Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[bobyoung53]

Here's a couple more well known tunes Bob Babbitt played bass on:




Great bass line in War

 

[GonePlaid]

Here's a couple more well known tunes Bob Babbitt played bass on:

Ah. But who played bassoon?

 

[bobyoung53]

Ah. But who played bassoon?

It's not well known but Bob doubled on bassoon: Bob "Bassoon" Babbitt.

Another one:

 

[GonePlaid]

It's not well known but Bob doubled on bassoon: Bob "Bassoon" Babbitt.

Another one:

According to Wikipedia(always accurate[?]), Charles R. Sirard. (who?)

 

[bobyoung53]

According to Wikipedia(always accurate[?]), Charles R. Sirard. (who?)

Oh, you were serious?

 

[bobyoung53]

Anyone remember this one?

Yup, Bob on bass

 

[GonePlaid]

Oh, you were serious?

Only 1/2. Always kinda wondered what they did live when 'odd' instruments* were used in recordings whenever these groups went out in the 60s/70s.
*piccolos, bassoons, French horns, etc.

 

[bobyoung53]

Only 1/2. Always kinda wondered what they did live when 'odd' instruments* were used in recordings whenever these groups went out in the 60s/70s.
*piccolos, bassoons, French horns, etc.

lip synced:




Or played it twice as fast to cover up:

 

[beans-on-toast]

Ah. But who played bassoon?

It’s always a good idea to have someone in the band play the fool.

 

[GonePlaid]

It’s always a good idea to have someone in the band play the fool.

 

[Charlie Tango]

I was just thinking the other day. I don’t think I could move my household belongings anymore...

I got movers the last several times. And haven't helped any friends move since maybe the mid-80s or so. You grow out of things.

 

[Charlie Tango]

UHaul has evolved. They still have trailers. I used to rent their trucks with the big stick shift and lift in the back. Their moving trucks are way better now, built in ramps, automatic transmission.

Nice gig mobile.View attachment 4264190

But do they still have the free-floating steering?

 

[GwenOnBass]

My last move was pretty dramatic.

 

[GonePlaid]

I got movers the last several times. And haven't helped any friends move since maybe the mid-80s or so. You grow out of things.

Friends help you move. Good friends help you move the bodies.

 

[SoulReflection]

That DX-100 has the 11M band on it (CB band) lots of CB'ers use to use these illegally back in the day, 100 watts. It's AM though, I didn't know any CB was sideband.

SSB CB Radio

Mine looked something like this with a slide out mount for vehicle and home use (with a 12V power supply). One of the up/down switches was converted by a tech for half channels:

 

[SoulReflection]

Here's a couple more well known tunes Bob Babbitt played bass on:




Great bass line in War

Ha, most of these tunes are featured over in the '60's Bassists! What a coincidence .

 

[beans-on-toast]

My last move was pretty dramatic.

Circumstances of some moves can leave a lasting scar.

 

[SoulReflection]

Ah. But who played bassoon?

I was a buffoon (still am), does that count?

 

[beans-on-toast]

SSB CB Radio

Mine looked something like this with a slide out mount for vehicle and home use (with a 12V power supply). One of the up/down switches was converted by a tech for half channels:
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Didn’t all trailers used to come with a CB?

 

[GonePlaid]

SSB CB Radio

Mine looked something like this with a slide out mount for vehicle and home use (with a 12V power supply). One of the up/down switches was converted by a tech for half channels:
View attachment 4264658

I drove 18 wheelers for 23 years. Still have all(6?)of the CBs I bought over the years, from a bare bones P-S Alley Cat through a coupla "modified" SSB units, mostly P-S and Cobra. Also one base station(Hy-Gain Utopia)that had a lotta channels that, let's say, didn't come from the factory. The 'book of words' had a picture of the inside of the radio wiyh a spt shadow that was captioned "WARNING: do not cut this wire as it will cause the radio to transmit 40W, which is against FCC regulations". (It was already cut when I bought it off of a guy who got a Yaesu 401.) The fine tune was modified as a 'slider' so you could get between channels. If there was a nearby 'channel hog', I could go on a 1/2 channel and blank him/her out. Hee-hee!