Recent content by Kenneth McKim

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    Have you ever played someone's famous bass?

    Yes. I played John Entwistle's Flying V. Not mine. The owner payed 75K for it. What a horrible instrument!
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    You think the audience doesn't notice? Think again!

    While we're examining the audiences ability to "hear" us, let me tell you when I became aware of how deep it runs. I was playing a pickup gig behind a country semi-star at the Lone Star Cafe in NYC (yes, that puts it at about 1978). I was not a country bass player, per se, but we rehearsed his...
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    New to alot of pedals. Signal chain advise

    Without really trying to make your life any more complicated than it already is (or, is getting), something to consider is a strictly technical issue. Unless your gadgets have a hardwire bypass (some do, some don't), every box you add imposes a resistive and, in most cases, capacitive "load" on...