CARabber!!!

Started by uwe, October 10, 2011, 09:22:36 AM

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dadagoboi

#30
October 11, 2011, 03:39:45 PM
In '74 our drummer, Stan Lynch, OWNED a Pinto.  All 4 of us piled into it for a 350 mile each way trip to Miami to get the money we had been stiffed for this gig.  Otherwise the burgers would have been our entire pay...We got it.

Our regular gig was 4 sets Thu Fr Sat at the local topless bar, Trader Tom's.  It paid $200 a week for the entire band so $125 was big money for 2 sets.



L-R: Me, Stan, Marty Jourard, ThunderBucker (Steve Soar)

Pilgrim

#31
October 11, 2011, 04:14:23 PM
I must say that looks kinda like a topless bar band.

Fine specimens of 'Murrican manhood, those.
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uwe

#32
October 12, 2011, 06:37:49 AM
Quote from: Pilgrim on October 11, 2011, 04:14:23 PM
I must say that looks kinda like a topless bar band.

Fine specimens of 'Murrican manhood, those.

Highly unfair!!!! Looks more like the typical late seventies US melodic rock band to me, think Fandango, Starcastle or these guys here:



We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

dadagoboi

#33
October 12, 2011, 07:16:45 AM
Quote from: uwe on October 12, 2011, 06:37:49 AM
Highly unfair!!!! Looks more like the typical late seventies US melodic rock band to me, think Fandango, Starcastle or these guys here:

Nope.  Free/Purple/Who/Kinks/Traffic/Faces influences.  Half our stuff was original material.  Playing Trader Tom's was a great way to learn our craft since all that was required was short danceable tunes. Perfect for a band with only one member over 21.

uwe

#34
October 12, 2011, 08:07:17 AM
BTW, you may now all queue up for congratulating me on my new CAR purchase. Got it for USD 890 which I think is good given its condition and the raritiy of the last run Grabbers.
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Basvarken

#35
October 12, 2011, 09:04:08 AM
Gratuliere.
Are you now officially allowed to collect for fins ?  :mrgreen:
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uwe

#36
October 12, 2011, 09:34:01 AM
That - snide - question filled with innuendo to the brim is totally unwarranted. It has a three piece maple neck which is something altogether different to my one piece skunk stripe neck of my 74 Grabber. Also - this being a vital if largely unseen component - the 74 grabber has a truss rod with a slutted screw while the 1962 Grabber has the Gibson bell. I never said I did not collect for truss rod variations!  :P :P :P :-*
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

exiledarchangel

#37
October 13, 2011, 03:01:17 AM
Glückwünsche herr Gemäßigter!  ;D
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Highlander

#38
October 13, 2011, 03:11:09 AM
Quote from: uwe on October 12, 2011, 09:34:01 AM
... slutted screw...

Freudian slip... ;)
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uwe

#39
October 13, 2011, 03:14:03 AM
About time someone noticed, that was carefully crafted! Danke, Kenneth.
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

the mojo hobo

#40
October 13, 2011, 06:46:43 AM
So what about "the 1962 Grabber has the Gibson bell"? Is that also carefully crafted?

Highlander

#41
October 13, 2011, 10:42:25 AM
Bitte Mein Herr... ;)
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

uwe

#42
October 13, 2011, 12:24:42 PM
LOL, that was a typo!!!! Or "1 96 2" - man, that would have been an early Grabber! - is indeed an allusion to another favorite pasttime besides bass playing. I feel exposed now. The mind, it is a tricky thing!

Uwe
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Highlander

#43
October 15, 2011, 11:55:57 AM
'69 was a much more interesting time than '96... ;)
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...
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