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These are nice, like a small jazz bass small neck usa made. Harley from cro mags is the only guy I can think of who played one

Anything but sunburst or natural.

I see a mudbucker and a rick toaster added. A bunch of dumb switches. Cool bass!

New to the group!
I have a a Hartke KB 15 that is tripping out after being switched on for a few minutes
Possibly something in the output stage tripping the protection circuitry.

Please can anyone on the group help with a schematic or service advice on this model?

Thanks
Geoff

Hi MB, I realise this is a very old post, but I am in need of a KB15 schematic as I have a client which hasa problem cutting out when on for a few minutes.

If anyone else reading this tread can help it would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks
geoff

Reviving, since I hopefully have a BAM 200 on the way. One difference between the TC 200, 250 and 500 seems to be the BAM200 is the only one with 10 M ohm input impedance, the others are 1 M ohm. I am hoping to get a god sound with my Realist wood pickup. Never could get a sweet sound with my Quilter Bass Block 800. Current setup is Grace Alix into QSC CP8, which is quite good, but my passive MAS 16 and 18 are staring at me...

If you're able to, audition them in person and judge for yourself.

I guess this is the bridge. This is off a mid 80's Korean made P/J. Obviously the plate is not black. A heavy sucker. Weighs 234 grams

I finally got around to making the repair and it went well. I decided just to replace the whole jack because it was cheap and the old one wasn't in great condition. Plus, it meant practicing soldering on two wires instead of one. Thanks for the help, everyone!

Well over a year ago I sent my one-of-a-kind Michael Spalt Thuya Project Bass to Scott "Stonewall" Miller for repair. He had apprenticed with Michael Spalt and was recommended based on his background. Communication dwindled until finally there was no response from him at all. Now his business # is no longer in service. I am profoundly disappointed and would like to get the bass back. If you happen to hear of Scott Miller or this bass I'd appreciate it if you would reach out to me. Thanks! - Bill Enderlin (aka Bar Band Bassman)

I'm finding this out rather late in the game, but very moved, as my last year at Berklee in the mid-1970s, I roomed with Jeff. I had a chance to play with him and his older brother Steve on a number of occasions, including one of my senior recitals. Jeff was mostly playing electric on his Jazz Bass through a silver Kustom rolled and pleated bass amp (to match his brother's guitar amp), but had just gotten his first upright. Even then, he was a great player. After I graduated, Jeff went on to play in the Thursday Night Blues Band, Phil Wilson's honors big band at Berklee.

I'm sorry to say that, a few years later, on April 3, 2023, his older brother Steven suffered a similar fate. Steve was a fine electric and classical guitarist, recording artist, educator, and published author of books on guitar and guitar pedagogy.

Guitalia said:

Here's Toots in 1961, first on harmonica and then (around 1:45) on his Rickenbacker.

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Crazy, my late father, a jazz guitarist, was a big fan of Toots, and also took up chromatic harmonica later in his life.
I inherited both instruments. I never knew Toots also played guitar. Thanks for a new nugget of info just in time for Father's day.

57 and 74 reissues

LiptonJigglers said:

Im using the same amp with a Maton JB4, which has the same pickups.
Can't help you with preamp choice, sorry...but here's some reasonably cheap options to try first.
Apologies if you have already tried them, I don't mean to come across as condescending in any way.

Have you adjusted the trim level, mid image and mid shift, high boost buttons?
Check that the amp has the correct 12ax7 valve in place.
Adjust pickup pole pieces.
Change strings.
A GK neo cab will sound very different to the Orange cabs

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Thats not my rig.
What buttons?
Can't do much more with the pole pieces.

My 2003 Vintage in the wild!

31HZ said:

Maybe it's because I read Mojo magazine for a decade or so that I got hip to some of this music.

I'd also add Fairport Convention (and all of the offshoots, especially Richard/Linda Thompson and Sandy Denny) to the list, a very British band with many of the eccentricities that the label implies.

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Yeah, even the biggest Fairport alumns were somewhat niche tastes in the U.S. But at least I could always find Richard Thompson's albums, and most of Denny's.

OTOH, I wore out my copy of Promises by Whippersnapper (Dave Swarbrick). Then I had to do without for years; only recently has it trickled onto Youtube etc.

I bought a Hercules stand. Much more stable and secure

Gopherbassist said:

Apparently I missed the "joke" part of the title, an no one was kind enough to correct me.

On topic, a parody of the song "Bodies:"

Psychostick - Numbers (I Can Only Count To Four)

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Happy ending: they expanded the song to a complete version and made a studio recording:

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"Apparently I missed the "joke" part of the title, an no one was kind enough to correct me."

That's because Little Wing (and Hendrix) is a riveting song still. After I listened to it, I forgot what the thread was about and just marveled at it, again.

Francois Blais said:

Don’t you see iCloud Photos - Apple iCloud ?
Anyway, here it is:

iCloud Photos - Apple iCloud

View, organize, and share photos and videos with iCloud Photos on the web. Changes will sync across your devices with iCloud.

share.icloud.com

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Got it, thanks!

Michael's last post on here was at the end of 2022, so I suspect you may not get a reply or at least not anytime soon. I was curious about the technique you mention as don't think I'd seen him do something like that (I've never seen him live but watched many videos over the years). I did find footage from his show with Teja on Youtube which was really beautiful stuff but didn't see that technique used while playing in the duo.
I also found this recent clinic-looking video where he does a picking/strumming thing in a Beatles medley kinda in the style of Stanley Clarke's School Days:
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To me it looks like the pointer finger is doing most of the strumming hitting across the top of the nail for some edge but with other fingers joining in as well at times in a sort of flamenco strum approach. I do some "finger pick" approach usually favoring more thumb, but I grow the nail out on my thumb so am able to utilize the nail for a sort of pick timbre (I also grow the edges of my other fingernails out, but if I used my pointer-finger nail like this I would likely break it or wear it down too fast while my thumbnail is more hearty and a bit longer)

Yeah post some detailed pictures of the pots and soldered connections! Otherwise its only speculation.

I'm not sure what values G&L used for the factory tone mod, but would assume 250K Audio-taper pot and 0.047uf capacitor based on their other basses. I've owned two new G&Ls with wiring problems from the factory (luckily easy for me to diagnose and fix), so it wouldn't surprise me if there was an issue with yours. Also depending on the wiring it would be possible to accidentally disengage the Tone control from a harness without losing signal too (like say if the pot was loose and spun around and pulled a connection loose).

mambo4 said:

The article cite specific laws that it violates ... in the EU at least

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Everything's illegal in the EU... isn't there a song about that?
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Thanx!

I'm generally a tab guy, but I like to challenge myself, too.

claudel said:

Following

I have an old Halliburton shell that I eventually want to house my pedals and interface

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Do it! I didn't really post "process" pics because...well, there wasn't really a process apart from cutting the pieces to size. The foam is held in place by tension and the lip of the case. Only thing that's glued is the green styrofoam to the black pull 'n' peel that separates the amp section from the cables.