The Last Bass Outpost

Since I’ve been fooling around with the BassVI I’m starting to think that some pedal overdrive might be fun . This will be more for fun at home than for gigs . The gigs require an warm old school thump and I have that pretty much covered .
So I was looking at various pedals and just discovered this the other day . Andy Field reunited with Jeff Genzler and Scott Andres to come up with it . He said it was like getting the old band back together .
It has four different drive levels , and high and low pass filters . The layout looks simple and intuitive for a fairly sophisticated pedal .
I’m still in the research phase , I’ll probably get something after Christmas …

Nice to see this forum back , I’ve missed checking in here .
I’m just grabbing gear and heading off to the old dive for the Sunday jam , but I’m happy to see this return .

I’ve been a Dano aficionado for many years . I bought one of the first Longhorn reissues and it eventually became my primary gigging instrument . I initially did not like the short scale , today I prefer it . There was initially a run of short scale DC basses made for the Chicago Music Exchange . I immediately wanted a shortscale DC , but not the hassles of international orders . About ten months later I saw that Long&McQuade were offering a shortscale DC .
So I immediately placed an order . And was hoping for a quick delivery . It turned into over six months . Recently I began hearing of guys in the States getting new short DCs and realized the new stock was finally in from Korea . So it was not going to be much longer .
Got the email from L&M last night . Picking it up this morning . I’ll have my nose pressed up against the front door when they open .
Dano’s are weird things , but I’ve come to love them . Featherweight , tough as nails . And they can thump . My inner Joey Spampinato is very happy .

A Squier Bass VI popped up in our local kijiji , I dawdled and it quickly sold , and then I was thinking I really should have immediately bought the thing . And then discovered a slightly used (rented once) one at my local L&M .
Decided to rent it for a month , it’s just over a dollar a day , and after one day I’m pretty sure I’m going to keep it .
The originals are rare and expensive so I’m quite happy Squier give you a cheap alternative . Fit and finish are fine , plays well , sounds great .
Some say these need heavier strings and that sometimes the bridge saddles have to be reversed for intonation , but so far I’m happy with the factory setup .
I’ll probably never use it for the gigs I do , but it will be a wonderful guilty pleasure at home .

Nordstand has been selling a funky little shortscale they call the Acinonyx . Almost ordered one last night , came to my senses at the last minute . But they’re funky . The overall look has that mid 60’s Italian influence , and true to form they have a scad of buttons . Eight , in fact .



They’ve only got  some black/tort ones left it seems , until the next shipment comes in . It might be a while .

I still have six , but knew some serious collectors .

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