Recent content by surprisetech

Have a poke around on this website. Australian company, but postage to US is only AU$15. https://colonialleather.com.au/music/

My white Ray4 came with a plain black pickguard. I couldn't resist the temptation to brighten it up a bit. I went with the KAISH brand because the ebay listing included a detailed dimensional drawing so that I could be confident about the fit. Got a vintage tortoiseshell one at the same time...

The Maton Baroque would come with me. And the Tanglewood Java Acoustic if there was space and time. The others are all 2nd tier brands (Sterling, Tribute & Squier) and not so difficult to replace. Hope you all stay safe.

Thanks G-Dog. No apology necessary, was my own oversight. Member number is now proudly displayed! The Rumble 100 is getting out and about a bit more these days. I am one of a handful of volunteers that help run Sunday afternoon music sessions at our local RSL (returned services league). We...

I've made a few posts here and contributed to the recent survey, but it appears I've neglected to request my Rumble Club membership number!

Still reeling after last week's news of the passing of Roger McLachlan. Roger was easily my favourite bass player, a Melbourne legend, hard-working and inspiring artist & all-round nice guy. Roger will leave a big hole in our live music scene as well as in the studio. His talent, personality...

This one attracts the most attention at our gigs! Maton Baroque. Out of Melbourne, Australia, 1969.

I don't have it anymore, but my first decent bass was a Fender Mustang and that's exactly how I felt about mine! It only got moved on because of a financial emergency, but I managed to hang on to the Maton Baroque thankfully. It's a lot rarer and still gets used in my main band...

I got lucky. A new Waza-Air Bass is out of budget at the moment, but I found one secondhand for AU$300 (~US$189 at today's rates), so I grabbed it. Bluetooth for backing tracks is a must, which is why I bought the Amphonix unit, so I was looking to upgrade to something like the Katana Go...

Great memories. That lineup toured down under in 1981. Thankfully, the Melbourne show was at Dallas Brooks Hall which easily had the best acoustics in town at that time. Sadly knocked down in 2015 to make way for an inner-urban residential development. Fantastic concert and what a great bunch...

Do you use one of these Pocket Master devices? Can you tell me if the BT connection can be used to provide your backing track from phone, etc.? The User manual doesn't really cover this. And how is the build quality and sound? I have one of their Amphonix headphone amps and while it does the...

Daughter bought me a Daphon tuner pedal for Christmas many years ago. Easy to read and built like a brick dunny, but I found I needed to dampen the upper strings to have it work reliably with the low-output pickups on the old Maton Baroque. I got so used to it, that ever since then, I've...

Thanks. That fits in with other info I found. Possibly 7250M.

It's probably a long shot, but does anyone have any info on what strings would have been fitted on Korean Jazz Basses at the factory? Mine is a 1991 Jazz Bass out of the Samick factory.

Thanks. Was helped along by detailed posts from other forum members on the pickup foam and conductive paint earthing issues, so happy to make my contribution when I can.