RubyTuba

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Location

Park City, KS

Gender

Male

Current Setup

2001 50th Anniversary Precision Bass

2006 Highway One Jazz Bass - bridge replaced with stock Fender bridge, pickups replaced with Fender Pure Vintage '64 Jazz pickups, foam mute and chrome covers added.

Gallien-Krueger MB150 combo and 112MBX extension cab

Fender Bassman TV Duo Ten

Ampeg BA112

Occupation

Library Manager

Favorite Genres

Folk, roots-rock, swing, Dixieland, chant, Medieval, prog . . . about everything, really.

Gigs and Ensembles

Casuals (roots-rock, country, coffehouse folk) and theater gigs.

Previously Owned Gear

'81 Steinberger L2 (my main gigging bass when I played on the road) - strung with medium gauge La Bella flats.

Multiple P-basses, fretted and fretless.

Multipe 70s Tele basses - all with the massive humbucker.

Multiple Jazz basses.

- A '76 P-bass, rosewood neck, with Schaller pickup and Schaller bridge. It's strung with medium-light gauge GHS Brite Flats.

- A '77 fretless P-bass, maple neck, with Schaller pickup and Schaller bridge

Mid-'80s Aria CSB 450 Cardinal bass

Late '60s Hofner (with the blade pickups)

Mid-'60s Kent Basin Street model

Ovation Magnum ('79)

Guild JS2 fretless ('76)

Guild B-50 acoustic basses - one fretted, one fretless - early '80s.

Gibson Ripper, fretted and fretless. ('80)

Gibson RD Artist Bass ('78)

Gibson EB2 ('68)

Gibson EB1 (a '56 with the plastic-covered pickup, and a couple of early '70s with the chrome pickup)

Music Man Sting Ray ('78) and Sabre ('79)

Epiphone Newport ('65)

Epiphone Embassy Deluxe ('67)

Mosrite Ventures (late '60s)

Multiple Rickenbackers - a late '60s Mapleglo 4005, and several 4001S models from different years (the ones with the dot inlays on the neck)

Danelectro double-neck bass/guitar, mid '60s.

Hofner (early '60s, with staple pickups)

Hofner 5/8 Bass Viol ('70s)

Kay Swingmaster Bass Viol ('60s)


AMPS:

Ampeg SB-12 ('67) - my first good bass amp! I was SO spoiled by that amp.

Ampeg B-25B - had a 2x15 cab. I stuck a couple of JBL D140s in it around '75 or so, and it was my main touring rig for many years. When it became difficult to find the 7027 tubes for it in the '80s, I bought a GK 400RB head and continued to use the cab for several more years.

Multiple B-15s - both the 30-watt and the 60-watt models. Didn't really like the 60-watters - they sounded totally different from the 30s, due to the shelf port.

Ampeg SVT - mid '70s, with the 8x10 cab

Ampeg V6B - solid state, with the 2x15 cabinet

Ampeg V4B - with two 4x12 cabinets

Fender Bassman - mid '60s blackface with a 2x12 cabinet. EXCELLENT for a Jazz bass!

Fender Bassman 50 - '70s tube amp, with 2 JBL 15s in a cabinet about the size of a 4x12.

Fender Bassman 100 - mid 70's, with the four 12s in a funny pyramid shaped horn.

Fender Bandmaster - 2x15 cabinet

Acoustic 370 - with two folded horn 18 cabinets.

Acoustic 470 (channel-switching) with a single 4x12 cabinet.

Hartke Kickback 12

SWR 210C with a 210T extension cabinet.

G.A.S. List

I really like what I'm using now. There's nothing in particular I want at the moment.

Influences and Teachers

For drive and tone: The Incomparable Jack Casady!

For good, clean live tone: Phil Lesh

For good, solid rock & roll: Bill Wyman

For clean recorded tone: Carol Kaye

For Acoustic bass: Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Willie Dixon

LOTS of others - the usual List Of Holy Names - James Jamerson, Duck Dunne, Paul McCartney, and all the session cats that played on the Top 40 stuff I listened to growing up.

Hobbies and Interests

Songwriting.