Howdy folks. Anyone still around here from the Old days from the dudepit etc?
Been out of the mix for a while and trying to possibly track down a fee old basses sold around these parts. Used to go by the name Crimsonghost years ago.
Thanks
I'm here, I used to be Nosbig, a dare I say most brilliant reverse anagram. Or not. Other survivors will no doubt raise their hand as well.
What the hell took you so long?!
I'd guess about half of our active members are former Pit members. But we're tiny compared to what the Pit was at its height.
Yup. Present! I'm still Basvarken ;-)
Welcome back.
I was on the Pit but mostly hung around Camp Bovine.
I'm usually morrow , or msb. Still in contact with many of the Bovinistas.
Yup, I landed here as a result of the Pit. And I landed THERE when I was researching Gibson basses around 2004.
Plus waving the "Don't be mean to Adam Clayton!"-flag, of course.
I actually stumbled across the Dudepit in 2003 via my then burgeoning interest for Gibson basses as well. Was that really almost 20 years ago? How many hours of my life did I waste there and here? :rolleyes:
I remember getting flamed at the Dudepit early on via daring to innocently question the musical necessity/wisdom of multi-string basses in Kings X' and Cheap Trick's, well really anybody's work/output and pointing out that the amount of Top Twenty hits featuring multi-string basses is miniscule (naming myself ELP's Fanfare For The Common Man as a rare exception). The term "shitstorm" didn't exist yet, but I sure walked into a real face-slammin' feces monsoon, endearing myself to Dug Pinnick and Tom Petersson fans. ;D Yet two decades later, the amount of further 8- or 12-string-bass hit songs still remains, uhum, manageable. :P I invite your submissions to the contrary ... :-*
And doesn't everyone agree that Adam Clayton plays kinda simplistic even on just four strings?
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Oh hai, hai! :gay:
i do miss the 'Pit", that was a wooly place.
Quote from: Basvarken on November 22, 2022, 01:59:32 AM
Yup. Present! I'm still Basvarken ;-)
Welcome back.
Darn
Holländer to me you are!
Quote from: TBird1958 on November 22, 2022, 11:42:45 AM
Oh hai, hai! :gay:
I do miss the 'Pit", that was a wooly place.
Needless to say, with an intensity/tenacity usually only found with burrowing rodents, Mark has over the years corrupted this place beyond recognition. This is not your father's Dudepit, be warned!
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And no threads praising Led Zeppelin, please.
Quote from: uwe on November 22, 2022, 12:04:05 PM
Needless to say, with an intensity/tenacity usually only found with burrowing rodents, Mark has over the years corrupted this place beyond recognition. This is not your father's Dudepit, be warned!
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The Gay, it burns! :-*
Quote from: uwe on November 22, 2022, 11:59:50 AM
Darn Holländer to me you are!
:mrgreen:
Haha, your topographic skills aren't as good as they used to be, are they?
The Netherlands has 12 provinces. Two of them are Holland: North-Holland and South-Holland.
I live in Gelderland. And I was born in Limburg,
But I guess to you those are just part of Ze Reich, no?
8)
Being blessed with a Dutch son-in-law as of next year, you really think I should develop my knowledge of Dutch provinces a bit more? ???
I always thought that nothing noteworthy exists between North and South Holland. 8) Plus "Nie-der-län-der" is a syllable more than "Hol-län-der", doesn't roll off the tongue as quickly.
Still working hard on how I can include that fietsen beslag incident into my wedding speech. Perhaps: "We unfortunately took your bikes, apologies for that, but we are now leaving a daughter in return?" What is the exact Dutch translation of that?
There is literally nothing between the two.
We call it the arrogant Randstad.
They call anything east of them "platteland"
We need to educate the forum, Rob:
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But you're right, Gelderland and Limburg are so close it's hardly worthwhile to take the Panzerkampfwagen out of the bunker garage.
Quote from: uwe on November 22, 2022, 02:41:40 PM
Perhaps: "We unfortunately took your bikes, apologies for that, but we are now leaving a daughter in return?" What is the exact Dutch translation of that?
Hier is onze Wiedergutmachungsdochter.
Quote from: uwe on November 22, 2022, 03:05:03 PM
But you're right, Gelderland and Limburg are so close it's hardly worthwhile to take the Panzerkampfwagen out of the bunker garage.
We wouldn't even notice the difference with all the "kaffee und zigaretten tourists" that have been flooding the cities near the border.
"Hier is onze Wiedergutmachungsdochter."
Succinct! :thumbsup:
Quote from: uwe on November 22, 2022, 03:05:03 PM
We need to educate the forum, Rob:
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But you're right, Gelderland and Limburg are so close it's hardly worthwhile to take the Panzerkampfwagen out of the bunker garage.
It can't be the size of Maine....... :P
I can't remember if I changed my name there but when I joined I was 69'Vette and also joined (2002) looking for info on a Gibson bass I saw on eBay. After one post and all the info it got me, I was hooked.
I remember your names being XDresser and Nudeshot, weren't they?
Quote from: TBird1958 on November 22, 2022, 05:12:52 PM
It can't be the size of Maine....... :P
Size matters or what?!
Well who rattled Uwe's cage? Is it holiday break in Deutschland already?
:mrgreen:
Ok, ok, I've settled down again already!
Quote from: uwe on November 22, 2022, 06:20:59 PM
Size matters or what?!
You're talking about George here :-*
I've always been TBirs1958, I still remember the first time I posted a pic on the 'Pit :gay:
Quote from: TBird1958 on November 23, 2022, 09:04:46 AM
You're talking about George here :-*
On further reflection, yes.
Been hanging around since the Pit, yes. Though I'll turn 75 in a month I intend to hang around. See you!
Lots of Familliar names in here! feels good to be back in the mix.
Uwe, the Gibson master, Tbird1958, Bassvarken, OldmanC, a lot of the old crew.
I have been busy with life and havent been around lately but my kid is now playing and got me back into the guitar buying selling trading merry go around again WEE!
For those of you guys in the US Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I landed at the Dudepit in 2002 after searching for info on my recently aquired Gibson EB-3.
Quote from: uwe on November 22, 2022, 06:18:19 PM
I remember your names being XDresser and Nudeshot, weren't they?
:mrgreen:
Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a f*** how crazy they are! :mrgreen:
I'm still Patman
Quote from: Deathshead on November 21, 2022, 07:32:05 PM
Howdy folks. Anyone still around here from the Old days from the dudepit etc?
Been out of the mix for a while and trying to possibly track down a fee old basses sold around these parts. Used to go by the name Crimsonghost years ago.
Thanks
Crimsonghost rings a bell! I was around there starting about 2005 maybe? Like Uwe, I ended up on the pit because I was trying to learn more about Gibson basses as well. At the time I owned none, and now I own two (plus a Greco bird) so I guess I got what I was looking for and then some :)
I remember the name crimsonghost. I was ilan in the Pit, FDP, even The Bottom Line email digest before that.
I was I can't recall my name there I think I finally cjanged it to Rob Francis
I believe I was also "ze unknown kollectör" for a while.
Quote from: uwe on November 30, 2022, 07:29:35 PM
I believe I was also "ze unknown kollectör" for a while.
You were, I think that was in the short-lived third edition of the Pit.
I was on it briefly. Then it went out of existence. I don't remember what name I used. I do remember Uwe making a comment to me to the effect that I might want to consider switching to guitar if I wasn't going to be able to follow the suggestions he was making about Rippers. He was right, though. I was making some clueless statements. Of course the gist of it was switching to guitar was obviously the grimmest fate that could occur to someone. At least I think that was Uwe I was talking to.
Me??? :-[ I've never been a Ripper fan - that otherwise fine bass is let down by its lame pups (rectified in the much later reissue Ripper II via Seymour Duncans) -, but the guitar reference?
"Of course the gist of it was switching to guitar was obviously the grimmest fate that could occur to someone."
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Quote from: uwe on December 01, 2022, 04:43:16 AM
Me??? :-[ I've never been a Ripper fan - that otherwise fine bass is let down by its lame pups (rectified in the much later reissue Ripper II via Seymour Duncans) -, but the guitar reference?
"Of course the gist of it was switching to guitar was obviously the grimmest fate that could occur to someone."
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
I think it probably was you. I'm pretty sure. It turned into something amusing. Whether intentional or unintentional, I'm not sure.
Quote from: uwe on December 01, 2022, 04:43:16 AM
that otherwise fine bass is let down by its lame pups
Sums up my thoughts about pre-'72 EB-0/EB-3's.
"I think it probably was you. I'm pretty sure."
I hear that a lot.
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