The Last Bass Outpost

during all this kungfoolery no one mentioned that a real talent died the same day. koko taylor.

Yeah, I saw that on one of the TV news crawls - Too bad. I saw Koko a few years back at one of BB King's blues festivals. Great show.

Had a full sinus ream.. 3 of the main cavities were completely sealed up.

Having any cavity "reamed" can't be much fun. Rest up and feel better!

Ta Lowend (what is your name...?) the neg scanner is a plustek opticfilm 7200 (dedicated 35mm - cost £80) which came bundled with a prog called Silverfast (V2.0.7, which appears to be product locked) which has a lovely scratch removal auto-feature - a bit slow, but you pay for... I also have an old Epson Perfection 1200 with the neg scanner add on (which is getting old but works fine) - the primary pic software is 10 years old, called Micrografx Picture Publisher v8 - got very good reviews when it came out, but...

PC's a reasonably spec'd mid range Dell, post the (PSU?) death of the last hybrid just before Christmas...

The idea of trawling through ebay has validity but it is difficult to find at the right price and what looks legit...

Dave could put up the thread but it looks like we might end up hogging it... 

I think I took these shots with an old Zenith E, then had a couple of Chinnon's, then a Pentax Super A until I went digital in 2003 (but in a budget way, just family stuff these days) with a Fuji 602 for our trip to your fair country... I considered that (pro) route, too, but could not afford to take the risk...

There's more nice ones to come...

My name is Billy. I scan my negs with an Epson Perfection 2400, usually set at 2400 or 4800 but that's not actual, as the higher resolutions are software interpolated (most consumer scanners are). You cant get spectacular scans unless you go professional and start getting your stuff drum scanned. Not worth the cost and trouble. especially if you're negs are grainy.
I shot the Kiss pics with an old Kowa 35mm on Kodacolor 400. I made a lateral move to a Pentax K1000 a couple years later, and ultimately to an Olympus E-10 digital SLR (got a great deal used). I would go after Photoshop Elelments if I were you - I have an older version (2) that came with my scanner, and it's a pretty nice package for the consumer. I would also be remiss if I didn't make a shameless plug for Apple - I know Dave loves them.
As a graphic designer, I do some product and event photography as a tie-in to my other work, plus I do some sports stuff with the kids - and the odd trip to a club to catch a band.

Those are great!  I love that bass Gene is playing.  Isn't that his old LoBue (sp) bass that was refinished/modified? 

That's the one!

I was more impressed by the blood spitting and fire breathing I must say. No other band did that.

You definitely had the better view, Lowend...  Nice...

That was back when a regular guy could still get 1st row tix for a concert at MSG - or anywhere, for that matter. They cost big money, too - $20 from a local ticket broker.

Not quite as old (and not to hijack the thread)-
I shot these at MSG in 1977:

I think  is universal.

Thank you.