Thanks, the 68 was my Grandfather's from the early 70s until he passed in the early 90s. I had a 61 Jazzmaster of his from the mid 80s but it was in rough shape by the time I sold it in the mid 90s. The bass is getting an Alembic style bridge put on it eventually and I've already rolled the fingerboard edge and cleaned up the fret work... killer little bass!
I rearranged my desk after that shot and now have my other Black Lion pre set up as my bass and guitar direct input when practicing or putting scratch tracks down without amps & mics. It is a killer Neve 1073 clone
Cool! I hadn't heard of the Black Lion Pre's, very interesting... The 68 Deluxes are a great amp, I bought one for my son with Blue tolex and I have the 68 Vibrolux reissue.. Unfortunately I've found they aren't terribly reliable and tube quality is pretty spotty these days unless you have access to NOS tubes. For what Fender is charging and for point to point wiring the component and build quality is a bit disappointing... I have friends with the popular and much cheaper circuit board Hot Rod Deluxes and they've had much better reliability 
Both of my silverface amps bought at different times had bad soldering on the Vib/Rev footswitches and I had to re-solder them..
Anyway... Nice gear!
There's a forum section here for sharing your music if you've got some stuff to share!
Statistics: Posted by GMaq — Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:51 am