Recent content by Walk_the_walk

The bass I am playing in this pic is a custom made Exploiter with two Bart Hi-A pickups and a Bart active TCM module, mfg in 1981. And they're working great. Sounds like an Alembic, which was my goal. That's 40 years with no issues. The TCM was Bart's first active preamp module and the...

This is my one-of-a-kind custom made "Alembic style" Exploiter bass which I commissioned and participated in building, back in 1981, after falling in love with John Entwistle's Exploiter shown at right. It features a Koa wood body, Fender Aerodyne P bass neck with blackface head, Black Diamond...

There's nothing more important to me than active electronics in a bass. In fact, I would never buy a passive bass. I've owned the best passive basses ('74 Fender P bass purchased new in 1974,' 76 Fender Jazz, '72 Rick 4001, and a 1980 Gibson Grabber with the sliding pickup) , and several...

Hi Deanus: I know Pat Murphy personally. I bought a bass from him in 1980, when we both lived in the Ozarks. Which bass do you have? What does it look like? I took Guitar Physics class at our local college that Pat taught, and spent many hours with him at his home studio. He built, at...

I have rarely been able to find an amp that sounds like a tube amp. I own a customized 70's Fender Bassman Ten with 4-10" EV speakers and Groove Tube tubes, which I love. I also have a Peavey Session Bass head with a built in parametric EQ that comes close. But having owned solid state amps...

Agreed. Way overpriced. In fact, the whole 70's Fender bass craze has me puzzled. I bought a new 74 Precision from Sam Ash in Memphis in 1974 with a hardshell case for $400, no sales tax. Not kidding. It was tobacco sunburst with a rosewood neck. That bass worked great, but there was...

Correction. You can still get new Fender Deluxe Precision Bass Specials (with active electronics) on Musicians Friend and Sweetwater.

There is also the highly rated Fender Deluxe Precision Bass Special, which has P & J pickups and active tone controls for outstanding tonal flexibility. It's highly rated everywhere. You will have to buy a used one on eBay or Reverb, as Fender in their infinite wisdom stopped producing them...

I'm an electric bassist, so I don't think much about bows, nor have I had any reason to until this week. This week I assisted my cousin in finding a violin bow expert as my late Uncle had some rare violins, and apparently a very rare violin bow. Some of his normal bows were worth $3,000. The...