Recent content by Larry G

Brand new 1976 Fender Precision fretless transluscent wine with black pick guard with maple neck and brass nut. $350 in 1977. Unfortunately bass was sold 4 years later during divorce proceedings

Sold mine back in 1980, along with my 77 american precision fretless. But i bought it in a pawn shop in 1975 for $25. Loved them both but marriage sidetracked me for a few years. If anyone sees this and has one, my initials are scratched into the back battery cover under the protective pad. My...

Being tuned as a 5 stringed bass to a G# instead of a B, the 2x15 is the better option for low end. But I still have to use a subwoofer since the frequency response of the G# tuning is ~ 26.5 hz. This is the way I have been tuning and learned to play my bass since 1974. I have always had the...

I tune my 5 string to the G#,C#,F#,B,E LOWEST TO HIGHEST, SABBATH TUNING. ANYTHING BELOW THE G# YOU WILL PROBABLY NEED AN AURAL EXCITER TO MAKE IT PUNCH AS THE G# I USE ALMOST FARTS AS IS AND ANY LOWER TUNING THE SPEAKERS IN MOST AMPS CAN'T DELIVER THE HZ FREQUENCY REQUIRED FOR THE NOTE TO...