We think we own all that gear, or that house, but deep down we know that our cats are just letting us use them for the time being. For example, Sadie, my 12 year old black cat, and my 1975 Alembic Series I doubleneck:
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3348/sadiedoubleneckhi4.jpg)
(http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/5521/sadiedoubleneck2xu4.jpg)
She even lets me use the case:
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/543/sadiealembiccasewc1.jpg)
(I didn't feel right posting cat pictures in a dog thread (http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=6.0), so I started this one - post away!)
cats play jazz
Quote from: SKATE RAT on February 03, 2008, 06:55:48 PM
cats play jazz
Hey SKATE RAT - what's that from??? Is it a kids book by any chance?
same cat - different bass
(http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8955/sadieexploiter2cj1.jpg)
including video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyDlWwdFeGo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyDlWwdFeGo)
Great Video, love the bass work
Quote from: hieronymous on February 05, 2008, 03:04:52 PM
Hey SKATE RAT - what's that from??? Is it a kids book by any chance?
you know jazz guys are all cats,this cat that cat,just being silly.
well,you're welcome to use it.hahahah
very cool ;D
Here's Pretty Boy Floyd with my Dean.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/basses/10-4-2007-08.jpg)
If you want to kill me put me in the same room as a cat. Do me a favor don't sell me any of your bases.
Find my black cat Booker T. in my Avatar:) My black cat Booker's gonna be a drummer, but my grey tiger Curtis will be a bass player. As you all know he's John Entwistle reincarnated,
Booker T:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_4466-1.jpg)
My girlfriend:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/HelloLoes.jpg)
Curtis:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3810.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3811.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3829.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3741.jpg)
Evidence: (it's the grey beard, isn't it?)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/Beard.jpg)
Booker T. again:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/4005en3000.jpg)
Curtis:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3885.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3298.jpg)
Love:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_4736.jpg)
BTW: I would love to see Booker T, sleeping in the white inside of my Gibson case. Or in the black Guild case of my girlfriends acoustic Guild. But I think he hates the smell or so.
oh, i see what's going on here. you are using your innocent cats to pimp all of your gear. very clever, but evil. :) they are probably plotting a messy and fragrant revenge even as you read this. :o
Curtis licking the Hello Kitty guitar is a great shot. :)
Nice Vox Essex. I've had a couple of them.
Hi guys,
The Vox is just a cheap oriental and modern T-25. Nice looks and great for playing at home, at radio stations or really small livingroom concerts.
Curtis is always licking guitar and bass strings. And pulling them with his paws. My brother was really confused when he heard some guitar noises without seeing anyone playing. He was even more confused when I told him it was just the cat:)
Both cats howl and make funny noises when someone plays guitar or bass. Like they're singing. It sounds like they hate it, but they never walk away and always sit at your lap if you play guitar. Strange isn't it? But I hear those stories all the time.
Quote from: Dave W on February 10, 2008, 05:26:51 PM
Curtis licking the Hello Kitty guitar is a great shot. :)
+1!
Quote from: nofi on February 10, 2008, 05:03:19 PM
oh, i see what's going on here. you are using your innocent cats to pimp all of your gear. very clever, but evil. :) they are probably plotting a messy and fragrant revenge even as you read this. :o
I've always been very careful about not leaving cases open when the cats are around. One time we had a party here with the band. When the keyboard player came to pick his gear up next day, he found one of the cats had left a pungent review in his gig bag. Probably complaining about an overlong version of Green Onions, I thought, though the cat wasn't called Booker T.
Hey Chris - thanks for posting - I was waiting for those pics! Plus there were some new ones in there - +2 on the string-licking shot!
Quote from: PhilT on February 11, 2008, 09:02:03 AM
I've always been very careful about not leaving cases open when the cats are around. One time we had a party here with the band. When the keyboard player came to pick his gear up next day, he found one of the cats had left a pungent review in his gig bag. Probably complaining about an overlong version of Green Onions, I thought, though the cat wasn't called Booker T.
People talk about the more recent Rickenbacker cases smelling great, but I have one that smells like a combination of vanilla and cat pee. I'm not sure if that's the smell other people are getting, but I don't like it, and to top things off, the bass smells like that too! So I only let my cat in the case with supervision! Here she is in my Starfire case:
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9579/sadieguildcasetx2.jpg)
QuotePeople talk about the more recent Rickenbacker cases smelling great, but I have one that smells like a combination of vanilla and cat pee. I'm not sure if that's the smell other people are getting, but I don't like it, and to top things off, the bass smells like that too!
So its a Pee bass?
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_4921.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_4914.jpg)
Too much feline growth hormone?
You can see he really doesn't like guitars. Curtis is a bass player.
This is Candy Corn trying to slap on my '89 Foundation.
(http://i32.tinypic.com/34ypwdt.jpg)
Great pictures so far!
I've got a new one, but this time it's "cats & their bass speaker cabs":
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/913/sadieonspeakerrp3.jpg)
Sadie is so good - the first time she jumped on the cab she started to scratch, so I told her "no" and she hasn't done it since. I think her previous owners were strong in disciplining her - harsh, in fact, because I know that for several years she was forced to be an outdoor cat even though they had other cats that were indoors. Now she's queen of the roost! (If I'm not mixing my metaphors)
if you notice that everytime something new comes into the house your cats or cats will immediatly sit or stand on it or around as if to say "your mine now". being catless at the moment i have had several dozen in my life and have seen just about every strange thing a cat could do or try to do.
Check my avatar:)
Another pic of Sadie on the speaker cabinet - this is one of her favorite spots now, though I have no idea why she was sitting with her butt sticking off the edge!
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/633/sadiebuttoffspeakerxw7.jpg)
And a new category - "cats & their effects"! Sadie with RE-20 Space Echo:
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2710/sadiespaceecho3wc8.jpg)
Quote from: hieronymous on April 14, 2008, 05:37:06 PM
though I have no idea why she was sitting with her butt sticking off the edge!
Booker T. has the whole couch to sit on, but he's always sitting on the remote control of the tv. Can't be comfortable, but he does it all the time.
Great pics!
Hieronymous:
I always have my music phases. I can be completely into a band for weeks/months. Could be The Small Faces or The Band, but now it's The Who.
So:
Can you (maybe at 'Other Bass Brands') tell us some more about the Spyder? It looks like an Alembic Spyder, but no silver web-inlay, no dummy coil between both pick ups... I'm no Alembic connaiseur, so tell us!
Quote from: Chris P on May 05, 2008, 11:28:44 AM
Can you (maybe at 'Other Bass Brands') tell us some more about the Spyder? It looks like an Alembic Spyder, but no silver web-inlay, no dummy coil between both pick ups... I'm no Alembic connaiseur, so tell us!
I added a post to my Alembic Mania thread (http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=317.msg7387#msg7387).
Quote from: Chris P on April 15, 2008, 12:33:21 AM
Booker T. has the whole couch to sit on, but he's always sitting on the remote control of the tv. Can't be comfortable, but he does it all the time.
I thought of Booker T. when I took this pic: Fulltone Bass Drive as pillow!
(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/5954/sadiepillowcn4.jpg)
I'll show this great pic to Booker T! :) I'll make some new ones soon!
I finally found a case through eBay for my MIJ Bas VI reissue. It's my first blonde case! (In my mind, I think I was kind of thinking that it would be tweed, but it's no big deal. Only thing is, it looks like it could get dirty easily, but that's what cases are for, right?!!) Here's Sadie investigating:
(http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2890/bassvisadiecase1ch6.jpg)
Here's another shot of her admiring the inside with the bass:
(http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/258/bassvisadiecase5yn9.jpg)
I'm working on getting this thing into playing shape, might post in the Fender forum at some point. The Bass VIs were pretty hard to find for a while there, especially for a decent price. Even the MIJ reissues were going for over a $1000, sometimes closer to $1500! I was very lucky, picked mine up for around $400 plus an Alembic Superfilter that had been included for free when I bought my Alembic doubleneck, so I think I got a pretty good deal!
Only pretty good? I'd say you came out way ahead on that deal.
how 'bout Lizards and their Les Pauls..............
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/lizard015.jpg)
this is Mr. Lee. water dragon,bass player,cricket killer.
You have to airbrush a lizard exact on that same place!! Green looks great with that red:)
Great shot! He has a really long tail!
i bet you say that to all the reptiles.
No bass in the shot, but this guy was at one of the Bay Area Alembic Gatherings:
(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/149/bluebelliedlizardaa5.jpg)
cats & their basses cases!
(http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9495/sadiebassvicasebo1.jpg)
I still hope the all-black Booker T. will go and sleep in my white lining of my SG RI case. Or in the black one of Loes' Guild acoustic.
Great pic!
Quote from: Chris P on July 18, 2008, 10:21:03 AM
I still hope the all-black Booker T. will go and sleep in my white lining of my SG RI case. Or in the black one of Loes' Guild acoustic.
Great pic!
Waiting for new pictures of Booker T.! Or any of your cats & their basses!
I'll just do a shoot next week! ;)
I was loading pictures from my wife's camera, and a couple appeared that I didn't realize that she'd taken. And, wait, what's that round thing behind the bass?
(http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1971/sadiestanley1ro5.jpg)
It's Sadie!!!
(http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1883/sadiestanley2ep5.jpg)
Great!
I asked Booker T. to do a session next week. He said 'Mraw'. Guess thats a 'Yeah'.
I was posting pics at the shortscale thread when I discovered Booker here:D
Booker T. Elmore James Verstraete and a Coral Wasp Bass (which isn't mine):
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3930.jpg)
I posted this on a Dutch forum. It's in my PhotoBucket and I only saw Booker T. was on it, wehn I already had posted it:)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_3886.jpg)
The Thinline is my girlfriend's guitar (*) and the paisley P RI is sold.
(*) My other girfriend, that is.
Gee. I had some terrible day. Some days ago I wanted to pay something, but there wasn't enough money on my bank account. But It should be there. I discovered there was 4,000 euros missing:(
I called my bank immediately and they said the 4,000 euros were transferred to Warwick Germany by one 'Curtis' with 'Buzzard' as paying detail
Today I went to my bedroom and I caught Curtis in the act!
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5372.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5374.jpg)
Booker T. And the T-Bird.
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5380.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5381.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5382.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5383.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5384.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5385.jpg)
Dig that lick!:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5389.jpg)
Quote from: Chris P on August 14, 2008, 04:15:36 AM
Gee. I had some terrible day. Some days ago I wanted to pay something, but there wasn't enough money on my bank account. But It should be there. I discovered there was 4,000 euros missing:(
I called my bank immediately and they said the 4,000 euros were transferred to Warwick Germany by one 'Curtis' with 'Buzzard' as paying detail
Today I went to my bedroom and I caught Curtis in the act!
;D
Curtis needs some work on his technique.
It's pretty hard to try to get the paws of a cat around a fake paper bass, while he's and trying to sleep and looking he wanna kill me;)
Mr. Lee with T-40,G3 and Epi Coronet guitard.you can tell he's Punk by his green mohawk
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/lee40002.jpg)
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/lee40003.jpg)
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/lee40004.jpg)
Mr. Lee is one helluva cool motherf*cker! ;D
he's a Dragon !
:)
But he hasn't got his own Buzzard;)
Mr. Lee doesn't like birds.but he's been ripping in the bath tub.and i filled it up so he could go for a swim.
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/sk8lee002.jpg)
he's really hard to photograph,he's too shiney
Which Lee is he named after: Albert, Alvin, Arthur, Bruce, Geddy or Pinky?
well.it's not Christopher,Tommy or Stagger....since he's a "Chinese water Dragon"....its ..............Bruce ENTER THE DRAGON
Great skateboard!
Robert. E. Lee was another option.
black cat & black case with Rickenbacker 8-string in fireglo:
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7529/4008sadieio1.jpg)
Wow, I love both!
Thanks Chris! It's really good to see you over at the RickResource forum too (with pics of Booker T. no less!) - it's nice to hear a different voice over there and you bring so much expertise.
Thanks for the kind words Hieronymous. But I am not that big an Rick expert!
Quote from: Chris P on January 06, 2009, 10:26:03 AM
Thanks for the kind words Hieronymous. But I am not that big an Rick expert!
You own a 4005. That gives you instant credibilty.
A 3000, a 4005, two cats and people love you!
(http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/44005/2782515560056038640S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2782515560056038640FoDvOI)
:) She/he is really posing, isn't she/he?
Quote from: Chris P on January 07, 2009, 09:23:28 AM
:) She/he is really posing, isn't she/he?
(http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/43661/1269558689056038640S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1269558689056038640axjNpr)
Chris, He is a boy and his name is Baby Ratt. ;) He's my best little friend in the whole world.
Welcome aboard thunderwmn & Baby Ratt!!!
(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8343/manekineko3tq9.jpg)
:)
Booker T. & Curtis really are my kids too:) While I'm typing this I'm sitting with a laptop with a cat on both sides of me.
Booker T.
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5956.jpg)
Sadie basking in the sun with Guild Starfire I in the background...
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3162/sadieguild.jpg)
No bas, but I had to post these two. Bass player and his cat:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_6247.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_6248.jpg)
Okay, there's a 4005 visible on the second pic:D
I found a picture of Roshina and me with a BIG cat that doesn't mind the water...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/random%20stuff/2006090353.jpg)
What a design! Great!
Sadie in the midst of the bass forest...
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7562/sadiebassforest.jpg)
(My wife took this one)
The cat's ears match some of the horns on the basses:)
Quote from: Doug Fyghter on March 27, 2009, 12:48:03 AM
The cat's ears match some of the horns on the basses:)
Haha! I didn't even notice that!
As always Booker T. managed to sneak into the pic:)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6560.jpg)
Quote from: Chris P. on April 24, 2009, 10:04:15 AM
As always Booker T. managed to sneak into the pic:)
Haha - excellent!
Here's a new one, with my new (to me) '71 Guild fretless and assorted Alembics in the background:
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5353/sadiesofaforest2.jpg)
Nice! She and Booker T. could be sister/brother.
Just posted this video - I call it "bass licks"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QyVi4qim1U
That's me slapping my Alembic Stanley Clarke bass in the background. Too bad I wasn't plugged in!
Cool, now if you can get him to eat spaghetti!
Not quite a bass, but this one's really playing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8EOY6F1cxc
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Harry, search YouTube for Nora the piano playing cat.
Quote from: Dave W on May 16, 2009, 10:42:04 PM
Harry, search YouTube for Nora the piano playing cat.
Already got it favorited! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ860P4iTaM
"Play him off, piano cat" has become a weird YouTube fad with people editing it into completely unrelated footage. Here's my personal favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Seov7z3-rY
(warning: Golden Girls content)
I learned about it from the Soup, of course!
That's the most I've ever watched of the Golden Girls. As long as you're waiting for Keyboard Cat to step in, I guess you can stand the rest of it for a minute or so. :)
We had our third annual Alembic Northern California Gathering yesterday, and I was fortunate enough to take delivery of my Stanley Clarke 5-string bass, after having the neck tweaked and Anniversary electronics installed by the Alembic wizards. Here's Sadie standing guard after inspecting it (including my '76 autumnglo 4001, Guild M-85 fretless and my wife's Allen Woody in the background):
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5651/sadieguardcat2.jpg)
Nice pic!
I have this small laptop screen so I thought: 'The cat on the T.80 box doesn't look that healthy.' But is was more below:)
Quote from: Chris P. on June 28, 2009, 11:39:26 PM
Nice pic!
I have this small laptop screen so I thought: 'The cat on the T.80 box doesn't look that healthy.' But is was more below:)
That's one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time! That's this weird cushion from Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20138087):
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6361/sadiefumo2.jpg)
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9931/sadiefumo1.jpg)
We'll try and feed it better!
I need that cushion. I'll check the Dutch Ikea ASAP!
A bit off topic (but hey, that's almost a rule here) but did anyone know Ikea is Dutch? And so are U2 and The Rolling Stones. All three companies are based in Holland. In Rolling Stones booklets you can see things like 'Rolling Stones BV'. BV is like Inc, GmbH, Ltd. and so.
Dutch...? so what's with the Swedish Meatballs...?
Ah... I got it, they went public and "floated" the companies on the Stock Exchange... ;D
That's right Kenny! So the Stones are Dutch too!!
Booker T. thinks he's a Gibson EB3:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/GetAttachments2.jpg)
I thought he was JAE, reincarnated... ;D
(http://radiation-sickness.net/images/grandpamunster.jpg)
Or maybe Grandpa Munster...
;D
I have two cats. The all-black Booker T. doesn't like basses. His brother Curtis only sits on my lap if I also have a bass on it, especially the Thunderbird. That, combined with his low voice and grey beard makes him JAE's reincarnation.
Somebody said Kitties with basses?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/Basenjis/P1010005.jpg)
My dog just discovered cats this last summer (met a nice cat) and is just thrilled about them, very courious, Not really as seeing them as prey either, just like "what is is creature"?
Magnolia checking out the new Gibson NR shipping case.
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/bigtreebluesea/DSC00374a.jpg)
Nick and his Ripper. RIP, Nick, but I'll never sell your bass!
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/bigtreebluesea/DSC05048a.jpg)
Thanks for reviving this thread Denis! I like the mix of past and present - nice tribute to Nick! You inspired me to dig up some pics!
Here's a relatively recent shot of my drummer Greg taking pictures of Luna with Sapphire joining in:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img822/6391/sapphirelunagregles.jpg)
And an old pic of dear departed Sadie with my wife's Allen Woody in the background:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img443/5401/sadieallen.jpg)
Sadie passed away a few months after the last pictures on this page.
Here's a brand new one - took all the strings off of the Duck and Luna got jealous!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img826/3761/duckandluna1.jpg)
Every now and then I couldn't find Nick, but finally discovered he liked sleeping on the Ripper cases. :)
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/bigtreebluesea/IMG00080-20100917-1730-NickandRippersb.jpg)
My one cat Smokey has a string licking fetish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpSqJp2PsU
Quote from: gearHed289 on November 30, 2012, 08:57:23 AM
My one cat Smokey has a string licking fetish.
Eww! Or does that help clean the strings? ???
Luna does something similar where she chews on the air next to things like cardboard boxes, guitar straps/stands, etc., but she doesn't actually touch it.
Quote from: gearHed289 on November 30, 2012, 08:57:23 AM
My one cat Smokey has a string licking fetish.
It's the rounds. I think cats like the feeling on their tongue. When I was young, we had a cat that had a favorite Christmas ornament. He licked one spot clean of the silver finish.
We have a puppy that chews stuff... does that count...? ;D
My girlfriend's cat, Satan, likes licking the lampshade on the table next to my side of the bed.
Stop smearing it with fish-paste...
Quote from: HERBIE on December 02, 2012, 03:09:10 PM
Stop smearing it with fish-paste...
Isn't that what Jaco did? Oh yeah, that was fried-chicken grease, might have the same effect...
Quote from: Denis on November 30, 2012, 05:43:46 PM
My girlfriend's cat, Satan, likes licking the lampshade on the table next to my side of the bed.
Our new Siamese mix is quite the turd - she wants to play all of the time and if you don play with her she is royally pissed. When the wife is in bed reading and the cat is not the center of the universe she simply walks over to lamp, sits beside it, and reaches up with both paws and pulls the chain turning off the lamp. Talented, but still a turd nonetheless ;D We usually get a woken up by her licking one of our noses :P
You all make me miss my cats. I had two but my wife is allergic to cat hair so now we don't have cats.
What about one of those hairless cats? They are so damn ugly they're almost cute and they are are hypoallergenic.
Nah, I like cats with hair. I had a Russian Blue that was the smartest cat on the planet.
Quote from: ilan on December 03, 2012, 05:16:02 AM
You all make me miss my cats. I had two but my wife is allergic to cat hair so now we don't have cats.
Do you know if she's allergic to their dander or to their saliva? Apparently there are a couple of things that people can be allergic to. Maybe if you found the right cat?...
She suffered for 6 years until my last cat had died. I'm not going to put her through another one. The neighbors' cats play in our yard, that's as close as I'm going to be to owning a cat.