Recent content by pantweller

Love my Hagstrom Viking — especially the the neck. A singer/guitarist/friend I’m playing with encouraged me to buy a semi-hollow bass; said we needed something “wicked warm sounding”. The Viking can do that and more. Funny story. One of the fake pole pieces fell off. I emailed Hagstrom and...

Posting two because they are sort of interrelated. A couple years ago after a gig, a friend our guitarist said "you sound like Entwhsitle!" A few weeks later, a friend of our drummer's said to us "you guys were locked in!" It was just reassuring to know I could pull off both The Ox's flashy...

Our singer/guitarist/songwriter is always encouraging me to play (i.e. buy) basses he thinks look cool or weird. Years ago he actually bought an old Vox semi-acoustic bass – with a built in distortion unit - just so I’d play it in our band. It had major neck-dive, was uncomfortable to play and...

Has anyone mentioned (Elvis Costello) and The Attractions ? Bruce Thomas shines in just about all of their early work!

Hi. I just came across this thread today. Do you still have this squire p-bass neck for sale? Thx.

I am interested how do I contact you?

I’m selling my Traynor YBA-3 Custom Special, which appears to be from 1973. I bought it from eBay in August for $840 and had Aztec Electronics in Watertown, MA do about $300 worth of work. (If you don’t know Aztec they are probably the most reputable amp tech in greater Boston). They added...