Business travel in 10 days. Anything bass-related or otherwise interesting to see there?
Not quite Stockholm but this place should be worth the short trip to get too
http://www.guitarsthemuseum.com/static/sv/
Is that 50 min drive of flight?
It looks like a flight, sorry I thought it was near Stockholm, a member of the Thunderbird club on Talkbass posted pictures of the place and it looked amazing. Worth mentioning anyway
Quote from: Christine on July 01, 2018, 07:59:27 AM
Not quite Stockholm but this place should be worth the short trip to get too
http://www.guitarsthemuseum.com/static/sv/
Umeå is up north. Home of our member Staffan, a/k/a Stjofön Big.
I live in Norway and have not yet been there :-\ I think it's 15 hours by train and 12 hours by car from where I live.
I hear it's amazing, gotta see it some day..
AFAIK there are no dedicated bass only stores in Stockholm. On Södermalm there are some music stores though if you have a couple of hours to spare:
Twang (musicstore/café): https://www.facebook.com/twangstockholm/ (https://www.facebook.com/twangstockholm/)
Halkan's (been around for at least 40 years): http://www.halkans.com/ (http://www.halkans.com/)
Hellstones (close to Halkan): http://www.hellstonemusic.se/ (http://www.hellstonemusic.se/)
These Go To 11 (lots of pedals):https://tgt11.com/our-shop.html?submenu_id=-1 (https://tgt11.com/our-shop.html?submenu_id=-1)
4Sound (musicstore chain):https://www.4sound.se/sthlm-soder (https://www.4sound.se/sthlm-soder)
Tip Top (Nice city/water view in this area): http://www.tiptop.se/ (http://www.tiptop.se/)
Hey, Ilan! Stop by at Halkan's Rockhouse close to the Medborgarplatsen at Söder. He knows his game. At the same time you could say Hello from Staffan in Umeå. We were in the same band in the middle of the 70's, Linus & His Band. Halkan is a really nice guy!
If you're looking for old vinyl, visit Micke's records at Långholmsgatan 13, also at Söder. Tell him I sent you, and ask for anything by the original Shanes from Kiruna! ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2kMBZq9-M
I know of one guitar shop, 'Tip Top Musik' in Stockholm. They seem to have a good relationship with Rickenbacker.
Thanks for the advice and tips guys. Hope I'll have a couple of hours to spare.
Enjoy watching the World Cup match between Sweden and Switzerland there too.
Quote from: 4stringer77 on July 03, 2018, 07:46:48 AM
Enjoy watching the World Cup match between Sweden and Switzerland there too.
That's happening now (10 min into the game) and I'll be in Stockholm next week...
Aha, I see. Well they won today and if they beat the winner of England and Columbia there's still a chance you might see them play the semi final on the 11th. Have a good trip.
Thanks. I'm going to do short interviews (press junket) with Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson from ABBA and Pierce Brosnan.
Wow Pierce Brosnan. He did a decent job carrying the baton from Timothy Dalton and I'd wager he's the last decent Bond before Danny Craig still I'd consider him a poor man's Roger Moore.
Sweden vs England should be a good one. All y'all here from those countries here should start working on your trash talking. ;D
I've liked all the actors playing Bond. Pierce Brosnan was also good as a spy in "The November Man." (2014)
Quote from: 4stringer77 on July 03, 2018, 03:59:02 PM
Sweden vs England should be a good one. All y'all here from those countries here should start working on your trash talking. ;D
I guess Alanko and me would be trashing each other then. I'm just glad Sweden has come that far. They have'nt reached the quarter finals since 1994 in U.S.A where they grabbed the bronze medal.
Back home from Stockholm. Didn't have a lot of time to spare but on the way to a restaurant I found a nice store called Hellstone Music. Tons of old Hagstroms of course, many jazz boxes - old Gibson, Levin, Höfner (I actually helped them find the exact model number for one of the archtops, they didn't know Steve Russel's website), played a nice '74 Jazz bass and a sunburst EB2 (yep, still don't like them), but the highlight was a 1960 Höfner 500/1, close-spaced toaster-top pickups, flat back, black binding, dark tort control panel (missing pickguard), rugby tuners, and that "cavern" style headstock fascia. It sounded nice, the neck was okay - not bowed and the action was what you can expect - but what can I say, full-bodied Hofners sound so much better to me.
My favorite sounding small bodied Höfners are the ones with the close spaced neck pickups.
I think they also look better.
Quote from: westen44 on July 13, 2018, 02:33:05 PM
I think they also look better.
They always look a bit cross-eyed to me.
Quote from: ilan on July 17, 2018, 01:05:21 AM
They always look a bit cross-eyed to me.
I definitely prefer the way that they look maybe because the look is so retro. It has nothing to do with Paul McCartney being associated with the Cavern bass, either. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I also kind of like that kind of headstock, although it may come across as looking a little too old-fashioned.
How can a bass look cross-eyed?
https://youtu.be/PNcDI_uBGUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7jLiXeFm_E
^^^ A Wankwick! I should have known! ;D