Recent content by Tom Murphy

I'm kind of a Johnny come lately to the thread here. But I too was GREATLY influenced by Mel. I saw Grand Funk live New Years Eve 1970-71, Closer To Home and Live Album were the albums they were promoting at the time. I just remember feeling every bone in by body rattle like Homer Simpson and I...

Hello fellow bassists. I've owned an early 90's Stingray and several of them in the 2001-2006 periods. My problem is they were all too heavy but I loved the sound so I've purchased a few SBMM SUB Ray 5's, Ray 4's and SB4's since they've been released. I've shed the Ray 5's and Ray 4's because of...

I just did it to my SUB SB-4's a little while ago. OMG what a tone! Those basses came to life in a way I wasn't expecting them too. That alnico pickup and the 3M3 preamp are a scary good combination! I wished I would have done it a while back. The tone is so improved that every SUB I buy from...

Hey folks, I have owned two of the SB-4's for quite a while now. I just recently wound up putting the STC-3M3 preamp & SMB4a pickup. I honestly don't know why I didn't do this years ago. The basses came to life in a way I never would have expected. They actually sound like the "big-boy" now...