My vanagon is our band's gigmobile.

I play a bass in a 3 piece band. We have either 2 ukuleles and bass ,or 1 guitar, 1 uke, and bass. It depends on the song.

The vanagon easily  hauls all our stuff  and us including  the PA system.It beats the heck out of using an open pick up truck especially during winter rains.

Brad Handzel
Fender Jazz Bass
'89 GL

----- Original Message ----
From: David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Friday, September 8, 2006 1:00:56 PM
Subject: OT Re: Bass Players

I had a piano tuner friend of mine give me one of these when he caught a
glimpse of my bassman...

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Pignose-Hog-30-Amp?sku=489056

Pretty cheap if you were to buy it new, and I replaced the batteries once in
it already, but it was worth it...fun little amp...prolly doesn't sound
anywhere near as good as that other one, but hey, it was free....

Dave

On 9/8/06, Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It is interesting that there are potentially many bass players on this
> list.
>
> I have been playing for,, hmmm, close to 15 years?  I spent years gigging
> many times a week.  Have had a lot of fun and made some decent
> money.  Just
> like most bass players I am a bit of a gearhead and have been through lots
> of rigs.  Among other rigs I keep a travelling rig in the van that
> includes
> an ampeg bass-bus battery powered amp.
>
> I mention this rig because if you live in/camp in your bus and are a bass
> player, I doubt that there is a more van-friendly rig out there.  It will
> plug in to a cigarette lighter outlet, ac outlet (inverter) or run of it's
> own battery for hours.  It fits behind the passenger seat perfectly etc..
> here is a link to one, though it looks like it has been discontinued at
> this
> site:
>
>
> http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Crate-TXB50-Bass-Bus-Battery-Powered-Bass-Combo?sku=487778&src=3SOSWXXA
>
> Happy bass playin and vanin,,
>
> Jonathan Poole
> '82 ac westy
>

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Dave - KC9FYM
http://fjazzbass.blogspot.com