Recent content by Grindstone

I mainly do guitar (acoustic flattop and jazzbox), banjo (frailed and 3-finger), and mandolin; it's all I can do to add EB, and no space!!

I am a guitarist who has played bass from time to time. Rebought a cheap electric (4) bass, I have a Peavey Nashville 400 (I plan to use the power amp section); probably will build an Eminence 1x15 cab; I thought a good-sounding (but not neccesarily feature-rich) pre-amp to round out this set-up...

So it does; I researched that after posting when I realized I was going on ancient hearsay with that one......

The back panel says "Manufactured in England by Trace Elliot" but also has the CE indicating, I thought, a product of China. ? MS

How would I tell, as mostly a newbie to electric bass equipment, whether a Trace Elliot GP7SM combo I'm about to go audition is pre-Gibson, or if it could even BE pre-Gibson, which I understand is an important consideration for this brand. This is the 1x10 combo. Thanks- Mike

Nothin wrong with that!!

Yes, Earth Wind and Fire and Tower of Power. I found the Jazz neck too narrow, experimented with P basses and found I like how they fit me better and liked the sound better. I saw the fEARful thread! I love the DI out on some of this stuff. I've not been in the Pawn Shops for some time, but...

HA! IDK where I'll be playing beside my bedroom, in my other life I play fingerstyle guitar, banjo (both 3-finger and clawhammer), mandolin, electric (think Duane and Dickey, I do); this foray into the bass is because I'm a little stuck with all this other stuff, need work on my pulse...

I decided to re-buy a bass after selling my MIJ(?) Jazz some years ago, I've played guitar for over 45yrs now. I was going to use my Musicman HD130 head, but have been thinking about weight and solid state. I am by no means a cork sniffer and reliability and weight are just as important as...