Recent content by jeff25

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    Conspiracy Theory Question - Are GC’s “Special Edition” Fenders of a Lesser Quality?

    Their SDOTD G&L’s are. I bought a great tele for $299 and had no operational issues at all, but the ash was two-piece and really mis-matched. A G&L JB that I didn’t buy there, but have seen sold there, had a stripped out truss rod nut; non-repairable, non-replaceable, and G&L seems to have gone...
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    What's the funniest/most useless amp or music product you've ever seen?

    I bought a "Suck Knob" off of EBay just out of sheer curiosity. For $15 you got a plastic enclosure with a 1meg pot and a couple jacks, shipped to your door. The pitch was that you run it through your effects loop and use it as an attenuator. Funnier still was that the damn thing worked!
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    Guitar Fetish (GFS) P Bass Pickups and Pickguards (BEWARE)

    I recently installed a GFS pickguard on a MIM jazz bass,and I really did expect to have to "massage" it some. The length of the pickup opening was good,but the width was too narrow to fit the pickup through. But it was close. An afternoon spent (on and off) with a emory board got it to the...
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    do you really have to learn how to read music to be a good bassist?

    Once you learn to read notation,you could pickup ANY instrument and be playing very quickly;the hard work is already done.
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    Squier VM Jaguar Bass

    How many guys have spent thousands on a sweet vintage bass they wouldn't gig with because they couldn't risk it? If you can sound great on a $300 Squier,and don't have to worry about banging it up,or some idiot jacking it between sets....I know a different set of politics apply to the session...
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    Need a simpler way to practice quietly

    I picked up a eden Nemesis 120 combo on closeout for $250.It has an aux input (RCA) with gain and tone controls,and a headphone jack. I jack my drum machine or iPod into it all the time. It's a 1x12 combo,so I don't tote it around like a "practice"amp,but it's just the right size for home use...