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Other Bass Brands / Will a Greco Thunderbird fit in an Epiphone hard case?
« on: November 27, 2013, 02:36:49 PM »
Can any current or former Greco 'bird owners confirm that an Epiphone Thunderbird case will work?  Looking at options for my incoming white Greco 'bird.

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Bass Amps & Effects / Can anyone ID this old Ampeg preamp?
« on: September 10, 2013, 04:33:35 PM »
I haven't seen one of these before, and Google draws a blank. 

Maybe it's been rehoused?



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The Bass Zone / Recent gig video of my Stones tribute band
« on: September 04, 2013, 05:52:59 PM »
We edited a medley from two cameras at this gig ...


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Bass Amps & Effects / custom built 100 watt Ampeg B-15 clone
« on: July 21, 2013, 06:20:02 PM »
Some time ago I mentioned that I was having a 100 watt head built for me that is based on the B-15N circuit.  Well, it's finished, and is being shipped to me this week.  It has switchable '64 and '66 circuits (like the Heritage B-15), multiple speaker taps for 2,4 and 8 ohms, and a balanced DI output.

Here's a sneak peek ....






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The Outpost Cafe / R.I.P. Australia's greatest female rock vocalist
« on: April 22, 2013, 03:35:08 PM »
Chrissie Amphlett of The Divinyls passed away yesterday of breast cancer, aged just 53.  So sad.


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Other Bass Brands / Incoming unique Nash - LSD content
« on: March 17, 2013, 08:31:39 PM »
Bill's first ever paisley bass build ....


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The Outpost Cafe / Homeland vs Hatufim (the original Israeli series)
« on: February 14, 2013, 10:26:38 PM »
I've watched the two series to date of Homeland, and loved it, and then a couple of weeks ago decided to download season one of Hatufim ("Abductees") to compare, given that Homeland is adapted from that Israeli-made series.

Hatufim is superb as well - but in a very different way. Homeland focuses a lot on the CIA side of things, and some regular action (guns, bombs, and sex), whereas in Hatufim the IDF characters are very much secondary characters, with 95% of the focus being on the family relationships for the two soldiers who are returned to Israel after 17 years. That's one of the twists - the captivity is longer than Homeland, and 2 of them (of the 3 who were captured) come back instead of 1. Hatufim is very well done - I'm up to episode 10 of the first season so far, but am struggling to find a download of season two that has English subtitles.

The two actors who play the former captives do a top job. The 18yo daughter in Hatufim who is addicted to shagging older men is good value too.


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The Outpost Cafe / "Re-Machined" - Deep Purple tribute album
« on: October 03, 2012, 04:22:53 PM »
Not sure about Santana being on ANOTHER tribute album (and playing Smoke on the Water), but this clip of Lazy featuring Bonamassa and Australia's Jimmy Barnes is all kinds of awesome ...



Promo clip for the album ...



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The Bass Zone / Bassist Union rule violation
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:37:24 PM »
I'm guess the band leader didn't see me playing above the 5th fret, because he still paid me anyway.


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Bass Amps & Effects / NCD - Ampeg B15E reproduction cab made by fliptops.net
« on: September 06, 2012, 04:19:25 PM »
A local tech is building me a 100 watt all tube head based on the B-15N circuit - basically an Ampeg Heritage B-15 on steroids, so while he's building that for me (in blue diamond Ampeg tolex with chrome corners) I bought a nice cab to go with it for small gigs - a fliptops.net B-15E repro cab. It's super nicely made, and with an Eminence Legend inside it sounds great too - sealed cab, no tweeter - me likey!

Patiently waiting for the head to be finished now - still 4 weeks away he says


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The Bass Zone / Old fat guy hipster wannabe
« on: August 06, 2012, 04:03:20 PM »
From our originals gig on Saturday night  :mrgreen:


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Gibson Basses / Inspired by the cosmetics of a 20/20
« on: July 12, 2012, 04:24:55 PM »

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The Bass Zone / Updated family pic
« on: June 21, 2012, 03:48:24 PM »
With the AEB-1 arriving, I figured it was time for a new family photo




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The Outpost Cafe / new movie about Ernest Hemingway, starring Nicole Kidman's arse
« on: June 17, 2012, 06:19:51 PM »
I watched this movie (Hemingway and Gellhorn) on the weekend, and my mind keeps drifting back to this scene  :mrgreen:




If you're not into Kidman's ass, there are T-26's and various French tanks to look at as well, given the movie is set during the Spanish Civil War.

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Other Bass Brands / incoming Ampeg AEB-1 #028
« on: June 07, 2012, 08:35:40 PM »
I just hit this beauty on evilbay ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160816852773

Bruce Johnson says I's done good -

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That's great that you bought #28! You got a bargain too, at US$2999. Several years ago, it would have sold for about $4000.

I currently know of the existence of 10 of the approximately 54 prototypes. Yours, #28, is one of the three that are in all-original, excellent condition.

Now, to go and sell some stuff, to offset the cost of this one!   [smilie=fun_84.gif] 


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