I ran the P-pickup through an old Sunn 15 watt guitar practise amp I've had for years (it's got a sticker on saying "do not use after Feb '93" on it!!!!), and I just threw that together with my Hartke kickback (the usuall practise rig). The results were awesome!!!! It sounded massive, even through the small rig. I just couldn't stop playing the trill intro to "addicted to that rush" - it just sounded instant "sheehan". It cut through, and it thundered just like you always wanted a bass to.
The guys were totally impressed - they both failed to spot my headstock reshape, and thought it was a real Tele', which is pretty cool. I'm under instruction to bring it on Friday to the gig, so having passed it's first test with flying colours, it's going to have an audience real soon.
There are still a few things to do. The winged ripper needs to go on, but I haven't printed it up yet. The plan is to get someone with a better printer to do it for me, so I don't screw it up. More signifigantly the fretboard needs scalloping, and the EB pickup needs its cover lowered a bit. The tone control on the EB isn't working quite right either, but I can live without it.
The big problem right now is how to turn tonights "baby rig" success into a full gig rig. I've got enough parts, but I'm not quite sure how to hook it all together to produce the full effect at gig volume (apparently a couple of Ampeg 8x10's works well...)
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