Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:40 am
Gareth, did you ever try that 300 watt tube head they made about 10 years ago to compete (I assume) with SVT's? They weren't around for very long.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:42 am
Just a joke Jeff, I asked you the same thing last year when you first printed it, I knew it was you then too. My printers not working I have a few from when I was 14 with my first no name (Howard?) bass.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:08 pm
that is one of my old friends ... I grew up with her ... she has identical twin sister ... she's over 50 now ... I grew up with the drummer too ... he's over 50 and still playing down in Atlanta ...
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:10 pm
I did try the tube heads. They were just like you'd expect. Very warm and loud with a nice crackle to the sound when pushed. They were a good attempt at producing an SVT-alike.
In the end though, I think that if I was going to get a tube head, I'd go for the SVT, just as when I tried the Ampeg tranny amp. It was good, but not quite a Trace.
In the end though, I think that if I was going to get a tube head, I'd go for the SVT, just as when I tried the Ampeg tranny amp. It was good, but not quite a Trace.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:53 pm
Gareth i have an unusual Trace combo, its a regular "715" 150w 7 band amp with a 15 inch speaker......its two tone blue tho!
Has a badge on the top reading "trace custom limited edition number 001 of 100. Weird stuff!
It a good amp but i moved a a 180w Ashdown head that sounds similar but better- a lot crunchier and has a rotary eq (i dislike graphic eq's) I use it with two homemade 1x15 cabs. I followed the dimentions of a trace 1x15 cab and used Celestion BL15-150 speakers.....it sounds killer!
Has a badge on the top reading "trace custom limited edition number 001 of 100. Weird stuff!
It a good amp but i moved a a 180w Ashdown head that sounds similar but better- a lot crunchier and has a rotary eq (i dislike graphic eq's) I use it with two homemade 1x15 cabs. I followed the dimentions of a trace 1x15 cab and used Celestion BL15-150 speakers.....it sounds killer!
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:35 pm
"Playing Rick basses = fountain of youth!"
Yeah, but it didn't do anything for my hair!
Yeah, but it didn't do anything for my hair!
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:33 pm
...maybe Paul Wilczynski should have made some Rick forum beanies or baseball caps for guys losing their hair. 
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:19 am
Who needs hair with a bass like that?
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:48 am
True, nobody would be looking at me anyway!
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:16 am
Yeah forget the shiny head just look at the shiny jetglo !LOL
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:23 am
haha! Them's fightin' words. I think I got the good genes in my family, my father and three brothers are all challenged in the hair department.
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:29 am
lol
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:07 am
"True, nobody would be looking at me anyway!"
...c'mon Jeffrey, you must love when the girls tell you that you have a nice tail piece when you play your 4005.
...c'mon Jeffrey, you must love when the girls tell you that you have a nice tail piece when you play your 4005.
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:11 am
Maybe this would be a nice opportunity for RIC to market a "WIGenbacker" series... 
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:19 am
Sorry, the only pic I still have from my young years. This one was taken in a recording studio back in early 1980, but unfortunately the 4001 JG I had at this time is not on the picture... (I'm on the right on the picture)
