The Last Bass Outpost

Looks like Gibson took down the page. Here's a cached version:

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Sell your Embassy? Isn't your daughter counting on inheriting it?

I'm so glad you posted that. Thanks Dave. I've always loved Iggy. For a network news piece that was really good.

That was interesting. Thanks for posting it.

There is a lot of confusing correlation with causation on both sides of the issue. Looking at the countries and US cities with high murder rates, it's pretty clear that they are all poor. Murder rates and poverty seem more highly correlated than murder rates and gun ownership rates. Banning assault rifles is not going to make much difference in the total numbers since the vast majority of murders and suicides are committed with handguns.

It would be great if we could take a public health perspective on our violence problem and figure out a better way to address our mental health and addiction problems.

Thanks for the excellent, civil conversation on this hard topic.

As someone who likes numbers, I found this very interesting:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/04/us/gun-violence-graphics/

The first two data points are talked about a lot, but starting at the third, I think it gets interesting.

The homicide rate in the US is less than half of what it was in 1980.

Mass shootings are not the big public health problem they're made out to be, even in the US. They are relatively low in terms of the number of deaths involved. The media spends a lot of hours on them though.

Gun violence OTOH is a public health problem, with most gun deaths being suicides (~60%). Suicide (by all methods) is also a huge public health problem and the second leading cause of death for 15-34 year olds, after accidents.

It's sad to me that the media doesn't focus on the mental health and addiction crisis in the US. 129 people die from drug overdose every day. 13% of American adults take anti-depressants. I'm not saying people with depression are violent, just that there's a big problem with mental health in the US and that the violence problem is a symptom of something bigger. Even though I hate guns and support better regulating guns I don't believe that will make much difference in our violence problem. The media should be talking more about our mental health crisis and our violence problem and less about mass shootings and gun laws.

I saw I band last weekend where the bassist played an EB-11. It sounded great in a rock band setting. Authoritative but not muddy. After that show I looked for one online and found the one at Music Zoo. The price seemed good. When I hit "Add to Cart" I got a "no longer in stock" message. Not to be.

It couldn't hurt to try a few tunes and see if it feels right. If you're having fun, why not go for it?

Don't forget these guys....

I agree that bad corporate culture contributed to this. Somebody had to know this was a bad idea but kept their mouth shut. Pieces of this promotion make sense. Ask people to write an essay why it's a great guitar, check. Have lots of winners, check. Celebrate Les Paul's 100th birthday, check. Make thousands of your potential customers angry and make 9 out of 10 of your actual customers who buy a Les Paul feel like losers, oops. This could wind up in a marketing text book someday.

That's very cool, thanks for posting it!

When I saw the thread title, I thought "uh oh, I hope he didn't die". Glad to see he's still alive.

That is the longest LinkdIn profile I've ever seen. Could be a red flag to people who see it.

Quote from: Father Gino on August 03, 2014, 01:54:14 AM

Now maybe she was listening to Jimmy Reed or maybe it was Dave Mathews  but more than likely it was some modern pop concoction that would make my ears cry in pain. I try not to belittle this personal, mystical connection between this girl and her trashy pop tune. There's far to little magic left in the world these days.

Nicely said.

A few months ago I had the chance to DJ at a birthday dance party for a friend of my daughter who was turning 13. It was all trashy pop by request. (played Katy Perry's Dark Horse three times) They was dancing, singing along, running around and clearly connecting with the music as a group bonding experience. Maybe part of DMB's appeal (and the Dead and all kinds of music) is primarily about connecting with other people? If I don't connect with people then I probabaly don't get their music either. Just a thought.

The authors of the study made no statements about rock stars. That was the journalist trying to find an angle.

The study title is "Menstrual cycle phase alters women's sexual preferences for composers of more complex music"

Here is the abstract:

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1784/20140403.abstract