Thanks. For some reason I thought that was the name of the other band they were playing with.
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Thanks. For some reason I thought that was the name of the other band they were playing with.
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It's probably time for one, enough has changed, but I'll wait until May or June when the Sun stands a chance of shining here
By that time it'll have changed again.It's probably time for one, enough has changed, but I'll wait until May or June when the Sun stands a chance of shining here
Welcome to my world. I go over that thing at least three times a month. It’s a royal pain when they close it. And the fog can be really bad at times. Slow down and avoid the trucks.
Have fun at NAMM!
Speaking of water, I figured since it was made from the same material as aquariums, hosing it down was the way to go:
Venice feeling 0 pain as far as weather goes...
That Del Rey is cool. I kind of thought that the 7ender Rascal bass of a few years back was a bit of a nod to that design.Thanks for thinking of me Larry! I am a fan of that genre for a number of reasons. I started out on a solid-body bass made in Japan in '66. It wasn't a Teisco, but I remember them being on the wall when I chose my first bass. (a Stadium, also badged St. George) The thing about those '60s guitars/basses is that there were literally hundreds of different designs then. It was the boom-years for inventive catering to a huge market of young aspiring musicians. (like me!) I love studying them and have favorites, including a couple that I own. For anyone interested in them, I think you just have to be drawn to that particular design/look to begin with. Then you have to make sure it is sound and adjustable (neck straight mostly) as they can be set-up for playing and they sound surprisingly good. (new) Short-scale basses are becoming more popular today and these are mostly short-scale. They are really fun to play and transport more easily being smaller. Some will go for more than others as like anything there is a 'collectors' market, but some are affordable out there. I think it's best to be able to do work on it yourself as they will inevitably need a little work to get playable.
I think I've posted my '66 Teisco Del Rey here before - it's a bit of an anomaly as it's 30" scale but the bass is as long as a Jazz bass because of it's design. I don't recall having to do any work on it other than a general cleaning/spraying the pots - it was playable when I got it.
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The massive hs is nearly as long as my '64 II. I think the reason they did this is because they sold a baritone version with the same hs & (6) tuners which fill up the space above the A and D tuners on this bass.
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I kinda assumed you soaked in gin. JK.
I wish they were easier to find/hear down here. Back in the day, the main music store in Santa Barbara was a dealer. I have a soft spot for them and would even consider searching one out if the price was right.
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The other band he plays with on a regular basis is Mestizo Beat.
https://mestizobeat.com/
Boasting about the kid is what I do, y'know.
Coffee to keep me awake. Gin to keep me happy.
Or 4 x EL34 ... looks pretty nice.
The molten caramel grind is the exact reason the YBA200 is so cool.
Depends. My YBA200/2 has 6550s. Oh and the tonestack is passive, so not like an Ampeg in that respect.
If I recall correctly (and it has been many years), the kt88 and the 6550 are so similar as to be almost interchangeable.
Well put and I agree, although I'm more chocolate fondue myself.
My bad. Mine's the first version, ie YBA200/1, which came stock with 6550s and a problematic auto-bias circuit, which some previous owner removed before it reached its forever home. And yes, I think you are right -- KT88 swap out is a rebiasing job.
When I was a little knee high to a grasshopper bass player, the old men used to tell me 'you don't want to play with all that distortion girlie'. Oh yes I do. Who woulda thunk that in the future there would be internet forums full of old men talking about the four flavours of dirt they have on their pedalboards?
Well...nobody thunked about that fo'sho. And distortion is great on bass, they probably didn't want you to play with their toys.
But you gotta let some of us old folks indulge in terms of candy flavors. I only have 1 dirt pedal on my board and it's the only one I care for, but when you browse in the Effects forum, some have more dirt pedals on their board than most shops are displaying and just for kicks, try hinting they have too many
. And just to make sure the habit is fed, they have a whole thread about... I just detoxed from that whole scene, but I always fear relapse.Going back to Traynors, I'm eyeballing a used YBA-300 in a local shop... need to sell more chocolate boxes first though.
