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  1. After watching the rig rundown I ordered a set of new strings for the blue blitz bass that's been sitting in its case for the last decade or so. Time to get that back into the rotation.
  2. The Rick Beato interviews with him are really interesting; one comment from Nuno that really resonated with me was when he was saying that the best drug of all is the high you get from playing live and sharing the energy with the crowd and taking everybody in the crowd on a ride away from their daily grind. I think there's a lot of truth in that. There are a few gigs when my bands were hitting on all cylinders, and the crowd was totally into it. The rush you get from that is amazing. Memo to self: get off your butt and call the guys from the band to see if we can get back to work...
  3. Wait a minute - you can play a bass above the twelfth fret? I though those high frets were just decorative.
  4. A couple of weeks ago i did a shootout of a bunch of drive pedals with my tele mutt trying to find something that I liked. The amp was a PRS Dallas II (kinda like a single channet DRRI with 6L6's that i use clean as a pedal platform) into a Mather cab with an Eminence Hempdog in it. The Wampler Belle is based on a modified ODR-1 circuit, and it came out on top followed closely by the Wampler Germanium Tumnus. There's an ODR mini in the other pedal cabinet, and didn't think to dig it out to try it. I remember running the Belle against the mini when I first got them, and best I can remember both sounded good and pretty close to each other. I'll have to try that again with a couple different guitars. Edited to add: the ODR mini at $80 new is a steal imho.
  5. This is about as nice a Hamer Korina Standard as I've ever seem (YMMV). Hamer really made some spectacular guitars towards the end. Those 10K Gibson Explorers look pretty weak in comparison. https://reverb.com/item/80861844-hamer-custom-order-standard-korina-explorer-2008-vintage-korina
  6. I used to think he was a little pretentious, but after reading a few interviews with him I can see where he's coming from and why he does what he does. His Nerdville videos are total guitar geekery, and he puts the gear to good use to make music, not just to fawn over as collectibles. He used to jam with Danny Gatton in his younger days, and that's a heck of a tutor. From what I've seen on video he plays pretty darn good and doesn't seem like he's mailing it in. I can respect that. He does know how to merchandise though, but if that's what it takes to make a living as a musician in the days of streaming micro-payments I can accept that. Still ain't buying a set of his cufflinks though. Now if he needs another four digit 0109 might be available...
  7. I have the FU-2, and a FU-2a footswitch and a couple of spare cables on the shelf. I actually use a Rockman Midi Octopus for switching as it let's you run both channels at the same time. There's a Proco R2DU on the front end just in case I need more gain lol. I bought the wire and jacks to put it back into action; it's one of many projects that I need to get working on.
  8. There's a Quad preamp and a Simul-Class 295 in the basement that could probably use new tubes; hopefully I planned ahead and stashed some spares back in the day. Now I just have to find them or go get a HELOC lol.
  9. It'll cost a lot more to replace 10 minutes after you ship it out (at least that's the way my luck runs lol). I know my Traynor YBA-1 with a matching 4-12 cab will go from sleeper to vintage right after I move it along. If you like it and it's not a money issue I'd keep it and crank it up to blow the dust off it every six months or so.
  10. one advantage of the import cases is that they have the body cutout which prevents the standards from sliding around in the case. some of the older cases don't have that type of cutout.
  11. thank you very much for all the research - it'll be good to get 0109 back into the rotation. congrats on the Vector - that looks like a really cool project.
  12. Follow-up question: where to get a decent zinc tailpiece? 0109 currently has an aluminum tailpiece, but I'd like to try zinc at the next string change. While I'm at it, I might as well install the set of Shlabotniks in the stash pile lol.
  13. I remember that yellow Blitz. I asked Hamer for a bright yellow, and they painted it yellow creamsicle. Wish they had shot a test sample first lol.
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