Recent content by jtre

got it last Friday - a bargain for sure, honks a little with mid & treble boosted & mine's heavier than I expected. We'll put it through the paces & see if I just leave it as it came. Either the pickup or circuitry is a little too thin sounding to my ear, maybe changing to strings I like will...

pulled the trigger on it yesterday, looked too good to be true

can't imagine how big the split is, but maybe the swiss-cheesy knife to get more glue in there: Invalid Link Removed

very impressed. and didn't hear it plugged in, but can tell it thumps. nice looking and a nice soft case. they put thought into the thing & it shows, wish I had one, I'm jealous

saw one in a Guitar Center store in Jersey, priced at $349. more orange than pink, feels like a jazz neck ( again, should be maple fingerboard, but think the comment here about Squier not doing maple well explains that ), very lightweight. Played nice, didn't have to plug it in, it's a good...

very cool to read about everyone's stuff! too lazy to put everything in detail, in my case, my main set-ups went like this: at first: '60's Gibson EB-0 through an Ampeg Portaflex and/or Fender Bassman arising out of the muck: '70's Fender Precision through Ampeg V-4's to remind the guitar...

last time I breezed through GC I played a really nice silver sparkle MM 5 string. I'm a Fender purist & don't own or expect to ever play a 5, but that was the best playing bass in the joint.

when I built a 30" scale electric upright bass (a la Krappy ), I had trouble finding the notes, that short scale was new to me. Bought position marker material ( little toothpick width plastic dowels ) online, and put them on the side of the fingerboard by drilling little holes, sanding off...

John Paul Jones on "Heartbreaker"

slightly more neck p/u - totally agree with ga edwards "sweet spot" comment.

off. it could be my imagination, but i always thought mine sounded better with the pickguard off. that bass is shweet though, a winner either way

all of Iggy Pop & The Stooges gear was robbed in Montreal 8/04 - Invalid Link Removed mod - please move this if it's not the right forum, just thought the community should keep an eye out for it

took me a couple of days, but finally read this entire thread, amazing stuff, thanks & hope you're doing great, Russ & that they at least got you a nurse named Charlene, know what i'm sayin'? tonight i'll be going to the show at the arts center in NJ. my youngest & her boyfriend are coming...

great tone, whatever it was played on in the studio, nice musicianship. here's a little one that got away trivia: as a kid, i was the paperboy in the neighborhood of the original 4 Seasons & knowing i was a playing a crap bass in someone's garage, one of their mother's offered me a bass...

why not? you can start with reworking the classics - "Who Stole the Siberian Khatru?"