Recent content by bgrant570

Here's a vote for leaving it off. Beautiful top under there. Shame to cover it up!

I've had my SWB-1 for a year or two. Strung with D'Addario flats. Love it! Guess I'll take a number? This will be my first "group" on TB.

Hipshot - GB7 Bass Xtender Fit easily with no mods.

This is the one I have. It's the most comfortable strap I've ever had, and not a bad price either. I got it specifically for the SWB-1 because it is a little on the heavy side compared to other basses I've had. I don't even feel the weight with it. I thought going over the top horn was a...

Works well. Once I got it dialed in it drops to D and back up to E repeatedly without needing to re-tune at all. All the other notes seem to be staying in tune as well, so I call it a win. I will say that this bass needs more tuning over all than other basses I've owned (all long scale...

Arcade Fire. I do not understand how anyone likes them. I like most genres of music, but I just do not get the attraction to them at all!

That sounds like a cool idea. Interested to see how it turns out!

25 lbs is too light of a cutoff. My first amp was a Peavey TKO 65. I'm pretty sure the 65 stood for how many pounds that thing weighed. Anything less to me is light!

G.E. Smith's advice for budding musicians:

I suspect you're right. My cousin is a dermatologist, and a fantastic guitar player.

Leigh Gorman of Bow Wow Wow. Hope someone's already mentioned him, I've not read all 18 pages.

If you wind up going with the Fender Rumble 100, here is a great thread about some simple mods to make it sound even better. I modded mine and it sounds fantastic, but I can't leave well enough alone. It sounded great already. NAD - Fender Rumble V3 100

Added some flavor to my SWB-1 yesterday.

There's a thread about these here: Scott Whitley SWB-1

I've never been blown away by a remaster. Danny Elfman was asked in an interview if he planned on releasing any remastered versions of old Oingo Boingo albums. He looked genuinely perplexed by the question and answered, "I think they were mastered pretty well the first time."