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The Outpost Cafe / Please share this video... my daughter, cancer, and pedals.
« on: May 11, 2014, 09:07:50 PM »
Sorry I haven't posted in so long - but hopefully some of you can share this video throughout social media and generate interest in the Circuits to Cure Cancer Auction.   120+ pedals, 50 builders - a great team for a great cause.

This is my daughter's story (audio:  Mr. Black Eterna pedal)



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Gibson Basses / Gibson bass ID please... and some of my random reflections in return.
« on: January 06, 2012, 06:19:16 PM »
*I'm the kid in the back of the class who wasn't paying attention - I should know this!  Gibson EB-3?   ???






I love so many things here:  

* The Ampeg Rig
* The Gibson Tone
* The Minimalist Vibe
* The Records on the shelves (man, I miss vinyl!)
* The jar of foam ear plugs on top of the SVT
* The surfy-nasal keyboard tone
* The Bay Area Ambience (yeah, its an L.A. Radio station, but there's something about this band that makes me want to roadtrip to San Francisco right now).
* The Guitarist's pedals.  And his beard.
* The feeling I'm back in a garage band.

Whew - anyway, lots of vids from this particular in-studio radio gig.  

OK....back to earth now.  :o




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The Outpost Cafe / How about an All-Camp and Kitsch thread?
« on: January 23, 2009, 11:40:26 AM »
Webster's says:
Quote
2 a: something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing b: a style or mode of personal or creative expression that is absurdly exaggerated and often fuses elements of high and popular culture <a movie that celebrates camp>

Hey I love cheese!  Pls post pics, vids, songs in this category if you got 'em!

This one's got it all - cheesy costumes, bad camera angles, cheap special effects (love how Batman and Robin scale the wall with the bat rope)...its one saving grace is Julie Newmar in that Catwoman suit! 




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Gibson Basses / Texas Country with a 5-string Bird
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:54:20 AM »
I bet we can't find too many of these bands with T-Birds - personally, I dig that the band's playin' the real-deal Waylon/Willie old school:




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The Outpost Cafe / The end of the world in HD
« on: December 28, 2008, 07:40:45 PM »
.... it seems so chipper with a Pink Floyd soundtrack:




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The Outpost Cafe / Best of 2008...
« on: December 06, 2008, 01:03:42 PM »
Back in the day, I could have written a Top 10 list "Best Albums/CD's of The Year."  Now, between downloading, reissues, and my work and family cocoon I can only name one for 2008.  Most of this year I spent dumping great bassplayer recordings from iTunes to my Nano.  Please share your favorite releases/technology/movies/female athletes/etc of 2008 on this thread! 

Here's my contribution for best of '08: Trouble All Its Own by Boxcar Satan.  I love these guys - from San Antonio Texas, lots of Tom Waits/Ken Nordine meets Zeppelin and Delta Blues.  The bass player's tone is FAT and overdriven.  Certainly a musical detox from all the Holiday music! 

Here's a link:

http://www.boxcarsatan.com/

and here's a vid from 2007 of Boxcar live:




Share your "Best of/Favorites from 20008" please!  Rock on. 





 8)


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The Outpost Cafe / Can anybody use these?
« on: December 03, 2008, 07:52:07 PM »
Hitler emoticons - what will they think of next?  :o


http://buzzfeed.com/expresident/hitler-emoticons


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Gibson Basses / The Fenderbird is here!
« on: November 26, 2008, 10:16:49 PM »
Well, almost here.  I pick it up on Friday from Mike Lull.  WARNING:  This pic is not for sensitive eyes.  You way wish to put on welding glasses first.   8)








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Gibson Basses / Fenderbird update...
« on: November 07, 2008, 02:26:33 PM »
Just got a pic from Mike - now she's off to the finisher! 




where she'll get the Buck Owen's treatment.   Hurray for 1976!


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Gibson Basses / I'm a gonna stay BEAD on the TB!
« on: September 23, 2008, 02:44:04 PM »
So I had my Thunderbird set up with TI Jazz Rounds (real thin gauge) for B-E-A-D tuning and it is amazing!

I don't think I could pull it off at a jazz or country gig, but the church gig and its new Christian rock stuff its great!  Using a pick too, and I"m having a blast.  Most of the church stuff is just like being in a U2 Tribute band anyway, so this tuning seems to work on the fly.

At this point, the TBird seems like it was always made for the B string.  I'm not having floppy issues, guage is thin enough so it sits in the nut.  Maybe I'm at the end of the GAS road finally!

 ;)

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The Outpost Cafe / From Your Faithfully Minister of Treasury Paulson...
« on: September 23, 2008, 02:02:39 PM »
When bad things happen, we must keep a sense of humor - right?

 :mrgreen:

http://angrybear.blogspot.com/2008/09/your-urgent-help-needed.html

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The Outpost Cafe / CNN punked..
« on: September 16, 2008, 07:46:49 AM »
 :mrgreen:

Check out the guys making out behind him at 0:43



 :mrgreen:

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The Outpost Cafe / Technophobe advice for my wife...
« on: August 26, 2008, 12:48:28 PM »
Here's the short story: my wife has a piano studio, some 40 students in all.  Each year, she records many of them for auditions to play in "something-important-but-like-a-good-short-attention-spanned-husband-I-can-never-remember-what-its-called."  But every year, she records these kids' piano solos on the same hand held mic onto *gasp!* old-school cassette tape.  I've been telling her for awhile she needs to update a bit, especially when these recordings are being judged by somebody who probably uses a computer. She needs something she can easily transfer onto the iMac, then burn a CD. fwiw I use either a Superscope or a Sony Minidisc recorder at my school job (which are also somewhat dated I know).   

So I was thinking of getting her this:

http://www.minidisco.com/Zoom-H4

Seems simple enough for her - understand she's pretty locked into that "Press record then stop" mindset.   But it also seems like something I could record a gig with too.

Thoughts or other suggestions are welcome! 


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The Outpost Cafe / Vintage photos of U.S. Cities...
« on: August 13, 2008, 03:57:28 PM »
 8)


...in color: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=142692

Something special *nostalgic even* about the time before strip malls.   

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Gibson Basses / Help please: Fenderbird Headstock Decal?
« on: August 01, 2008, 04:47:17 PM »
Hey Guys,

  Hoping someone can help, and I'm riding another thread in TB looking http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=427751&highlight=Fenderbird+Decals....I have a couple of feelers to guys that do headstock decals, but no response yet.

  Mike Lull is in the final stages of my Fenderbird and its set to go to the finish guy soon. I've decided to keep the headstock natural and I want a thermal-based decal that says "Fenderbird" where "Fender" usually is, and "1976" where "Jazz Bass" usually sits.  But I have no skills in the graphic arts department.  And I'm having a hard time finding someone who can do this - anybody know someone who can do this (and will communicate with me too?  :-[  )

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