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Pro option: Make a Mic Muter Your mic auto-mutes unless you're standing right in front of it (I.e., when you sing).

Sweet amp!! Someone is going to love plugging into this and feeling the tone flow!

Mike Gordon - Phish Phil Lesh - The Grateful Dead Oteil Burbridge - The Dead

Mike Gordon of Phish says he plays 5s primarily because of the additional notes he can get in a given hand position. I’m sure many others (including TBers) have made the same observation. Keep your favorite 4 for a while?

That is an AWESOME bass!!

I’ve always been tempted to buy one of these just for the artwork.

Sweet Home Alabama (c 1974) and Zevon’s Werewolves of London (1978) can be played simultaneously and it sounds really cool. Exact same chord structure.

To my fellow Olds: Remember back in the newsprint day when the Sunday classifieds were the best of the week? Anyone else notice it’s the same way on TB? It is one of the pleasures of the week to see the surge of quality gear go on the block. Great marketplace experience, albeit without the...

Call it a show instead of a gig. Use a non-tort pickguard.

this earns a five-carrot award

It is! It’s a 555 (Phish tune) watt amp serial number 666 (Iron Maiden and zip codes east of Eden).

I know all too well. Lemme know if you find your Cutlass down the line and need a home for the Caprice! congrats!!

Well, that went fast. If I’d not just bought that other bass (and the new cab, and the pedals and . . .

That’s an excellent story. Reminds me very much of one of Mark Twain’s greatest short works (IMO), “Grandfather’s Old Ram.” About the Film | Mark Twain | Ken Burns | PBS There are several YouTube versions as well if reading is not your thing. Hilarious old time story, though.