took a dive off a guitar stand, now it never leaves the house)
1994 Tomahawk custom fretless 5 (J body, passive, EMG soapbar, John Deere
green)
2000 Cort Curbow fretless 5 (my workhorse, love it!)
2000 Schecter T-5 (cool '50's look, PJ pickups, maple fongerboard, just got
it, but I think it'll see a lot of use)
Fender BXR100 amp (seldom used anymore)
Tubeworks BlueTube preamp into Roland flanger/compressor, then straight into
the PA (hey, I'm old & lazy--besides, it sounds great!)
13, started getting paid to do it at age 14. Switched to bass in 1973 when my band couldn't find a bass player and I noticed that other bands couldn't
either. Haven't been without a gig since, unless I chose to. Over the
years, various bands I've been in have opened for bands such as Blood Sweat
& Tears, Steppenwolf, Sly & the Family Stone, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the
Standells......oops, I'm showing my age. I've never been in a band that had
a recording contract, but I've done some studio work for several artists who
never went anywhere. I stopped playing music full time and got a day job 25
years ago, but still played 2 to 4 nights a week until about 10 years ago,
when the band I've been in for the last 20 years decided to semi-retire when
we realized we'd gone 78 weeks without a weekend off. Now we work once or
twice a month from September to April or May, then I spend the summer seeing
this great country on my Harley.