Shooting Ze Kollekshön

[Basvarken]

A week ago, my collegue Tom and I went to Frankfurt to shoot pictures of the mighty Kollekshön. In three days time we shot more than 1100 pics of the Gibson basses at Uwe's office where we set up a portable photo studio.

Uwe has an anekdote with almost every bass; every time I walked into his room to pick up the next bass he went: "oh yeah that one, you know that this one was built by..." The man is a walking Gibson / Music encyclopedia.

We got to see Uwe play with his new band in a real Schlosskeller. We heard/saw him play thirds and way past the 12th fret just to annoy his son Leon (who looks like Keith Richards anno '73).

Did you know Uwe is an excelllent cook? He cooked us the most delicious lamb with sweet potatoes and asparagus. It was incredible.

This week I've been sifting through 1100+ pics to see which ones are the best for the Gibson Bass Book that I've been working on for quite a while now.
The idea to make this book was born back in the Dudepit days when Chris Dekker and I got together and brainstormed about the whole idea. But a few times in a row we had to put it aside because work/life got in the way. But at the beginning of 2011 I decided to actually go make this bloody book.
I made a lay-out with pics I found on the Internet, just to get started.
Now I have the largest part of the photography done. And I'm working my way through the book to replace the Internet pics with the new real pics.
I'm really enjoying doing this. I'm combining several passions of mine in one.
Hope to get it done before december 2011.


Thank you very much for your hospitality and help Uwe!
It was an amazing weekend, you made us feel very welcome.
Big hug (and a kiss for the lovely Edith who made us the awesome breakfasts)



Here's a few examples:


Red G3




EB-3




Funky Fungus




Clown bass twins





Uwe showing me where the 12th fret is.

[sniper]

now this will be an awesome book. count me in for a sale.

[gweimer]

Excellent!

[Grog]

Count me in also!! If I have anything you need, let me know................. Play that funky fungus white boy!

[Highlander]

[Nocturnal]

Best of luck with the project Rob!

[Highlander]

What format and price range are you aiming for...? we are talking high-end I presume rather than the volume market...

[Dave W]

This will be great. 

[TBird1958]

Awesome Rob!

It's a fantastic idea and I'll really look forward to buying the book, thank you and Uwe for making it possble.
you guys are the best 

[uwe]

Unfortunately, my TV yellow Doublecut Junior EB-0 turned out white in all pictures the two Dutchmen shot ... An amazing phenomenon well worth additional scrutiny here.

[Highlander]

(You of all people should know better than to infer something and fail to produce the evidence) 

[Dave W]

Unfortunately, my TV yellow Doublecut Junior EB-0 turned out white in all pictures the two Dutchmen shot ... An amazing phenomenon well worth additional scrutiny here.

Shot with 55 year old black and white film, no doubt. 

[TBird1958]

Not a 7ender in sight! my kinda book 

[Grog]

Unfortunately, my TV yellow Doublecut Junior EB-0 turned out white in all pictures the two Dutchmen shot ... An amazing phenomenon well worth additional scrutiny here.

I found out last winter, photographing many different types of guitars, in the same setting, is not as easy as it looks.    Trying to cancel out shadows & minimize refections is tough. The black background looks great! 

[Dave W]

I found out last winter, photographing many different types of guitars, in the same setting, is not as easy as it looks.    Trying to cancel out shadows & minimize refections is tough. The black background looks great! 

Uwe wasn't being serious. It has to do with the myth behind TV Yellow, which he pretends to believe.