Recent content by Slammin Scotty

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Started learning classical upright bass in 4th grade, 2 years later I had taken the B and E string off a Japanese electric guitar and started playing electric bass in a my first rock band. I’ve added a few more basses to the arsenal in the past 55 years, but double bass and EBG are the only...

I am looking for recommendations for a production company that can deliver, set-up, run and strike sound and lights (and possibly risers) for a medium size gig (300-500 people) in Central LA. I lead a 6 piece rock band composed of musicians in the lighting industry from across the country and...

Question asked and answered. This thread made me look seriously at the Audi TT and this morning I picked up a 2018 Audi TTS quattro. I can confirm it is gig-worthy for this doubler although it looks like no passenger when I have 2 basses in the car.

Timely posting for me. I am looking for a used car and the criteria are: 2 doors (ideally 3 if you count the hatch.) Manual transmission Fun to Drive Can fit an Upright Bass For years I drove Mini's and they fit the bill. DB, Mark traveler 210, Mesa Walkabout in a bag, Mike stand and cables...

As you started to describe it I remembered exactly what mine looked like. I will have to look this weekend and see if I still have it.

My first hollowbody was my first bass guitar, a Univox coily. I bought it in 1971 for under $100. I knew nothing about setting up a bass and the action was terrible. (I played upright so what did I know.) I couldn’t wait to trade up and after about 2 years and traded it in for a Rick 4001. I...

My audiologist recommended widex HA. They offer “good , better, best” but the difference is the software. I have the highest level which have multiple presets and the ability to store several of own. The are fully integrated with the iPhone. The doctor wanted 6k for both ears but I decided to...

Another in the build your own camp. I bought a Squier CV 60's P used for $180 and added an allparts neck with an unlined ebony board. I never have been comfortable with narrow width necks and this vintage profile neck in tinted laquer feels like home. I went for Gotoh lollipops instead of...

I had been playing electric bass guitar for two years when I bought my first "expensive" bass with my bar mitzvah money when I was 13. In 1973 popular belief in my teen musical circle was that there were only three "real" bass guitars; Fender P, Fender Jazz and Rickenbacker. For me the choice...

You have a lot of good advice here. I bought a SS Gretsch electromatic for my 11 yo daughter when she showed an interest in bass. It is a decent sounding bass, well made and small physically (fits in an electric guitar gig bag). My choice was based on the size of her hands and arms. When I...

There were links for three builders of the crazy 88 design but none of them are active anymore. Is anyone currently building this design? I would love to find one in composite, is the used market is my only recourse?

+1 I started in 1969 on a 1/4 scale upright in the fourth grade. By 1971 I had joined a band and taken the top two strings off a cheap Japanese electric guitar because the Dearmond pickup on my upright wasn’t cutting it. Later that year I convinced my folks to by this univox. A Traynor...

Thank you community for all the generous feedback. There were some subtle changes from the threads of 3 years ago but for my situation I was left with 2 solid options: Add a second cabinet to my AI Contra 2R 2 channel combo with one instrument in each channel or add a 2 channel preamp and use...

That is an option I am looking at. I just missed one on the classifieds.