Recent content by cricman

It looks like a Burns Vista-Sonic Bass, highly transmogrified. Likely from the mid-1960s. Link Removed cricman

Early 70s Bassman 50 on a 4-12 cabinet that I built in my garage. It may have been the worst sounding cabinet know to humankind. I wish I still had the Bassman! I paid $75 for it at a local pawn shop in 1980. My next real bass amp was an Ampeg combo that I gig with for several years. cricman

Yikes! This says a lot: "Very nice Fender guitar! I personally did the relic and is not a Fender Custom Shop! Everyone that has played this guitar loved it! I don't know if it is a real Stratocaster. " So it's a Fender, not a Custom Shop (in spite of the CS decal), and he's not sure it's...

Today, this is what is on my mind: Paul Hindemith: Symphonie Mathis der Maler (Not so much an album but a work) Curtis Mayfield: Superfly Devo: Are We Not Men? cricman

Time to pop the neck and guard and see what is under the hood! Record any potentiometer and pickup info, finishing fixture marks, QC notations, and anything else you can find to help solve the mystery. There are a lot of resources here on TB, and pics would definitely help. cricman

It's been proven time and time again that in these cases, the best defence is a good offence. The fact of the matter is what comes around goes around, and the seller will ultimately learn that it is what it is! cricman

Sweeeet! A bass so well made, you don't need extra aluminum shielding on your cucumber! cricman

Sweeeeeet! Looks like a new nut is in order. The Ripper is one of the few basses of which I like the look and the sound. Ed Friedland has a cool video talking about SD pickups and playing his Ripper basses. cricman

Unless you absolutely want to keep the fur for nostalgia (or period correct authenticity- whatever that means), I vote for pulling it off and rolling on Duratex. I made a 2X10 speaker cabinet and it turned out great. I like it so much, I used it to cover a 4'X8'x10" box that sits in the...

One requires sheet music or tablature, and the other one ends in a heated exchange when the guitar player blames the lead singer for being an "untalented stage hog" that can't seriously consider themselves a musician, because they "don't play a real instrument" and that "anyone can can sing a...

This one is also quite cool: cricman

Based on the knob configuration, it is indeed a Bassman 100. It has a 3-4-1 knob configuration. The 135 is a 4-4-1 configuration. The Bassman and Bassman 50 are 3-3, and the Bassman 70 has a 3-3-1 configuration. I would also rule out Showman or Bandmaster heads for the same reason. As for...

I was in the 7th grade in 1977 and it was the first album that I saved up for and bought with my own money. For me, it really is one of those must have albums. One of those "if you were stranded on a desert island (with a stereo), what 10 recordings would you have?" I would have to say that...

The length of the string from the bridge to the tailpiece is long enough, and the tailpiece is so firmly attached that this section of string really vibrates. Of course the pickup easily captures that sound. I solved my problem by wedging a foam mute under the strings near the tailpiece. You...

You could get a piece of carpet remnant and cut a 4" to 6" square and use that. And it would be small enough to carry to gigs if you needed. cricman