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I have 2, a T-40 (Black w/maple) and the bass I sold the T-40 to fund the purchase of, an Ibanez Roadstar II (seafoam reverse P/J). Both were stellar instruments, but I was young, and evidently incapable of understanding how good they really were at the time.

At the moment, always subject to change, and in no particular order.... Allen Woody JPJ Jack Bruce Janek Gwizdala Chris Wood

Congrats on the new bass. Seeing a Rumblekat in the wild makes me want one of my own that much more. (It hasn't quite topped my GAS for an G&L L2000, but its oh so close.) Best wishes and happy playing!

In my town, the music store is open a day or two a month, with no rhyme or reason as to when, at best they have 2-3 basses. Last time around, he only had a lower end Yamaha, and a Squier VM Jazz. BUT the owner has a pretty stellar selection of strings, 4,5,6, multiple brands even on flats, and...

That's a great grab. In have a Kingston 4, with a rosewood board, and it is far and away my favorite bass. Congratulations on your NBD!

One I own would be (apologies to my Peavey): My MTD Kingston 4. If it were expanded to basses I do not own, an L2K w/ K wiring would cover all of my bass needs. I hope this doesn't mean I couldn't occasionally fool around with someone elses fretless, though. That would make me quite sad, if I...

D'addario half-rounds strung for BEAD tuning (.065-.130).

Whatever happens to be playing on my 13 year old god-daughters phone at any given second. Each "song" is worse then the last. ......and I wholeheartedley consider myself a music lover.

I used to have a 25.5 inch scale Memphis strat-bass strung ADGC that was a super fun bass to rip into, and logged more then a few hours on an EB3. To this day, whenever I scan Rondo, my eye always goes to some sort of short scale.

The singer/guitarist had a pretty substantial drinking problem, and a girl-friend with alcohol (and other) issues. Up to that point, I didn't mind alcohol at practices, in moderation. I'd knock back a couple myself. But it got to a point where either the Singer and/or his girlfriend would be...

One thing? Practising with a metronome/drum pattern. Not a replacement for being in a live setting, but it helps develop internal time. Honorable mention would be proper breathing. I had a bad habit of holding my breath while playing more difficult segments of songs, until I read or watched...

Eyeing another Big Muff (owned two BM-Pi's over the years) as well as another Danelectro Daddy-O overdrive, to replace the previous two that I've (unfortunately) let go over the years.

A compilation called "Songs in the key of X". It was a collection of songs featured on the X-Files over the years. Elvis Costello, Danzig, Brian Eno, Frank Black, Nick Cave and the Bad Seed, to name a few artists, anyway, the producers of the album did a light scooping of the eq, across the...

Something from a Stu Hamm video, but good advice, for me, anyway. "Always remember to breath." It's a simple statement, but in my case clicked. I had a bad habit of holding my breath through more challenging segments of song, and didn't even realize I was doing it.

I had an '81, black/black/maple, with the fitted case, and to this day, I regret selling it. Tone for miles, very much a swiss army bass, but also very much it's own strange, beautiful creature. For my $.02, the only con was the weight. Possibly the heaviest bass I've played, with only an...