Recent content by jim nolte

I saw Cream in May 1968 in Santa Barbara with Electric Flag opening, Eric Clapton and Michael Bloomfield on the same stage yikes, they were loud, they were gritty, they were awesome, it was the first time I heard Spoonful , I had only been playing bass for one month and watchIng Jack Bruce play...

The JBL D 130, haven’t heard of the D131, was a guitar speaker, the D140 was their bass speakers, had a 200s cabinet, a little smaller than the 2000, with 2x D140 powered by an Ampeg V4B, the 200s was considered to have a little bit tighter sound than the 2000 s, anything by Sunn back in those...

It’s not just the pickups it’s also the pre-amp that creates the Fbass sound although my ‘99 BN5 sounds great in passive mode, I’ve had Barts, EBMM, my ‘65 Jazz Bass,Lakland etc. all sound different than the Fbass, it might be easier to just get their out board pre but not sure if they still...

Don’t use a bank debit card, ( ATM ) card for gas or online purchases, that card is directly tied to your bank account it could be a nightmare if money is stolen directly out of your bank account, only use a credit card for those types of purchases, they are not connected to your checking or...

Don’t tell him, what he doesn’t know can’t hurt him !

The guitarist playing the Les Paul is Saxon ( I think his last name is Weiss) I’ve seen him on a couple of videos on FB, he’s really good, can play Jazz, Rock, pretty much anything, it’s so weird that when I saw him I was thinking someone needs to hook him up with Ellen and voila there they are .

It was pretty much the gateway for so many bands of that era for me, Cocteau Twins, Throwing Muses, the whole 4AD label, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine , etc. etc. 11:00 PM - 1:00 AM Sunday nights, be there or be square 👍

Dan left the company and started his own, he implemented an “ Ambassador “ program that the TB Mods did not like assuming any positive reviews were tainted by the program and were not trustworthy which helped kill the brand, don’t know what he’s doing nowadays.

Happy Anniversary, I’ve also been on TB for 20 years, where does the time go, basses that were discussed back in those days that I don’t hear too much about here any more are Warrior, Bee Basses, Citron, Alembic, Alleva-Coppola ( after Jimmys meltdown on a TB thread ), and in non boutique SX...

What year is your BN5, I talked to Marcel a couple of months ago about having a pickguard made for mine and they do have a standard one that they sell but your bass can’t be older than a certain year or you will have to ship the bass to them to make sure it fits, mine was too old for them to...

If your ears are used to EBMM and you are wanting to get a similar sound from the F you’ll probably going to be disappointed, the F is a different animal, I had a SR5 for five years before before I bought my BN5 and it sounded nothing like it which for me was a good thing as I was never...

When I got my Fbass BN5 way back in 2000 I noticed that George had put his business card in one of the pockets in the bass case so I thought what the heck I’ll call him up and there he was , the first question I asked was what was the inspiration for the bass and he immediately responded “62...

Free Falling

Maybe try to find an old set of rubber baby buggy wheels :)

Being able to get along with others.