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Steaming coffee

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:33:24 MST

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Steaming coffee - steaming_coffee.jpg

Setting up my G30 (5)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:06:30 MDT

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Setting up my G30 (5) - G30_5-1.jpg

Ready for lowering the new saddle.

Drinking lamb

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:41:26 MDT

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Drinking lamb - mother_lamb.jpg

Mary has a little lamb.

Swan

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:35:38 MDT

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Swan - swan_Waalre1-1.jpg

Location Waalre.

Goose Family

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:31:53 MDT

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Goose Family - goose1-1.jpg

I should have filmed this instead of taking pictures so to capture their sounds as well... what a noise! Location Genneper Parken Eindhoven.

Relaxing horses

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:28:33 MDT

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Relaxing horses - Lazing-1.jpg

Lazing on a sunday afternoon.

Hungry horses

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:25:14 MDT

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Hungry horses - Hungry_horses-1.jpg

Dinner is served.

A cloudy day

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:21:55 MDT

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A cloudy day - clouds-1.jpg

... but the sun's right behind them.

More horses

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:18:44 MDT

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More horses - horses2-1.jpg

Same location.

Horses

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:16:14 MDT

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Horses - horses1-1.jpg

Horses in the Genneper Parken in Eindhoven, almost my backyard.

Building a stereo power amp (5)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:10:31 MDT

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Building a stereo power amp (5) - TDA1554Q_7-1.jpg

Ready!

Building a stereo power amp (4)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:08:25 MDT

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Building a stereo power amp (4) - TDA1554Q_4-1.jpg

Mounted the heatsink. Picture from the top...

Building a stereo power amp (3)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:05:55 MDT

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Building a stereo power amp (3) - TDA1554Q_3-1.jpg

Mounted the stereo amplifier module at the heatsink, the rectifier, capacitor and fuse at the chassis and connected all wiring...

Building a stereo power amp (2)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:03:34 MDT

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Building a stereo power amp (2) - TDA1554Q_2-1.jpg

Mounted the power transformer (plus mains fuse), isolation and shielding where needed, output terminals, cinch inputs, the power on indicator LED and all wiring...

Building a stereo power amp (1)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:00:38 MDT

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Building a stereo power amp (1) - TDA1554Q_1-1.jpg

Empty chassis, power transformer...

Tubescreamer (2)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:57:00 MDT

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Tubescreamer (2) - TubeScreamer_2-1.jpg

Inside.

Tubescreamer (1)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:54:08 MDT

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Tubescreamer (1) - TubeScreamer_1-1.jpg

Home-made Tubescreamer.

ECL82 tube amplifier (3)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:48:40 MDT

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ECL82 tube amplifier (3) - Wake_up-1.jpg

In fact, I use this amplifier in a setup with a tuner, a Philips loudspeaker (type 2141 - a 'design' model with a rounded front, red-white-greyblue cloth and an AD2800M fullrange speaker inside) and a timer to wake me up smoothly every morning and I keep listening to it until I have to leave. A great start of the day!

ECL82 tube amplifier (2)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:46:01 MDT

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ECL82 tube amplifier (2) - Valve_Amp2-1.jpg

... but now it works, it sounds great and in the dark the glowing tube looks fantastic.

ECL82 tube amplifier (1)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:43:29 MDT

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ECL82 tube amplifier (1) - Valve_Amp1.jpg

I have restored a mono tube amplifier which my father had built when he was a young man. Only the Amroh chassis, the power transformer, the rectifier and the output transformer could be recycled...

Home-made stereo power amplifier

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:39:17 MDT

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Home-made stereo power amplifier - echt_klasse_B.jpg

No big power. ± 2*10 Watt RMS @ 4 Ohm. Small, but effective.

Pioneer PL-12D

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:36:03 MDT

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Pioneer PL-12D - Pioneer_PL-12D-1.jpg

"CD? MP3?? I thought that we were talking about Music!"

Headshell in Space?

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:33:39 MDT

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Headshell in Space? - headshell-1.jpg

I took a few pictures of my record player's headshell with cartridge. Afterwards I realized that on this particular one the shell looks a bit like a U.F.O.

If I had a hammer...

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:05:40 MDT

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If I had a hammer... - Gouwestein-1.jpg

... not a 9 pound one of course.

Hummingbird

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:50:13 MDT

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Hummingbird - Hummingbird-1.jpg

A Hummingbird pickguard. Originally a design used on the Gison guitarmodel named Hummingbird. But this is all copy, just nice for decoration on the wall.

DiMarzio P.A.F. soundhole pickup (2)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:47:53 MDT

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DiMarzio P.A.F. soundhole pickup (2) - DiMarzio_soundhole_PAF_rear-1.jpg

DiMarzio P.A.F. soundhole pickup (1)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:45:26 MDT

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DiMarzio P.A.F. soundhole pickup (1) - DiMarzio_soundhole_PAF-1.jpg

This day...

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:42:24 MDT

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This day... - this_day-1.jpg

It's NOT ok to write on train furniture. But someone did this. As I read this line, it felt like it was written to me...

Setting up my G30 (7)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:34:48 MDT

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Setting up my G30 (7) - G30_7-1.jpg

A much better action, low enough for comfortable playing and high enough for a good tone at all positions.

Setting up my G30 (6)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:33:06 MDT

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Setting up my G30 (6) - G30_6-1.jpg

Also the string compensations (intonation) are copied to the new saddle. This guitar has the Buzz Feiten Tuning System.

Setting up my G30 (4)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:30:18 MDT

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Setting up my G30 (4) - G30_4.jpg

Lowering the bridge saddle. I always choose to replace the saddle so to keep the original saddle as a reference. It's easy to copy the correct top curve on the new saddle. And in case that I ruin the new saddle or lower it too much, I still have the original saddle.

Setting up my G30 (3)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:28:10 MDT

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Setting up my G30 (3) - G30_3-1.jpg

Nut lowered for better string height.

Setting up my G30 (2)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:26:24 MDT

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Setting up my G30 (2) - G30_2.jpg

Original nut. The strings lay a bit too high.

Setting up my G30 (1)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:23:24 MDT

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Setting up my G30 (1) - G30_1-1.jpg

Checking the neck relief, using the 6th string as a ruler.

Garrison G30

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:21:25 MDT

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Garrison G30 - Garrison_G30-1.jpg

As she was straight from the factory.

D-12 headstock rear

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:16:07 MDT

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D-12 headstock rear - headstock_rear-1.jpg

Rotosound Contact Core Design

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:13:07 MDT

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Rotosound Contact Core Design - Contact_Core-1.jpg

Not knowing that I had ordered Contact Core Design strings (never heard of it), I thought after opening the package that it was a manufacturing failure: the wounded strings were not wounded up to the ball-end. Only the cores make contact with the saddle. +++ The tone is very good indeed. - - - Only the wounded string have a slightly lower action this way, which gives an odd overall feel to me. - - - If I rest my hand on the bridge for damping the strings, it feels a bit edgy.

Bass setup

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:09:29 MDT

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Bass setup - Bass_setup-1.jpg

My bass setup. The Washburn Rock Bottom processor on top of a SUNN speaker cabinet. I bought this cabinet once very cheap without the original woofer, which was blown. I installed a heavy duty 15 inch speaker for bass guitar, kept the horntweeter not connected in the cabinet and together with a home-made mono power amlifier (not pictured) it's a great setup.

Washburn WRB-46

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:06:26 MDT

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Washburn WRB-46 - WRB-46_2-1.jpg

Washburn Rock Bottom bass signal processor: 6-band EQ, compressor and chorus effect in a 19 inch unit.

Bill Greenhalgh

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:02:38 MDT

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Bill Greenhalgh - Bill_Greenhalgh-1.jpg

The store where my Washburn D-12/N guitar once started her career.

Graph Tech

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:59:07 MDT

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Graph Tech - Graph_Tech-1.jpg

String saving and tone improving.

Beautiful sisters

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:39:36 MDT

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Beautiful sisters - Neck_and_Neck.jpg

Blondes have more fun... or do they?....

Little lamb

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:34:01 MDT

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Little lamb - lost_sheep.jpg

Location Waalre.

Magpie (2)

Folk_Bassplayer — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:57:14 MDT

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Magpie (2) - ekster3.jpg

Magpie (1)

Folk_Bassplayer — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:54:57 MDT

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Magpie (1) - ekster2.jpg

Loose fret

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:22:58 MDT

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Loose fret - loose_fret_repair.jpg

A real tone killer, which must be fixed in the fretboard again. Precautions are necessary; the tape will prevent damage to the fretboard during the job.

George Washburn brand

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:18:12 MDT

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George Washburn brand - George_Washburn.jpg

ECL82 tube amplifier (4)

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:25:06 MST

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ECL82 tube amplifier (4) - tube_zoomin.jpg

ECL82 tube (detail).

Mushrooms

Folk_Bassplayer — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:15:00 MST

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Mushrooms - Mushrooms.jpg

Forever autumn.

Black bird

Folk_Bassplayer — Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:31:39 MST

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Black bird - black_bird.jpg

The Terrible Snowman

Folk_Bassplayer — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:44:19 MDT

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The Terrible Snowman - snowman.jpg

Creature made by my neighbours' children on February 8, 2007. Standing in the playground behind my house.

Gabriel Yacoub in concert

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:24:54 MDT

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Gabriel Yacoub in concert - Gabriel_Yacoub_2006.jpg

A great French singer-songwriter, here performing live @ De Doelen Rotterdam on February 17, 2006.

Your worst nightmare

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:09:03 MDT

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Your worst nightmare - worst_nightmare.jpg

Horrifying basstones all night... muhahahaaah!

Cult en Tumult 2008 (1)

Folk_Bassplayer — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:16:18 MDT

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Cult en Tumult 2008 (1) - CET0060.jpg

Me watching a concert by a band named Seven Feet Spine at a local festival... or is it something else having my full attention? ;-) yep!

Cult en Tumult 2008 (2)

Folk_Bassplayer — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:13:17 MDT

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Cult en Tumult 2008 (2) - CET0056.jpg

This time I'm really watching Seven Feet Spine.

Swans family

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:07:10 MDT

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Swans family - swans.jpg

My old neighbourhood, as I lived in Gouda. Once coming home from work in August 2006, I had to pass this swans family. "Say cheese!"

City of Light

Folk_Bassplayer — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:24:41 MDT

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City of Light - bulb_smiley.jpg

This is where I live since September 1, 2006. Also known as "Rockcity". How about Folk?

"I landed on my feet" (edit)

Folk_Bassplayer — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:48:00 MDT

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"I landed on my feet" (edit) - 341c77a3.pbr

Me playing "I landed on my feet".

"I landed on my feet"

Folk_Bassplayer — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:32:44 MDT

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"I landed on my feet" - I-landed_on_my_feet.flv

Me playing "I landed on my feet".

"Mary don't you weep" by Officers' Mess

Folk_Bassplayer — Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:57:28 MDT

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"Mary don't you weep" by Officers' Mess - P1030704.flv

From left to right: Michiel guitar, Liedeke vocals / spoons, Kim vocals / bodhran, Lennart fretless bass. First live gig @ cafe Averechts, July 5 2008.