Recent content by alteredpilot

'kevin norton'... bad copy and paste work... (edited) i accidentally blended two pieces of copy... no idea who kevin is...just the copy from the previous owners ad...mixed up... i like it so far...i had a pretty fair confidence in the purchase going in (based on TB discussions...

so i was digging around in the garage and discovered an SWR studio 220 head that for the life of me i cant remember where it came from... i'm gonna take it down and see if its good/fixable... so if'n it is, i'm wondering what speaker enclosure to match it up with. i'm plum stupid when...

so i was digging around in the garage and discovered an SWR studio 220 head that for the life of me i cant remember where it came from... i'm gonna take it down and see if its good/fixable... so if'n it is, i'm wondering what speaker enclosure to match it up with. i'm plum stupid when...

just picked this up last night... 2005 Christopher DB202T it was originally bought from Norton Customs. Its in showroom condition. not a mark on it. the guy bought it, played for 6 months and its just been sitting. set up: Rev II Clef guts + euro wrapped gut E Custom bridge by...

thats right. 1937 Kay Alvin Hawes M4 Maestro. SN 1186 and it was in pretty decent shape for a 70 year old that had seen its fair share of use. and for a grand it was in really great shape save for some busted up edges. and now, its the one that got away. i had to let the seller do what was...

yep. committed to the buy this evening. going to get it on saturday. i'll post pics when i get back.

yeah... i dont think i can pass this one up...even if it needs money in to make it road worthy. turns out to be a blonde '37 M1. at this price, even if i hate it i'll get my money back and go buy a new eg9

if i were to buy it would be as a player. when i say flip, what i mean is that even if i bought it and wasn't completely thrilled i'd at least be able to recover my expenditure...which would be what i consider to be more than safe in a risk bearing environment.

i mean, other than simply for the sake of owning vintage? i'm a vintage type of guy. i like old things, but i wont always buy vintage just for the sake of buying vintage. see, i've been doing my research and on and on and as it turns out, every bass that i like listening to winds up being a...