Recent content by ELS011

Your tone sucks!

I ran a blues jam for over ten years prior to the Covid virus. I play bass and guitar. My experience is the other guitar players will go over a progression in detail with the other guitar players, and then turn to the bass player and say "It's in C".

1968 Fender Telecaster.

I own a Marcus Miller Sire in a natural finish, a Washburn acoustic in sunburst, a Hofner in sunburst, and a 1968 Telecaster bass:

Liberation by Chicago Transit Authority (not Chicago). I was 16, just beginning to play guitar/bass and never heard a wah-wah pedal used like that before.

Yep! Don Wehr's was the place to go when you were over 18 but were not yet 21. Sometimes you might see a "star" there from the '60s and '70s. I played with Don at the Sonoma County Blues Society Jam about 10 years ago. Sadly he has passed. He had an entourage who would come with him and one...

Iggy Pop and Ziggy Stardust: Iggy Ziggy. Ziggy Iggy?

I played a gig where one of the guitar players went out back and had something called a "dab". He came in and made a primary C chord and said: "That's a C, uh, I can't play". I left never to play with that band again. It was a hundred-mile round trip to play with them anyways. I've run a...

Four. 1968 Tele I bought around '73 for $100.

Old Men in the Park (formerly New Kids on the Block).

Candy Cane and the Hip Replacements

I am very happy with my Sire. Only cost around $600 (a bit more for the natural finish) and is very comparable to a $2,000.00 Fender.

1968 Fender Telecaster Bass with Maple Neck

Hartke KB12-500 watts and 28 lbs with a 12" Neo speaker. Retail around $550.00.

I just bought a Hofner Ignition B-Bass (Beatle Bass). They claim it retails for $599 but really sells for $399. It is supposed to be the upgraded model that is $50 more, but the only upgrade I can see is the teacup volume controls. It looks like they make around 10 models of this bass. Other...