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Has anyone mentioned Rich Armandi? Was fortunate enough to meet him at a Jamey Aebersold camp. Great player and guy and a super encouraging and patient teacher

Kind of surprised no one has mentioned cherry wood. It's a good hard wood and has a great look. Years ago I remember playing a fretless Warwick Thumb bass that was made entirely from cherry. Although it was heavy, it had a great fretless tone

I work as a custom finish carpenter for a living. I use a router on something almost daily. The Bosch is great. Plenty of power and dependability. Very good features. My only complaint are the giant wooden knobs for handles. It starts to feel very bulky in a hurry. I'm not a big fan of most...

I had a great oppurtunity to hang out with Felix the week before he delivered the bass back to Robert Trujillo at the winter NAMM show. Felix played a show with Jeff Coffin and absolutely killed it on his Fodera 6 string. He had used the "bass of doom " on a recent Yellowjackets recording...

EBS was making a small 90 watt head but I think they discontinued that amp. Pignose made a 100 watt all tube combo in the 90's that wasn't too bad and Sovtek made a 50 watt bass head around the same time

Do you know how much it weighs? Thanks

There is a used 5 string model on guitar centers used site

I have #440 but unfortunately it met a bad fate last year at a gig. Never agree to help out wanna be's. That's a whole story in itself. Before the incident, it was the loudest, best sounding plywood bass I had ever played. Enjoy it and play the snot out of it.

Oh how I have dreamed of this exact scenario. 1) Alembic Epic 5 2) Wal 5 fretless 3) Clover Slapper Giant 5 4) AVRI '62 Precision w/ flats 5) AVRI '74 Jazz 6) Sadowsky 5 P 7) Zon Sonus 6 8) Carved German 7/8 upright 9) Eminence Portable Upright 10) Ampeg Baby Bass

Poplar tends to be a greenish wood when it's unfinished. This looks more like ash. The greenish tint on the sides of the neck pocket looks like overspray

I have played his basses before. Super awesome. The last time I saw one for sale was at Austin Bass Traders but that has been a while. Hope he is still building because he builds a great sounding and playing bass

I've had a Tube 800 head that I couldn't keep out of the shop and a Chinese made "Players School Of Music" combo. I thought they both sounded good. They both had their problems. The Tube 800 could not stay out of the shop. It sounded good but would let me down at the worst times. Yes, I...

I've never been in a GC with a technician qualified to do a repair like this. Probably explains why it's not a good repair. If the story is true and the heat did cause the failure of the glue joint then I would be very concerned about the health of the neck. Buy this bass if you love the way it...

I put a Fishman Full Circle on my laminate American Standard after playing a friends Kay that is equipped with the same setup. It's a great pickup and I would recommend trying a bass that has one. I don't think you would be disappointed

Charles Crawford from Albuquerque NM. He used to come to Amarillo with a band named Brother Dave and the Tempted Souls. Great groove and tone. Super professional on stage. Loved going and hearing him. He was a big influence in my early years