Tag: Bass

I bought this bass out of the junk pile at Hames Music (a section where they displayed the junk that people had traded in). After selling my Alembic in the great Florida debacle of 1991, I was trying to find some way to re-capture that Alembic sound that I missed so much. This bass was… Continue reading Aria Pro II “Cat Bass”

According to the Aria USA web site, the TSB-350 “Thor Sound” basses were made from 1981 to 1983. I believe I bought this one in 1982. But to be honest, so much time has past that I’m really not sure.

I didn’t go looking for a fretless bass. I kind of found this Carlo Robelli SSBFL fretless by accident. Which, I’m told, is the best way to find a fretless bass. But honestly, I’d always associated fretless electric bass with people like Jaco Pastorius, whom I admired but had no intention of copying. I’d always thought… Continue reading Carlo Robelli SSBFL Fretless

I first saw this a Carlo Robelli USB-12B 12-String bass in a Sam Ash catalog in late 2003. My first thought was “cool”. Over time I decided that at $400, this was one hell of a deal on a 12-string bass. Over the next several months I talked myself into and then out of buying… Continue reading Carlo Robelli USB-12B 12-String