This is the route I took, too, when I was younger and (a different sort of) more foolish. Still have the bass, but it needs a lot of work.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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This is the route I took, too, when I was younger and (a different sort of) more foolish. Still have the bass, but it needs a lot of work.
I did that with my ‘63 Stratocaster. The cavity was very rough. I cleaned it out really nicely with a router so that I could get copper tape to stick to the wood, in the process I removed the original signatures and dates. In the aftermath I thought, maybe I shouldn’t have done that.
It was a workhorse instrument, I don’t think that anything is original except for the refretted neck, Fender decal, pickups, and pick-guard.
I should add, back in 1970, old instruments were just old instruments. It costed $250. There was no vintage market or value associated with them. A friend bought a 50’s Fender PBass in the 60’s that was hanging on a service station wall. I think he paid $50. Sometimes things were exchanged to pay the mechanic.
Precisely (or maybe telecastery) this. My other excuse is that someone had already taken the knife to it.
I have my great grandfather's pickaxe.(We've replaced the handle 5 times and the head twice
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The last Fender bass I bought was used. Natural finish, maple FB with blocks. Paid $250 (w/hard case) in 1980 dollars...
In the mid Sixties I owned a Gibson EB0F. It had a fuzz box built into the brute. I never used it. Eventually the bass was stolen from a club in Liverpool.
Does for me.
I poked around. It seems that they want me to have javascript installed for it to play. For security reasons, I don’t have the JS plugin installed in my browser.
The Gibson Maestro Fuzz that was in the EB0F was very popular. If was used on Satisfaction by the Stones.
There are few notable users of the EB0F bass. Phil Lesh was pictured with the bass in the Warlocks, shortly before becoming the Grateful Dead.
Yes that's the bass alright!
Further to the story: I went into Frank Hessy's store in Liverpool one day to see my EB0F up on the wall. I knew it was mine as there were only two in the UK at the time. There was a guy trying out a used Precision. He turned out to be a friend of mine and a while later I bought that bass from him. I can't remember what Frank Hessy did about the EB0F for the life of me. I was playing the Precision when I played a gig on June 06 1968 and met the girl who became my wife.
You were playing bass and met a girl? That sounds fishy to me.Yes that's the bass alright!
Further to the story: I went into Frank Hessy's store in Liverpool one day to see my EB0F up on the wall. I knew it was mine as there were only two in the UK at the time. There was a guy trying out a used Precision. He turned out to be a friend of mine and a while later I bought that bass from him. I can't remember what Frank Hessy did about the EB0F for the life of me. I was playing the Precision when I played a gig on June 06 1968 and met the girl who became my wife.
Here is one for us GOF's with dogs or experience with them.
One of my sons, just today, lamented that he was fishing with his retriever. My son caught a fish and lost it because his dog jumped out of the boat and he had to haul the dog back in to the boat.
This wasn't the first time. I have been them when a fish got caught or a duck got too close to the boat and the dog jumped in.
My son paid good money for a retriever and then paid more to have him professionally trained.
I texted back to him saying the dog was doing what he was bred and trained to do and all this dog wants to do is please his master.
I don't know how much a dog can be trained with discretion. What do you think?
One of my sons, just today, lamented that he was fishing with his retriever. My son caught a fish and lost it because his dog jumped out of the boat and he had to haul the dog back in to the boat.
This wasn't the first time. I have been them when a fish got caught or a duck got too close to the boat and the dog jumped in.
My son paid good money for a retriever and then paid more to have him professionally trained.
I texted back to him saying the dog was doing what he was bred and trained to do and all this dog wants to do is please his master.
I don't know how much a dog can be trained with discretion. What do you think?
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The fish is happy. The dog is happy. Your son has a fishing story to tell. All is right with the world.
The Kids Are Alright.
Great...that's one way to look at it, time to move on. Oh, and I am somewhat surprised at the response, but it doesn't matter.
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My cousin’s dog went to obedience school and failed. The trainer offered to repeat the course. The dog failed a second time and never graduated. He was a good dog but had a mind of his own. Kind of like me so I can relate.
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