Date: Tue Mar 2, 2004 7:27 am Subject: AJ The Best In My Opinion I just saw AJ at Hudson House in Nyack NY and he played through Hartke 410's and a Hartke...
speaking of wich, hi all, I've been lurking for a looong time, since I'm with the competition! (Conklin GT7) But maybe someday I'll get the cash for a dream AJ...
Hi Lucas! I agree he is one of the best. I would Alain Caron (my favorite one!), Jeff Belrin, and Mike Pope to that group (in the electric department, among...
Hey guys, Is there someone who can advise me about differences between the IMPERIAL ELITE 5 and IMPERIAL MATTEW GARRISON 5 ? And I wanna know leadtime for...
Hi, I was told 4 -5 months and it took just over a year. Also, I would advise that unless you are in NY, you are very specific with your order. I placed mine...
Hi, Bassically the only difference is in the shape of the contour of the lower horn. The garrison curves upward and the normal imperial curves downward....
The Matt Garrison bass has: 33" scale finger ramp 26 frets different shape low horn I think you can choose one (or two?) of the previous feutures and put it in...
Hi Fjam As has already been mentioned by several people, the main diff between Imperial and Garrison is the body shape. Indeed, several of the signature...
Wow Mik...you are waiting a year.... Well at least they give you some time to save for the balance.... Keep me posted Mik, I look forward! ... for, ... other ...
I would say at least a year. In fact, I'd consider a year to be a relatively quick turnaround time. On the two Foderas that I ordered new from the shop, the...
Hello all. . . I wanted to share my latest Fodera experience with everyone. I've "known" David (and Vinnie and Joey) since about '99, at least we've been...
Because of the confusion regarding my old Yahoo account I can't go into my old folder (under Emperor I believe). So if you want to delete it for space saving...
Hi Folks, Tomorrow, I'm going over to Mike Pope's place to have him install a custom 4 band Pope EQ system into my five string emperor. The three band system...
Hiya Erich Thanks for the posting about your trip to NYC. Glad to hear everything went well! Thanks too for the note on the pics. I moved your old Emp pics...
Posted some better pictures of my new Monarch 5. . . it's a beaut! Also, thanks Mik for moving the pictures. Exciting news on the new Pope pre, Ben, you'll...
Good question ;-) I was wondering too. ... _________________________________________________________________ Personalizza MSN Messenger con sfondi e...
Hi.... The preamp there is on Victor Wootens basses are not the same as other preamps there is on other Foderas. Maybe someone can tell me how VW preamp works?...
The preamp that is in this bass is the same preamp in my bass. The controls are -volume -volume -tone -active/passive switch -3 position EQ contour switch...
Wayne Krantz, Thursday, March 25 - 10:00 PM Wayne Krantz - Guitar, Anthony Jackson - Bass, Ari Hoenig - Drums WAYNE KRANTZ, ex-sideman with Steely Dan, Michael...
Hi! I just read an interview about Mike Pope. I have been a fan of him for a couple of years....I can not believe that he is so young (I thought he was in his...
Lalo I just spent a week with Mike Pope, Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey along with Greg Bisonette at Bass at the Beach. Mike Pope completely blew me away with...
I Believe it.... He is one serious Jazzist! Only thing I disagree with him is the fact that he only uses his amp as a power amp and uses his onboard...
I've been using my Ken Smiths directly into an Aguilar power amp for some time now. The amp contains 8 6550s and combined with the Smith pre-amp gives both...
Hi! I also own 2 Ken Smiths (one neck through 6 and one Neckthrough 4, they are very unique sounding) but I still prefer my Spectors. It's funny that my...
Hi Lalo, I've always had an appreciation for the Smiths and after owning 12 of them, I've learned a great deal about how wood affect the Smith bass. I've only...
Hi Jay! I was away for a while. How many Smiths do you have right now? I am looking to buy a 6 string one in the old body shape with Zebrawood top and back...
No, I don't actually have a broken neck on a Fodera, but I just got to thinking about it and have become curious. I remember Vic saying that he'd cracked some...