CWB 20: Babes and Barbarians

[drummer5359]

Very nice Mr Crow!

[etoncrow]

Originally Posted by drummer5359

Very nice Mr Crow!

Thank you sir. I sold two basses over the summer and thought I would treat myself. I will give a review after a while.

[Tat2dHeart]

Mike - before we leave Reading, you'll be playing 12 bar blues on it and GASing for one.

G - Thanks! I love the look of your new baby. I wanna know how it sounds when you have it in hand.

[Lee H]

beautiful wood Tat...are you sure it has to be fretless? If it had frets I could play it and....

[Mulebagger]

Tat, that is SO gorgeous fretless 5er is one of my favorites. My Zon TJ6 being built has a quilted spalted top. I like yours better !! Congrats

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart

I got a new baby picture today. February can't hardly come soon enough. Mike, you'll get to try this one out at boot camp. You'll be ready for fretless 5 by then, right?

wow!

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Bought a new bass on TB last night; hopefully will be delivered next week.

More pics @ ALEMBIC Essence Fretless 4
I had an Alembic Epic 5 back in the 90's. Shattered my wrist (2 operations, 12 wks in a cast, 4 screws & a plate) left me with very limited movement and I sold the Epic and stopped playing for a while. It will be good to have another one.

Love the wood on your project Tat. Looks a lot like my new addition; burly instead of birdseye..

more wow! love me unlined fretless ...

[drummer5359]

Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart

Mike - before we leave Reading, you'll be playing 12 bar blues on it and GASing for one.

Hmm.


Maybe.

[Tat2dHeart]

Originally Posted by Lee H

beautiful wood Tat...are you sure it has to be fretless? If it had frets I could play it and....

Yeah - it's gotta be fretless. I think if you tried it, you'd like it.

Originally Posted by Mulebagger

Tat, that is SO gorgeous fretless 5er is one of my favorites. My Zon TJ6 being built has a quilted spalted top. I like yours better !! Congrats

Thank you! I'm loving what I got with this one one. Can't wait to have my hands on her. Do you have pics of the Zon in build? I've seen a few spalted quilts - some cool; some not so, but still interesting to look at.

Originally Posted by chuck3

wow!

I know! You can give her a go in Reading when you're up there. I know you'll want to.

Originally Posted by drummer5359

Hmm.


Maybe.

Hm. Yes. We both know it.

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by Lee H

beautiful wood Tat...are you sure it has to be fretless? If it had frets I could play it and....

It doesn't have to have frets to be playable. I rather enjoy playing my fretless (although I don't play it nearly enough). Give em a try!

[Mulebagger]

Tat, your Roscoe looks friggin awesome!! I'll post the pics I have of my Zon do far later tonight. Joe is busting hump to get it finished before NAMM for me

[etoncrow]

Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart

Yeah - it's gotta be fretless. I think if you tried it, you'd like it.

I agree. I mentioned having sold two basses this summer; they were my last fretted basses. I do not fret around like I used to....

Seriously, I have always had at least one fretless bass around and over the years they just sorta took over.

[JaamE]

Originally Posted by JimB52

That was me. So, a CWB with sexy radio voice? Superb.

http://www.mixx96.com/
the listen live button is on the top right.

[Thor]

Originally Posted by BayStateBass

Hey everyone, just checking in. Nice to see everyone is still doing well.

I have not been checking in much, the last month of my life has been probably one of the most challenging that I could ever imagine, and has been a living nightmare.

In any case, on a lighter note, I've decided that I need to move over to a good quality 5 string, but wanted something "traditional", if there is such a thing. And I am a big Carvin fan, so tonight I'm meeting fellow TB'er Basswave and taking this little smoker off his hands;

Carvin SB5000 Ash/Ebony $800 shipped


Again, glad to see everyone is okay.

My best wishes. Basswave is an awesome dude. We had our pic taken together at the recent NE GTG. Pic enclosed.

Originally Posted by PassivAggressiv

Just wanted to pop in and say hi. Been a little busy, daughter's b-day, in-laws in town, lots of family and kids, left me not much time for much else. Band found a new singer, she's awesome!

FM, you and I together are dangerous for sure, but in a really good way.
Tat, I'll be keeping an eye on fb and cell for updates.
Chuck - I'm honored, and I expect video once the song is learned.
MB and DT - saw that you posted videos, will have a listen when I have a little time to get out the headphones and listen carefully.
Nice pics, Thor and DT. Thor, looking uber-cool as usual, and love that big smile, DT!

Thanks, I don't know about uber cool though. I do need to learn to smile more while playing but I get focused and in The Zone and forget to do that!

Originally Posted by DerTeufel

Urgh..day started out ok. Bike crapped out on me on the way home from work, and then I get an email from the singer chick saying that she has to quit. BAH!! I need a beer.

That blows. I lift one with you though.

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Hee hee...pretty slick C3. You get an "atta boy"

I'll second that!

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Could be worse, DT. You know how to turn your own wrench and you have other bikes to ride....life is good.

Three laws of mechanics: Law 1: If it can break, it will. Law 2: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Law 3: When in doubt, get a bigger hammer.

I was a Harley dealership mechanic from 1979 to 1986 (AMI grad where they taught us, "Lucus was the inventor of darkness"; owning a Triumph I know you understand this) while going back to school to get my mechanical engineering degree.

Having owned a 74 Tiger, I can attest to this. One time I tried to start it to go home from a bar. No ignition lights, no juice. Wouldn't run. I finally gave up and went and had another beer. Came out 15 mins later, put the key in, lights came on and fired right up. WTH?

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Good night folks...5:30 comes early. I truly enjoy this little refuge of virtual reality we have created and share. Thank all of you.

So do I and you have been a big part of it my friend.

Originally Posted by drummer5359

I'm trying to learn at least one song per day. Today I tackled two chestnuts that I'm sure all of you here have played a billion times. (I know that I have as a drummer...)

First was "Hey Joe", I have that very solid and I'm already screwing around with it. The other is Brown eyed girl which I've almost nailed. I know that these are stupidly simple, but I'm never gotten around to messing with them. They both have fairly specific parts that you have to play and that's why I've targeted them.

BEG, I had to play every Tuesday for about a year. You have to work a little at it to get the timing right. I did get kind of sick of it though. I finally insisted Wild Nights be substituted.

Originally Posted by Mulebagger

Random... My district is erasing all our hard drives!?! This couldn't wait till Saturday? I wonder what crazy stuff they found now

If you search Nancy Sebring and DSM schools you'll probably get the humor in this.

Good morning all

Wow.

Originally Posted by drummer5359

Five string and fretless? No, I likely won't be ready at all for that. But I'll hold it and run my hands over it's sexy curves. (And wish that I could play it...)

I had a 5 string fretlles Benevente. Liked the bass, but never liked fretless. Finally sold it, thank god.

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Bought a new bass on TB last night; hopefully will be delivered next week.

More pics @ ALEMBIC Essence Fretless 4
I had an Alembic Epic 5 back in the 90's. Shattered my wrist (2 operations, 12 wks in a cast, 4 screws & a plate) left me with very limited movement and I sold the Epic and stopped playing for a while. It will be good to have another one.

Love the wood on your project Tat. Looks a lot like my new addition; burly instead of birdseye..

Congrats, NBD is coming soon!

Saw the Ibanez post, that one is redder than mine, mine is a brown natural sunburst.

Somebody got a REAL GOOD bass for 375 shipped. That was a SCORE.

[BassGen]

Thor, I love playing Wild Nights. One of my favorites for sure!

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by Thor

That blows. I lift one with you though.

Thanks..10G for a glorified dirt bike and the stinkin' clutch self-destructs. It's getting sold after I fix it. I'm going back to a nice and reliable Japanese bike. Won't be as fast or as light, but at least the bloody thing will stay together. I realized, today, that the head gasket replacement was only 2000 miles ago. I replaced the cam chain tensioner in March of this year, head gasket in May, and now I have to replaced the clutch hub. Granted, it hasn't been all that expensive to repair, but the bike only has 11K on it. BAH!

Still awaiting your tips, btw.

[Mulebagger]

Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart

Thank you! I'm loving what I got with this one one. Can't wait to have my hands on her. Do you have pics of the Zon in build? I've seen a few spalted quilts - some cool; some not so, but still interesting to look at.

Mine is in between but we chose it mostly for the sound.
Quilted spalted maple top-wenge tone plate-ash back.
It will have two massive pickups that are basically one single coil and one music man like humbucker in each shell.
Tons of eq and toggle switching ability
19mm spacing 6 string on 34" scale.
The headstock will match as well.

This will be my go to bas and my solo bass for sure. I played a Modulus Q6 for almost 10 years as my solo bass but it was just too tight at 17mm. Then I had a Status S2 classic 6 string at 18mm. The sound was wicked but not for a solo instrument.
This Zon will be my baby



looks much more figured with when wet. I had Joe find this piece for the top because I wanted it to sound just like my old Zon Sonus Custom 5 string when in humbucker mode.

Not as drool inducing as your quilt. Love how your roscoe looks. What are you going to do for pickups? Scale, spacing?

[Mulebagger]

Beautiful fretless Crow!

Ive heard some Alembic fretless basses that are to die for.

[Mulebagger]

Ha, calling all scrappy basses....

http://desmoines.craigslist.org/msg/3345535286.html

[Mulebagger]

My TJ6 looks a bit disproportionate ( not unlike yours truly) but when it has that wide neck and the bridge on it, it will look more normal. The body is a bit oversized as well because I like a bass with some meat on it.