Recent content by BrandonEssex

Currently I use my 60’s 7/8 Joe German for unamplified acoustic jazz gigs, one or another of my plywood basses (a 50’s Kay and a 90’s Englehardt) for commuting on the train, and/or gigs where I amplify, Squier modified Tele P for electric bass gigs (pretty rare for me these days) and my Squier...

I see people talking a lot about divisions between genres that don’t entirely make sense to me. A great scholar of American music asked me a question once.. “What style of music did Ray Charles play?” It’s a good thought to have often as we move through the world of music these days...

My Squier Modified Precision Telecaster bass was $260, it's my favoite slab so far!

Not an entry, just a meditation on using Walnut... Nick Lloyd Basses | Exceptional Double Bass Luthiery | Cincinnati, Ohio

So far so good Lyon Heavy+ nylon D on my 7/8 German..... solved the problem of the gut D sounding a little weak next to the Lyon G and Evah A.

Copper wound gamut lyon heavy + need to be rewound. Just pay shipping if you want them. $10? They didn't actually get much use, not sure why the wind came loose. Gamut rewinds strings for $50/ea I think...

There was one of these at my rehearsal studio many years ago. I can't remember how it arrived, but it wound up leaving with a good friend/co-conspirator. Consensus was that for 200w and 2x15" dirvers it was horribly underwhelming. For the size and weight, ot should have been the voice of...

Yes, the Coda and Ten2 use the same AI head.

Yes, it is the Cabrio indeed. I don't have anything in mind for a trade right now, I'm in purge mode this month!

Please excuse the borrowed photo! My unit is in storage, will update the photo as soon as possible. Nearly new Ten2 EX Cabrio w Mooridian Gig Bag. These cabs sound amazing, and I really hate to part with it, but I have too many cabs! This one just falls inbetween my other units and doesn't...

I have to agree with Sevenyearsdown on this one. The most important tool in my experience has been a sweepable HPF. I prefer the Acoustic Image stuff most of the time, but there are other options. The fDeck would have to be used in an effects loop, as it is designed for piezoelectric pickups...

I will admit, I'm somewhat of a digital slacker, and I hardly ever check in on things like Facebook (once a year weather I need it or not!) and TB…. That being said, I have just gone through here and reviewed this thread, and I want to say thanks! Thanks to everyone who took the time to...

QSC KW122! Choose your favorite preamp…..

I agree with Chuck3, amplification is the least cut and dry subject I can think of that gets battered about on this forum. Some rigs that have served me very well in the past…. AI Contra Series I. I ran out and bought one of these as soon as I heard and played through one. This amp was a...

It sounds like MiamiBasser did see me playing, with Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums probably? Did we have a chance to chat? Say hi next time! A quick note… some folks have been emailing me at a gmail address that I do believe I set up, and posted here, and then promptly forgot the...