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The Bass Zone / Re: Gig pics from my Stones tribute band
« on: February 16, 2010, 06:24:42 PM »
Well done, not just the song but the style and feel (and the look, of course).
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The Bass Zone / Re: Don't let this happen to you
« on: February 16, 2010, 06:17:24 PM »
I notice he doesn't have any of his music posted on his MySpace page.
I'll wait for the sound sample.
I'll wait for the sound sample.
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The Outpost Cafe / Wishing well
« on: February 16, 2010, 11:20:32 AM »
Just revisiting one of my favorite comedy bits. A lot packed into 48 seconds with not a word spoken.
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Gibson Basses / Re: damn!!!
« on: February 16, 2010, 11:15:37 AM »could it be that taxes are due and the closet queens are coming out?
I think you mean case queens.
Hard to say. Sometimes a case queen is put in the case because it plays like a turd.
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The Bass Zone / Re: back issues of Bass Player Magazine, etc.
« on: February 16, 2010, 11:10:12 AM »One can always donate mags to the local library.
You might be surprised. When I moved 7 years ago my local library didn't want any.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Tell Someone the 3 Magic Words Today
« on: February 16, 2010, 11:05:15 AM »
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Anyone here tried the beta for OFFICE 2010...?
« on: February 16, 2010, 10:57:57 AM »
I still have a slide rule. Still know how to use it. But I rarely even use my calculator anymore. I just use my computer's calculator, and if I need any function it doesn't have, there are plenty of websites that can do it for you. Hell, you can do most of it by just entering your terms in Google.
Anyway, Open Office does everything I need and more.
Anyway, Open Office does everything I need and more.
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Gibson Basses / Re: damn!!!
« on: February 15, 2010, 05:25:34 PM »
Why? A lot of nice hi-res pics doesn't change the fact that it's an EB-0 from the least sought after era (moved pickup, three piece maple neck and noticeably heavier).
Grossly overpriced.
Grossly overpriced.
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The Bass Zone / Re: back issues of Bass Player Magazine, etc.
« on: February 15, 2010, 03:03:44 PM »
I think I recycled mine.
Print media? What's that?
Print media? What's that?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson EB-2D from Germany
« on: February 15, 2010, 09:09:18 AM »950 euros... bargain!
If there are no serious neck/headstock issues, it will be a bargain.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson Bass history?
« on: February 14, 2010, 08:52:29 PM »Gibson Bass History began in 1953 & that is the year my EB was made & it also happens to be the year I was born.
Gibson solidbody bass guitar history began in 1953.
Gibson made an electric upright bass in the late 30s and mandobasses as early as 1910.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Guitar humbucker sized bass pickups, what to use?
« on: February 14, 2010, 08:45:45 PM »
Whatever floats your boat. But I would never buy a pickup based on output or resistance measurements. Never. Even the relative bass/treble/mid ratings don't tell you about tone.
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The Bass Zone / Re: electric guitar and bass history
« on: February 14, 2010, 08:41:02 PM »
I know we discussed Tutmarc back in the Pit days, and we've discussed the Gibson uprights here.
Bud Tutmarc (who passed away about 3 years ago) tells an interesting story about the origin of the pickup, but there were a number of people working on the idea independently in those years. And Barth and Beauchamp got theirs out first. It's possible that Paul Tutmarc actually made a working pickup first, but there's no proof.
I was recently watching an original Tutmarc Audiovox lap steel on eBay. I thought for sure it would sell since the opening bid was $999. This is a historical piece. Yet no one bid.
One item not mentioned in these articles is the "App Guitar" built by O. W. Appleton, who IIRC was a music salesman from Iowa. It was a one-off solidbody built in the early 1940s. He built the body and used a neck from a Gibson archtop. He presented it to Gibson with the thought of selling the idea to them. They turned him down. But what's interesting is that the guitar looked amazingly like the Les Paul they came out with about 10 years later. Not much about him online, I read this in a print article in the 90s.
Bud Tutmarc (who passed away about 3 years ago) tells an interesting story about the origin of the pickup, but there were a number of people working on the idea independently in those years. And Barth and Beauchamp got theirs out first. It's possible that Paul Tutmarc actually made a working pickup first, but there's no proof.
I was recently watching an original Tutmarc Audiovox lap steel on eBay. I thought for sure it would sell since the opening bid was $999. This is a historical piece. Yet no one bid.
One item not mentioned in these articles is the "App Guitar" built by O. W. Appleton, who IIRC was a music salesman from Iowa. It was a one-off solidbody built in the early 1940s. He built the body and used a neck from a Gibson archtop. He presented it to Gibson with the thought of selling the idea to them. They turned him down. But what's interesting is that the guitar looked amazingly like the Les Paul they came out with about 10 years later. Not much about him online, I read this in a print article in the 90s.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson EB-2D in Nashville or L.A
« on: February 14, 2010, 01:57:42 PM »
Opry Mills Mall 
Gaylord Opryland Resort
The Opry not in the Ryman
Gaylord Opryland Resort
The Opry not in the Ryman
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Fender Basses / Re: 64 P-Bass on Craigslist
« on: February 14, 2010, 11:42:44 AM »
Where's my Flux Capacitor?