Archive for Brandon’s Basses
My New (old) Klira Twen Star 356
Been a while….hope to do some more posts this weekend. But in the mean time……. Check out my new-to-me mid/late 60′s Klira Twen Star 356: I bought it with these old tapewound strings on it. Haven’t had a bass with tapewounds in over ten years…..forgot how cool they are. The neck on this bass [...]
Green With Envy – My Hollowbody Parts Bass, Pt. 1
A while back, our singer (and fellow bass player) told me about an old guitar of his that had suffered damage from a fall. I inquired a little further and found out that the guitar was a 70′s Univox/Electra/Teisco ES-335 copy in greenburst. I immediately offered to buy the carcass from him. Later he brought [...]
Sekova Hollowbody ReHab
My grandfather bought this bass from a yardsale for $20 back in the 70′s or 80′s. He kept it as a backup for his EB-2. He gave it to me to learn on when I expressed interest in playing the bass. Shortly afterwards, the electronics crapped out on me. So it spent many years in [...]
Yamaha’s Guitar Guru is All-Knowing
If you’ve never heard of the Yamaha SA-17 Hollowbody Bass, you’re not alone. I doubt many people have. After ten years of guitar collecting and drooling over guitar books, magazines, websites and eBay auctions, I’d never seen one myself until this past month. It came up for auction and I was willing to pay anything [...]