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    One of these days I’m going to try stereo. I just need a stereo cable and a splitter.
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    I find first position chords are fine on the Gretsch (A-A) , they certainly get muddy on the Bass VI. I’ve met some online that tune Gretschs G-G (metal heads) but their tone is seriously distorted from the get go.
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    The fan in my MB200 stopped working and that led to the end of the ICE power module. I looked around at other amps and decided the MB was worth saving. I did find a qualified repair guy , and it’s been running like it’s old self once more. I love that little amp , but it’s been sidelined since I picked up a Darkglass Exponent.
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    I was surprised by the time I’ve spent on my Squier VI , so when a baritone popped up on kijiji I snagged it. The Gretsch was originally designed to be a BassVI , but they strung it as a baritone when it went to market. It’s a 30 in scale , like the Squier but I tune it A-A.
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    An old friend used to go on about how he hated music , he did have a stereo and the entire Joni Mitchell discography. When I asked about that it was said to aid him in the quest of getting lucky. Fair enough…
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    Trickfish is another amplification company with no presence here whatsoever. I love a nice clean transparent head with some serious slam.
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    It made landfall quite North of us but the hurricane was enormous , and we had one ripper for about twelve hours. Lost power for a day , we’re back but much of the city is still dark. A lot of trees down. We had one large branch land on our shed , that’s the only big cleanup for us this time , when Juan hit we lost twenty trees. No structural damage to the house. Lucky. The Northern parts of the province got nailed. It’s a declared disaster area. The storm was severe enough to rip the roofs off buildings , severe flooding. It’s left quite the mess. On the other hand whenever a big tropical storm moves up the coast the surfing community come for the big waves. They come from all over the Eastern Seaboard. Those maniacs surf the North Atlantic all winter…
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    Everybody back then was using Pbasses. (myself included) There was the rare EB3 or Jazz , but almost everybody seemed to have a Pbass , there were a couple of players with Rics , but they weren’t selling , and the local stores never had them. They were rare around here , but I could have picked up pre CBS Pbasses for $3-400 at the time. The old ones were cheaper than new ones. Thought I had all the bass I needed , I was an idiot.
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    One of my interests coming into this forum was to check out cabs and amps that seem pretty common in Europe and the UK but that are fairly rare over here. Barefaced cabs are one of those companies. I hear great things about them but you rarely see them over here. Ashdown was rare around here but have recently been making an appearance in L&M. Eich and Vanderkley are two more we never see. Heck, we don’t even have anybody around here carrying Darkglass. edit we used to see tons of Ampeg and Sunn , then GK was everywhere. Then came a Eden , Trace , SWR period and then Markbass was everywhere, today it seems to be Mesa.
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    Spent years looking for a Ric back before the internet , they simply never came up locally. Finally scored one on a visit to Toronto. I’ve had it for a good while now , still get a little weak in the knees when I look at it. I love a nice Ric , it was my main player for a good number of years. 80 4001 , one of the later ones , and a 76 4000.
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    Yes indeed , and then re-assign specific effect functions to the knobs on the amp so you can quickly readjust things. So with each preset you can change what the knobs control , except for gain and volume. And it’s easy to see what functions the knobs now control with each preset. There’s a library of twenty two effects in the Suite now. They say more on the way… You can load five presets at a time , and store as many as you can write. You can store and load them in seconds.
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    After about a week playing with the Darkglass Suite it’s pretty much all fallen into place , there’s still moments of discovery. Most of the presets I’ve loaded are ones I’ve created. My only complaint is I’m still fiddling more with what the knobs can do than simply playing , but there’s twenty something pedals and effects available. It does take time to digest all that. I’m wondering what Darkglass might add to the suite next. And after all that playing around , the presets I enjoy the most emulate a nice old school warm woody thump. It’s that classic bass sound. It will do it.
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    My usual gigging bass is a Dano Longhorn , I don’t really understand just how that happened , I’ve learned to live with it. It weighs nothing , sounds great , and is fun to play. I still haven’t decided if it’s cool as heck , or butt ugly.
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    It does have that retro futurism happening. The future ain’t what it used to be.
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    Ouch.
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    I’ve mostly moved to short scales , but the Sam is comfortable to play.
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    I used to go looking for them , there were always several in Japan , the odd one in the US , sometimes one in the UK or Australia. Never here in Canada , so when one popped up in Toronto I got it.
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    Mid weight , not heavy at all. Well balanced.
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    That is one pretty Samurai , I have the SBV500 in the pale yellow.
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    The horseshoe has been replaced , that’s a rare one though.
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    Quiet weekend , aside from a hurricane hitting the coast Saturday, so if things are open Sunday I have the gig in the local blues dive. I’ll bring the Forte and a 112. Small light , sounds great. Bought a toy recently , a Darkglass Exponent, it’s replaced the GK MB200 on the Phil Jones cab for the time being. I’m maybe knee deep into the software , I’m really enjoying the discovery. There’s a steep learning curve on this.
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    At that time they were not making a lot of basses , and the specs were frequently changing so it’s fairly simple to spot each period. And they are beautiful things. The later 4001 basses don’t have “the features” but they are more affordable. They’ve been creeping up in value though. It always seems that yesterday was the best time to buy one.
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    I was not aware of LeFay, that simply looks gorgeous. Nice catch.
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    Walked into the little vintage shop we used to have and saw a Wishbass hanging on the wall. I was familiar with them but had never seen one in the flesh. It did not disappoint. Dog ugly. It had the crudest finish I’ve seen on any instrument , the neck was enormous , everything about it was primitive. And this was one of the uglier ones. Oh , I’ve seen tons of bad lutherie , and questionable design over the years , but nothing could hold a candle to that thing.
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