As promised, here are some pics from the Minnesota/Wisconsin GTG. Although we had a small crew, a great time was had by all!

Thanks to everyone for making the event a great success and special shout outs go to:

* Our clinician, Ian Allison (Artiseasy)- Great Job, Sir!
* The event organizer MrPackerGuy - thanks for the hard work!
* And all the folks at Dave's Guitar Shop for being our gracious hosts!

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who's who in the pictures?

looks like you guys had a fun time.

Cool! How were the Les Pauls? :hiding:

But seriously, it looks like it was fun and that there was a good selection of instruments. Can you identify them? I see a few Fender J's, a Lakland J (JO or DJ?) an SX J, but I don't recognize or can't name anything else from the photos.

Man who is that jerk in the bright blue shirt?! :hiding:

I brought my SX4, SX5, and GWB35. Let me try to remember what else was there:

78 Antigua Fender Jazz
another vintage Fender Jazz
3 Lakland Scheff's
2 Lakland Glaubs (?)
Lakland PJ 5'er
Lakland Hollowbody
Kubicki Pink-as-hell
Clevinger upright
Sadowsky MV4
Musicman Sabre
Two self-built basses

Did I miss anything?

Sure wish I could have been there. Did you guys all go out for grub and BS after? Looks like it could have , or should have been a 2 dayer. Seems I'm always a day late or a dollar short.

Did I miss anything?

The 63 P Bass that some guy brought in to sell to Dave while we were there. Worn like an old teddy bear.
It was beautiful to make everyones aquaintance, new friends are hard to find. The time did fly by. Much appreciation for all who showed, and especially MrPackerGuy for the legwork, and Ian for being brave enough to share in front of the class.

PS- For the record, I am the Walrus. No, wait, I am the FrogMan. Koo Koo etc...

The 63 P Bass that some guy brought in to sell to Dave while we were there. Worn like an old teddy bear.
It was beautiful to make everyones aquaintance, new friends are hard to find. The time did fly by. Much appreciation for all who showed, and especially MrPackerGuy for the legwork, and Ian for being brave enough to share in front of the class.

PS- For the record, I am the Walrus. No, wait, I am the FrogMan. Koo Koo etc...
ketchu! Hey - loved those Scheff's - to me they were the surprise basses of the GTG - Thanks Embly.

"Hi Bob,

Thanks for putting it together. We were happy to do it.

Sincerely,
Laun Braithwaite
Dave's Guitar Shop
1227 South Third Street
LaCrosse, WI 54601
608-785-7704 "

:mad: Now I know the importance of marking your calander.:scowl: :rollno: :spit: :(

Thanks to Dwayne for posting the pix! I had a blast guys. What fun. When's the next one?

Ian

Once again bummed because I couldn't make it... Looks like you guys had a great time. I'll be at the next one!

Where the hell was I when this happened? I live less than 5 miles from Dave's Guitar...ARGH!

...Did you guys all go out for grub and BS after?Way-no! That's what I was thinking, but I'm tellin' ya: it sure seemed to me like everyone was chompin' at the bit to RUN otta-there.

I got there from Milwaukee as soon as I could - and was late. Everyone was real nice, and all, but as soon as one guy mentioned that MAYBE it was about time to be wrapping-it-up (oh - now that I think about it: I think it was one of several wives that tagged-along that first mentioned it...), boom! There I sit.

I'm sure several had gigs that night too. I mean it was cool.

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It was great to be able to hold some of those high-end basses, though! Nice. ..and I guess it was a nice drive out there and back.

And the players were so GOOD! These guys were just dinkin'-around - trying-out basses, ya know? - and I was hearing such KILLER-groovin' bass playing! I've GOT to get a teacher!

Joe

Yea, we must do that again. I was one of the guys that had to head out just before 3'ish as I had a gig near Wausau that night.