Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Deleted member 268085]

What I recall is the disco scene in the 70s was a coke scene. Not my thing. What will never be the same that was absolutely part of the scene were Invalid Link Removed. <ahem> In this time of disco I wear KalsØ Earth Shoes.

Man-o-man, did I waste a lot of money during the disco years. $50 matchbooks and $5 matchbooks, available from the bartenders who had to know you. $50 for a half. $5 for a 'Lude. Walk up to the right bartender. Put the money on the bar. Look around. Ask for a book of matches. Easy peasy. Money gone. Chance to sleep that night gone. Yet, here I am. Surprising myself more than anyone else.

My favorite club was amazing. I was often the only straight guy there. Maybe 10 females. One heck of a party. I knew the owners and partied with them in their office (as big as their largest dance floor). The men's and women's loos were used differently than most. The women's had all stalls, so that was the coke room. Get your matchbook, get your friends, get in line, use the next open stall. The owners had thoughtfully installed large TP holders with flat tops. You know how they got used! You could fit about 3 peeps per stall. The men's was used by everyone for it's typical purpose. More than one female had to back up to a urinal because the stalls were, um, also in use.

It was a wild time.

That turned into a really sad time.

AIDS.

Wiped that scene out. Lost some friends. Life got really tough for my gay friends for a long time after that.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

What I recall is the disco scene in the 70s was a coke scene. Not my thing. What will never be the same that was absolutely part of the scene were Invalid Link Removed. <ahem> In this time of disco I wear KalsØ Earth Shoes.

There was a place in Atlanta, the Limelight Lounge. Mountains of cocaine. Nobody even tried to hide it.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Always felt to me The Gong Show was the longest-running coke party I'd ever seen.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

There was a place in Atlanta, the Limelight Lounge. Mountains of cocaine. Nobody even tried to hide it.

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[Black Out Jazz]

Welp, when you go off to your brother's lake house, this is what ya take.

 

[GwenOnBass]

The dance scene in Atlanta remains strong attraction for connoisseurs of the art, is my understanding.

 

[beans-on-toast]

View attachment 4313211 Welp, when you go off to your brother's lake house, this is what ya take.

A paddle, a boat anchor, and a rope?

Nice way to spend your time.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

The dance scene in Atlanta remains strong attraction for connoisseurs of the art, is my understanding.

Could be. I am quite removed from even the metro area these days and soon to move farther from the urban sprawl.

 

[GwenOnBass]

View attachment 4313211 Welp, when you go off to your brother's lake house, this is what ya take.

ooo Rumble. Looked (not seriously) at some today to judge weight (again) as I played a showroom Epi Thunderbird and Squier Jaguar H (with a MM pickup). The Squier is comfortable for me to play and might have gone home (though I really don't need it) but for a nickel-sized ding on the back. Manager offered a discount. But. You know. New bass — inexpensive new bass — scratch and dent model — with an aftermarket pickup I'll want ... pass.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

A paddle, a boat anchor, and a rope?

What fun are those things?

 

[beans-on-toast]

What fun are those things?

That's what I saw in your image when I squinted.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Could be. I am quite removed from even the metro area these days and soon to move farther from the urban sprawl.

too subtle, perhaps. I mean the sort of shows where one might be surprised the ladies don't catch a chill. Hard work to sell a "client" a split of champagne

 

[GwenOnBass]

That's what I saw in your image when I squinted.

yes, all three, but not in that order.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

That's what I saw in your image when I squinted.

Lol

 

[Black Out Jazz]

too subtle, perhaps. I mean the sort of shows where one might be surprised the ladies don't catch a chill. Hard work to sell a "client" a split of champagne

The Gold Club of years past probably saw more coke injested than the Limelight. Mafia.

 

[GonePlaid]

ooo Rumble. Looked (not seriously) at some today to judge weight (again) as I played a showroom Epi Thunderbird and Squier Jaguar H (with a MM pickup). The Squier is comfortable for me to play and might have gone home (though I really don't need it) but for a nickel-sized ding on the back. Manager offered a discount. But. You know. New bass — inexpensive new bass — scratch and dent model — with an aftermarket pickup I'll want ... pass.

Even tho my 67 TBird is almost completely mark-less on the back(due to care when wearing a belt or wearing untucked aloha shirts), my thinking would be that no one else can see it, if they wanna gimme a discount, I'll take it. Glad you were pleasantly surprised by the VP. They can look awkward, but they aren't. The trick is to 'sling' them lower(standing)but the ergos are good sitting.

 

[beans-on-toast]

ooo Rumble. Looked (not seriously) at some today to judge weight (again) as I played a showroom Epi Thunderbird and Squier Jaguar H (with a MM pickup). The Squier is comfortable for me to play and might have gone home (though I really don't need it) but for a nickel-sized ding on the back. Manager offered a discount. But. You know. New bass — inexpensive new bass — scratch and dent model — with an aftermarket pickup I'll want ... pass.

I wouldn’t trade a discount for a nickel sized ding. When I buy new shoes I don’t want worn ones with dirt on the souls.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I wouldn’t trade a discount for a nickel sized ding. When I buy new shoes I don’t want worn ones with dirt on the souls.

Yeah my thinking exactly. It is a very good shade of blue. Who knows what it sounds like? Because it looks like a MM pickup in about the Jazz neck pickup posiiton. I'd rather not a ceramic humbucker, but I bet it sounds gnarly. Slap a Bart or something in there and I bet it'd be really smooth.

Cat bass is what's got me. There's a lot to be said for a low-end bass ... if one were to fly with it as I expect I will.

 

[notJaco]

I wouldn’t trade a discount for a nickel sized ding. When I buy new shoes I don’t want worn ones with dirt on the souls.

Ah....just saves me the trouble.
I've only bought maybe three pieces of new, out-of-the-box bass gear in my time...my first bass which was a NEW Hofner Beatle. I had that carved up in the first two weeks by sticking a big Humbucker in it. I was young and ignorant and it did not do what I hoped. An SVT, and a Guild/Hartke 4X10 cabinet which I have to this day. Definitely some battle scars on that.
The rest was was out of the used room at Gus Zoppi Music on 8 mile Rd. (yes, the famous 8 Mile)

 

[beans-on-toast]

Don’t let a US airline ever try to make you check your instrument in the baggage hold. They have to take small sized instruments in the cabin, so not a standup bass.

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