A week ago, my collegue Tom and I went to Frankfurt to shoot pictures of the mighty Kollekshön. In three days time we shot more than 1100 pics of the Gibson basses at Uwe's office where we set up a portable photo studio.
Uwe has an anekdote with almost every bass; every time I walked into his room to pick up the next bass he went: "oh yeah that one, you know that this one was built by..." The man is a walking Gibson / Music encyclopedia.
We got to see Uwe play with his new band in a real Schlosskeller. We heard/saw him play thirds and way past the 12th fret just to annoy his son Leon (who looks like Keith Richards anno '73).
Did you know Uwe is an excelllent cook? He cooked us the most delicious lamb with sweet potatoes and asparagus. It was incredible.
This week I've been sifting through 1100+ pics to see which ones are the best for the Gibson Bass Book that I've been working on for quite a while now.
The idea to make this book was born back in the Dudepit days when Chris Dekker and I got together and brainstormed about the whole idea. But a few times in a row we had to put it aside because work/life got in the way. But at the beginning of 2011 I decided to actually go make this bloody book.
I made a lay-out with pics I found on the Internet, just to get started.
Now I have the largest part of the photography done. And I'm working my way through the book to replace the Internet pics with the new real pics.
I'm really enjoying doing this. I'm combining several passions of mine in one.
Hope to get it done before december 2011.
Thank you very much for your hospitality and help Uwe!
It was an amazing weekend, you made us feel very welcome.
Big hug (and a kiss for the lovely Edith who made us the awesome breakfasts)
Here's a few examples:
Red G3
EB-3
Funky Fungus
Clown bass twins
Uwe showing me where the 12th fret is.
