Recent content by Deanus

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    Page Amplification?

    Has anyone ever heard of Page Amplification? I recently a Page B60 off a guy for 40bucks, I thought I'd use it as a practice amp and it sounds pretty decent. it has 2 inputs, 3 band eq, 1 volume and also a 'notch' knob, I still have to find out exactly what that does... I've searched all over...
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    Wood ID

    Doesn't appear to be plywood... I'm as surprised as you are. What are your suggestions regarding pickups? I've seen something from Bill Lawrence that I might like, and they happen to have really good prices. Any thoughts?
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    Wood ID

    Hi guys I'll start by saying that I'm not a luthier, never built anything even remotely similar to a bass. I just happen to have a Starfire (by EKS) Precision which I'm sanding down and I'd like to know what kind of wood it has. It's a cheap bass, I bought it for around 150 bucks 10 years ago...
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    The sound of wood

    Cheers for the replies guys! My biggest fear concerning the piezo or the mic-inside-the-bass idea was that they would pickup more of the external vibrations (my hands moving around the bass etc.) rather than the sound of the string resonating through the wood. I don't know if I should be...
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    The sound of wood

    Hi, I'm sorry if maybe this question has been posted before but I couldn't find it anywhere. What is the best way to capture the sound you hear when you put your ear against the bass? I've looked into RMC and Ghost piezo pickups and although I'm curious as to how they would sound on my bass...
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    Sunrise Electric Bass?

    Hi guys, I'm new to this forum :) I've been meaning to switch to 5 strings (from 4 :P) but I was really afraid I wouldn't get the hang of it or that I would have a hard time getting accustomed to a wider neck, so I figured the best way to go about it was to go for a really cheap bass on which...