Recent content by John Isenhart

I have a 5-string fretless XB75P (see my avatar pic) and it is absolutely awesome. 18v electronics, thick Claro walnut top, ebony fretboard. It's fantastic and my go-to bass except when I need frets for heavy vocal parts. I should add, at that time there definitely was a custom shop. I...

Oddly enough, Will Lee on Meco's Star Wars & Other Galactic Funk was what set me on the bass track. Later in the song when some sort of "laser beams" are firing in a transitional moment, he cuts loose with some bass fills that rocked my 5-year-old world lol. That was what I wanted to do...

It is similar in that almost-fuzz quality. I find that my MBD-2 is a bit darker feeling to my ear, but also the MBD-2 is extremely flexible, no question about it. But on the flip side it was pretty expensive (for my budget) at $229 new versus that ODR-1 mini at $80 retail so it's a question of...

As it happens, I just bought the new ODR-1 with the bass-cut (*gasp*) option for my Telecaster and it is absolutely fantastic on the neck pickup with light gain. HOWEVER... as a bassist first by a large margin, the incredibly non-intrusive tone shaping on this thing made me immediately go down...

Living in Bellevue near his shop, I actually got to meet and geek out on bass with him. Such a great guy and I'm really sad to hear this. I'm told that the shop and his family will be carrying on with the great work. Such an icon in the area and nationally with those wonderful basses.