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NW: Portland GTG - Post Discussion + Pics

Well that was pretty crazy cool :smug:

Here's a whole ton of pics to start off:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/JasonFan/Talkbass - Portland GTG/

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I uploaded a couple quick videos too:
 
A few random shots I took to show the scale of madness. There was (obviously) just a ton of gear given the amount of people present.

Scottice, 4Mal's butt, Audere (Dave Meadows), Caca de Kick.
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The "quiet room".
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Mini rig!
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Did arbitrary ever stop playing? BTW, thanks Eric!
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who's who?

That's what I was wondering, and I was there! Next time, I'd suggest nametags with screen names and first names! There were so many cool folks, but my memory skills were failing me... Thanks for posting the list Charlie, (I actually had the first five). Additionally, I'm the rather large-boned guy in the back-right of pic #5...

Everyone was very cool to face-to-face with, and there were some monster players. I was mostly content to gawk! And Mal, t'was I showing the interest in the MM cab...

I brought my wife along to show her that there were folks who were way sicker about G.A.S. than myself, and then I promptly began with the popping eyes and lolling tongue! Lokire's collection was too much! The Starfire, Pilot, and Kompact were taunting me relentlessly... (wouldn't mind being able to play them like he does either!!!)

Great time... Thanks to everyone who put it together!

-robert
 
Okay, that's the best of my pics.

I had a great time. Lots of cool stuff, lots of cool players.

A big shout out to Arbitrary and his lady for hosting. :hyper: It was really great having the "rumble room" :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: for the big rigs and the "conservitory" for private listening and a refuge for us old farts who can't take all that volume for an extended period of time.:bawl:
 
I had a great time. Lots of cool stuff, lots of cool players.

Jah, mon. As it was at our last GTG, I was really hit by how great everything and everyone sounded. I kept doing double takes to see what I was hearing that sounded so good at any given moment.

A few notables: I saw some jaws drop when I plugged my EUB into the Acme B2 cab. Just a ton of bottom from such a small rig. It was a lot of fun to plug the EUB into the huge AccuGroove stack as well, but you'd expect an earthquake from that one!

The Berg 322/Read Purity/ CA9 rig could definitely come into my world if it came with a forklift...:bassist:

That Rob Allen fretless 5 is incredibly light and comfy to play, and it's really beautifully made to boot.
 
I'll post more pics when I get back from Mexico, but here are two I uploaded for the Reverend thread:

Four Reverends:
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White Rumblefish hoedown!
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Most GAS-worthy bass, for me, was the Wal. My lord, what a tone. GAAAAAAAS!

Other favorites: Atrapp's Modulus and Status, Lokire's Stanbaugh (sp?) and Ken Lawrence, and Caca had some great basses there that played awfully nice (especially the '72 Fender P and the 30th 'ray). Simply too many basses to try them all, but I had a blast, and the attendees were a fantastic bunch of folks.

Biggest surprise: The TBC 5-string MM-clone run through my rig played really well and sounded fine for a $200 bass. Definitely worth looking into snapping one of them up and dropping an Audere into it to get a real cheap MM clone. Another big surprise was the really nice Ibanez (belonged to atrapp, I believe??) -- definitely the nicest Ibanez I've ever tried, and could masquerade as a much more expensive bass.

Most unassuming rig was definitely the towering wall of Accugroove brought by barthanatos. :p

Most surprising rig was the Thunderfunk/Acme mini rig that was filling the room with sound, down to a low B, without breaking a sweat. That Acme cab can put out a lot of low end given it's size. Definitely worth looking into if you need to go small.

My favorite rig was my own :hiding: , though that might just be familiarity. I didn't try out Passinwind's DIY rig, which sounded fantastic, or many of the other ones -- I don't need rig GAS.

The tone of that Wal going through my rig and arbitrary's rig was amazingly GAS-inducing. I may not have the money for a Wal any time soon, but I'm a believer, and will probably get an elevated heart rate every time I see one up for sale from now on. :D