Recent content by hogues

PM sent...

Hi everyone, been a while! I've just had a daughter and moved in to a new house, and have decided to sell my czech-ease. Brought it from the US in 2009 and ended up buying a full size upright to make the hotel people happy. Anyways, here are the details - Czech-ease "standard" D neck...

So some of you may know I recently took Pacman's carved Chrissy off his hands for use here in Tokyo. Pacman - before you read any more of this, RELAX, SHE'S FINE. For the rest of you... I was on my way to an easy gig - US $200, 20 minutes of music, free buffet and open bar all night. (Nothing...

Agreed - I always go the one-at-a-time route. I didn't like the idea of the thing, just never got around to asking if it was a worthwhile idea, or if it would work if you needed to remove your bridge for whatever reason for a few minutes. One of those things that sticks in your head... sort of...

Thought I'd get around to asking something that's been on my mind forever - years ago I was having a seam reglued in a little shop in Central PA, one thing led to another and we got to talking about how often he saw soundpost issues with students trying to change strings and letting the post...

Yet another great story for me here on Talkbass.com - a few weeks ago I started the folding bass/japan thread about my difficulties with my czech-ease. Within a week Paul W. had put me in touch with Pacman, and just last night I relieved him of his Chrissy in exchange for a little piece of paper...

Killing... I can't quite describe it, but it just has that -sound- that you expect from a 100 year old instrument. Clicks and growls in all the right places... such a great bass!

So forgive me if I missed this somewhere - in all my searching I found posts talking about touching up plywood basses where people say "now, I wouldn't dare try that on a nice -carved- bass..." Well, here goes. I recently picked up a 3/4 carved Chrissy that's seen some heavy touring use and...

One thing to keep in mind about Ron's sound in the 70's is that it wasn't necessarily -his- sound. There's a great little blurb in "Deep in a Dream", a Chet Baker biography, about the sessions for "You Can't Go Home Again", a quintet date with Ron that was also Paul Desmond's last recording...

I think my original intent was lost in here somewhere - let me clarify... I came here with my Czech-ease for a few reasons - it's much easier to fly with, it was significantly cheaper than flying over a 3/4 upright, and the flight case was a good deal less expensive. We're sort of doing this on...

wow! tons of good advice... Paul - they still have some club basses here, although quality varies wildly from place to place. I've played a few decent basses with working pickups and good strings, and I've given myself blood blisters on a few long-dead student basses with no adjustable bridge...

Here's the thing - it's an agency that books four big hotels here in Tokyo, and a ton of smaller venues. Decent pay - US $200 a night, dinner, and once you're in the rotation you can count on that several times a month. I don't want to push my luck with them too much, and I've heard from a few...

Before I assault you all with questions, a thank you to talkbass.com for helping me out upon my arrival here in Tokyo a few short months ago... I've been here since August with my Czech-Ease, and I'm slowly starting to network, made a website, accumulate some gigs, etc. It's been interesting...

Brent - Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ended up getting an express train and getting in MUCH earlier than I expected, but Kimoto-san welcomed me in anyways and took care of the setup in under 30 minutes. He was amazingly precise, even giving me a little diagram with measurements and...

Just got in to Tokyo this past weekend from Boston... brought my Czech-Ease along for the ride in the gage flight case. TSA people were great, let me help them with the inspection and make sure it was put back in the case properly. Still a scary feeling to see it descend the conveyer belt in to...