Recent content by Billybassbeater

Actually, they were tuned E to B. Not C. Kind of surprised I typed that. Must have been impaired. Sorry for the mistake.

When 5-string basses first came along, they were to E to C.

If I remember correctly, they started putting out 5-string basses in the early to mid '70s. I wanted one BAD. At that time they were tuned B-G-D-A-E. Didn't end up getting one until the late '80s. By then the B had been moved to the other side of the neck. While I do not still have my first...

I had an old acoustic guitar when I was about 8. I played sousaphone in the Jr. high through high school marching and concert band. Got into bass guitar in the high school jazz band.

Maybe they just feel music different than you do. As long as the groove is still there without distracting from the song, does it matter what road a person takes?

Mesa Boogie Subway D-800+ and 2 Subway 1x12s.

Not selling anything. I did file a formal complaint. I'm not the type of person to fabricate or lie to make somebody look bad.

Based on this thread, it looks like there are a lot of sub-par employees working for FedEx in everybodies area.

I thought the reason for paying for shipping was for the buyer's convenience. The ads these shipping companies run paint quite a different picture than actual reality.

Where I live, they charge you an extra $2.00 for a signature regardless what you're receiving.

The summer of 2018 FedEx came to my house 6 times and then, all of a sudden, they couldn't, wouldn't be able to find my house. It took 3 weeks to get an amp from sweetwater, who, by the way, was NO help at all. I kept watching them drive by and not even turning on a blinker. I live up on a hill...

As it should be.

Tommy Chong

I use my onboard preamp to change my tone for different songs. It's so much easier for me to add or back off what I need to change right there in between notes. Possibly a key factor for using active preamps is to run your amp flat. Maybe not, but that's what I do. Nobody has ever told me my...