My Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar will be 25 years old in March, 2006. I bought it in 1985 (That reminds me: I gave my old, crappy bass to Liam Lynch aka Bill Niederst). I love this bass guitar even though my bass playing skills are not worthy of this instrument.
Regular Singular Points
by Valence Band Productions
[10-January-2006]
[14-July-2005]
Ampeg M-12A Guitar Amp - Saved!
Sometimes I forget I’m an electrical engineer. I was working in the basement, trying to clean the place up a bit, when I took a long look at the old Ampeg M-12A Mercury (7591 tubes, not the older version — probably an early 1964 model) guitar amp. That damn thing always shocked the Hell out of me every time I used it, but it sounds really good with the Rickenbacker model 1997 reissue. I have a copy of the schematics, so I took a look and came to the conclusion that I’m lucky to be alive…. (more…)