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Thanks, GP. I have a medical procedure the day before, but if I can drive, you may see me and my lady there.
Cool. Gig is 6:15 to 9:15. It's Friday Night Shrimp and Fish Fry night.
New pic of my garage door-with current 7ender combo amp collection:
Rumbles 200c/100/40 and 2000(!)Bassman 25
OutSTANDing Fender family photo, Goner! Yep, I was a Fender Bassman fan long before "discovering" my Rumble 500 combo. Sa-WEET!
My first real amp-I had 2[heads/cabs](not a pic of mine)
Oh! If I could have afforded just one of those "back in the day"! I'da been in heaven.
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Oh! If I could have afforded just one of those "back in the day"! I'da been in heaven.
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I bought one, used, back then. It had blown speakers. I didn't know any better (like replacing the speakers) and resold it at loss...to know then what I know now
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Well, depending on how far "back in the day", they were affordable. Everyone wanted big, new, SS amps-for power.Oh! If I could have afforded just one of those "back in the day"! I'da been in heaven.
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Yeah, if I'd known how they'd appreciate, I'd have held on to them. "Too soon old, too late smart".I bought one, used, back then. It had blown speakers. I didn't know any better (like replacing the speakers) and resold it at loss...to know then what I know now
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I don't remember what I paid for my '64 brown face in '67, or for the '63 Fender Jazz I bought at the same time. I just remember having a bad case of G.A.S. 55 years later? Still G.A.S.sy as all get-out.Oh! If I could have afforded just one of those "back in the day"! I'da been in heaven.
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EDIT: Spent all of my money. Took another year to save up for a car. A man just has to have is priorities!
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My "sweet 16" photo with a borrowed Japanese low action guitar and a used SilverTone Twin Twelve 1484 I paid a friend $100 for. Seems I had to save up a year for that. Got my foot on my first amp, a '64 probably-5 watt Alamo. In another year I had saved up another $100 and bought my Fender Duo-Sonic II from the same friend. I played rhythm and sang lead in our high school garage band.
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Priceless! Thanks for posting these, G-Dog. A nice nostalgic tour through the worlds of gear and fashion.
Well, I'm back in the Fender Rumble Club!
After playing through a bunch of Fender Rumble 500 combo's as backline over the years, I've been keeping my eyes open for one to come up used locally.
This past week, three have come up for sale in my area. I grabbed one for a great deal
After playing through a bunch of Fender Rumble 500 combo's as backline over the years, I've been keeping my eyes open for one to come up used locally.
This past week, three have come up for sale in my area. I grabbed one for a great deal
Very cool pics!My "sweet 16" photo with a borrowed Japanese low action guitar and a used SilverTone Twin Twelve 1484 I paid a friend $100 for. Seems I had to save up a year for that. Got my foot on my first amp, a '64 probably-5 watt Alamo. In another year I had saved up another $100 and bought my Fender Duo-Sonic II from the same friend. I played rhythm and sang lead in our high school garage band.
That was as "Uptown" as I got until my 2nd year of college, with heavy labor summer jobs financing my tuition, books, fees and gasoline, with enough leftover for a used Fender Mustang bass and a used EMC 115 100watt(?) bass amp on casters. Remember those? Yeah, I never saw another one before or since!
My girlfriend talked me into auditioning to play for the new college pop singing group, which I won because the Jazz Band bassist thought it was too low brow. With 8 voice major singers we soon became more high profile than the Jazz Band! So, the JB bassist did try out 2 years later when I had to resign to get serious about my engineering studies in order to graduate.
Sure wish I'd had a Rumble 500 combo, or even a 200 back then!
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Get 2 and daisy chain 'em.Well, I'm back in the Fender Rumble Club!
After playing through a bunch of Fender Rumble 500 combo's as backline over the years, I've been keeping my eyes open for one to come up used locally.
This past week, three have come up for sale in my area. I grabbed one for a great deal
Well, I'm back in the Fender Rumble Club!
After playing through a bunch of Fender Rumble 500 combo's as backline over the years, I've been keeping my eyes open for one to come up used locally.
This past week, three have come up for sale in my area. I grabbed one for a great deal
Welcome back, mack! But, as far as we're concerned, you never left. You may have let your first Rumble go, but we knew you'd probably be back. Most do! Just go ahead and put your member number #841 in your TB Signature, like a permanent tattoo.
Get 2 and daisy chain 'em.
You know, Goner's got a good point there. If any of those borrowed backline 500s ever haven't quite been enough for the gig, which probably wasn't often, but chaining two of them together will most assuredly get you there at any venue!
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Thanks, Johnny. You can see me literally growing out the toe end of my house slippers and the high water mark of my "cool" white jeans. The matching white jean jacket was already too small to wear.
And if my college uniform looks a little 5th Dimension-y, well, "Age of Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" was our first signature number. And, as a new bassist, I don’t mind telling you I felt a little bit intimidated, at first. The intro was easy enough but, man!, that "Sunshine" outro kicked my butt in the first rehearsals. I didn't know who Joe Osborn was back then, but he had all my respect, bass-wise. Wish I had a chance to play that song "live" again! (sigh)
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I would think(dangerous as that may be)that "Sunshine" could be done at church. Possibly.
