Recent content by gustav

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    Homemade Pickguard

    Its a "water mixable oil colour" that i have for normal paintings. So it takes a while for the whole party to get dry. And thats a bit enoying when you just want to see how the thing looks on!
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    Homemade Pickguard

    thank you all for the kind words! I was kind of ironic when i talked about making a fortune. But hey, why not, i only have a crappy part-time job as a salesman. its time to make some money! I cut it with all kind of tools i have the googletranslate the name for. First i cut it roughly with a...
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    Homemade Pickguard

    Hello dear friends and other bassplayers! I just pimped out my american p-bas with my home made pickguard! I made it out of transparent plastic with no help from electric devises at all. To keep the progg in it you know. After that I painted it on the backside, first the pattern and...
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    a swedish "avant garde" album made in germany, listen and criticize!

    hey! thanks for that tip. i really like xhol caravan now! and apparantley, theye are big in the krautrock, which had the center in cologne, were we made the album. i didnt hava an idea. our cd is ten times cooler now! thanks matt till!
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    a swedish "avant garde" album made in germany, listen and criticize!

    no, xhol caravan doesnt ring any bells. but i will check them out. yeah, we will see what we can do for the gigs. maybe we can manage to jam a bit more, the three of us... haha thanks for the kind words
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    a swedish "avant garde" album made in germany, listen and criticize!

    hey, thanks! it is a whole lot of fun. it is just a bit hard to gig while everone of us plays like three instruments in every song. do you have a good idea how we can work around that?
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    a swedish "avant garde" album made in germany, listen and criticize!

    Hello you cool cats! I play in a band, a trio, that makes pretty original music. its a mixture of jazz, blues, progressive rock and just some psykedelia. the lineup is a saxophone (mostly thrue a guitar-multi-effect), bass and drums. for a month ago we made a record in an old warbunker...
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    quicksilver messenger service-ish?

    rip indeed. happy trails is so good that you can wear it as a hat. so to speak. my favourite piece would be acapulco gold and silver. dont know anything about it, just discovered it on their myspace before. where and when does it come from? do you know?
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    quicksilver messenger service-ish?

    hey thanks. some of them is old favorites but why not a rerun?! its time for some serious friday night rockin!
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    quicksilver messenger service-ish?

    hi! im kinda bored of my playlist and albumcollection these days so i want some tips of some great music. im really into quicksilver messenger service and similar bands, you know. that san fransisco old sound, and its something like that i like to hear something new from. or just some...
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    do you know anything about these bands?

    did it before.. can give it one more shot..
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    do you know anything about these bands?

    hello totally random, i laid my gloves (swedish expression, i think)on some old bands and their recordings that i think is from the 70's. i have never heard about them before and i cant find anything, and its kinda strange because i think is really great bands with cool bassists. good tune...
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    your own pickguard!

    thank you very much! that looks really great! but where do you get your pickguard material, and were do you buy it? costs?
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    Cover versions that you like better than the original song?

    maaaaaaaaaan, i love their version... it was my first thought when i read this thread. and i really like sucks cover of war pigs.. its a really nice bass in some how.. dont really know why i like it so much.
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    your own pickguard!

    sure bacon jimbob! idoru: well, i have the regular stuff you can find in a handymans home.. but im not a handyman. before, i made a banana out of my p-bass guard.. i showed some photos here before.. and it was really easy to carw it and stuff with just a little knife and a file. your sounds...