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    Broken left thumb / torn tendons

    Akiyama. OH…. THANK YOU….THANK YOU…... I’m going to read those right away when I get home…love ur avitar… my wife and daughter are huge fans…. My daughter actually draws avitars for other people… my wife is Hmong so we sit around on Sundays and watch Korean soaps almost all day…LOL..Inuasha was...
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    Broken left thumb / torn tendons

    Arbiterusa. Thank you for the reply…. YESS…. I want to keep all ability to continue to play…. The way I like to play…. I already gave up almost 30 years of it…. I plan on taking a somewhat early retirement at 63 and working just part time….Then supplement my income with playing in bands...
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    Broken left thumb / torn tendons

    Thank You everyone….I am in the Sacramento / Stockton area of California and looking to have another Doctor view my MRI…I have made a splint and put it on as the doctor explained the fusion would be…. I can’t play with it on…Fusion is only a last resort to loosing my thumb…. I’ve been a truck...
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    Broken left thumb / torn tendons

    Hey WillyW. They want to fuse it at the first (right below my finger nail) joint and the knuckle at my palm (MCP) joint…. I don’t think I would be able to grip anything after that….Nor even hold a bass to play it…Thanks for the reply…Paul
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    Broken left thumb / torn tendons

    Hello everyone. I started playing bass in 1975. Quit in 1986 joined the military.. raised a family… moved to sacramento… 2016 my mom passed away and gave me all my old bass gear she had been keeping all those years….. I started back playing in 2016… I could kick myself for missing all those...
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    CIJ 1985 Geddy Lee jazz bass

    Thanks for the info.... I haven’t recivied the bass yet... pick it up on 9/27 I will post pix after I get it.
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    CIJ 1985 Geddy Lee jazz bass

    Hello everyone... just a question on a crafted in Japan limited edition Geddy Lee jazz bass... the serial number on this bass starts with B followed my 6 numbers... this according to all the fender serial number sites I have checked dates this bass to 1985-86 the Geddy Lee signature jazz bass...
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    Peavey T 40 bass

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    Peavey T 40 bass

    Thank u everyone for the suggestions...got it squared away... the guys at graphtech helped me figure it out and sent me 2 nuts that fit... I am the proud owner of 2 T-40s now
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    Peavey T 40 bass

    Hello everyone... just purchased a bass I have wanted for awhile now a 1984 peavey T 40 anyone have any idea what nut will fit it ? or where to get a original aluminum nut.? What is the nut size.? Thanks for any info
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    Ampeg SVT-7PRO

    Hey everyone... thank you for all the advice.. I did everything suggested.. new batteries is the stingray.. new speakon cables... finally called ampeg seems it’s a bad tube.. had it replaced and using the suggested setting from them... the compressor turned up to 1/4 gain light out... last...
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    Ampeg SVT-7PRO

    Hello.. Just a question about amps and cabs.. I’m running a ampeg SVT 7pro through 2 Hartke hydrive cabs.. a 410 & a 115 Have had it for about a month now and just had my first live practice... had the gain 3/4 of the way up and the volume 1/2 way up using a musicman 4H stingray bass...had the...
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    Peavey MiniMega 1000

    I recivied my mini mega 2 weeks ago.. Runnin it through a headliner 4-10 and a headliner 115. I still have my original peavey century musician 200 watt head running through a 1810 peavey black widow cabinet from 1979... Was used as a desk for 30 years last December I started playing again...