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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Chicago II - Steven Wilson 2017 Remix
« on: February 24, 2017, 05:38:31 PM »
I prefer the original 360 Sound first pressing myself. Probably my favorite record by them.
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Guitars Etc. / Re: Les paul with flying V headstock?
« on: February 19, 2017, 05:42:00 PM »
Don't forget the much maligned S-1! 
I bought an old '72 Eggplant glo 4001 bass years ago with a Marauder pickup in the bridge position. I restored the bass and sold the pickup.
The good news was that the crude plastic surround for the Marauder pickup used the same screw holes as the original Rickenbacker chrome surround.
I bought an old '72 Eggplant glo 4001 bass years ago with a Marauder pickup in the bridge position. I restored the bass and sold the pickup.
The good news was that the crude plastic surround for the Marauder pickup used the same screw holes as the original Rickenbacker chrome surround.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Have you heard Sturgill Simpson?
« on: January 25, 2017, 06:40:14 PM »
I had not heard of him until KUTX started playing his cover of In Bloom. So last April I bought the A Sailor's Guide To Earth LP on vinyl. I need to check out his earlier stuff as I hear it is very good.
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The Bass Zone / Re: R.I.P Victor Bailey
« on: November 16, 2016, 06:02:00 PM »
R.I.P. 
Bass Player featured him in a cover story March 2016. The guy was incredibly talented. A drummer at 10 and then started playing bass at 15 and was in Weather Report by age 20! My favorite question/answer from that interview:
Q: When the blowing commenced, what was it like to follow Wayne and Joe?
A: It was a challenge from the start, because I was practicing bebop at the time, and Joe would say, "Don't play any bebop on my bandstand--Wayne and I already did that." But the glaring difference was I had only been playing for six years, so I sounded like I was trying; they never sounded like they were trying. Wayne was so brilliant. I'll never forget, there's a song on Domino Theory called "Blue Sound--Note 3," a slow ballad in F minor. Although it didn't make it onto the album that way, in rehearsals I would solo on it before Wayne; I'd play a million notes, everything under the sun. One day after my solo he turned around and looked me right in the eyes and played three chromatic notes, A flat, A, and B flat. Then he proceeded to play those three notes in so many different ways, with like a bar and a half between each phrase. It was so profound, it completely wiped out what I had played! He was basically telling me, you just played a whole bunchy of stuff, now check this out. Those guys were at the level where they spoke through their instruments, while I was playing stuff I had worked out and practiced.
Bass Player featured him in a cover story March 2016. The guy was incredibly talented. A drummer at 10 and then started playing bass at 15 and was in Weather Report by age 20! My favorite question/answer from that interview:Q: When the blowing commenced, what was it like to follow Wayne and Joe?
A: It was a challenge from the start, because I was practicing bebop at the time, and Joe would say, "Don't play any bebop on my bandstand--Wayne and I already did that." But the glaring difference was I had only been playing for six years, so I sounded like I was trying; they never sounded like they were trying. Wayne was so brilliant. I'll never forget, there's a song on Domino Theory called "Blue Sound--Note 3," a slow ballad in F minor. Although it didn't make it onto the album that way, in rehearsals I would solo on it before Wayne; I'd play a million notes, everything under the sun. One day after my solo he turned around and looked me right in the eyes and played three chromatic notes, A flat, A, and B flat. Then he proceeded to play those three notes in so many different ways, with like a bar and a half between each phrase. It was so profound, it completely wiped out what I had played! He was basically telling me, you just played a whole bunchy of stuff, now check this out. Those guys were at the level where they spoke through their instruments, while I was playing stuff I had worked out and practiced.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: RIP Leon Russell
« on: November 14, 2016, 07:05:27 PM »
Very sad indeed. This song always reminds me of my youth spent in Panama.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Split Enz circa 1975
« on: October 20, 2016, 12:55:31 PM »
The straight headstock and skunk stripe on back of the neck are the giveaway. Including Uwe's and mine I know of at least 7 that exist.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Split Enz circa 1975
« on: October 20, 2016, 10:51:48 AM »
Very cool info Clankenstein. I've been on a Split Enz tear as of late. Here is another photo I found of the Grabber. It seems like many of these one piece neck Grabber basses were imported. 2 of the ones I've owned I found in Canada.
Mike Chunn and Eddie Rayner, 1976
Mike Chunn and Eddie Rayner, 1976
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Gibson Basses / Split Enz circa 1975
« on: October 19, 2016, 07:29:37 PM »
Definitely a one piece neck Grabber.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: They'll be sending in a probe
« on: October 19, 2016, 04:21:25 PM »
What do Star Trek and Toilet Paper have in common?
They both circle Uranus in search of Klingons.......
They both circle Uranus in search of Klingons.......
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Gibson Basses / Re: The illusive "Cherryburst" Ripper
« on: August 22, 2016, 06:28:24 PM »
Reminds me of my old one!
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The Bass Zone / Re: New gig subbing for Lou Gramm's bass player
« on: August 22, 2016, 06:23:28 PM »
Excellent work Scott! Must have been a rush!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Nice '62 EB3 on the bay
« on: August 12, 2016, 05:14:08 PM »
Shouldn't the crown inlay be up higher on the head? I thought it moved to the middle position sometime in 1963.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Holy Grail Hamer 12 string
« on: August 11, 2016, 07:41:35 PM »
I'd love to own a 4 digit Hamer one day.
