I like babble! Have you ever seen the LesPaul Gecko? Do you like?

Hi all,
My name is Dave, I hang out in a few different forums and finally decided to join up here after lurking for a while. I'm 46 years young and have been playing guitar on and off for about 25 years. More recently, I'm working on learning to play Bass. I'm mostly a jam player, I've never played in a band, but I've played with a few bands. I would conservatively rate myself as an intermediate player, and that's probably where I'll stay for a while. I've been a Fender fan since I got my first Strat in '82 (I still have it). As you can see from my motley collection of guitars, I like a mixed bag of guitar sounds. I like to tinker with 'em too, so it's nice to have a few different models to work on.
Here's the guitar pr0n:

Missing from this photo are some recent purchases:
From Rondo Music-
Agile AL-2000 Cherry Sunburst LP copy with P-90s,
SX SJB-75C Jazz Bass copy (for the new "Dave the bass player" persona),
Jay Turser JTB-2B violin "Beatle" bass from eBay (I've always wanted a Hofner, but never could afford one).

I have a few amps, too:

I don't have a bass amp yet, but I've been playing through a PodXT Live using bass amp models with good results.

Here's some pedals on my board:

I can't fit them all on at once, so there's a few not pictured including a Janglebox, a Mu-Tron III, and four home-built pedals made from kits (Phase 90 clone, tremolo, Fuzz Face clone, and a Tone Bender clone).

When I have free time, I like to spend it in here playing with my toys:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v669/ ... ic%20Room/

That's about it, I'm looking forward to hanging around and maybe getting some advice on bass playing!

Cheers!
Strat Cat

I have a couple strats, a tele, a LP standard, a hamer echotone, a PRS Soapbar II SE, and Breedlove acoustic. My strats get the most play time. Wanna see me butchering Smoke on the Water?

well, i guess i can't call myself a newbie anymore... i'm so excited that i broke 100 posts!!! YAY ME!!! lol. it's been a long day... i'z a college kid now...

not yet. i moved in yesterday, and had class last night. i had class @1 and then i have class again @ 4. i guess i better go... anyway, i have class all this week and weekend, and then i pick up my full 18 hour schedule on monday... (the classes this week are just for orientation) i'll keep you posted... oh, and by the way, my band is finally online now, i think you'll like our logo... i came up with it with our screamer... check it out...

http://www.myspace.com/theunexpected2

i was bummed that myspace.com/theunexpected had already been taken, but i guess you gotta work with what you got. i tried to upload one of my songs on there, but it won't let me... dumb myspace... let me know what you think...

lol. you like it then?