Recent content by gordongeekstad

I had a super sweet black and white Rick 4001 that I saved through my senior year of high school for. It didn't work out for me because some ******* stole it from me.

Let me know when you find out because I have ten basses and no gig (and 52 guitars and no gig).

It is an age thing, although it's not because they are young. We live in a time where things like hard work, attitude, follow through and basic human courtesy don't matter to an entire generation (there are exceptions of course). In short, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the internet in...

I am a guitar player but I own about 10 basses. I don't really play bass live so for recording I kind of let the bass decide but more recently my two favorites have been the Eastwood Jetsons Jr Bass "reissue" and the Eastwood (Epiphone) Newport reissue. I play and write power pop and some...

How are they going to know?

My favorite to play is a D'Armond Guild Starfire reissue with Dark Stars and flats.

They're easier to play. The scale is shorter.

Think you should probably find a different drummer before your gear starts disappearing.

I currently own 11 basses and 67 guitars. I don't need any of them! At least I know if things go t*ts up for me I can always survive awhile as a used gear dealer...

I hope you're right, I love the old and the heavy. It helps that my stuff mostly stays put these days. I'm not going to try to get an 8x10 up and down a fire escape stairs in the snow. Again. The other night at our dumb GC the guy let me go in the booth and blast a huge old seventies...

When I was unemployed and really hurting for money I sold a D'Armond Starfire loaded with Dark Stars that I bought from Fred Hammon (the bass and pickups). The guy who bought it flew to Minneapolis to pick it up. I tried to buy it back later but the guy wasn't having it... Biggest regret as...

Whoever played the bass in the "Price is Right" extended them song.

Hey y'all Got a steal on an old Ibanez copy of a short scale Gibson EB3 and would like to replace the bridge with something more modern because the original is operationally fine but has some pretty bad corrosion going on. This is from early 70s and the saddle is actually wood which is kind of...