Recent content by John Hogan

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    Vantage Retrovibe basses

    I saw that myself this morning. I think my credit cards need locking away. I like the look of all of them :p
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    How's your GAS?

    You'd probably hate me then. I got hold of a Hohner Jack V headless off a guy who worked at the local tip. He offered it to me for £30 and I eventually got it for £20. It was covered in rust, dust, dead spiders and paint splashes but with a good clean, a new set of strings and a new battery for...
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    Harley Benton 6 string

    I've had one of these basses for about 8 years now. They arent too bad (or maybe I dropped lucky). Quite easy to adapt from 4 to 6 strings (surprisingly so) but there are a few pitfalls. 1, It's heavy 2, It's damn long (I tend to play sitting down as the headstock in somewhere in the next...
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    Vantage Retrovibe basses

    I bought a 5 string Vantage about 18 months ago. It's a head turner no question. It's also loud, very loud. A few of my bass mates who play more exotic (and expensive) stuff think it's a very cool piece of kit. I swapped the strings out for Rotosounds straight away but that's just my preference...