Recent content by LongDraught

I just acquired a Fender Am Dlx Jazz V and would really like to run it through my Ampeg V-4B head and single 15 cabinet (SVT15E). The 1973 V-4B, of course, was not designed to take modern active pre-amp output: thus at practice volume I get some hum; at rehearsal volume I get a significant hum...

I have a 77 G-3, same maple w/ black. Your's looks to be pretty clean. Mine has seen some action, but it's my one and only bass and I friggin' love it. Others are often surprised at how chunky the neck is and how heavy it is; particularly because I'm not a big guy. I've been playing through...

Recently teamed up with some former bandmates to work on new material after years of not playing much at all. Turns out, my ideas about bass tone have changed a bit since the late nineties! Wasn't long before I settled on Ampeg sound as the new standard. I just acquired a 1973 V-4B. At the...