The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Outpost Cafe => Topic started by: drbassman on January 14, 2008, 07:36:47 PM
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...about this new forum? How might someone who wasn't part of the old pit forum or visits Jules' place gonna find us?
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Gibdar?
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Besides my thread at Jules' site, I sent out emails to about 50 people, mostly Gibson fans. Many of them have already joined. Word of mouth and eventually Google will bring in more.
Of course our goal isn't to be big, just to be good.
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Besides my thread at Jules' site, I sent out emails to about 50 people, mostly Gibson fans. Many of them have already joined. Word of mouth and eventually Google will bring in more.
Of course our goal isn't to be big, just to be good.
I agree that quality over quantity is a good goal, but my recent experience in other forums is it takes a certain critical mass to make a forum viable, interesting, fun and attractive over the long haul. My disappointment with a couple other places has been the lack of engaged Gibson fans. No bassist is an island! In truth, I'm not enthralled with the "sound of my own voice." I'm always seeking others' experience, knowledge and comradery. I think we're off to a good start.
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We're only little puppies so far, give it time ...
Considering that we haven't even been up for a week so far, turn out is pretty good. But whether we're here for the long run and not just paper on fire can only be ascertained in, say, half a year from now. But it's certainly worth a try.
Uwe
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Thank you for trying.
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"Of course our goal isn't to be big, just to be good."
Trust me....you've already done that! This is where I want to be :D
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About what? I don't want just anyone here... ;)
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I've only been here a few minutes and I've already seen enough familiar (but not seen lately) names to feel completely at home. Very nice so far...
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I agree that we don't want just anyone if that person is a pain in the butt. What I'm liking already is the folks I've always thought of as genuine Gibson afficionados and good folks to chat with are showing up. For me, I'm tired of checking so many forums and my goal is to cut back with this place becoming my home. If we all stay, it can only get better!
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I agree that we don't want just anyone if that person is a pain in the butt. What I'm liking already is the folks I've always thought of as genuine Gibson afficionados and good folks to chat with are showing up. For me, I'm tired of checking so many forums and my goal is to cut back with this place becoming my home. If we all stay, it can only get better!
This pretty much sums up my thoughts exactly. If we have a whole board that embodies the spirit of the old Gibson forum, I'd imagine this place will take that top spot for a lot of us.
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I pretty much feel like we are all family, so everyone knows what to expect and we have a lot of new guys from Gibsonbass.com's forum.
I always thought that, like the Gibson Pit Cd, we are truly a multi-national group and not just an exclusive group other than our love of Gibson basses. When you think about it, I'm surprised it took this long to get our own site.
Dave & Uwe make it very clear what this place is about and people will stick to it, just like people have for the most part at Jule's site (which is our shrine of shine worship)- thou shall not worship false chrome pieces, though shall covet another's bass.
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My disappointment with a couple other places has been the lack of engaged Gibson fans. No bassist is an island! In truth, I'm not enthralled with the "sound of my own voice." I'm always seeking others' experience, knowledge and comradery. I think we're off to a good start.
Just found this place last night.
ALL of the above are why I'm here and missed THIS place.
I've run across some in my "outcast" travels that would fit here.
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I'm glad you found us! I knew there would be some people who were interested but weren't in my address book (or were, but with an old address). Word of mouth will help us. It'll take time but I think we're doing very well considering we've only been up since the 11th.
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Some old Pitters have my e-mailaddress or MySpace and I also directed some guys to this strange place.
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Gearhed, Tom has moved away from most bass player forums (sick of the BS part) and on to Muscle car ones- He bought a new Mustang GT- still playing out non stop in Chicago.
Gave him the info though.
He's a pretty nice guy, like the rest here,
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Anybody contact Brad yet? (bdgotoh).....he's not a die-hard Gibson fanatic, but a real knowledgible asset and great guy imo...
*that said, I'll send him a PM on TB*
8)
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Thanks for the invitation Dave. Looks like a nice place you guys have here. No Gibsons right now but I'm working on a project with some Tbird pickups at the moment.
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Keep us posted on the project as it comes along & welcome.
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Hey Brad, this isn't a Gibson-only forum. :)
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Sorry Dave, I didn't mean to imply that! I just know that a lot of folks here are Gibson fans.
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But a little affirmative action for less fortunate brands is in order.
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Hey Brad, this isn't a Gibson-only forum. :)
Oops, nor did I. Brad's one of the Boyz no matter what brand we're into! Welcome aboard Brad - pics of that incoming Lakland plz when she arrives. ;)