Recent content by seadragon

I was where you are a few months back, except I’ve had my Jazz bass for 45 years; changed strings many times obviously, always D’Addario XL -until I was getting it worked on after a long hiatus. I decided to try something different, and got into TB analysis paralysis, big time! Read a lot of...

Played a three-band show last night and all three bassists had Rumbles! My 100 and the others had 200s. Someone commented on how much sound came out of my small amp.

This could almost have been my pic, except lefty and MOP inlays (and Fender, according to AI mine pre-dates Squier basses...). Even the stand looks similar.

I have a family shot too. Bought the uke bass to keep by the couch in case I felt like noodling. Not a big deal if it gets dinged; tuners don’t hold very well though.

Yeah, I was hoping for a lefty this time, especially after I saw the color! And just in time for my birthday - no joy.

One one Reverb I was just looking at, and lol’ed at “Wild Dog” on the tone settings! https://reverb.com/item/89124539-burns-black-bison-bass-1964-black

Could just be a Franken-bass, there’s one on Reverb right now, Teisco body with scroll hs neck. I’ve seen several Teiscos with those dual thumb rests.

I’ve never played a Hofner, but it was one of the options I considered when my 12.4-pound Jazz was becoming too much of a backbreaker (it’s a ’78, luckily for you they don’t make them like that anymore!). I picked up a Hofner at GC and it was surprisingly heavy, which put me off a bit. Also...

I’m 59, been playing in a band again for just over a year and a half, after taking a long time off. An old band mate from 80s/90s contacted me and he’d already lined up a drummer (@dbflats thats the easiest for me, I have a co-worker harassing me to play with him, plus our old drummer is a bit...

Off-topic, but you’ve actually seen left handed vintage Japanese basses? I wasn’t sure they existed! Short-scale Sacramento would be my choice, but not in my budget right now.

I guess I should join here since my Jazz was my first bass ( and I still have it nearly 45 years later). It’s seen some things (as have the Sunn amp and cab, they don’t move anymore, too backbreaking!) Getting it setup soon for the first time in a long time, and the selection of strings is...

Not a Schecter owner (although I would be if that Daniel Firth model was available lefty!). But I saw a banner on their site celebrating the life of Hisatake Shibuya and that he passed away in 2024, so came to TB to see what the reaction was; but didn’t find any mention of it…

Didn't see a lefty option. I might have considered it this time - although what I really want is a 5 string.

Saw this on Reverb recently, and wondered how this group would react to the mods done to this Grand: https://reverb.com/item/85600865-serek-the-grand-modified-short-scale-w-rickenbacker-pickups

Played a gig last night and debuted my rumble mod, I cut up one of our tshirts and my brother made me a frame. Wrapped around and stapled to the back, and attached some spare Velcro I had. The bass player in the band after us had two R800s stacked - was talking to him and he admitted it was...