Recent content by Armchair Bronco

Awesome Star Wars reference! Link Removed "How low can you go?"

For the record, my boy is anything but conventional. There's no teacher (other than me, and I'm a guitar player), and for him "technique" means hanging the bass as low as it can go so he looks like Krist Novoselic of Nirvana. :bassist: But, he likes using his thumb and first 2 fingers on his...

Holy smokes, that's a lot of basses! Nice work.

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Somehow, I managed to convince my 14-year-old son to take up the bass again. He used to play Nirvana covers with his younger brother about 4 years ago. :thu: Anyway, I got him started learning Rush's "Anthem" from 1975, and he's hooked. Loves the song and the challenge of learning a fairly...

I'm hoping this is the right place to post links to YouTube videos. If not, cut me some slack and I'll PM a Mod to find the right place. Here's a video of my 11 year old son with his 1st busking experience at the Seattle Center this weekend. We were there for the Folklife festival. He brought...

I have the RC-2 and I like it. But unless you think you REALLY, REALLY need to have a smaller pedal that runs off batteries, I think the RC-20XL is a more versatile pedal. I've used both and I think the RC-20XL is easier to use since it has separate pedals to start and stop loops. It also...

No, but I'm starting to gear up for another build. I bought a beautiful 1965 Ampeg Gemini I G-12 amp this summer in minty "closet find" condish, and I've been thinking about making another board covered in vintage Ampeg blue diamond tolex. If I do that, then I'll have to give some serious...

My orange pedalboard just got a writeup over at LifeHacker.com. http://lifehacker.com/5383339/diy-pedalboard-with-some-help-from-ikea My board is famous!

As noted, a vintage Bassman amp is the classic example of a bass amp that doubles as a (better) guitar amp. I have a used Ampeg BA-112 that I bought for $170. It sounds great as a 50 watt bass amp (no surprise there), but it's also a really great sounding clean guitar amp. I run my...

Yeah, I'm thinking that if the Micro Cube Bass RX is on par with my trusty Micro Cube, I'll be happy...even if I have to overspend by $50 or $70. Maybe I'll get lucky finding a used one: back in January, someone on HC was selling one for $150. For busking @ the Seattle Center during...

Thanks, I've read all the reviews I can get my hands on. Just looking for some first-hand anecdotes. My 2 boys want to do some busking at the Seattle Center this summer (they're 9 and 11). I have a Roland Micro Cube for the guitarist, but we need something for the bass player. Whatever I...

No one has an opinion on this? :hmm:

I really, REALLY want to get one of these, but they just don't seem like a good value. At $229, this is actually *more* than I paid for my Roland Cube 30 Bass amp 3 years ago. What's your opinion on the Invalid Link Removed? I played one at GC about 6 months ago, and I really liked it for...

Check out Loop-Master.com and be prepared to spend 20-30 minutes looking through all of his offerings. And if you still can't find something that works, write to the guy asking for advice and I'm sure he can custom build something. But my guess is that he's already got your scenario covered...