Recent content by Steve Woodward

I owned one of these amps for about 6 weeks in the 1970's and it was the biggest pile of sh@te I have ever wasted my money on. I soon came to my senses and quickly traded it in for an superb all valve Orange 120 bass amp! Sorry to disappoint

A brilliant description....these Norstrands are not for the faint hearted, but I simply love them. They do everything,...Soul, Rock, Punk...just everything! Tame them and use them correctly with your tone control and amp controls and everything else will seem boring! Regards, Steve, England UK

Absolutely spot on bud...I've bought a second hand Fender Precision 50's series classic and the first thing I did was to swap out the pots for CTS 500k volume and 250k tone with a 0.033 cap but the cherry on the cake was to upgrade the pups for Norstrand NP4a's.......one word....WOW!...just...

Hey Stan, great to speak to another Slade fan. I saw them at Sheffield City Hall in 1972 and your very own Suzie Quatro was on the bill along with a band fresh over from Ireland called Thin Lizzy!...have a listen to the bass solo on the song "Dirty Joker" from the Play it Loud album. Jim Lea...

Hey Guys, greetings again from the locked down UK (they can't lock our basses down though can they!!).. If you want to hear and learn an absolutely great and fun bass line have a listen to 'Move Over' by Slade on their Sladest album......it's played by our own bass legend Jimmy Lea. Enjoy !

Mainly because Dennis Dunaway was a truly fantastic bassist.....he inspired and influenced me greatly. His basslines were always well thought out and always had an impact even on the very early albums...have a listen to easy action and pretties for you..

Awesome bassline....great choice. Learnt it as soon as I started watching the programme and still practice it occasionally.

You are absolutely right mate....all have a listen to the track "Below your means"...sounds like DD is playing through a knackered old 18 inch Goodmans speaker thats had its cone kicked in....but when he does that run down it just sounds totally awesome....

Hi and welcome from the UK.....for me it was the first time I heard "Return of the Spiders" from the Easy Action album by Alice Cooper.....I had just been bought a short scale Jedson bass and it was the first riff I every learnt and 45 years later I'm still learning and still in love with...

Thanks for the great info guys...but I'm after a vintage one from the early 70's era.. Kr, Steve

Hi everyone and greetings to all fellow bassists from me in England UK. I wonder if anyone could help please.... Can anyone point me in the right direction of where to source a vintage long G string saddle screw for my 1971 Fender Jazz Bass. Your help from my friends over the pond would be...