The Last Bass Outpost

Germany had issues with the food quality in the UK....ah that explains the move westward!

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!)

I like the Lindy Fralin P's ( he'll work close with you too to get what you want). Also the Fender Custom Shop P's and J's are pretty nice as well. You can check them out most likely in any music shop that stocks their new American Standard passive P an J basses. There is a little sticker on the puck guard stating those pickups. 

I see they have got the retail at $1,530. for the Hillman ((single pup) and $1,580. For the Newark St. (2 pup).  The Newark St when first released what, several years ago were made in n Korea and retailed for around $1,100.  Does Fender still own Guild?

I was recently trying our some of the new Rickenbacker, Shecter and Yamaha BB Series basses and a Fender Jazz. I just plugged into the nearest amp, it being a Fender Rumble 100. At first I thought well, these are pretty nice basses and all sounding good. I tried out some of the options on this rather small combo amp and was quite surprised how versatile it was. Impressed with the amp, there was a Rumble 200 next to it and that was that much more being 200 watts. I had my Gibson TBIV getting back from a setup and that sounded glorious on both as well. I remember the original Rumble series and not impressed. Could this new series have benefitted from the Genz Benz technology that Fender 'inherited'?

A mudbucker at the base of the neck on a Precision....hmmm. He always gets good tone from what I have seen and heard over the years. There must be rhyme to his reason.  I wonder if it is a TB+with the mudbucker casing?... I did see a recent video of him playing his old Fiesta Precision with just the lowly Precision pups.( The Unidentified Flying Project)

If there are any minor perfections necessary after this/these initial BB2 samples count me in also for a replacement on my '01. I' ll even go for the nickle/ chrome and swap the keys out for nickle tuners. Already going to have Lull make me up a pair of his replacement pickups. Was going to have black covers but now that I saw this may as well go all the way.