Recent content by Scarysharkface

~1995. I was at work, late afternoon, needed a one-time username for something or other. Across the room was a poster for RAM or something and the logo was a big scary shark face. Little did I know it would become my online ID for the next 25+ years. John

I didn't buy it.

I picked up a JT5 about a month ago. I made the mistake of playing an SP1 while waiting for my JT5 to show up from the warehouse at Sweetwater. Now I own an SP1 5-string as well. Tomorrow I'm looking to demo a Strandberg Boden 5 and it's coming home with me if I like how it sounds and feels, and...

EQ exists for a reason.

I have recently *discovered* Dingwall. I have a John Taylor Signature 5 and an SP1 5 and each weighs just a little over 8 pounds. If you buy through Sweetwater, they list the actual weight of the basses in stock. John

I just sold a couple of basses and bought a couple of basses, and now my wife has done the math on what's behind that music room door. So I've posted my red mini-p on facebook marketplace with gig bag and two, count 'em, two unopened sets of short scale strings. This will help with the math and...

Bring a friend.

Yes, perfectly. John

Find a different band? John

I bought a cheap Guyker high-mass bridge with the three grooves on each saddle for string spacing, and it's a little better but still not great. John

A friend has one of those and I was stuck playing it at a jam session some years back. I was caught completely off-guard by how good it sounded. Still really heavy, but man, that thing just sounds incredible. John

I completely, absolutely understand the challenges of scraping up enough to do anything fun. I've always (well, for the most part) worked in fields I wanted to work in, until we had kids and health insurance was a box that needed to be checked, and that kept me in a job that was kind of a drag...

I had an alembic built for me in 1981. It's a 4-string, long scale point with some custom options. Other than having a 5-string version, I've been to the mountaintop. I bought a Spector Euro 5 CST last July, and that was bass #60 for me. #61 is a beater American Pro Precision Bass from 2005...

Nearly every gig, be it jazz or dance music or classic rock.

Tony Levin