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It started with a fascination with the bass solo on the first woodstock album (Canned Heat I think). I got a six string for Christmas the next ear and by May we had a band. The bass player left his equipment at our house but rarely showed up for practice. Since my older brother was the lead...

As the voting seems to agree, I'd have to say the fender P bass even though I'm not a P bass guy. It is one of the earliest electric basses and is still a favorite choice of seasoned and beginning players. My son and his friend where playing my squire P bass through a skunkworks SLM SVT and just...

The bass solo during Canned Heat's set on the Woodstock album.

Whitey Lunzar Music in Columbus Ohio in the late 70s. Whitey was a great jazz guitarist and didn't mind us hanging around. A friend of mine wound up getting a job there. Plus one of the selections on the pop machine was actually Pabst blue ribbon.

Is this bass still for sale?

Oh, I see it now $440.00?

What are you asking?

If she has already been playing for a while then she knows what she likes. I have found the squire basses to be decent quality instruments for the price. I play 5 sting basses but my son prefers 4 string. I tried to talk him into a 5 string when he got his first bass but now I think that was a...

Skunkworks SVT-HD in mint condition.

How do I buy this?

I was crying ******** when I read this. I have a system setup in my basement. I have a sound board with inputs from my computer, synth, guitar pedals etc. I don't hear any perceptible hum with these devices. When i hooked up my ghost pickups I had a annoying 60hz hum. As with the author of this...

I have one of these basses. The connections to the preamp are with these 'insulator slice through' connectors. You push the wire insulator and all into the connector and it slices through the insulation to make contact. The problem is that sometimes they don't make good contact or they become...