Recent content by David56

Fender has bought out G&L guitars and rumor has it got 2 of plek machines from G&L. Would be an eye opener for Fender to at least randomly check their bass guitars in the plek machine as part of their quality control. Doubt they will do it...

Check out Danelectro 59DC Long Scale...under 7 pounds.

If guitar player is as good as Jimi Hendrix bring the 8-10 cab and an SVT head, aim the cab towards him and wear really good ear protection. How loud is the drummer? (The guitar player already probably has some hearing loss.) I once saw the John Entwistle band in a small bar eastern Long Island...

Consider a Fender Player series P bass pickup take off on THE STRATosphere Guitar parts E bay store.

Some necks can not be plek'd as for example a twist too great or a ski slope too steep.

It has been stated that it is very difficult for a tech/luthier to do as well as a plek as they generally have to remove more material from frets than a plek machine. A plek machine can work in smaller increments in theory...

I have 2 Fender American Pro jazz necks. One of these needed a plek. The other one was perfect. I have a Player Jazz neck which needed a plek. I have an American Standard jazz neck which needed a plek. The Pro jazz neck that needed a Plek is on a roasted pine jazz bass which I recently picked up...

Meddle Pink Floyd

Orange Bass Butler will serve you well....

Not all effects return bypass the amps EQ. (Markbass for example) I take a simple approach which is find an amp I like the results of plugged straight in using amps baked in tone/EQ, getting a comfortable stage volume, give post DI to FOH and letting them do their job. There are so many good...

Played a gig last night at Tera Femara in Stuart FL with Ashleigh. You need a strong front person and the right sets. Her boyfriend Connor plays lead and we had a solid sub drummer. The audience loved us and danced up a storm. We played the gamut of Sugar Ray, Sublime,The Cardigans, Daft Punk-Up...

Pink Floyd 1973 Radio City NY The stage rose up with pink smoke surrounding the band. They were playing Obscured by Clouds.....

The corporatization of America does not appear to be slowing down.

Waiting for the Fender Tone Master bass amps....