The Last Bass Outpost

While I find it fantastic from a sonic standpoint, I think they really missed the mark with the packaging & such. A big book really full of nothing. Mk III pictures, quotes from people who really don't matter, a way dated Pete Frame family tree, etc...
Mine has a full size sticker on the back of the box, rumored to cover up a typo ("Somoke On The Water". Really?! Somoke?!). I am also missing the download card. I feel that if they would have involved Simon Robinson & the official Deep Purple fan club crew this could have been a home run. But in this day of budget minded labels I guess Rhino wanted to keep the overhead low.

But as stated before, it sounds fantastic which is really what matters I suppose. I've purchased this record four times now, I know I've paid for Ritchie's garden shed at this point.



Black night is a long way from home.....

Hello all,
I've been a quiet member/lurker for some time now. Though I've been around since the Dudepit days (daze?!) when my participation was still limited at best. I'm a member of some of the other big forums out there....without naming names, I'm part of one of the most cult-ish fan boy forums, as well as the most pedestrian lowest common denominator one. 
Although I have reached out offline to a few of the reigning kings of The Last Bass Outpost for some questions/advice in the past, I just never really felt that I had a lot to offer to these proceedings. What, with the only Gibby I owned being my roadworn 2001 T-bird.


But the past year has been pretty good to me on the Gibson acquisition tip. Last February I finally received my Cherry Midtown that was on order for months, and Santa just brought me a 2014 SG Special in Chocolate Satin. So now that my Gibson tally finally equals my Rickenbacker count (and outnumbers my Fenders) I figured it was high time for me to become a productive member of The Last Bass Outpost society.

Please see my membership credentials below...
Happy New Year everybody.