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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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GOFs don't use that phrase! 
The radio in my office isn't quite as old as me:
But the record player in my music room has a few years on me:
EDIT to add that I think BassmanPaul played on that recording.
But the record player in my music room has a few years on me:
EDIT to add that I think BassmanPaul played on that recording.
My hearing aids cost 4K each. The batteries last quite well but I'm thinking of modifying them to accept Phantom Power.
Greybeard is definitely in the correct club! He's talking to himself and getting the name wrong!
I switched to Rotosound when they first came out, I'd be 18 or 19. I finally found some of the "twang" I had been looking for. Found more when I rewired the electrics in my Gibson EB2 and reworked the "tone coil" as Gibson called it. That Mudbucker absolutely sings without that coil.
Found the rest when I installed long scale Rotosounds onto my new (used) '63 Precision. they were so new you couldn't get them in Liverpool so I had to do a trip up the East Lancs to Manchester to buy a set. Tried the P at a rehearsal that afternoon - I never played the EB2 again.
It's 18 degrees here and I have my hose pointed directly at you.
It's past -30C here and the jet from my hose is a curve of ice drooping to the floor. I wouldn't mind so much but I'n not even outside! :scowl:
EDIT to add that I think BassmanPaul played on that recording.
Where's me damned Royalty cheque????
You can still do that at your age?
Jeff, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!
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You'll need to talk to Tom Edison about that.
I think he spends his winters in Fort Meyers, Florida. Maybe you can contact him with Alex Bell's new fangled "telephone".
Well, I'm over half-way through my fifth decade here on earth and yes, I can sometimes be grumpy before I have my first cup of coffee. Hair and mustache have been gray for a while, and a couple of years ago, my eyebrows began turning. They looked pretty funny, actually.
What passes for a lawn on my little plot in the countryside is posted "No Trespassing". I have an attack kitty and am not afraid to encourage her...
What passes for a lawn on my little plot in the countryside is posted "No Trespassing". I have an attack kitty and am not afraid to encourage her...
Well, I'm over half-way through my fifth decade here on earth and yes, I can sometimes be grumpy before I have my first cup of coffee. Hair and mustache have been gray for a while, and a couple of years ago, my eyebrows began turning. They looked pretty funny, actually.
What passes for a lawn on my little plot in the countryside is posted "No Trespassing". I have an attack kitty and am not afraid to encourage her...
Sounds like a request?
#66 spiritbass
Born when Truman was Prez, first gig in '62, first band in '65, graduated high school the year of he Tet offensive. I've seen a lot and done a lot, enough to wear my old ass out. I piss my wife off at least once a day, so yes I am grumpy. Still rocking, though. I'll be 64 in two days. Don't need a water hose. If you're on my lawn I'll come out there myownself and kick you off. Gimme a number.
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