Recent content by glennreid

1972. 15 yrs old

I have a stool for DB but I find it is too short and I don’t get the proper left arm position to be comfortable on the fingerboard

[email protected] (817) 909-5717 The Brook mays Is the one in South Arlington by the parksmall.

What I remember most from my early days playing the bass is how slow my left fretting hand was! Seems like I just couldn’t get to the spots when I needed to and even if I got there I couldn’t pluck fast enough anyway!

Started playing bass in 1972 on an old Kay electric and a RadioShack amplifier Played an assortment of bad basses through my first year of college. After that I bought a 76 all maple precision and an Ampeg 215 cabinet and a acoustic 130 head. Put it all away and late 70s until about 1992 when I...

'Addario ENR71 Half Round Bass Guitar Strings, Regular Light, 45-100, Long Scale Installed on a sub Ray 4

Kinda prefer the white pickguard imho.

My new baby I think it’s the Bristol fog play the great band members love the tone

Yep definitely the flatter tone the better when you’re talking about upright bass

I think that hydro dipping really results in a cool finish.Has anyone heard of a shop that does hydro dipping on guitar bodies?

1971..a Kay electric. Radio shack amp.

I recently took an import bass that wasn’t properly set up to Brook mays music in Arlington Texas. He replaced the bridge with adjustable bridge Adjusted the action and placed the pick up correctly. He did some really great work at a reasonable price and was very friendly and a great bass player...

My wife won’t even let me play my RAY 4 in the house! She just doesn’t like the tone of the bass ! but she absolutely loves my 76 precision so that’s the one I get to play in the house. And I have to admit I really like the sound of the Ray

Robert Palmer heavy nova