Recent content by BigWhiteB12a

The bass for sale is very well balanced. No neck dive.

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Thanks for the replies, gents! The Blitz isn't exactly what I'm looking for, but the color may put it over. I've checked the Atomic Cruise on eBay. The Kahler kills it for me. Still looking!!!

I have some gigs coming up where a lot of Pretenders, Rockpile and even Cheap Trick tunes will be played. In an effort to get my Late 70s to early 80 pop game on, I want a nice 4 string Hamer to complement my Hamer 8, 12 string and perhaps replace my vintage fender Precision. My budget is $1k...

A leader edit is when you separate a keeper take/mix from the rest of the reel with plenty of white leader tape. It allows one to find desired takes easily, and to avoid recording over them by mistake. Jack was under considerable time pressure to finish the project, and I was really just a...

I was an assistant engineer at a studio outside Chicago in the early 80s. Jack came in to produce a vanity project for a wealthy friend of his. After the first keeper rhythm section take, he asked the engineer, my employer, to leader off the take as a keeper before continuing. My boss made a...

Guitar looks like the real deal. Headstock is a refin, logo is a home made joke

RIP

Wooohooo!!!

What's the neck like???

Just slip the sound guy half of a $20 bill.....

How's the neck shape? Skinny? Medium? Thanks!

BSM is really good. Homebrew Electronics' Germania is very flexible and "Pagey" My favorite, though, is the Flaming Skull Booster Distortion from www.hardenengineering.com/distortion.asp Best. Booster. Ever. Good luck!

I've owned this one since '80 or '81. It did a long tour of duty with my cousin in a hardcore punk band in the mid '80s...

I still vote for fingers. Playing crap gear won't do anybody any favors, though....