Pointless Excesses

[edit 22/07/2026] The image refered to has long since disappeared from this site. I have re-created it using AI. It is not 100% accurate. AI does not know that Burman Speakers were massive!

I came across this pic of me in my archive. Don’t remember where or when it was taken. My brother dug it out and sent me it.

So – what excess. Well, behind me are four 4X12″ speaker cabinets driven by two amps. Clearly we had roadies in those days, I wouldn’t want to carry that lot. But that’s not the end of it. The Rickenbacker I’m playing was known as a “stereo bass” What !!!!! – Well there were two pickups and two jack outputs. So I plugged each pickup into a different amp. Stereo huh? I don’t think so!

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