Leon Transaxle Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Hi, I'm quite old and live in Hereford. I currently have just the four basses. A Westone Thunder 1 (which is nearly thirty years old), a Vintage V950 five string, a Crafter BA400-EQ fretless acoustic and a Vintage EST96NA (although the last two may soon be up for offer as I'm getting itchy fingers and need to fund it somehow). Ampwise its a a Line 6 Lowdown 110. I also have couple of those six string high pitched things too. First bass was a Satellite short scale. Moved on to a no name P bass-ish thing rebranded as KillKraft with the help of the decal from a balsa wood model and a stanley knife. Then it was the Westone. For an Amp I had a Selmer 100w bass head with a 4X12 cab, later augmented with a 1X15 cab. Unfortunately these were put in storage in Central Middlesex Hospital nurses home - which was subsequently demolished before I ever went back to retrieve them. Played in the compulsory rite of childhood, the school band then little else for ages until picking it up again a few years ago. At one point I dismantled the KillKraft with the intention of tarting it up and left it as bits in the bedroom. On leaving school I moved to London but, on visiting the folks back at I hope one week I got told Friday night of a forthcoming gig on the Saturday if I was interested. Unfortunately my gear was in London so, hastily gathering up what bits of the KillKraft I could find I managed to cobble together a functioning bass from the neck, strings, pick up, electrics and three tuners of the KillKraft, one guitar tuner for the G string. the arm of a broken wooden chair painted with matt black emulsion to mount the pick up and bridge on and on old black lorry numberplate with the knobs and jack socket on. I plugged into a borrowed amp (probably a guitar amp) and played my only gig at st Marys Arts centre. I really wish I had a picture of that monstrosity. Edited January 17, 2012 by Leon Transaxle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Welcome Leon, I'm old enough to understand the KillKraft reference. Mmmmm smell that dope (the kind in bottles, of course) Enjoy the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Mmmmm balsa cement.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Hello to another Herefordian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Welcome from another Herefordian! I had no idea there were others on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbob Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Can I join in as well ? Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Transaxle Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Tidy! (Well someone had to do it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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