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Barber Linden.

Honestly, depends on the venue. If you're playing gigs at venues with proper monitors capable of different monitor mixes, then it's super easy to go without an amp. I've played several shows with my bass straight into the house DI (even though I carry my own DI), and it worked out great! But...

Thanks! I'll try playing around with the amp some more, and maybe investigate a subtle overdrive.

'Zig Zag Wanderer' by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Recorder April 1967 Starts at 1:32 I have a Jazz Bass and a Eden Nemesis 2x12. What pedals might help me get closer to that enormous beefy sound? Is it an overdrive? Slight fuzz? EQ? Compression? I'm having trouble figuring...

I've played shows where I just plug my bass into the sound guy's DI Box and used the monitors as... monitors. No amp at all. Sounded great, actually. Other times I've just used a DI box, other times just a compressor, again without an amp. But if you're looking into being in a band for the...

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OK, it's a fantastic bass, but it's time for decisive action. Price revised to $1,000 shipped to the continental US. Cash/PayPal only. No trades.

Spanky(Andy) - if it's crooked, it's probably my doing as I installed the pickup into the existing cavity. It hasn't bothered me at all.

Mapleglo with white is my favorite.

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What, I'd have to wait ten days until it's in stock? This backlog is outrageous!! :rollno: Just today I got an online quote that was $439.99 less than that, including shipping, for a new 4003 that is in stock. Smokey's mama told me I better shop around, so I did. And that was just the first stop.

Some of the earliest Rickenbackers from the 1930s bare the brand name Electro, and in the late 50s or early 60s they revived the name for a line of' student' or 'budget' instruments. They were made in the same factory, but with less involved construction featuring set necks rather than...

Recording the Beatles, page 520: "During the Let it Be sessions, Glyn Johns recorded Paul's bass exclusively using DI. The large Bassman cabinet was still connected so that the sound of the bass could be heard and felt in the room, but all bass going onto the multi-track tapes was a direct...