The Combo Club

[GwenOnBass]

Random Thoughts:

1) wasn't your bat signal graphic from a tie Jimi wore on Electric Ladyland?
2) For some of us, killing the cat with a VT pedal can be a plus...
3) Wow, M, reminiscing about dinos on gas station signs probably means you remember when gas was $0.50 a gallon too! Do you also remember attendants wearing uniforms? I do. Boy, am I getting old.

1) The bat signal is of The Morrigan, for whom I am named.
2) The VT Bass Deluxe is all kinds of awesome for me.
3) It was the gas crisis of 72 ... let's see now. I was driving a VW 412 at the time. My first car! My older sister drove a Karmann Ghia then. Dad drove a Triumph TR3. Took me a long time to afford a proper sports coupe. Took a lot of guff when I finally settled on a S4 for my sensible car.

If memory serves there was a Sinclair Oil pavilion at the 64 World's Fair.

Given a great deal of thought to that timeline. It's my semi-hollowbody that cops The Animals vibe. Speaking of Jimi, thas was bassist Chas Chandler who managed Jimi out of obscurity .... We thank him for that. Circa 65 I was hanging out with all the hits on the radio, and back then there were two record shops in town!

 

[G-Dog]

[OT_ALERT]

Random Thoughts:

1) wasn't your bat signal graphic from a tie Jimi wore on Electric Ladyland?
2) For some of us, killing the cat with a VT pedal can be a plus...
3) Wow, M, reminiscing about dinos on gas station signs probably means you remember when gas was $0.50 a gallon too! Do you also remember attendants wearing uniforms? I do. Boy, am I getting old.​

$0.50? Big deal. In high school I paid(suggest you sit for this) $0.17/gallon.That's right, seventeen cents a gallon in Miami. And, S&H green stamps to boot!

Yeah, but your wheels were stone and you used your feet to accelerate! Don't try pulling the wool over our eyes, GP. I suppose bass guitars had only three strings too. Now watch him pull one out and take a picture of it!

Yes, I drove wheels of stone, too. But, at least, mine were round, not square like Goner's!

In the late 60s, in Texas' refinery country, gas hovered between 15-25¢ a gallon most of the time. Unless you worked at a refinery and filled up at the company store! Why, "gimme $1 worth" could even keep the 427s, the 442s, and the 454s cruisin' the drag all evening long, races included! [/OT_ALERT]

The British Invasion was in full tilt, and my friends and I couldn't learn the new songs fast enough. But the U.S. was fighting back by imitating the Brits, who said they were imitating the Americans! And the Sears 2-piece combos, because the connecting wire was fastened on both ends, was all most of us could afford until getting real jobs after high school.

[OT_ALERT] Once, a new-fangled "convenience store" with craps numbers on the sign, and self-serving gas pumps in the parking lot, built right across the street from a favorite gas station where "you can trust your car to ..."! Of course, you know, this meant war!! Lines foretelling the 70s oil embargo, burning half a tank while waiting, appeared for as little as 5¢/gal.! Of course, the station attendants didn't wipe the windshield nor check the tires & oil at their uncovered self-serve pump. But they still made quite a show at the covered full-service pumps until well into said embargo.[/OT_ALERT]

 

[JimmyM]

Jimmy, you made it to our little club. Toss up a pic of one of your Ampeg combos and win a chance to receive free silverware for life. Anyway, we could use a little more balance in this club. There's an awful lot of Fender owners present if ya know what I mean...Hope you accept our humble invitation!

OK, here's my BA-112 v2. Still using it a good amount on gigs, too.

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

Patiently waiting for your full report, Doctor I.

Hello All!

Ever since TB stopped working on my phone participating in discussions has been much more difficult.

Anyway, my amp modification attempts have failed after spending nearly 400.00 CAD. My little Vox now has a speaker line out, but when I attached it to the Eden 110 I cannot get sound from the Peavey; or when I do get sound it is not very good. So, failure!

In response I have decided to put the amp GAS away for awhile and stop throwing good money after bad. This is not a bad decision, since my Peavey-Vox hybrid sounds quite good and is plenty loud (or that is what I think the guitar players are saying, but I can never hear them over my bass).

So I will now turn to pedals . . .

 

[GonePlaid]

Hello All!

Ever since TB stopped working on my phone participating in discussions has been much more difficult.

Anyway, my amp modification attempts have failed after spending nearly 400.00 CAD. My little Vox now has a speaker line out, but when I attached it to the Eden 110 I cannot get sound from the Peavey; or when I do get sound it is not very good. So, failure!

In response I have decided to put the amp GAS away for awhile and stop throwing good money after bad. This is not a bad decision, since my Peavey-Vox hybrid sounds quite good and is plenty loud (or that is what I think the guitar players are saying, but I can never hear them over my bass).

So I will now turn to pedals . . .

Wait....you listen to the guitar players?!?

 

[GonePlaid]

I was outta town over the weekend using a different PC. Here's a pic of 'the twins' together.

and my main Combo Amp-on a MudStand.

 

[iagtrplyr]

Well, for openers, it's not a lefty. It's a 1967 non-reverse Gibson Thunderbird IV that I've had since 73. It has a few dings and scars as it was my working-and only-bass for 20+ years. No matter what strings I put on it, it sounds great. Right now it has D'Addario Chromes on it but I'm soon gonna put a set of EB Cobalt Flats on. That's what I have on my Epiphone 5 string non-reverse TBird and I Really like their sound. This is the 5er:View attachment 3165815 BTW, the Gibson has a custom pickguard on it.

I know, my statement came out wrong. I meant that since I've never seen or played a lefty T-bird, I have very little background of them. I thought that it was the reverse version, but that's about it. I'll bet it plays nice. It'd have to for as long as you've had it! Nice images.

 

[iagtrplyr]

Thanks lagtrplyr, I just put it in my signature. I use them all with batteries most of the time, a laptop for the PJD4, a powerful lithium and inverter for the Carvin and rechargeable AA for the Fly 3, which I wear doing childrens hospital gigs.

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kohanmike, you are one cool dude and I'm glad you're a part of the CC. Anyone doing gigs in hospitals is okay with me. Keep up the benevolent work. Nice equipment for the task too.

 

[iagtrplyr]

[OT_ALERT]






Yes, I drove wheels of stone, too. But, at least, mine were round, not square like Goner's!

In the late 60s, in Texas' refinery country, gas hovered between 15-25¢ a gallon most of the time. Unless you worked at a refinery and filled up at the company store! Why, "gimme $1 worth" could even keep the 427s, the 442s, and the 454s cruisin' the drag all evening long, races included! [/OT_ALERT]

The British Invasion was in full tilt, and my friends and I couldn't learn the new songs fast enough. But the U.S. was fighting back by imitating the Brits, who said they were imitating the Americans! And the Sears 2-piece combos, because the connecting wire was fastened on both ends, was all most of us could afford until getting real jobs after high school.

[OT_ALERT] Once, a new-fangled "convenience store" with craps numbers on the sign, and self-serving gas pumps in the parking lot, built right across the street from a favorite gas station where "you can trust your car to ..."! Of course, you know, this meant war!! Lines foretelling the 70s oil embargo, burning half a tank while waiting, appeared for as little as 5¢/gal.! Of course, the station attendants didn't wipe the windshield nor check the tires & oil at their uncovered self-serve pump. But they still made quite a show at the covered full-service pumps until well into said embargo.[/OT_ALERT]

Thanks for the trip down the lane of memory, Doggie. What an exciting time to be of age and seeing all that you saw. I was born in '60 so my decade of wonder was the 70s. Super details in your post!

 

[iagtrplyr]

OK, here's my BA-112 v2. Still using it a good amount on gigs, too.

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Yep, I remember when you first brought that one out to show. I believe it replaced your fave combo in the line, the first gen BA-112. JimmyM, you are member #107 in this who's who of a club. Thanks for joining and please stop by when you're in the neighborhood!

 

[iagtrplyr]

Another night of correcting the revised essays. I keep telling these kids to get it right the first time! I gotta get to bed, but I thought I'd post the roster since it's been a while. Here ya go:

Talkbass Combo Club as of 10.2.18

01) ChefKen

02) Modulusman

03) Vmabus

04) Firewalz

05) spanndrew

06) shawshank72

07) gfaulkner

08) ack

09) Dustin Owens

10) Relsom


11) EoganDubh

12) cchorney

13) NickDG

14) Big Hoss

15) Ajcsk8r

16) Basshappi

17) Lesfunk

18) Squierbassjake

19) lo-freq

20) PetersReviews


21) Jughead6

22) bordinco90

23) mikeyjm2

24) KickingBass

25) jmverdugo

26) Toddbass65

27) Floridabway

28) elkkid2

29) 1954bassman

30) woodyng


31) Doublesixes

32) Steve88

33) mccartneyman

34) CL400Peavey

35) mikeyjm2

36) Linnin

37) bmc

38) yahboy

39) outoftune

40) KramerDon


41) heynorm

42) Bobby Bass

43) KeithAlanK

44) Photobassist

45) rtslinger

46) Thumpinshelton

47) Razman

48) ticol07

49) alaskaleftybass

50) Srvmojo


51) iagtrplyr

52) ubernator

53) Fishyfishfish

54) JakobT

55) thabassmon

56) Gaolee

57) G-Dog

58) RumbleMan3

59) Luciferiad

60) eric_B


61) TrevorG

62) SoulReflection

63) theduke1

64) Moody Tuner

65) Giffro

66) Doctor Intrepid

67) Drgonzonm

68) GonePlaid

69) BradE

70) Amoodymule


71) Jeremy Jones

72) Ghostinthemach

73) ScottTunes

74) BazzaBass

75) Biguglyman

76) Dr. Cheese

77) Bob Clayton

78) NathOBX

79) Bass V

80) Five String


81) Gremson

82) Morrighan

83) Zon6c-f

84) rodl2005

85) Nancy1234

86) Shadven

87) twinjet

88) Michael B

89) Vickerekes

90) Beendown139


91) Relayer71

92) basst scho

93) itsmesantiago

94) Smith357

95) Russell L

96) Cropduster

97) Datsgor

98) Haxel

99) Devon Bustard

100) Stumbo


101) Daniel Piper

102) adk teleman

103) Davidus1

104) J-Mags

105) Karlson541

106) Kohanmike

107) JimmyM

 

[JimmyM]

Yep, I remember when you first brought that one out to show. I believe it replaced your fave combo in the line, the first gen BA-112. JimmyM, you are member #107 in this who's who of a club. Thanks for joining and please stop by when you're in the neighborhood!

Well I never had a BA112 v1. The biggest one I had was a BA110 v1, and that's what it replaced. Did eventually get a BA110 v2, too, but I use the 112 on gigs and just keep the 110 in the office.

 

[iagtrplyr]

Well I never had a BA112 v1. The biggest one I had was a BA110 v1, and that's what it replaced. Did eventually get a BA110 v2, too, but I use the 112 on gigs and just keep the 110 in the office.

I stand corrected. I what I was thinking was a while back you mentioned, as an opinion, that you thought the old 112 was the best-sounding amp in the line. I myself like 12s, thought I'd never toss a 15 for eating crackers in the sack. I'm weird.

 

[JimmyM]

I stand corrected. I what I was thinking was a while back you mentioned, as an opinion, that you thought the old 112 was the best-sounding amp in the line. I myself like 12s, thought I'd never toss a 15 for eating crackers in the sack. I'm weird.

Oh yeah, I said that about the old BA112 many times. I just never got one. I should have, though...probably could have gotten it for a song Oh well, I'm quite happy with the v2 so it's all good.

 

[KohanMike]

kohanmike, you are one cool dude and I'm glad you're a part of the CC. Anyone doing gigs in hospitals is okay with me. Keep up the benevolent work. Nice equipment for the task too.

Thanks very much. We just did an annual indoor luau Saturday at the Culver City Senior Center for disabled adults from two support organizations, GENERATION Z and MILLENNIALS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION. We also do regular gigs for an Alzheimers day care center, OPICA in West LA. It's a very gratifying experience to get people out of their funk for a short while.

 

[GonePlaid]

I know, my statement came out wrong. I meant that since I've never seen or played a lefty T-bird, I have very little background of them. I thought that it was the reverse version, but that's about it. I'll bet it plays nice. It'd have to for as long as you've had it! Nice images.

Yeah, no problem. There are lefty TBirds and, of course, there's nothing negative about being lefty. As a matter of fact, I was born lefty but broke my left elbow at age 4 and just switched over outta necessity. I still do some things lefty-like dealing cards, using a fork, etc. There was a right-handed non-reverse 5 string Epi Bird for sale on Reverb that the owner had re-strung lefty but would include the original nut to put it back to RH configuration. I guess you could say it's a reversed non-reverse Thunderbird-or something like that.

 

[GonePlaid]

Thanks very much. We just did an annual indoor luau Saturday at the Culver City Senior Center for disabled adults from two support organizations, GENERATION Z and MILLENNIALS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION. We also do regular gigs for an Alzheimers day care center, OPICA in West LA. It's a very gratifying experience to get people out of their funk for a short while.

One of our guitarists does a single at a convalescent center occasionally and the drummer and I are joining him on 10/18 for a sort of concert in their auditorium. I've played there b4 w/ various size bands so this should go over very well. Ya know, sometimes we'll look at the audience and think "hmm, older crowd, might not like our 60s/70s rock". Then we realize we're the same age. A genuine "duh!" moment.

 

[ghostinthemach]

Thanks very much. We just did an annual indoor luau Saturday at the Culver City Senior Center for disabled adults from two support organizations, GENERATION Z and MILLENNIALS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION. We also do regular gigs for an Alzheimers day care center, OPICA in West LA. It's a very gratifying experience to get people out of their funk for a short while.

Nice. I lived in Culver City, CA
from about 1984 until purchasing my first home (Rancho Cucamongs) in 1989.
Had a peek-a-boo view of the big movie studios from my bathroom window.
Loved living fairly close to the beach in Venice.

 

[GwenOnBass]

A little combo amp is perfect for a convalescent home performance, IMO. The staff in the home where I recovered after my surgery asked I return to play and I agreed. Hm. My own medical concerns since surgery eclipses any thoughts of returning to play.... The public transit system will drop me off right at the front door of the home. (That the home is on a bus route tells you something right there.)

All of which talks to me of a PJB Double Four or Cub .... <grin>

 

[ghostinthemach]

A little combo amp is perfect for a convalescent home performance, IMO. The staff in the home where I recovered after my surgery asked I return to play and I agreed. Hm. My own medical concerns since surgery eclipses any thoughts of returning to play.... The public transit system will drop me off right at the front door of the home. (That the home is on a bus route tells you something right there.)

All of which talks to me of a PJB Double Four or Cub .... <grin>

I was playing acoustic guitar (2nd seat) weekly for a senior Bible study near my current residence.

It was a facility that focused on memory issues and for a while there was a sweet little elderly lady that would ‘meet’ me for the ‘first time’ each week and thank me for serving them. It became a very pleasant ritual at the end of each session.

I’m on indefinite hiatus due to my wife’s current needs, but I’ll likely get back to it.