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Other Bass Brands / Re: Eko 995 violin bass
« on: October 18, 2018, 01:39:33 AM »
I believe all or almost all the videos I saw were from ten years ago. 

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Eko 995 violin bass
« on: October 17, 2018, 10:01:05 PM »
I looked on You Tube and some videos with Amber Digby caught my attention.  He is only playing the Eko 995 on one of them, but that bass suits him well, IMO.




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Other Bass Brands / Re: Eko 995 violin bass
« on: October 16, 2018, 12:36:34 AM »
He performs like someone who learned how to sing and play bass at the same time at an early age.  There is a fluidity going on.  Because if you don't learn early, there can be a tendency to have to put the bass playing on automatic pilot  out of necessity while you sing.  I'm usually interested with almost anything featuring a violin bass, but this is especially good.  There is also the factor that I tend to like Texas country more than Nashville, although my exposure to the Texas style has been very limited. 

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hurricane Michael
« on: October 14, 2018, 10:46:07 AM »
Misery loves company?

Back to Michael, I hadn't realized the death toll is so high. I shouldn't have been so glib.  It does seem most were avoidable with the amount of time and info available to aid in making prudent decisions.

I think at first they thought the death toll would be way lower.  Then the figures kept changing.  But I guess what surprised me the most were the deaths outside of Florida.  This hurricane was still a Category 3 when it went into inland Georgia. 

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hurricane Michael
« on: October 13, 2018, 09:40:56 PM »
:) :) :) :)

I prefer happy endings.  Stay positive and all that.  That's why it baffles me when women want to see chick flicks that make them cry.  I've just never been able to totally grasp that. 

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hurricane Michael
« on: October 13, 2018, 05:21:50 PM »
^^^
It's good to see a positive story in a time when the news is mostly doom and gloom. 

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hurricane Michael
« on: October 13, 2018, 08:34:06 AM »
^^^
I have a brick house.  But after being around tornadoes and hurricanes so much in my life, I'm not sure what I'd feel completely safe in anymore.  Maybe a fallout shelter. 

Florida building code is tough, but Michael was tougher----

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article219862625.html

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hurricane Michael
« on: October 11, 2018, 03:40:55 PM »
I think maybe people in the Panama City area and various other areas along the Gulf Coast may have become lulled into a false sense of security through the years.  The last time that area had experienced a hurricane that intense evidently was in 1851.  Pass Christian, Mississippi, on the other hand, where Camille made landfall--the people have a different attitude.  Even years after Camille they were still talking about it in a fearful way when I was there.  As for Panama City, there always seemed to be a certain allure to that place.  I'm not sure how it will affect people wanting to live and build there, though. 

In my earlier post, I mentioned an article in which someone was saying Hurricane Michael was hyped.  What a lunatic.  He is saying it was a fake Category 4 hurricane, that the numbers on it aren't real and that climate change isn't real, either.  I wouldn't be surprised if he believes  in a flat earth, too.  I agree that sometimes the media can exaggerate, but people like this are beyond absurd. 

Note:

I just now ran across these NBC News videos on Mexico Beach & Panama City.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/officials-worry-hurricane-michael-death-toll-could-rise-crews-struggle-n918936

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hurricane Michael
« on: October 11, 2018, 02:02:41 PM »
That looks like the central Texas coast after Hurricane Carla in 1961.

I've just finished reading an article which I won't post here which is saying Michael wasn't really all that bad.  That the media have hyped all this just to get more viewers.  I guess it's easy to make statements like that if you weren't affected by Michael.  All I know is the Mexico Beach I used to know doesn't seem to exist anymore if that CNN video footage is any indication.  My sister and a friend visited me there for a few days and both said it was one of the most beautiful places they had ever seen.  I'm also wondering what this has done to Panama City beach which I've always considered very nice. 

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Gibson Basses / Re: 1969 Blonde EB2D
« on: October 11, 2018, 01:21:26 PM »
Delicious.

I'm certain that it will be priced in a manner that could send one into a diabetic coma, though... :mrgreen:

Even without having diabetes.  ;D

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The Outpost Cafe / Hurricane Michael
« on: October 11, 2018, 12:19:03 PM »
Years ago, I had a summer job in Panama City, but stayed in a cottage in Mexico Beach, Florida.  Now it's gone.  Mexico Beach is where Michael made landfall.  This is the kind of thing that happens with the third most intense landfall in U.S. history.  CNN reporter Brooke Baldwin is obviously stunned viewing Mexico Beach's devastation by helicopter. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gone-mexico-beach-fla-left-ruins-hurricane-michael-153300455.html

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The Bass Zone / Re: Guitar shops in Switzerland?
« on: October 09, 2018, 01:40:28 AM »
There is a guy at TB from Switzerland who used to post on a regular basis.  But I don't remember his name and haven't even been there in years.  If I remember correctly, I think he posted in OT a lot. 

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Gibson Basses / Re: Good news for Gibson
« on: October 04, 2018, 01:39:26 PM »
Yes, it does sound positive doesn't it.Bring back the Mudbucker!

Amen

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Gibson Basses / Re: Good news for Gibson
« on: October 03, 2018, 10:25:11 PM »
Very good news for a change. 

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