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Other Bass Brands / Re: Kustom K200 Bass
« on: March 06, 2016, 06:03:52 PM »
VERY cool!
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay
« on: February 28, 2016, 08:58:04 AM »
Gotcha. I noticed something was amiss there and talked about it with the guy who just bought it.
I'll send him the link! Thanks.
I'll send him the link! Thanks.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: DocBass ready to roll
« on: October 03, 2015, 03:20:34 PM »
Awesome work.
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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Ampeg V3 For Bass? Is it designed around the B25B amp?
« on: September 10, 2015, 06:05:56 AM »Ive got a V3 and have played around with it on bass. It breaks up pretty quick and the distortion it gives isn't terribly pleasing to my ears. Its just ends up over-distorted and broken sounding if that makes any sense.
I had the same experience. It wasn't a good sounding breakup.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: New two-pickup Starfire by Guild
« on: August 13, 2015, 06:49:06 PM »Hmmm..there was a lazer disc of that 'Doors' show at the Concertgebouw? Might like to see that except i have no access to lazer disc player. It was just Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore. Manzarek did some of the vocals, but mostly instrumentals.
Correct.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: New two-pickup Starfire by Guild
« on: August 12, 2015, 07:19:24 PM »I saw the Airplane in 1968 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and they were in top form instrumentally and vocally. I was not under the influence of anything except the glorious bass sound Casady was producing. Actually they sounded great in that masterful concert hall and their engineers got it perfect. Living in Europe in those days there were plenty of opportunities to see bands like The Who, Hendrix, Cream etc. I get the whole Entwhistle thing, always a bit too trebly for me and Bruce muddy live. Casady's system blew them all away as far as bass sound, balance in that live setting. I had been playing bass already 3 years by then and on that night I realized the religious connotations of the bass and I converted 100%. (Btw that same night the Doors were on the bill in an aborted form after Morrison oD'd in stage dancing to Plastic Fantastic Lover!)
Wow! I have a Doors Laserdisc about that show. Both the Doors and Airplane talked about Jim's dance. Gracie also explained why he was so prone to that accident. I believe it was called "The Doors in Europe." It may be out on dvd now.
IMO, the guys in the Airplane were really kind and gracious to their opening bands.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: New two-pickup Starfire by Guild
« on: August 11, 2015, 10:03:59 AM »
Yes, add Moody Blues to the list! And BB King. (I got to sit on his amp for part of a show in 1969)
But good lord, we saw Johnny Winter in the early 70s when he played 20 minutes, took an hour break and then "played" for 15. Really sad. Thankfully he was much better when I saw him in his later years. And ELP, well, like the later Grace, there were some alcohol issues at times..... Etc.
But as you said, we are all remembering things.
If you care to view some killer live performances by the Airplane, rent "Fly Jefferson Airplane" and "A Night at the Family Dog 1970" which also has Santana and the Dead on it. They could be an awesome band. Sadly, at the end of the run, alcohol got the best of Grace.
Just as so many good musicians and bands were felled by the migration from pot to heroin. Thank god I missed that one.
But good lord, we saw Johnny Winter in the early 70s when he played 20 minutes, took an hour break and then "played" for 15. Really sad. Thankfully he was much better when I saw him in his later years. And ELP, well, like the later Grace, there were some alcohol issues at times..... Etc.
But as you said, we are all remembering things.
If you care to view some killer live performances by the Airplane, rent "Fly Jefferson Airplane" and "A Night at the Family Dog 1970" which also has Santana and the Dead on it. They could be an awesome band. Sadly, at the end of the run, alcohol got the best of Grace.
Just as so many good musicians and bands were felled by the migration from pot to heroin. Thank god I missed that one.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: New two-pickup Starfire by Guild
« on: August 11, 2015, 06:14:20 AM »
Whatever.
But I cannot imagine what bands you folks were listening to or playing with back then. Outside of YES and James Brown, there were few interesting bands that didn't sound ragged live.
Beyond the self-inflicted issues, there was the lack of monitors, the lack of sequencers and the lack of decent, affordable tuners. Can you remember the first time you had monitors on stage?
But there was a true energy in those ragged shows, especially when compared to the half live/half recorded shows we are treated to now.
But I cannot imagine what bands you folks were listening to or playing with back then. Outside of YES and James Brown, there were few interesting bands that didn't sound ragged live.
Beyond the self-inflicted issues, there was the lack of monitors, the lack of sequencers and the lack of decent, affordable tuners. Can you remember the first time you had monitors on stage?
But there was a true energy in those ragged shows, especially when compared to the half live/half recorded shows we are treated to now.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: New two-pickup Starfire by Guild
« on: August 10, 2015, 07:07:04 PM »
Listen to Bless Its Pointed little Head or Live at the Filmore East (where I was present).
Perhaps you just weren't buzzed enough when you heard them !!
But some of the later Starship shows did get a bit ragged....
Perhaps you just weren't buzzed enough when you heard them !!
But some of the later Starship shows did get a bit ragged....
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Other Bass Brands / Re: New two-pickup Starfire by Guild
« on: August 09, 2015, 07:31:29 PM »
I beg to differ. Fantastic live, even when stoned. As was the case when we heard so many bands back then. At least they weren't heroin zombies like Zeppelin or poor Johnny Winter during his worst periods.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: 1975 Rickenbacker 4000 on ebay?
« on: July 24, 2015, 08:16:59 PM »
A player's bass. A good thing.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Combining two recent threads
« on: July 16, 2015, 07:33:04 PM »
I wondered, after reading some of your threads here.
The last thing I need!
The last thing I need!
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The Bass Zone / Re: Combining two recent threads
« on: July 13, 2015, 06:28:34 PM »
Yes to all, including the reference to the pointy head. And I do try to look sharp and annoy bandmates to do the same. We are entertainers and, no matter how hot it is, cargo shorts don't cut it.
Some years back when I had a fleet of early 60s amps I bough a bunch of 2" x 2" combo rubber/cork/rubber amp anti-vibration things over on a hi-fi website. Usually used them with my tube amps. But I'll have to haul 'em out if I keep using the Terror and the little 2x12" cab. Probably a sensible idea given PBG's jaundiced view of modern PCB amps.
Some years back when I had a fleet of early 60s amps I bough a bunch of 2" x 2" combo rubber/cork/rubber amp anti-vibration things over on a hi-fi website. Usually used them with my tube amps. But I'll have to haul 'em out if I keep using the Terror and the little 2x12" cab. Probably a sensible idea given PBG's jaundiced view of modern PCB amps.
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The Bass Zone / Combining two recent threads
« on: July 12, 2015, 11:37:41 AM »
Yesterday was the live debut for my recently acquired Fender Performer bass, which I bought thanks to a recent thread here. Sounded good and, most important, it looked sharp.
It was also the debut of the little German bass cab I asked for some guidance on here in another thread. My bandmates were worried beforehand, but when I fired it up they were impressed. But, as you can see, I need a rubber pad under the amp head to keep it from walking off the cab.
It was also the debut of the little German bass cab I asked for some guidance on here in another thread. My bandmates were worried beforehand, but when I fired it up they were impressed. But, as you can see, I need a rubber pad under the amp head to keep it from walking off the cab.