Recent content by MrB

I just wish they would make a passive one. I don't have much use for active so the idea of keeping the weight, the possible confusion in controls and the presence of 2 batteries (if you don't use them they may leak) has refrained me from being one of these beauties. Come on Marcus !!! Fais çà...

Hi, I myself have moved "down" in amp size. Amped B25/Fender Bassman Ten/GK MB150/SWR Workingman 10. I recently got a s/h PJG BassCub 100, mainly because I am now 67 and still play upright and that tires me down. So 2 decisions, rehabilitating my Höfner Senator Bass 1966 for repetitive lines on...

I was given this sexy 1964 Höfner Senator bass, neck apart and no tuners. Fixed it and been playing it as my backup for upright for the last 40 years.

Hey guys, I've owned one like this but of more recent design and used it since ....1975. That is to say I love it. I scraped down the original golden finish and its beautiful maple (flamed maple for the neck) is really shining. I have used various endpins including a angled cello one (Tortellier...

Ok, there's not a huge difference but the Garbos sort of pop out louder. But the biggest difference is the sustain which Animas have plenty of. Of course this is me on my bass with my way of playing. But considered the the heavier thickness of the Garbos and the definite difficulty to bow the G...

Hi everybody. My opinion should be taken for that of an amateur contemporary/improvisation/jazz musician from Paris with a mere 30 yrs experience. As a bargain (65€ from a Milano classical cat on Ebay), I moved to Anima. Terrible to start with: they kept slagging and could keep in tune. Then my...

Hello, I do it often and thanks to the little tuner I keep on the bridge, I do it back and forth, moving from Eb (I have to challenge a bass clarinet on this one) to F#, most likely to F. If your question is "does it damage the bass?" the answer is no. If it's "is it dangerous for the integrity...