Oh wise guy, huh? (Pokes Sk8 Rat in the eyes)New Stooges movie ! I have not heard about that ! "my nerves my nerves"
Lookin' forward to the new Stooges movie. Could be good.
Now back to our scheduled programming....
According to a report in Variety, the laugh-worthy rumor is actually true: Sean Penn will follow his recent Oscar-winning performance in "Milk" by taking on the role of Larry. The porcupine-haired silent partner in the trio was portrayed for five decades by Larry Fine and became best known for his love of the violin and getting in the middle of the other two Stooges during eye-poke fights. We can only assume that Penn will be bringing back his "Carlito's Way" haircut.
As for the pivotal role of soup-slurping, chrome-domed Curly, it looks like Jim Carrey will be slowly turning, step-by-step and inch-by-inch. Long considered the modern-day master of the sort of physical comedy the Stooges invented, Carrey's work in films like "Liar, Liar" owes a clear debt to Jerome "Curly" Howard. Still, it's hard to imagine an actor that looks less appropriate physically, so expect quite a transformation as Carrey reportedly intends to gain 40 pounds to play the role of the dumbest Stooge.
Finally, the Farrelly brothers are looking to cast Benicio del Toro — last seen in Steven Soderbergh's deadly serious biopic of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara — as Moe. The leader of the Stooges, the character was originated by Moe Howard and was marked by the loving brutality (heads in vices, nose tweaks, ear twists, etc.) he'd dole out on his associates.
I've always been a little intimidated by the upright. I did take a really close look at a Zeta Crossover bass a couple years back. It seemed to be a pretty smooth introduction to trying to go upright. I may still get one, if I ever start making any real money playing.
He's got dot position markers on the fingerboard! Go to 4:00 in the video... I've never seen a dot neck on an upright before.
Has anybody actually tried to play an EB-1 origional or reissue with the telescoping pole for any period of time? Seem pretty awkward to me............... :-\
Picture of the '64 Baby Bass all set up now and ready to gig. I added a custom walnut bridge that is shorter than the original aluminum one so that I could lower the neck and adjust it properly. I also added a Schaller "Kontrabass" pickup which sounds amazing. I run that into channel 1, and it has lot's of vintage old school thump that can actually be heard and is usable. Switching between the P-bass and the Baby Bass is no problem now. I left the stock diaphram pickup in, and ran that to channel 2 of the Portaflex in the event I decide to do some bowing as an effect.
(http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj401/stiles72/Ampeg-SLM/babybassparts035.jpg?t=1290614616)