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prowla

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  1. Cheers for the Thunder, Craig - a quick gig-bag shuffle at Waterloo and now I've filled a gap in my collection!
  2. I have to say that Alembic have produced some ugly basses; nice wood and workmanship, but I've never particularly wanted one.
  3. Looks like a replacement bridge to me, as you can see the filled in holes of the original 3-point one.
  4. I've only played it in the house, so haven't cranked it up. I found it really confusing at first, but figured out you have to turn down the FX volume to zero. I found 2 sounds which really work for me ("Red 96" = SWR Red Head & "Blue 70 Plus" = SVT-VR Plus) and I split the signal at my pedalboard, so a clean goes to one channel and the effects to the other. I've still got to do a bit more to get to grips with it, though. I might try my Ric in stereo to it at some point.
  5. I've been using 2 amps, so decided to try one 2-channel one!
  6. Hi! I'll have that - cheers! (Are they replacement knobs?)
  7. I have one of these and I quite like it. I pugged in a computer and set option 1 on each channel to one I like, turned off the builtin FX and it sounds rather good.
  8. Yep - the 70s copies pre-date the trademark registration, so (provided they don't have a Ric logo) they don't infringe it. And anyway, they are no longer available new, so it's just chasing shadows on the 2nd hand market. However, I do have respect for the way they have stuck to their original base and not sold out & offshored. And those current Chickenbackers are awful!
  9. The problem for me with the old SB700/1000 models is that they are very large. ( I bought an SB700 new at the time.)
  10. Apparently they’re going to sue Rickenbacker for trademark infringement.
  11. My reaction these days when I see a Fender bass is “I wonder if it’s a real one?”; the fake logos thing has ruined the brand for me.
  12. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Area-59-Hysteric-Parts-Aged-Bumble-Bee-Style-Caps-EXC-Ace-Iwasaki-parts/312541314904
  13. That's a great album. I watched a documentary where Mark Farner said he got ripped off by the other members and isn't allowed to play his own songs now.
  14. I've said on occasion that Squire was just McCartney with the treble turned up.
  15. Ah, I am heading towards the bottom-left corner of Wales on the weekend, but that's still a bit distant. The problem with shipping one of those is the headstock...
  16. Router around pickups - well, that is artistic licence...
  17. I once got flamed for saying I didn't know who Jack Casady was.
  18. It's very easy to miss his playing if you listen to the Beatles on the radio. But if you sit down and listen to the music a lot of the songs are like a self-contained how to play the bass lesson. A really fine bass player. (If you discount his Yamaha period.)
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