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  1. msb
    I’m approaching mid 70’s , and still gig every week. Load the car , drive it downtown , lug it , set it up , play , tear it down and drive ‘er home. Generally in mid sized rooms where my amp is the room sound , not in the PA. My slightly older Berg cab is 12.7 kg , so it’s not bad. I use a light class D head and a tube pre. Usually bring two basses , just in case. It’s manageable , sounds deadly. When I was younger I was dragging an SVT fridge out to similar rooms. And we played much louder …
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    Those GK RB rigs are great. I’ve shifted to modern tiny/class D heads and lightweight cabs , but those RB heads are legend.
  3. msb
    As you’re in England I’d be looking local , both BF and LF Sys make world class cabs.
  4. msb
    Drop the whole Fender schtick and have a look at some short scale hollow bodies. … welcome
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    They fetch a premium price today because of the recall. edit googled them … they’re fetching over $600 Cdn now …
  6. msb
    Chuck Taylor also did a Hendrix shoe with the Axis Bold as Love motif , unfortunately some Hindu community activists called the shoes insulting , and Converse immediately stopped selling them. They fetch a premium today. (image from the net)
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    As it happened last night I had on a pair of Chucks from the Jimi Hendrix collection.
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    Our Sunday night jam gig has resumed , second week back at it , the original dive was legend but the building was in sad shape , the new dive is actually nice. It’s a different room , but the sound is good and the usual characters have all returned , so I know most of the faces. Unfortunately it’s in the downtown core , and parking is a misery. That’s the only downside. I think it should work out well. Had four bass players up. Several horn players , several drummers , the usual line up of guitar players. It was a good one. Hopes are high. Herself and I dropped in for lunch the other day , it was quiet , I took some pics of the new dive in daylight. The food is excellent!
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    Show us your rig!

    msb replied to ped's topic in Gear Gallery

    Bergantino HDN 112 with a Forte and Monique preamp , orange Gretsch 5123B , Bergantino HDN 210 , Darkglass e500 Exponent , Gretsch 6129B ThunderJet , Aguilar SL112 , Aguilar TH350 , Dano Longhorn , Barefaced One10 with a Darkglass M200 , Gibson SG. Stingray in the back Epi V on the wall. Had to take a quick photo , don’t usually have this much stuff out.
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    I play in the house band that does a weekly jam night. I let other players use my bass and rig. Same bass , amp and settings … and it sounds completely different with different players. And the same room can sound completely different depending on the number of people and volume … and sometimes I swear the humidity makes a difference.
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    beauty!
  12. msb
    Unfortunately , at this stage I seem to have become somewhat of a mentor for quite a few younger players …
  13. msb
    I was just fortunate to consistently play with people that were much better than I was.
  14. msb
    I dropped in a Tbird style humbucker. Much closer.
  15. msb
    I’ve got close to twenty new tunes to learn. I’m expected to know them exactly as they’re played , and then be able to transpose to a variety of keys at rehearsal. I’ll make up charts as I learn them , and through repetition commit them to memory. I can use charts at rehearsal , but not on the gig. I’m good at writing charts , but don’t write or read the dots. If I did , and could bring written music on the gig it would save me the considerable time needed to memorize everything.
  16. msb
    Try to Incorporate interpretive dance into your practice routine. You never know when it might come in handy.
  17. msb
    I’ve heard more horror stories of guitars going missing from cars and trailers than hotel rooms. Even on busy streets in broad daylight. Amps too.
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    Welcome Antozzi48. This place is full of other bass players so it may not be the most suitable spot to search for new bandmates. But you never know , it’s a strange place , and sometimes things happen.
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    Good to hear you made it out of the woods intact. … welcome Project_gemini.
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    Welcome GloomB. Is that a Ric I see in that little avatar ? I’ve never thought of them as gloomy. … gorgeous , yes. I still get a little weak in the knees when I look at one.
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    Welcome , I like the sounds of this.
  22. msb
    It’s never enough. You’ll soon have to add another pedal , and then more. Amps and cabs will follow , and in between more basses. … this can continue for decades.
  23. msb
    I tend to go for straightforward things , but showed my wife a photo of a big orange hollow body Gretsch , she took one look and said “get it”. It’s been a favourite ever since.
  24. msb
    Silver but no sparkle.
  25. msb
    I had a Rumble for a while. Terrible thing I couldn’t flip fast enough.
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