Recent content by rickysbass

Confession time. I had recently brought home an older Fender Rumble 150. Once I had it in a very quiet environment, I realized the sound wasn't as good as I thought it was. Long story short. I have a Rumble 40 back that sounds much better and weighs (close to) nothing. It's a keeper!

OK, I'm ready to 'spill the beans', on myself. First off, I'm old & retar... 'er retired. I wanted to learn bass over guitar only because my hearing on the high end is pretty much gone. So, I started off wrong by buying a bass here and there and then stepped back and asked myself, *** you doing...

Story time.:) I had mentioned I might be getting a Fender Rumble 60 for really cheap. Well, it didn't happen. He either sold it or never bothered to check his ad to see that I was interested in it. Just as well. Here is a picture of why it was so cheap. I probably saved myself countless hours...

You could call the club and ask them what model it is.

Looking for suggestions, opinions, thoughts, ideas, etc. I have a chance to pick up a "fender rumbler 60", his ad... not my words. Anyway the price is outstandingly low, (a good thing), but (you knew this was coming), the carpet looks like it was drug behind an old Dodge down a back alley for at...

I was kind of thinking that but was hoping a little on the other side.

Two part question for anyone that knows. Is it possible to stuff a 15" Black Widow speaker into a Peavey Basic 112? Would it be worth it? Thanks

Sorry, I might of left a word out in that sentence. I meant "intended duty", i.e. home practice amp.

I'm looking for a (good?) small amp to learn with. Peavey is at the top of my list as I've heard of them for the last 50+ years. So for the price & duty I'd like to stick with the MINX 110. Now here is where I need some help from the Peavey gurus here. I've noticed there are three different...

While I've been reading a lot here and learning, I finally bought a bass and now it's time to buckle down to learn how to play it. I have no experience with strings. I did play sax back in high school a hundred years ago so this should be fun. I just had to join this site!