Recent content by Gary Conn

Nice. 👍 It does sound like we did arrive in the same way. I went through 36 basses to find the best, well-playing shorties. I had them on my wall and if I didn’t play it for 6 months, it was up for sale. 🙂

Cool. 😎 I used to have all my basses long scale. I thought that was the best sound. Then I tried a short scale bass and was really impressed by the way it stood out. I started to get rid of my long scales and they were replaced by short scales. I also like a single pickup. Simple and clean. The...

Oh…my bad. I have often wondered which bass was my favorite. The basses were selected by how they played and all of them play great. However, I find myself playing Squire Musicmaster, Squire Mustang and the “cheap” Serek. Both of the Hofner’s and Epiphone EB-0 are my second most favorite. My...

Oh, I don’t know. I definitely enjoy the bass lines on songs and listen to the bass parts on every song…but I have no real favorite players. I like Jeffrey Hammond who joined Jethro Tell right before the Aqualung album in 1971. When I hear Aqualung and the lead part where the bass player is...

I live in Columbia SC…may visit him to see for myself. 🙂

Yes…Squire Mustang is repainted. I didn’t like the white pick guard and wanted to replicate the stripes on my squire musicmaster. Thanks for the compliment 😊

Yes, again. The Squire Mustang is a fantastic bass but never liked the pickup so I installed a Serek. Plays great. 👍 Serek has moved from Chicago to Brevard NC. I think he is happier now. 😊

Very good eye. Got the Epiphone Newport but it played horribly…but it was all mahogany and shaped like the Serek basses. So I decided to get a bass pickup from Serek and started to make a “cheap” Serek bass. It turned out very well and plays great. 😊

12 and they all play great. Flat bass strings on all of them helped make it happen. All short scales except one.

Thanks for the welcome. This guy had it for over 25 years and took very good care of it. The bass is a 1997 squire music master that plays fantastic. Yes, changed to PU to a Guild and is much more responsive. Has flat strings and action is awesome. I really love the three stripes too. Looks...

I am in same boat...just got my 1965 B15N and was playing great until I turned volume up to a smidge over 12 o'clock position. Then it went click and stopped working. I didn't know warming it up for 30 minutes on standby was needed. Guess I need to learn more about these 60-year-old amps.

I just got into the B15N family. Very well maintained 1965 B15N with square magnet 15 inch speaker.

I have a Squier Music Master bass...slightly modified added a Guild BS-1 Sonic Pickup and red pickguard and stripes. Plays great and is definitely a keeper. :)

Thanks SF Sorrow. Yes, we both had the same experience with the sorry pickup configuration and the "too wide" string spacing. The entire bass was a joke. However, it was a lightweight, Mahagony, non-bolted neck that had the classic "old school" Newport design that begged for modification. Also...

I have 12 basses: ’21 GIBSON LES PAUL TRIBUTE DC ‘22 STERLING BY MUSIC MAN STINGRAY RAYSS4 ’12 GRETSCH ELECTROMATIC JUNIOR JET BASS G2202 ’95 EPIPHONE RIVOLI ’20 EPIPHONE ALLEN WOODY RUMBLECAT ’23 HOFNER CLUB “22 SQUIER CLASSIC VIBE MUSTANG ’23 EPIPHONE NEWPORT MODIFIED ’10 SQUIER CLASSIC VIBE...