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They didn't have the Squier option back then! As McCartney has said regarding their switch to Epiphone, the reason they chose Epiphone was because in their naiveté, they thought it was a fancier brand than Gibson. Re Squier vs Fender, check out Fender Custom Shop principal master builder Ron...

Shape and composition of that roof look made for hellish acoustics, unless the SPL was so high no-one could notice. How did it sound under there?

No disagreement at all, Doggy! I have the utmost respect for Droopy's desire to get to the bottom of the matter and for his approach, not to mention the careful documentation in his report to us. Impedance bridging is a critical issue, as is the resonant peak of most pickups and how that is...

The input impedance of the HX Stomp is the determining factor here, as well as its output impedance into the 1 Megohm input of the Rumble, which would be significantly lower than the output impedance of the P-bass pickups, which (approximately) doubles every octave; that is, the DC resistance of...

Re your method: "I simultaneously plugged my Fender Precision into both a Fender Rumble Stage 800 and a Line 6 HX Stomp." What did you use to split the instrument output and feed it simultaneously into both devices?

One of Montreal's finest, the Rabble, was anchored by bassist Tim Charbonneau, whose nimble chops are all over their biggest Top 40 hit, Golden Girl (1967), which strangely enough, was labeled the B side. It was the song that first taught us what a 9th chord was (the second chord in the...

Here's mine: the dead batteries are hot-glued into it just for ballast and to give it some rigidity. It's all passive: one DPDT latching footswitch, one red LED & holder, one 1/4" open frame jack, some wire and a candy tin. The current to illuminate the LED comes from the amp. Using a heavier...

I order Fender amp jacks from Parts Is Parts (Fender Amp Parts | Parts Is Parts - Guitar Parts, Amplifier Parts, Korg Keyboard Parts). They're not very expensive. You'll need a solder sucker (and iron of course) to desolder each pin from the circuit board one at a time, but that gets easier...

You're absolutely right. Good catch. It's 8/64 and 6/64, or 1/8" and 3/32. Thanks for the keen eye!

I believe that's the one, yes.

Nice sounding Ibby jazz box your lead player has there GP! Also, in Mack the Knife, you clearly show us good left-hand technique keeping the groove going while taking a swig with your right. Must have been not a Friday, but a Thirsty night!

On their third UK tour in 1963, the Beatles were the opening act for Roy Orbison, who was headlining. But Beatlemania was just then growing, and partway through the tour, the promoter switched them up, so that Orbison ended up opening for the Beatles!

Sound reproduction of recordings involving two (stereo) loudspeakers is distinguishable from live sound in that it uses two paths to each ear, one from each stereo loudspeaker, to emulate a real sound field. With live sound (unless sound reproduction techniques are being used in developing a...

Localization can sometimes help separate instruments in such cases, if you have the space to spread out a bit—at least the bass amp, if there's room for it away from the other two players and you're not all mixed together in a sound reinforcement (PA) system.

Great ashtray on this Jazz Bass