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    Effect pedal for fretless bass sound?

    Build Your Own Clone makes a kit called the Loose Sprocket or Lazy Sprocket or something like that clones the Boss Slow Gear. If you can't/don't want to build it yourself, you can pay more for a preassembled one.
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    best (tube?) practice amps for bass?

    --- The Gemini G-12 was Ampeg's answer the Fender Deluxe Reverb. Unless the Gemini came first, in which case, visa versa. 2 channel (bridgeable), 7591 power tubes, tube reverb and "after-beat" (sometimes called percussion repeat) tremelo, ~20 watts, made from mid 60's to early 70's. They made...
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    best (tube?) practice amps for bass?

    Wow, thanks for everybody's input! Alas, if the B15 was within my grasp, I would have snatched it up already. Just saw an awesome band play through one mic'ed up at a good sized theater. I've thought about those 50 watt bassmans too. Might be the way to go. I have been in denial that I should...
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    best (tube?) practice amps for bass?

    It may be a faux-pas, but I just registered for this forum, and freely admit that I usually play those six-string things. The problem is I have done so for quite some time, and know the benefit of a good vintage tube amp (Ampeg Gemini G-12, which is pretty bassy for a g****r amp). I have only...