Merci Chucky ! Real happy about this 
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Thx, sometimes, you just show up at the right moment
.Odd thing tho, the head -> cab cable is the phone jack type and not a Speakon. I spent so much time at the store tinkering with different basses and settings and also a YBA-300 (a beast, but not in my current price range), I didn't notice that.
- Mar 8, 2011
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A friend is holding a Greco ‘Bird for me to check out when I get home. Don’t really need another bass, but really want a Greco :/
If you gotta go off the wagon, go Greco.
Congratulations Mike!! Enjoy.
Thx
.I've had this cab for a couple of years, 1st used with a Dynablock 500h then a Dynabass 800H.
Thx ! Looking forward to 1st band rehearsal in over a year, should be in June.
If you decide not to, I’d love the deets. But I bet you get it!
I've got a Lucite B.C. Rich Bich in see-thru yellow.
It looks like a Jurassic Park amber fossil.
Nice playing, nice sounding, and heavy as hell.
It weighs more than any bass I've ever owned, including my old Peavey T-40!
Makes a nice wall hanger though...
You might just find it sounds good enough to help you forget about your stolen Fano.
They're worth it for the pickups alone.
I wonder what it would take to get the early Greco pickups cloned? Do the higher wind Thunderbuckers come close?
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I think/really hope you like it Mark, easily one of the best "Birds out there.
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Although I understand why speakon is a better connector, to my mind, it is a marginal improvement that justifies only a small price increase over phone jacks; a much smaller price increment than is currently charged.Thx, sometimes, you just show up at the right moment
Odd thing tho, the head -> cab cable is the phone jack type and not a Speakon. I spent so much time at the store tinkering with different basses and settings and also a YBA-300 (a beast, but not in my current price range), I didn't notice that.
Agreed, I never personaly heard a noticeable difference between Speakon and phone connectors. I'll be looking for a good phone jack tho. I had a bad experience with my first rig years ago, a Hartke 5500H into a 215 vx Series. The cable I initially used completely fried. It's the only time I used a phone jack connecting head to cab, all the other stuff I had used Speakons. I don't remember what cable I used then, but I'm guessing I went for whatever was at hand at the time.
The Bird is really happy with this rig !
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I've got a mid '80s NJ series Canary Yellow BC Rich Bich, but it's not lucite. I think it's Basswood or equiv, 'cause it's super-duper light. Realllllly light.
Slightly Jellyouse of Bassmike62, lurvs me sum TRAYNER!
@Instagator Clear basses won't make you look fat if you play them backwards.
I have seen some really good deals on used stuff at L&M.Thx, sometimes, you just show up at the right moment
Odd thing tho, the head -> cab cable is the phone jack type and not a Speakon. I spent so much time at the store tinkering with different basses and settings and also a YBA-300 (a beast, but not in my current price range), I didn't notice that.
As long as you have decent quality speaker cables, phone jacks get the job done. I wish the whole industry would move to speakons, but it doesn’t seem like it will happen.
