Recent content by Crazy John

I have its 4 string sibling, right down to the TI strings. I like my Jazz and Peavey T40 sometimes for a different tone, but when I pick up the American Standard it always feels just right and helps me get the dynamic feel and emotion into the music.

Hello I never liked the sound I got over driving a bass amp either. Then I heard "Pagliaro - What The Hell I've Got (Live à Québec)" on You Tube and decided to play along with it. The harder I drove the tube preamp the better I liked it until I was absolutely abusing that poor preamp, the clip...

you are correct on the tone controls. I have one, and I thought $350 Canadian was low, so I gave the seller the chance to back out of the deal so he could get more, but he was a righteous dude. Some of the features like the high mass bridge and the tuners were way ahead of their time.

Thanks for the update, I did try to find the whole thread but gave up after 10 pages. Anyway your point is well taken.

I saw a couple of comments about art being "only paint and canvas" or "David" being just the components of marble, and all this is true. The way I see it, the bass guitar is the brushes and chisels that are used to create the art, the art being the music. My father was a painter and he had some...

There seems to be an increase in the feeling that all objects may becoming priceless collector items and must be maintained in original, numbers matching condition. You are not buying into this and I tend to agree. It goes against some inner conflict I have, but I modified my bass to suite me...

Am I seeing computer thinking, smart phone thinking here? We have to have new features and abilities every year? There will come a time when that technology will mature and the design will stabilize. Then the innovation will slow down. As someone pointed out, there is very little innovation in...

Wow, love it! I picked one up last year, put in SD 1/4 Pounders and some Hipshot tuners I had put aside and got my favorite Jazz. I only paid $200 CND for it. Those VM's are gaining a reputation as a great foundation.

I have a red American Standard like yours except for a maple fingerboard. It is the nicest of all the basses I have owned to play. I can't tell you why, but when I put my hands on it there is this "Now that feels right" thought goes through my head. I am not surprised you play better when you...

Candy Cola, Candy Apple Red, Tobacco Sunburst, and black.

I am with you. It is something like how I see Bach. I can appreciate the talent and genius, but the work communicates nothing to me.

On my top loaders I occasionally loosen the strings to tighten the bridge screws. On the through body basses I don't worry about the screw tightening. On my CIJ Geddy Lee I was losing sustain and tone and eventually found the neck screws and bridge screws loose, so now I check that several times...

The Ibanez SR400QM had hissy electronics. The laminated neck was sensitive to the weather requiring frequent adjustments.

I had the same problem in Calgary. 15% RH most of this winter. I bought 2 Fender American basses with carbon rod inserts and now I have very little adjustment to make. My T40 isn't too bad either. My JC Geddy Lee required adjustment every week.

Thanks, this adds to my knowledge. In the hifi world I have preferred ported but as of late I am liking sealed woofers. I haven't tried it with my bass guitar yet.