That’s very sad. He seemed like a genuinely great guy. Life is too short.
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Fender Mustang Club
- Thread starter FlyingPigSound
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Where did you hear this? Was the news posted on TB somewhere?I'm shocked and saddened at the news of the passing of this fine man. Mustang Club member #42. Bob, you will be sorely missed by all those you've served, and touched by your service, throughout your life. Thank you for your service, your enthusiasm and your dedication to the ideals you so exemplified.
In memoriam, Bobhmcs.
I've corresponded with Bob a few times on TB, but did not see any mention of this anywhere til now...
Thanks,
Flo
Yo, Flo. I first read it from @SoulReflection in his Bassists of the '60s club this morning. I've also had some PMs with him and was shocked at this news. I believe Monday was his last post. I've been spreading the news in some of our shared forums.
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Today at 7:36 AM#6019I'm shocked and saddened at the news of the passing of this fine man. Mustang Club member #42. Bob, you will be sorely missed by all those you've served, and touched by your service, throughout your life. Thank you for your service, your enthusiasm and your dedication to the ideals you so exemplified.
In memoriam, Bobhmcs.
^ @SoulReflection 's original post announcing the passing of Bobhmcs.
Bob was a regular contributor to the Mustang club. We corresponded a bit on various subjects, but it was clear from his club posts that he just loved music, loved playing the bass, and put a lot of time and effort into getting his gorgeous white PJ Mustang just the way he liked it.
Late last March, as Covid-19 was heating up, he wrote to me asking to "turn in his number," because:
"We have a organization here In Reno called Girls Rocking Reno which is a music camp from April thru June for girls between 12 and 17. I was building a light weight Jazz to donate but due to circumstances beyond my control it could not get finished on time and the only other bass I had that a 12 year old could use properly was my Mustang PJ. Since I made the commitment I went ahead and donated it to the organization as I am completely for it."
I informed him that there warn't no way the rest of our ponies would tolerate one rider losing his number just cause his 'stang had relocated. Once you're in our Remuda, you've got a spot reserved at this hitching post forever.
I'll miss him. He was a gracious, gentle man. Donating his Mustang to this organization to honor his commitment seems emblematic of his character.
RIP Bob.
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I remember that 'episode', Flo. So, I chose his followup post where seeing his donated Mustang Bass on the charity website "kinda choked up this old sailor". Some may remember that Bob lost a 6-year-old "old soul" granddaughter to a rare form of brain cancer and he started a charity in her memory. I don’t know if "Girls Rocking Reno" was his, or not. But he had well schooled her in the names and songs of the '60s bands he so loved.
Not to slight his career as a Navy Medical Corpman tending the sick and wounded. Truly a selfless, caring man that will be missed sorely.
RIP, Bob.
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I'm shocked and saddened at the news of the passing of this fine man. Mustang Club member #42. Bob, you will be sorely missed by all those you've served, and touched by your service, throughout your life. Thank you for your service, your enthusiasm and your dedication to the ideals you so exemplified.
In memoriam, Bobhmcs.
RIP Bob.
so....looking for a stable mate for my MIJ Mustang. Something with similar neck (1.5" or so nut) and short (possibly medium) scale. Love the 'stang, just want (on occasion) a bit more tonal variety....knowing what y'all know about Mustangs, any suggestions?
I've got a short scale SBMM Stingray that I love - same neck width, radius and feel as my Mustang PJ, but offers a different sound with the signature 'Ray tone (but passive, which I prefer). Series, parallel & singlecoil for total variety, and a well made instrument.
I think the two complement eachother well, but I'm always more naturally inclined towards Leo's work, across all 3 of the companies. The G&L Fallout is also tempting me, but the nut width is 1.625" from what I can tell, and possibly a bit chunkier. Haven't managed to get my hands on one yet. I know it'd sound great, though, with that MFD pickup.
Same here — Stingray short scale — see link to my earlier post below. We considered the Fallout (I really like G&L’s guitars - my daughter’s primary guitar is a G&L Legacy), but they tend to be on the heavy side.
Fender Mustang Club
Grab a Bronco on the cheap and mod it into something unique?!? Or, find a used Musicmaster and do the same... My already-heavily-modded ‘78 Musicmaster just came off the bench as a fretless with a Novak BS-DS pickup...
I also have the old guard ready to go with the DiMarzio Model G...
Same general form factor that we’re all familiar with, completely different tonal palette!! TBH, this bass was great fretted with the Model G, and it’s great fretless with the Novak... Different from most other Mustang/Musicmasters, but still related...
-robert
Absolutely beautiful! I just picked up a bronco last week for a song with the intention to place my fender humbucker in it. I was thinking over refinishing in a similar color to yours, so this is nice timing.
Out of curiosity, how does the model G sound? I’ve never seen or heard of it and I’m interested!
The finish is a rattle-can finish over the sanded and smoothed clear-coat. This bass was a wreck when I restored it for a friend 5 years ago... The neck was pretty beat up, but restored nicely, and that pickup was wired in with masking tape!! He finally sold it to me in 2019...
The Model G is a monster pickup, and sounded great when this was fretted and wearing heavy DR flatwounds... It sounded pretty good with the fretless as well, just a bit more aggressive than I'd like. The cavity underneath was pretty shallow, and I couldn't get it low enough to smooth out as much as I wanted. When I got the Novak, I opened up the cavity as well as deepened it. That allowed the Model G to sit lower and improved the sound, (IMO anyway... mellowed it out)... The Novak mounts on top of the guard and was also too close to the strings, so I shimmed the neck and raised the saddles, and now it is in a sweet spot...
Is your pickup the silver Fender from the Tele bass? I have one in another bass, and it is one hot pickup!!
-robert
hey gang, I come to you with the latest mod to my mustang: a new pickup cover for the jazz bass pickup. Here are before and after pictures. It may be the most minor of minor mods, but I think it looks a lot better now. I also tried to see if I could remove just the heads on the tuners (to replace them with lollipops), but that plan didn't work out. I think if I want to have lollipops on this bass I'll have to replace the whole set of tuners, and the only brand that makes them as good as the fenders is hipshot, so that's gonna be an expensive upgrade.
My pickup is the silver one from the Tele bass. I’m pretty excited to drop it into this bronco and hear what it sounds like! I’m going to strip the finish probably this weekend and get started. I’m also going to try to refinish the neck with some try-oil, which is something I’ve never done. And put some Lollipops on it in good time. If it turns out half as good as I’m imagining, I see this as my main player for a while.
As for yours, that is a sweet rattle can refin. Do you remember which rattle can you used?
And that model G sounds like one monster pickup! If you ever think about selling it, let me know. Always interested in different pickups. Thanks for the info!
I haven’t been posting here much lately as I’ve had both some ear troubles that stop me from playing much and what playing I have been doing hasn’t been on my Mustang, but I’ve very much loved my Mustang and it was over our Mustangs in this thread right here that Bob and I first bonded (later carried over to our other lives on the SG/EB-3 side of things, not to mention Ps and Js). Anyway, I wanted to touch base with the great group of guys and gals here in the Mustang thread and share a memory I posted elsewhere earlier.
Bob posted the following in the Fender Mustang Club just about a year ago now when he had to go back into the hospital for chemo and radiation therapy. I’ve taken a few words in the middle of the quote out so that it fits here. And fit so well it does, but I’m mainly posting this because of the picture he added, a physical photograph he bought from the photographer herself, I believe, that perfectly expressed all the rage and all the pent up rock and roll energy and joy in life that were still in him as the docs and nurses (of course tryin to help him) confined him and and his own body betrayed him.
"I really hate what I am going to say.
I will be away for a while...and I can't use my phone there. So I will be seeing all later and you can count on that! Keep up the great work and modifications.
Talk to you all as soon as I can.
Bob"
Then play on, Bob. See ya on the other side
Bob posted the following in the Fender Mustang Club just about a year ago now when he had to go back into the hospital for chemo and radiation therapy. I’ve taken a few words in the middle of the quote out so that it fits here. And fit so well it does, but I’m mainly posting this because of the picture he added, a physical photograph he bought from the photographer herself, I believe, that perfectly expressed all the rage and all the pent up rock and roll energy and joy in life that were still in him as the docs and nurses (of course tryin to help him) confined him and and his own body betrayed him.
"I really hate what I am going to say.
I will be away for a while...and I can't use my phone there. So I will be seeing all later and you can count on that! Keep up the great work and modifications.
Talk to you all as soon as I can.
Bob"
Then play on, Bob. See ya on the other side
