Happines is Music

A couple of day´s has passed since I first fired up the Baldwin-Burns BB-100 bass amp for the first time. Today it has been used every day since then and proved to be a GREAT bass amp. A new cabinet will be made to match the amp in styling (Natuarly I will try to copy the original Burns styling as much as possible) with 2 or maybe even 3 15" speakers.

the Baldwin-Burns BB-100 as advertised on ebay.

Up until that day I continue using it connected to two cabs with the total of 3 x 15". long before I crank´d it up to 1/4 of its power the roof on me small house (so called studio) was making attemt´s top fly away. So there is power enough in the 45´years old amplifier thats for sure.

6 hour´s of work, some component´s and paint it was back in buisness,

Such a petty that almost none of those Burns amps was sold in Sweden. That include´s both the BB and the Orbital line of amps and cabs. In fact this BB-100 is the first of those amps that I ever seen, touch´d and play´d!

Baldwin-Burns BB-100 with 1 x 15" Bass cabinet.

It´s for sure way to Great to be forgotten!!! and mine will be in use from now on that for sure!

Bass Corner!!

Baldwin-Burns BB100 amp, 2x15" cab + 1x15" cab.

Galson "law suit" Jazzbass 1972, Pasadena Höfner copy 2013 (extreme value for money)

and me DARE-Burns clone DIY 4-pickup bass.

music and gadgets

About time to write some more on me pages. During the last week´s I´ve been fully occupied with working on some cars. Some of em owned by freinds of mine, and some of me own. Unfortinutly the main work has been with car´s that´s not mine. Result, my cars is not in top condition! 



As some kind of night adventure I tried to write some new music, but with almost no success. Well a few tunes have been written and recorded for memory sake.

Ever since I bought the 12-string Pasadena electric guitar Ive been thouhgt about seelin it. It sounds great, looks great but it´s narrow neck made it partöy impossible to play. My dream 12-string is still the Burns Double 6 witch possibly is the best 12-string electric in the world.
so I sold the guitar and next step was to find a nice substitute for it. For long I hoped to buy a Burns Bass as well as the Double 6, but at this moment I cant afford one of em. Next in line of dream guitars was both a Gretsch (to expensive) and a McCartney bass. 

Once again those in the 60´s cheap Höfners is produced but today rather expensive. Höfner even makes a cheaper copy of their famous bass at low price. On the other hand there is several copies made i Asia.

Höfner 454 & VOX

Höfner 454 Jubilee Bass

EKO violin bass

Attrics Violin Bass

Sir Paul McCartney and the Höfner 454 jubilee bass.

So I took the chanse and bought me a Pasadena violin bass made in South Korea. Having tried out the different originals and lots of copies, this bass guitar profed to be an exellent copy. Far better then its 100,oo£ price tag.  A few adjustments was made before a proper test was made. 

It´s styling, the quality and it sound was Great! A bargain so to speak even compared with those with much higher price tag.

Pasadena Violin Bass

It looks like the original Höfner bass, Sounds like it, and feels even better. A stunning bass for sure at the price of less the 100,oo£ !!!!!

A couple of monthés ago I bought a bass amplifier on ebay.uk. Told to be a not working unit it was sold at 10,oo£. A freind of mine took care of it and yesterday it arrived to Sweden at the cost of 80,oo£ !!! When bidding on the amp I thought it was a 50 watt amp. But as soon as it came out of the box, I realised it was a 100 watt unit!!!!  A rare bird, and on my behalf I have never had the chanse to play or even see one of those amps. A first time for me.

It did look like shit for sure, outside and even worse inside. It was also wired for 115 volts, so I was forced to exchange the transformator to a 220 voltage unit. A couple of transistors and som more component´s plus 6 hours of work, set the amp back to life.

With a 1 x 15" cabinet connected it was the tested for the first time in many years. the 45 year old amplifier proved to be as good as any other amp on the market. With load´s of pure power!