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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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You don't want to know what I paid and sold this for. :wideyed:

At least, the guy who bought it from me owned this amp years before I did and was thrilled to have it back, so that made up for a lot, really. :)

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While a good player can make anything sound good, the right rig and touch sensitivity inspires you to play and perform better.

Old, flabby people do better with old, flabby rigs.

Worst ̶b̶i̶s̶c̶u̶i̶t̶ cookie ever ->

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I have never owned a Fender amp. Or a SVT. Oh well.
I had a model 301 acoustic cabinet w/Cervin Vega 18" (less the amplifier) paired with a Fender Bassman 100 amp back in the 70's. Stock Fender P Bass with half round strings and a foam pad under them near the bridge. I got more compliments on my bass tone back then than ever. It sounded so much better at some distance from the rig than it did from where I was pinned up against it. It felt good standing next to it, though. :thumbsup:
 
Perhaps knowledge would be a better characterization.

Many bass players are on a never ending quest to find their perfect sound. They hunt, buying and selling equipment. Some follow trends and always want the latest products. I’m fortunate in that I found my sound early in my career and stuck with it. I’ve never heard a better sound.


Same here.
 



I saw Sonny in Worcester, MA with his "orchestra" I was a little disappointed he didn't have a drummer though, only percussion and Bob Cranshaw played electric but I knew that before hand. I wanted to see Monk and all the rest of the 50's guys up there, they were really good though. This a GREAT album. I'm hoping that I can join up with these guys in heaven on upright some day and they won't kick me out.:laugh:

 
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I saw Sonny in Worcester, MA with his "orchestra" I was a little disappointed he didn't have a drummer though, only percussion and Bob Cranshaw played electric but I knew that before hand. I wanted to see Monk and all the rest of the 50's guys up there, they were really good though. This a GREAT album. I'm hoping that I can join up with these guys in heaven on upright some day and they won't kick me out.:laugh:



Couldn't tell you exactly what venue (it was intimate), or who he played with (ignorant of everyone but Sonny), but I saw him on a visit to Boston in ~73-4. To a teenaged me, the night was musical Samahidi.
 
I had a V4-B years ago but sold it around that same time I purged everything, 1995, but just bought an original cab for one, the seller's holding it for me until I get back in April, boom! I have a B-15S, a B-18 and a Bassamp 835, that thing sounds good too.

I have a B-15...too bad it's just a plug-in for Reaper :bawl:!
 
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