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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Exploring WWII wrecks in the pacific
« on: March 14, 2018, 08:38:02 AM »
Interestingly, the Lexington wasn't originally designed as an aircraft carrier but as a battlecruiser and was converted after the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: March 11, 2018, 01:59:02 PM »
Yesterday I drove three hours to see Nightwish in Charlotte. The line to get in was around the block and the place was packed. After our tickets had been scanned, every person coming into the venue were given a new double CD of remastered works from '96-'15.
They played for two hours, smiled and joked with each other a lot and frequently waved to fans.

It was great!

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: March 11, 2018, 01:56:48 PM »
Quote from: uwe on March 08, 2018, 07:54:19 PM
I've seen the Steve Morse Band, but never the Dregs. Not even sure whether they ever toured Germany.

Still no vocals?  :mrgreen:

Never a fashionable band, it's great they still have a(n all male?) following. People say that Steve's arm condition is serious and worsening and that he only has a few more years to play. For someone like him who hardly puts the guitar out of hand that must be devastating. There is a question mark whether he will even be able to record another album with Purple and the Dregs stuff is of course technically a lot more demanding.

I think starting with "Free Fall" they started incorporating vocals in some songs in an effort to broaden their fan base. There were plenty of women at that show though! When I was in college we had to do some sort of project/presentation. Mine was on ELP but a biker chick in the glass chose the Dregs and did her presentation on them. It was great.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: March 11, 2018, 01:54:49 PM »
Quote from: gearHed289 on March 08, 2018, 08:22:07 AM
This is the full, original lineup of the Dixie Dregs from their first album Free Fall. I'm tempted to grab some last minute tix for the Chicago show.

Do it!

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: March 07, 2018, 11:33:13 AM »
A buddy and I went to see The Dixie Dregs last night (technically, The Dregs now).
I quickly realized that when I went to see them open for Santana around 1990, I didn't go to see Santana.


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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: 69 Precision body build
« on: March 04, 2018, 07:48:24 PM »
Quote from: godofthunder on May 11, 2017, 03:08:37 PM
I am happy to  play just about anything,  who am I to judge someone's music taste?

And besides, McVie is a terrific bass player. The one time I've seen Fleetwood Mac I was almost shocked at how McVie and Fleetwood went together. Never a missed step, always perfect. I've never in my life seen a bassist and a drummer play so well together as those two did.

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Bachbirds
« on: February 28, 2018, 12:33:19 PM »
That's a plus! More is coming back to me now. Then there's the corresponding modification to the PG to take the new pickup cover.

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The Bass Zone / Re: Audiovox 736 on eBay
« on: February 27, 2018, 09:25:43 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on February 26, 2018, 07:10:23 PM
I think this might make four known.

The one on display at EMP is painted white. Then there's the walnut one in the video which apparently belongs to EMP senior curator Peter Blecha. The third one is the walnut example that Moonshine measured and played (see the other Audiovox thread). IIRC that one came from Gruhn in Nashville.

In the auction, Greg says "(One of the model 736 basses is in the Paul Allen EMP museum in Seattle and the other one is held by a private collector of vintage guitars.)" and "This electric bass guitar has been owned for over 60 years by one owner and was purchased directly from my grandfather, Paul Tutmarc." So it must be different from the one in the video and the one Moonshine played, and it's obviously not the painted one on display at EMP.

BTW, that "recent" Vintage Guitar story was from 1999.

The one on eBay has a different pickguard than the one in the video above. I like the pg on the eBay one much more than the shiny one in the video.

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Bachbirds
« on: February 27, 2018, 09:22:48 AM »
Quote from: Basvarken on February 27, 2018, 03:05:23 AM
I rounded off the corners with a coarse file. And just slid a chrome casing over the Artec.


Was it a "press fit", Rob or did you have to use adhesive?

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: February 26, 2018, 07:04:09 PM »
I love listening to some of the old live Zappa recordings where you can hear the rest of the band snickering or laughing and sometimes FX does it it. Amidst all that serious music, it's a treat when they clown.

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The Bass Zone / Re: Is this one of our members?
« on: February 26, 2018, 06:59:13 PM »
The Bach went for $839 and the Cataldo for $962.

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The Bass Zone / Re: Audiovox 736 on eBay
« on: February 26, 2018, 06:53:30 PM »
It sounds good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF6usTMwicM&feature=youtu.be

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The Bass Zone / Re: Paul Tutmarc's Audiovox 736 Bass -- what scale?
« on: February 26, 2018, 05:55:04 AM »
I was going to post the link to an eBay auction for one of these but I see it's already done.

Here's a rare change to merge threads on the Audiovox 736!

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: February 23, 2018, 07:51:03 PM »
Back into Dead Meadow, since they're playing here next month! The guitarist and the bass player are still playing the same instruments they played 17 years ago.


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The Bass Zone / Re: Is this one of our members?
« on: February 23, 2018, 07:07:57 PM »
He posted those on Andy's FB Thunderbird page a week or two ago. Can't remember his name offhand.

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