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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| It'd be rude to sell an amp made for me by a friend, but the keeper is the CMI. First of my amps, and still the best sounding. Just like (in fact, almost the same circuit) to the Superlead/Superbass MkI a la Hendrix blahblah. |
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boogieman
Got Rhythm
Joined: 09 May 2006
Posts: 86
Location: Right side of ORY-GUN, USA
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:49 am Post subject: |
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 Hey 1bass, I used two WEM power amp sections and a older Alembic Pre Amp on a tour a few years ago. Killer tone, Ran them in to two older SUNN single 18 cabs and a Ampeg eight 10 cab. Thunderous tone !! Still love my old SVT's and Orange heads, but the WEM power was savage !!
P.S. A " Mad Geek" buddy of mine just put me two Peavey Firebass 700-Ampeg creations together. Uses the Peavey front end and big, huge, Ampeg power.. I'll keep you posted as to how many soundmen I drive insane !!!!!!!!!!! |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
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I didn't know you had Orange heads as well as SVTs, Jimmy. Nice (and now very expensive). I used to use an Orange head and cab that was lying around in my student digs (back in the days when old valve gear was cheap and old-fashioned). Those WEMs you used would be solid state but still very underrated gear. Charlie Watkins of WEM provided the PA for just about every 60s and early 70s festival Britain ever had. He deserves the title "Father of Loud" every bit as much as Jim Marshall.
Now, here's a pic of Jimmy's lovely '68 Telecaster bass that he bought from new. Note the period-feature nearby lava lamp  :
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pegleg
Groupie
Joined: 10 Sep 2006
Posts: 16
Location: Right side of Oregon, in the Blues Mtns.!
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Until the past few years, I was a "odd duck" for collecting all the Fender "Tele" shaped Precision Basses. Now they have been re-issued more than once and a lot of people are playing them.
Is it the same way overseas ????  |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| I don't often see them in Blighty, and the humbucker Tele bass hardly at all, unfortunately. A great looking bass, IMO |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:51 am Post subject: |
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And now... Jimmy's '72 Telebass with the humbucker. Great sound from these basses; just check out the bass playing on Jeff Beck's "Beckola" album:
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