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The Outpost Cafe / Re: The Wizard of Oz (Alternate Ending)
« on: January 16, 2008, 03:58:28 PM »
The Mad TV skits were hot and cold, but that is solid.  I used to see the good witch gal in Chicago years ago, and I used to love seeing her do improv. 

They had a very funny "edited" Sopranos bit - about the only word they ever could say was "Capicola," which they said in classic east coast as "gabbagaul."

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: A new sensation...in 1934
« on: January 16, 2008, 03:52:26 PM »
Great stuff!  I love flipping through old magazines for stuff like that.  This guy is doing all the work for you.

I had a pile of old Home Craftsman magazines from the early 1950s, kind of a woodworking and beyond magazine.  The one I loved had an article where they took an untouched 1880s victorian home, and showed how to do things like saw off the gingerbread trim, and rip out ornameted ceilings, stained glass, gas fixtures, etc and make it look like a modern 1950 home.  Complete sacrilege now, but back then it happened every day.

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Fender Basses / Re: My Fenders
« on: January 16, 2008, 12:40:09 PM »
a lot of people know my basses, so I'm not too concerned about theft. I've taken pictures of everything and on the back I have serial numbers and a brief description of each bass

Not being terrified is good, but I think that is a stretch of faith.  Doing all that AND insuring them will cover your loss, if that ever happens.  I appreciate that a walk-in vintage instrument will probably get the radar going off if you are well-known in your area.  But I strongly advise insurance.  It is the only way to get some compensation if something happens, especially theft.  In every shady part of the world there are guys who let it be known that they buy guitars - that is reality today.  They love vintage Fenders, and they know how to swap parts, especially neck plates, and make things disappear from a police report perspective.  And there are lots of well-heeled buyers who are happy to not ask questions.  So chances are that if your instrument gets snagged it probably will not go to a used/vintage dealer, but it may be getting dragged to pawn shops in your area, and an honest pawnbroker (think about that) will call a cop.  Or they will go hang somewhere and ask who buys music stuff, and get an answer.  But the reality is it will be several states or countries away from you within days, and probably transformed.

I first heard of pulling Fender neck plates and pots from Jaguars/Coronados/Duosonics/etc, and fixing Strats, Teles, Jazzes with them, about 20 years ago from a pawnbroker.  Food for thought, but again I talk too much on the down side.  More pics! 

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Gibson Basses / Re: Ibanez SG
« on: January 16, 2008, 08:33:51 AM »
Unlike Ibanez LP and Strat copies in the mid to late 70s, their EB3 copies leaned a bit to the inaccurate side, and in a bad way.  Not a bad ho, but eh level at best.  There was not a lot of refinement to the Ibanez badged copies from earlier 70s efforts, hence the bolt on neck, junk bridge and not-close mudbucker.  The guard, I believe, is not broken but was cut out to fit a cover which was more like a P-bass cover.  Gibson sat theirs on top and fit a plastic pad on the E string side, but Ibanez copies were not about fit and finish.

I would suspect that this would sell for a little more than what it would cost to pay someone to refret it.

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Fender Basses / Re: My Fenders
« on: January 15, 2008, 10:45:08 PM »
It is a long story that I went into on one of my pit posts in the past.  The short version is I was working out of the country, so I left them with a relative in a place that I thought was safe and I got hit.  I had taken my Fenders with me, as they tend to be things you can always get parts and strings for where ever you are.  So as luck would have it, they are still with me.

But you should not really be terrified of it.  That is something I did figure out and adjust to.  Sh!t happens.  When you buy vintage stuff, and build an either extensive or modest collection, enjoy it.  None of us can keep everything forever, and in a way yapping about them on line is healthier in the long run.  That is my 2 cents worth of bass philosophy for the day.

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Fender Basses / Re: My Fenders
« on: January 15, 2008, 09:05:41 AM »
By an odd and unfortunate twist of fate, I have more Fenders than Gibsons.  In fact, I had zero Gibsons until recently, with all my favorites having been swiped.  I had my Fenders with me, and I am now up to 6 or more, depending on what pieces I have lying around.  At any rate, I love my 69 Tele bass most of all, and for old school rock and roll charm you can't beat it.  Plus I like the beefy neck.  I have kept it for going on 30 years now.  Ain't it funny how time slips away?

I am terrible at pic taking, just never do it for whatever reason.  I have had dozens of beast over the years that I have no pics of.  Here is one that I did take, although it is an ancient beat up polaroid.  You get the idea.  My very early production 62 Fender Bass VI.  It was a hum-dinger.



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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson Namm 2008?
« on: January 13, 2008, 01:24:58 PM »
Calling an EB1 a Jack Bruce bass is entirely perverse.  The guy did two gigs out of 50 years with the thing, and his is a cob job.  But if people can label a Guild bass a Sheryl Crow bass, God help us.

I wish they would do an EB3 reissue.  Or any guitar reissue correctly.  If they do a NR it will probably come with a Badass and a MM pup.  A real EB2 would be nice, but if it came with a 3 point, I will pass.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Not so fasionably late
« on: January 12, 2008, 09:48:31 AM »
I'm in!

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