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06-23-2010, 09:07 AM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | | Rocket Music CLOSED July 2-4 & Victor Wooten Show in D.C.!
Danny and I will both be out of town for a long 4th of July weekend, so we're just going to close the store for a few days (Friday July 2nd - Sunday July 4th). Vacation, baby!!
I'll be passing through D.C. that Friday night (July 2nd) to catch Victor Wooten at the 9:30 Club. If you're in the area, try to make the show! |
06-23-2010, 09:26 AM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Congrats on the Wooten show!
I'd like to see him but DC's a heckuva trip. That and Rocket Music will be closed 
Have fun man! 
God Bless, Ray
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06-23-2010, 10:31 AM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | | What a great way to start the holiday weekend - enjoy, and here's wishing you safe travels and good fun! |
06-23-2010, 11:15 AM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Have a great time man!  |
06-23-2010, 12:12 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | |  HEY!
Who gave you permission to take a vacation????  
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06-23-2010, 12:17 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | | Maybe I'll take a Roscoe to give to Victor or Anthony.. NOT!!! |
06-23-2010, 12:20 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketMusic  Maybe I'll take a Roscoe to give to Victor or Anthony.. NOT!!! | Victor's already had one, he gave it to his cousin...who then sold it...
...not cool at all, right? 
However, if he ever showed an interest in one again, we would LOVE to accommodate him! 
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06-23-2010, 12:44 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard Victor's already had one, he gave it to his cousin...who then sold it...
...not cool at all, right?
However, if he ever showed an interest in one again, we would LOVE to accommodate him! | Can Vic not play Roscoes because of his deal with Vinny and Mike, or did he just give the Roscoe away?
God Bless, Ray
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06-23-2010, 01:02 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LilRay Can Vic not play Roscoes because of his deal with Vinny and Mike, or did he just give the Roscoe away?
God Bless, Ray | Oh, he plays a LOT of basses other than his Foderas! I think he was just doing is cousin a favor.
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06-23-2010, 01:40 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Heckuva favor
God Bless, Ray
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06-23-2010, 02:03 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | I can't speak to Victor's collection so much, but Anthony ran me through most of his collection on his phone (he's got photos of all his basses on it). We got up to the ninth or 10th incredible bass, and I was like "Man, that's a nice collection". Anthony says "Oh, that's just the Foderas". 20-30 basses later, and I was swimming in a pool of my own slobber.
Here's a pic of me stroking one of the basses in Vic's collection. Yep, that's Stanley Clarke's old Alembic. "School Daze", etc.  |
07-01-2010, 03:41 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | | I'm out, back on Monday!!
Ya'll have a great holiday weekend!! Be safe! |
07-01-2010, 04:07 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Have a good one! |
07-01-2010, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RocketMusic Here's a pic of me stroking one of the basses in Vic's collection. Yep, that's Stanley Clarke's old Alembic. "School Daze", etc. | Cool Pic. I had a fretless version back in the early 90s. It was a beater that I found in the corner at the old Atlanta Rhythm City.... BEFORE they became GuiTarget.
Traded it to Joe and he restored it to near new...
Ahem, pictures anyone.
O well enough reminiscing and OT rambling.
YA'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME AND WHILE YOUR IN DC SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE ECONOMY!
Seriously, see if you can sneak some cool pics. |
07-05-2010, 06:31 AM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Okie Dokey, 
Where are the pics? What's the story? SPILL IT MAN!!!!
God Bless, Ray
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07-05-2010, 08:28 AM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | No pics or sound clips, just great memories. Wow, what a show!! It's been at least 15 years since I last saw Victor live. Let's just say Howard Levy was still in the Flecktones last time I saw Vic play live...
Vic is an excellent band leader, and what a band it was! Big brother Reggie Wooten on guitar, Derico Watson on drums, and a smoking keyboard player they kept calling "White Chocolate" - LOL). I was bummed that Anthony Wellington couldn't make it, I was looking forward to hearing him live for the first time. But hey, having Vic on bass is a nice fallback
I went with a buddy of mine who is a big music fan but not a musician. On the drive there, we were talking about "2 through 10", Victor's shorthand name for everything other than "notes". I knew my buddy would get it even though he doesn't play, and I think we had as much fun looking for that kind of stuff (dynamics, tone, rhythm, etc.) as we did just listening.
While we're talking all things Wooten - for anyone interested, Wooten Woods is having a work weekend July 9 -11. The camp suffered some serious damage during the recent flooding down in TN, and they're going to be rehab'ing several of the buildings that are used for the Bass/Nature camps. The weekend will be a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. I went to one such weekend where we put up the dome, and it was a blast. Work all day, jam at night. There will certainly be some skilled guys there who can tell you which nails to hit if you're not a building pro. If you're interested in helping, follow the link to find out who to contact, where to go, what to bring, etc. Wooten Woods is in Only, TN, about an hour outside Nashville. |
07-05-2010, 08:36 AM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Glad you had fun man. Vic is awesome and I hope to catch him live one of these days.
As far as the rebuild, I can't hit nails worth a damn but I can tell knock knock jokes till somebody pees their Bud Light filters 
God Bless, Ray
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07-05-2010, 08:47 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself man!
Shame about the camp getting totalled. |
07-05-2010, 10:47 AM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself man!
Shame about the camp getting totalled. | Yeah, they said two of the buildings were completely under water. One has since been gutted completely and raised 3 feet. Now they need to go in and put walls back up, fix up floors, etc.
They've got a 3-week long camp coming up (do I wish I could go to that? Heck, yeah!!!), so they're hustling to get ready. |
07-05-2010, 11:08 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Ouch, well, I hope they get all the hands they need to put it back together. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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