Recent content by NickDG

I believe it's a Silvertone Bass. Or, at least a Silvertone bass body. I have one just like it. The bridge plate, saddles, and knobs all match up. The pick ups may have been changed or maybe just covers were added. The headstock however doesn't match my Silvertone, so it's possible it's real, or...

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He says he'll get to that in another vid - this was just kind of a teaser I guess. :)

The OP's IBM analogy hits home with me as I purchased an IBM 5150 computer, their first for home use, for $3000 way back in 1982. IBM was a legacy company just like Fender is now however IBM had a product in its infancy, and they didn't keep up, then they lost their market share to other less...

Scott Grove's Beat Buddy review. :-)

I never had any musical aspirations after a disastrous fourth grade music class clearly showed why I was failing math class too. So I just listened and appreciated music (rock mostly) until the late 1990s when I was wandering around a San Diego Street Scene. I grabbed a beer and sat down near...

I've watched the other "Scott" and once I figured out what the glove thing was all about I found he's an excellent teacher. And the production values of his videos are top shelf. But an hour practicing with Scott#2 just seems more tedious than with Scott#1 if that makes any sense. On the other...

Just an FYI: Scott's doing another $20 sale for all his full paid lessons and now they are all available as an online download. I missed this the last time he did it so I'm buying in this time. I can't say I was ready to quit, but I'll admit finding Scott Grove's free lessons on YouTube saved...

This thread is a good read. I didn't see these photos posted up-board so thought I'd throw them up. :-)

When I was a kid and watched these on TV it didn't dawn on me most of them were mini-musicals. Ozzie Nelson (the original Ozzie) was a musician and orchestra leader long before the The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet began airing on TV in 1952. While the opening number is classic family-TV...

There is a parallel between Fender and Harley Davidson. Both were old established companies with good names and decent bottom lines. And each were "family" owned until large corporations bought them out. In the case of Harley Davidson they pretty much had the motorcycle market in the U.S. locked...

When I first started playing I bought an armful of books but over the years the one I still use and pick up the most is this one. :-)

Kind of a newbie question. Why are the lines there at all? Most fretless necks I've seen don't have them. Are these de-fretted necks? Is that what they mean by, "modified?" :-)

You can actually get an Abraham Lincoln signature on E-Bay for just $20,000. Abraham Lincoln Signed 1859 Check w Autograph Graded Mint 9 PSA DNA Slabbed | eBay :-)

Just for fun I went looking for the most expensive musical instrument currently on E-Bay. Here's what came up number one. A Grand piano signed by Bill Joel and Elton John. The "Buy It Now" price is $790,000. Marked down from $1,000,000!!! "You might even play better . . ." LOL!!!! An...