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spencer.b

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  1. it wouldn't worry the neck, you often see different strings to suit a certain bass, i've had all sorts of combinations of steel , gut and synthetic over the years
  2. I wouldn't worry too much about a clicky pickup to start with , it's quite a specific sound and bare in mind they didn't have them in the 50s 60s changing a bass to a lefty is a big expensive job, taking the front off making a new bass bar etc. plus you couldn't play another bass if you had a gig with a house bass, I'd stand on the other side if you can pickups are an absolute minefield , one pickup may sound great on one bass but not the next, my advice would be don't get too caught up in it to start with
  3. SWR Big Ben 18" cab £175 it's one of the early black grill ones with the Bag End driver I bought this to use with a 2 10 but to my ears it sounds great on its own, it has a quicker response than I expected and way more high frequency, I bought it to replace an ampeg 15 and this has way more detail and of course it has earth trembling subby bottom end, I used it for an electronica project and it sounded amazing with an OC2 It's pretty huge but not as heavy as it looks!! good condition I'll get some pics up in the next few days I'm near crystal palace south london [attachment=209439:20160112_194310.jpg] [attachment=209440:20160112_192321.jpg] [attachment=209441:20160112_192237.jpg] [attachment=209442:20160112_192205.jpg] ,
  4. After watching the vid last night I listened to Ella and Basie again,you gotta check it out,the album starts with Honeysuckle Rose and the first 8 is just Buddy and Ella ,wonderful stuff
  5. Great vid ,thanks for sharing , Buddy caught my ear on the fantastic Ella and Basie record and I looked him up and checked some of his stuff with Lucky Thompson too. So pleased you posted this, there are so many wonderful yet relatively unknown bass players that should be appreciated
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