The Last Bass Outpost

Photobucket has been a hot mess for a while.  The constant barrage of spam/ads renders it borderline unusable, and I can't see how that would entice anyone to ante up for a paid service.  I suspect they will fade into oblivion with this move, or get bought out for the name and resurrected by someone else.

I switched over to imgur.com, which seems to work well.  Google Photos might be a good alternative too, although I haven't tried it yet (I do like Goolge Drive for cloud storage).

If only he had funded a marketing campaign with a sample group of millennial consumers who get asked to describe the Fireturd X using emojis... 

Wonder what he's up to regarding the custom shop?  Been seeing mention of a bunch of layoffs there.

https://www.gearnews.com/custom-shop-rumours-whats-going-gibson/

Insider connection:
http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/79656-gcs-henrys-cleaning-house/

Thanks, Gary.  I signed up there- neat site!

I used to do custom auto upholstery in a distant and somewhat misguided former life. Usually the dive upholstery supply shops ("trim shops") would have some of the most bizarre and entertaining stuff, and I do recall a lot of interesting fur   (was doing mostly lowrider type jobs - so crushed velvet and fur were standard protocol)

Might not hurt to peruse any auto-centric local establishments, should they exist.

(ETA: Ken would'a fit right into that scene!)

Dave, have you ever played any of the Knut-Koupee guitars/basses?

Just noticed this one on Music Go Round:

http://www.musicgoroundroseville.com/p/736754/used-knut-koupee-p-type-bass-guitar-blue

Ditto that- beautiful work! 

I still use a piece of Heathkit gear   These "electronic design experimenters" are great for a self contained effects/signal processing testbed.  This one has built in variable bi-polar DC and an AC power supply, function generator, and a couple of pots.




I added four 1/4 jacks to the back, each wired to the outer edges of the breadboard.  This way I can carry it around to the amps and try out new designs.  Pretty handy little setup!