Count Bassie Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) Got this recently from an old bass playing hero/avatar from my upstart days in the Miami, FL punk scene. Back in the 80s we had a pretty slammin' thing going on: Lots of original bands, lots of people going to see them- was quite the happening, the likes of which I haven't seen since the advent of youtube and facebook... but I'll stop before someone offers me some well-cooked oatmeal and a diaper change... Anyway, I scored this amp from a guy named Ray Harris, whose band "Z-Cars" was at the top of the rock heap back then. What a great band- loaded with vibe, energy, and they were highly entertaining. Walking into their gig for the first time was a revelation to my young green sensibilities... It was an "Ohhh... yeah! So THIS is how you play the bass..." kind of a moment. He wasn't using this one, but we met up on facebook about a year ago, and this came along: I've been playing it in our original punk-esque trio, "The Same"; we're starting off with a short list of covers from The Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, Husker Du, Ramones, Motor Head and a couple Who covers... my kids think it's sort of a kick that their dad is (still) a punk-rocker. Kinda cute. Them, I mean. : ) I've also found that running the amp's volume pretty 'hot' and keeping the instrument's volume back a bit helps with getting the most headroom out of it. Those Eminence Kappalite 3015s in the TL-606 cabs don't hurt either. Dang thing works- got some nice snarl and some satisfying, deep lows with this old full-contact model Kustom head. And I always wear my safety goggles. Edited September 20, 2012 by Count Bassie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Now, this is very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I Like!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 What a Beaut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 (edited) Thanks. I should've turned the amp on and got the purple light in the shot! I'd be almost ok if it were my only amp, actually. Edited September 21, 2012 by Count Bassie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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