Recent content by Joe Black

He's doing one-off bass building now, using parts he has lying around from the A-Basses days...which is basically how I got my 2011 custom. That said, last time I spoke with him, in August 2011, he was talking about having something back online circa late 2011 or early 2012. I truly hope he...

A-basses freaking ROCK. i just got one made by Albey this year and the thing is purely amazing... Is this one still available? And are you open to trades?

I actually got it even cheaper than the price listed on the website. I had $$$ on hand, so they were willing to deal + threw in a hardshell case. Made a few minor adjusts to the bridge, Marcus Miller Fatbeams, plays like a dream. The neck on this thing is freaking great.

Heard this sucker was at the Guitar Man in the East Village, NYC...went in, played it, bought it...WITH the wife's buy-in. Who can't do better than that??????? The dude in the store said Albey had been in the previous week to shoot the ****; this bass was apparently one of his regular gigging...

Yeah, lots of people on here rave about Carvin, but my vicarious experiences (I haven't owned a Carvin rig since the 80's) with them have been, as you suggest: unreliable. I think the story you spelled out is pretty typical for the brand as of late. I know the allure is that they're fairly...

+1. So ridiculously simple, but perfect for the tune.

How come no Trace Elliot on your list? I think the new stuff gives you that "pushed tube" tone and you're not going to get better reliability, punch, etc. Second choice (for me, at least) would be Orange, but now you're talking HEAVY and the prospect of tubes taking a **** on you. Great if you...

Wow: somebody drank the haterade this morning...

Made a trade with a guy here in NYC: a PRS guitar for a mid-90's AH1200SM and 410 cab. :hyper: This thing is simply monstrous. I'd forgotten how much I loved that old "vintage" (i.e. 90's) Trace sound. I used to play an AH350SMX back in the day, thru a Trace 210, and have been chomping at the...

Made a trade with a guy here in NYC: a PRS guitar for a mid-90's AH1200SM and 410 cab. :hyper: This thing is simply monstrous. I'd forgotten how much I loved that old "vintage" (i.e. 90's) Trace sound. I used to play an AH350SMX back in the day, thru a Trace 210, and have been chomping at the...

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Dude you totally nailed it. If you had a significant financial investment or a situation that would be hard to walk away from (i.e. original band with record deal, etc.) then it would be different. From the sounds of it: not the case. I'd walk. Post-haste.

You know, I used to be very laissez faire about the whole "borrow the bass rig" thing. I'm a cool dude, pretty chill, etc. But one night, I let the bassist from the band who was opening up for us borrow my Ashdown rig. The douchebag got drunk and/or high, cranked up the output (master) to...

Hey man: how are you? Hope all is well... I'm in a similar boat: I have Lakland Duck Dunn Skyline, CAR, rosewood neck with inlays, Fralin pups, that isn't making it into the starting lineup. Interested in a trade? With the respective hard shell cases (mine is a Fender) it sounds like we...