choosing it was that my bass playing hero at the time, Chris Squire of Yes, played a Rick. I've heard many more bass players since then but Chris still rates very highly.
I liked it a lot at the time but now hardly play it. I stopped playing at all for decades but got back into it during the mid-life crisis and as a way to slow my drinking - you can't hold a glass while playing. I then got a chance to play with others but in a purely acoustic setting, so I bought a second hand Monterey acoustic bass guitar which I used for a couple of years. Then one day I was in the local music shop and saw another ABG, which I tried out. I wasn't in the market for a new bass but the next day I dropped $2k on it. It's a Tacoma Thunderchief and it's beautiful. Quite loud for an ABG and with awesome tone (especially with Elixir Nanoweb strings) . Everywhere I go I get asked about it. It has a Fishman pickup so even when playing amplified I use it. Later Tacoma was bought out by Fender and then closed down. Sad, to say the least, as the Tacoma eats any Fender ABG I've seen. In fact it eats every ABG I've tried and reviewers have rated it up with Martins costing twice as much.
Sorry about getting off topic but I do love luv that bass.
PS I'm still not much of a player but it does keep me amused.
maybe the term dissipated here after you booted out the £ 
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