sirpaulsbuddy

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Website

https://www.jimboothauthor.com/

Location

Greensboro, NC

Gender

Male

Current Setup

main rig - Fender Bassman 500 head, Fender Bassman 115
rehearsal/practice - Fender Rumble 100, DanElectro Nifty Seventy

Basses - Two Fenders, a Hofner, Epi Jack Casady

Guitars, etc. - Rick 330, Epi Casino, Gibson Songwriter acoustic, Yamaha 12 string (700 series), Epi Mandobird, Epi Les Paul uke, Dean 6 string banjo, various other crap...

Occupation

College Professor

Favorite Genres

Power pop, folk rock, folk pop, classic rock, singer-songwriter

Gigs and Ensembles

Lime Street Tea (originals, mainly in the folk rock/power pop vein)
The Duck and Pony Show (acoustic-y folk pop, singer- songwriter vein)

Previously Owned Gear

'67 Vox Sidewinder, '69 Fender Tele with the flowers or paisleys or whatever they were, '71Gibson EB3 long scale (slot neck tuners0, various Jazzes, Precisions, Gibson Ripper, a Univox I picked up somewhere,

Amps - Fender Bassmans, Kustom (who didn't love rolled and pleated?), Ampegs, now back to Fenders

G.A.S. List

I want a Rickenbacker bass - I have a 330 6 string, an Epi Casino, a Hofner - once I get the Rick 4001/4003/4004, the Ring of Power will be mine!

Influences and Teachers

First and foremost, Sir Paul
The Jacks (Casady and Bruce),
Bill Wyman

Hobbies and Interests

Oh, yeah, I write literary fiction - I get polite, respectful reviews and sell squat in terms of books moved -

I fly fish - which is not a hobby, it is a religion, let's be clear