Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[RodRy]

Hawtdawg those fusiondudes look like fun to play with. Two hours round trip commute ... I'm 65!

Happy Birthday!

 

[RodRy]

I was about ready to buy another BB75 in koa with a different pup config, then Bunny Brunel moved on and they stopped making the BB, then they became Kiesel. I'm sure they are good instruments since I think it's pretty much the same people as Carvin.

Bunny is with ESP now and his ESP bass looks pretty much the same as the Carvin BB.
Products - Bunny Brunel - The ESP Guitar Company

I liked the asymmetric neck, and the dots being aligned with the first 4 strings. But I kept dreaming of an XB75. I played one at the showroom, and if it had been a different color I would have had it shipped home for me. But it was just not quite the instrument I wanted, so it stayed there that day.

 

[RodRy]

I love the look of koa! Nice bass.

I find myself admiring that bass from across the room. It has some figure that is only visible in certain light. Sounds good, looks good, plays good. Too bad I don't.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Happy Birthday!

Well okay I talked with the FusionDudeGuys and yes @Jeff Scott they responded and are interested but the physical distance is a deal breaker. But in touch.

And I can probably break 65kph on a bicycle
downhill with a tailwind

 

[Jeff Scott]

... and a close second to tacos and lime in San Fernando ...

Ever been to Tito's Tacos in Culver City?

Tito's Tacos

Screw skateboards! That top is thick enough to make bass bodies.

I have it on good authority (I just measured mine ) that the top is 1 1/8" thick (solid quarter sawn white oak).

The shelf is 1" thick, the four uprights are 1 1/2" thick, and the base and matching stretcher under the top is 1 5/8" thick! Again, all solid quarter sawn white oak.

There was a time in the USSR when nobody could afford guitars and basses, not even the state made ones. Inventive people would steal grandma’s old table and use it to build instruments. These homemade instruments are collectors items today.

Even, in Old Blighty, they were home-made.

Well okay I talked with the FusionDudeGuys and yes @Jeff Scott they responded and are interested but the physical distance is a deal breaker. But in touch.

Bring the mountain to Morrighan.

And I can probably break 65kph on a bicycle
downhill with a tailwind

BTDT!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Ever been to Tito's Tacos in Culver City?

Tito's Tacos
I have it on good authority (I just measured mine ) that the top is 1 1/8" thick (solid quarter sawn white oak).

The shelf is 1" thick, the four uprights are 1 1/2" thick, and the base and matching stretcher under the top is 1 5/8" thick! Again, all solid quarter sawn white oak.

Even, in Old Blighty, they were home-made.

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Bring the mountain to Morrighan.
BTDT!

Tito's looks way too established, which is to say that to a passerby might look approachable. It took a San Fernando local to persuade me to walk into, much less eat something prepared there, for it appeared to my eye a ptomaine palace. But to my dying day I'll swear that is the finest Mexican food I've ever been privileged to enjoy.

 

[GonePlaid]

The worst "treat" I ever had was a deep fried Twinkie. I expected it to be crunchy on the outside but it was a soggy, oily mess that didn't improve the Twinkie.

The State Fair of Texas has had other deep fried delicacies such as fried butter, fried Coke (figure that one out), fried Froot Loops, fried ice cream, fried chicken noodle soup on a stick.

A few years ago at the South Florida Fair, there was a booth that had deep fried Twinkies, Oreos, Snickers, and a coupla others, and...Deep fried Cream Cheese. My friend and I said no way, wandered around a bit then figured what the hey and got an order.
Then we got another. Much better than expected.
But my favorite fun food was at the State Fair of Florida: Deep Fried Tater Tots wrapped in bacon. Mmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[Jeff Scott]

...fried Coke (figure that one out)...

I thought the Coke was supposed to get you fried?

 

[the harp unstrung]

There was a time in the USSR when nobody could afford guitars and basses, not even the state made ones. Inventive people would steal grandma’s old table and use it to build instruments. These homemade instruments are collectors items today.

and while we’re on the subject of the USSR...

 

[beans-on-toast]

Flexi-disks used to be distributed in magazines as inserts. They were similar to the xray disks. I remember listening to demos from Gibson on these disks. They worked pretty well for what they were. They got scratchy sounding quickly.

and while we’re on the subject of the USSR...

 

[spiritbass]

and while we’re on the subject of the USSR...

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I'd never heard of this. Genius re-purposing of media!

 

[beans-on-toast]

Well okay I talked with the FusionDudeGuys and yes @Jeff Scott they responded and are interested but the physical distance is a deal breaker. But in touch.

And I can probably break 65kph on a bicycle
downhill with a tailwind

Being able to sing, even backup, is a strong asset for a bass player wanting to join a band.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Being able to sing, even backup, is a strong asset for a bass player wanting to join a band.

Unless they're all instrumental like these guys

but yeah there's a new microphone here too

oh hey pretty cool the FusionDude wrote back to say he attended Berklee College of Music before a life and career and all. Took it up again about two years ago. Someone else I heard of went to some music school even longer ago than that before she picked up her bass again.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Flexi-disks used to be distributed in magazines as inserts. They were similar to the xray disks. I remember listening to demos from Gibson on these disks. They worked pretty well for what they were. They got scratchy sounding quickly.

MAD Magazine did a memorable one in the latter half of the 60s. It was a big band just wailing away, then it would stop and an impressive, especially to teenage boys, fart or belch (honestly can't remember which) would be expressed, whereupon the band would resume. Lather, rinse, repeat. Much fun.

 

[beans-on-toast]

MAD Magazine did a memorable one in the latter half of the 60s. It was a big band just wailing away, then it would stop and an impressive, especially to teenage boys, fart or belch (honestly can't remember which) would be expressed, whereupon the band would resume. Lather, rinse, repeat. Much fun.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Yes. But I'm remembering a big band, not Cheez-a-Rama combo. I could be wrong, though. What, me worry?

 

[beans-on-toast]

Yes. But I'm remembering a big band, not Cheez-a-Rama combo. I could be wrong, though. What, me worry?

I don’t know how big the band was. They problem is, too many players, nobody gets paid so you hire a keyboard player that can cover multiple instruments. They did however have wind instruments.

 

[notJaco]

I don’t know how big the band was. They problem is, too many players, nobody gets paid so you hire a keyboard player that can cover multiple instruments. They did however have wind instruments.

Do you remember their hit, "She Got A Nose Job"?

 

[GwenOnBass]

It's genetic, isn't it?

 

[beans-on-toast]

Do you remember their hit, "She Got A Nose Job"?

Bands cranked out a lot of throwaway songs in the 60’s that never made it to radio. Well except for radio station bits where they would change the lyrics. Usually very professionally produced.

60’s songs that mostly you’ve never heard. There’s a series of these 60’s garage band mixes, great stuff to take your mind back to a time and a place.