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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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John Sebastien turned 75 on March 17. I remember the Beatles jamming on the Let It Be sessions, Lennon starting doing one of Sebastien’s songs. He couldn’t figure out one of the tricky cord changes. Lennon laughed and exclaimed musicians!. The Beatles often did this. People can get close but they really have to work hard to perfectly nail their songs.
Here’s a song that Sebastien recently redid. The lick at the beginning is a great hook that keeps you listening. He still tours, doing his folk songs. He’s very good on the harmonica and offers several instructional courses. The Lovin Spoonful tours without him.
Here’s a song that Sebastien recently redid. The lick at the beginning is a great hook that keeps you listening. He still tours, doing his folk songs. He’s very good on the harmonica and offers several instructional courses. The Lovin Spoonful tours without him.
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Wouldn't brown ink look like dried blood? By the way, it isn't legal, I've heard, to sign a contract in blood.
Stevie Wonder used to carry an ink pad and sign cheques with his fingerprint. Nobody was going to argue with him.
I wonder how anyone can authenticate a signature. I can sign my name ten times and no two of them are exactly the same. Why shouldn't that be true with other people, especially "famous" people who are signing odd things in les than great circumstances?
Same with me. My signature used to be pretty consistent when I was younger, not at all now. I’m simply out of practice, muscles change, hand is not as stable.
If I take my time, they're fairly consistent. If I'm signing a bunch of checks for bills, no 2 look alike. (Yes, I still snail mail my bills, grump, grump)
Since I've been playing the TBird since 73, I'm used to its scale length. I have more problems with neck width than length.(there's no way I could play that on a P). That being stated, it is a little easier on my VM Jaguar SS but any place we play that there's sufficient room, I'm taking the 'Bird.
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Likely the first time I've listened to John Sebastian sing that song since since it was new. And yes what a great hook. The moment I read his name I saw him in my mind's eye as a young John Sebastian. Took a moment to click who I see now, and put it together to the point where I hear him and the lyrics and the penny drops. Yes, that's John Sebastian.
Digging thee effects in the video and this is only coffee I'm drinking.
... the Thunderbird is such a delight to see. From whut is told at TB, what I heard for sure are reports of the fretboard is a shave longer than an aircraft carrier. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to have one in the stable and hold it and hug it and call it George.
Whut really hold my GAS imagination now in the world of basses is an EB-3. A new or new-ish SG would be close enough.... If you are with me on a spring day 40 years ago (happy equinox!) you see how my eyes land on the Music Man Stingray on the wall. It looks nothing like all those Fenders, which is pretty much all I even see anywhere (except for some of the rock and rollers I dig). It's so different, the 3+1 headstock, and I can't give the guy my money fast enough.
Made up my mind pretty good on that one.
And that pesky brown ink. The first consideration if it will look like dried blood is if you want it to look like dried blood. There is a gentleman I know who is a retired "language arts" teacher, and the dried blood aspect was attractive to him. <shrug> We have teachers around here who know about holding the attention of a crowd. The brown ink served as forgery prevntion, he claims. Funny old world.
Next consideration, if you do or don't want the look of dried blood is if the dyes are green-based or red-based. The one Sheaffer produced from 1932 until they moved their production to Slovenia in the 90s(?) was green-based. The one Pelikan still produces is red-based. This is the ink of choice for a barrister friend who by some coincidence uses the same model and year of a Sheaffer pen as I. The venerable Sheaffer Targa. Passed all my exams with that.
My personal preference in browns is slightly green-shifted and pastel. I've a few and some I find very interesting such as the one that translates as "Rice Ear". The other translates as "Coffee with Cream". But of late been using only good old Sheaffer Blue in this special edition Lamy Safari
The old American production Sheaffer blue is kind of hard to find these days. The new production is brighter. The original production is kind of ordinary, but extremely durable. Anything thing written with it looks as if it could be written in 1937 bpecause it's exactly the same. Parker Quink Blue is unchanged since like forever, so always serviceable for the put the check in the mail club members.
There are even letter exchange clubs for the fountain pen freaks. Folks send written samples to each other as letters to show penmanship and ink-pen-paper combinations. Folks GAS for ink, pens, paper, and it can get as expensive as bass GAS. Especially so when collecting vintage pieces.
The Lamy Safari up there is pretty much a utility fountain pen. More or less indestructible short of being run over by a car. It's inexpensive (for a fountain pen - I own four Lamy Safari pens), works great and take interchangeable nibs. The pink one is now a standard model but has a black tassie rather than the matching one from the special edition. Tassie is the name of the widget that holds everything together in the cap. That's part of how pen spotters are - identifying a pen on sight by the design of the clip, the cap, the tassie .... a good black ink is the tort of the pen world ...
Digging thee effects in the video and this is only coffee I'm drinking.
... the Thunderbird is such a delight to see. From whut is told at TB, what I heard for sure are reports of the fretboard is a shave longer than an aircraft carrier. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to have one in the stable and hold it and hug it and call it George.
Whut really hold my GAS imagination now in the world of basses is an EB-3. A new or new-ish SG would be close enough.... If you are with me on a spring day 40 years ago (happy equinox!) you see how my eyes land on the Music Man Stingray on the wall. It looks nothing like all those Fenders, which is pretty much all I even see anywhere (except for some of the rock and rollers I dig). It's so different, the 3+1 headstock, and I can't give the guy my money fast enough.
Made up my mind pretty good on that one.
And that pesky brown ink. The first consideration if it will look like dried blood is if you want it to look like dried blood. There is a gentleman I know who is a retired "language arts" teacher, and the dried blood aspect was attractive to him. <shrug> We have teachers around here who know about holding the attention of a crowd. The brown ink served as forgery prevntion, he claims. Funny old world.
Next consideration, if you do or don't want the look of dried blood is if the dyes are green-based or red-based. The one Sheaffer produced from 1932 until they moved their production to Slovenia in the 90s(?) was green-based. The one Pelikan still produces is red-based. This is the ink of choice for a barrister friend who by some coincidence uses the same model and year of a Sheaffer pen as I. The venerable Sheaffer Targa. Passed all my exams with that.
My personal preference in browns is slightly green-shifted and pastel. I've a few and some I find very interesting such as the one that translates as "Rice Ear". The other translates as "Coffee with Cream". But of late been using only good old Sheaffer Blue in this special edition Lamy Safari
The old American production Sheaffer blue is kind of hard to find these days. The new production is brighter. The original production is kind of ordinary, but extremely durable. Anything thing written with it looks as if it could be written in 1937 bpecause it's exactly the same. Parker Quink Blue is unchanged since like forever, so always serviceable for the put the check in the mail club members.
There are even letter exchange clubs for the fountain pen freaks. Folks send written samples to each other as letters to show penmanship and ink-pen-paper combinations. Folks GAS for ink, pens, paper, and it can get as expensive as bass GAS. Especially so when collecting vintage pieces.
The Lamy Safari up there is pretty much a utility fountain pen. More or less indestructible short of being run over by a car. It's inexpensive (for a fountain pen - I own four Lamy Safari pens), works great and take interchangeable nibs. The pink one is now a standard model but has a black tassie rather than the matching one from the special edition. Tassie is the name of the widget that holds everything together in the cap. That's part of how pen spotters are - identifying a pen on sight by the design of the clip, the cap, the tassie .... a good black ink is the tort of the pen world ...
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Likely the first time I've listened to John Sebastian sing that song since since it was new. And yes what a great hook. The moment I read his name I saw him in my mind's eye as a young John Sebastian. Took a moment to click who I see now, and put it together to the point where I hear him and the lyrics and the penny drops. Yes, that's John Sebastian.
Digging thee effects in the video and this is only coffee I'm drinking.
... the Thunderbird is such a delight to see. From whut is told at TB, what I heard for sure are reports of the fretboard is a shave longer than an aircraft carrier. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to have one in the stable and hold it and hug it and call it George.
Whut really hold my GAS imagination now in the world of basses is an EB-3. A new or new-ish SG would be close enough.... If you are with me on a spring day 40 years ago (happy equinox!) you see how my eyes land on the Music Man Stingray on the wall. It looks nothing like all those Fenders, which is pretty much all I even see anywhere (except for some of the rock and rollers I dig). It's so different, the 3+1 headstock, and I can't give the guy my money fast enough.
Made up my mind pretty good on that one.
And that pesky brown ink. The first consideration if it will look like dried blood is if you want it to look like dried blood. There is a gentleman I know who is a retired "language arts" teacher, and the dried blood aspect was attractive to him. <shrug> We have teachers around here who know about holding the attention of a crowd. The brown ink served as forgery prevntion, he claims. Funny old world.
Next consideration, if you do or don't want the look of dried blood is if the dyes are green-based or red-based. The one Sheaffer produced from 1932 until they moved their production to Slovenia in the 90s(?) was green-based. The one Pelikan still produces is red-based. This is the ink of choice for a barrister friend who by some coincidence uses the same model and year of a Sheaffer pen as I. The venerable Sheaffer Targa. Passed all my exams with that.
My personal preference in browns is slightly green-shifted and pastel. I've a few and some I find very interesting such as the one that translates as "Rice Ear". The other translates as "Coffee with Cream". But of late been using only good old Sheaffer Blue in this special edition Lamy Safari
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The old American production Sheaffer blue is kind of hard to find these days. The new production is brighter. The original production is kind of ordinary, but extremely durable. Anything thing written with it looks as if it could be written in 1937 bpecause it's exactly the same. Parker Quink Blue is unchanged since like forever, so always serviceable for the put the check in the mail club members.
There are even letter exchange clubs for the fountain pen freaks. Folks send written samples to each other as letters to show penmanship and ink-pen-paper combinations. Folks GAS for ink, pens, paper, and it can get as expensive as bass GAS. Especially so when collecting vintage pieces.
The Lamy Safari up there is pretty much a utility fountain pen. More or less indestructible short of being run over by a car. It's inexpensive (for a fountain pen), works great and take interchangeable nibs. The pink one is now a standard model but has a black tassie rather than the matching one from the special edition. Tassie is the name of the widget that holds everything together in the cap. That's part of how pen spotters are - identifying a pen on sight by the design of the clip, the cap, the tassie .... a good black ink is the tort of the pen world ...
I was unaware of this fascination with ink pens. The inks that dry to look like blood resonated. I do offset printing and one day realized that the PMS color (188) that we use on our forms is the exact shade of dry blood. Weird, but it does look good on ivory paper...
Likely the first time I've listened to John Sebastian sing that song since since it was new. And yes what a great hook. The moment I read his name I saw him in my mind's eye as a young John Sebastian. Took a moment to click who I see now, and put it together to the point where I hear him and the lyrics and the penny drops. Yes, that's John Sebastian.
Digging thee effects in the video and this is only coffee I'm drinking.
... the Thunderbird is such a delight to see. From whut is told at TB, what I heard for sure are reports of the fretboard is a shave longer than an aircraft carrier. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to have one in the stable and hold it and hug it and call it George.
Whut really hold my GAS imagination now in the world of basses is an EB-3. A new or new-ish SG would be close enough.... If you are with me on a spring day 40 years ago (happy equinox!) you see how my eyes land on the Music Man Stingray on the wall. It looks nothing like all those Fenders, which is pretty much all I even see anywhere (except for some of the rock and rollers I dig). It's so different, the 3+1 headstock, and I can't give the guy my money fast enough.
Made up my mind pretty good on that one.
And that pesky brown ink. The first consideration if it will look like dried blood is if you want it to look like dried blood. There is a gentleman I know who is a retired "language arts" teacher, and the dried blood aspect was attractive to him. <shrug> We have teachers around here who know about holding the attention of a crowd. The brown ink served as forgery prevntion, he claims. Funny old world.
Next consideration, if you do or don't want the look of dried blood is if the dyes are green-based or red-based. The one Sheaffer produced from 1932 until they moved their production to Slovenia in the 90s(?) was green-based. The one Pelikan still produces is red-based. This is the ink of choice for a barrister friend who by some coincidence uses the same model and year of a Sheaffer pen as I. The venerable Sheaffer Targa. Passed all my exams with that.
My personal preference in browns is slightly green-shifted and pastel. I've a few and some I find very interesting such as the one that translates as "Rice Ear". The other translates as "Coffee with Cream". But of late been using only good old Sheaffer Blue in this special edition Lamy Safari
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The old American production Sheaffer blue is kind of hard to find these days. The new production is brighter. The original production is kind of ordinary, but extremely durable. Anything thing written with it looks as if it could be written in 1937 bpecause it's exactly the same. Parker Quink Blue is unchanged since like forever, so always serviceable for the put the check in the mail club members.
There are even letter exchange clubs for the fountain pen freaks. Folks send written samples to each other as letters to show penmanship and ink-pen-paper combinations. Folks GAS for ink, pens, paper, and it can get as expensive as bass GAS. Especially so when collecting vintage pieces.
The Lamy Safari up there is pretty much a utility fountain pen. More or less indestructible short of being run over by a car. It's inexpensive (for a fountain pen - I own four Lamy Safari pens), works great and take interchangeable nibs. The pink one is now a standard model but has a black tassie rather than the matching one from the special edition. Tassie is the name of the widget that holds everything together in the cap. That's part of how pen spotters are - identifying a pen on sight by the design of the clip, the cap, the tassie .... a good black ink is the tort of the pen world ...
This is the pen I use...
I am also proud to have it's mate...same only the colors are reversed!
Mostly, I use this to pen. The problem with this type of instrument is that you can type faster than you can think. This sometimes leads to problems. A slower pensive approach can be better.
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People often like to engrave those caps using their teeth.
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Likely the first time I've listened to John Sebastian sing that song since since it was new. And yes what a great hook. The moment I read his name I saw him in my mind's eye as a young John Sebastian. Took a moment to click who I see now, and put it together to the point where I hear him and the lyrics and the penny drops. Yes, that's John Sebastian.
Digging thee effects in the video and this is only coffee I'm drinking.
... the Thunderbird is such a delight to see. From whut is told at TB, what I heard for sure are reports of the fretboard is a shave longer than an aircraft carrier. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to have one in the stable and hold it and hug it and call it George.
Whut really hold my GAS imagination now in the world of basses is an EB-3. A new or new-ish SG would be close enough.... If you are with me on a spring day 40 years ago (happy equinox!) you see how my eyes land on the Music Man Stingray on the wall. It looks nothing like all those Fenders, which is pretty much all I even see anywhere (except for some of the rock and rollers I dig). It's so different, the 3+1 headstock, and I can't give the guy my money fast enough.
Made up my mind pretty good on that one.
And that pesky brown ink. The first consideration if it will look like dried blood is if you want it to look like dried blood. There is a gentleman I know who is a retired "language arts" teacher, and the dried blood aspect was attractive to him. <shrug> We have teachers around here who know about holding the attention of a crowd. The brown ink served as forgery prevntion, he claims. Funny old world.
Next consideration, if you do or don't want the look of dried blood is if the dyes are green-based or red-based. The one Sheaffer produced from 1932 until they moved their production to Slovenia in the 90s(?) was green-based. The one Pelikan still produces is red-based. This is the ink of choice for a barrister friend who by some coincidence uses the same model and year of a Sheaffer pen as I. The venerable Sheaffer Targa. Passed all my exams with that.
My personal preference in browns is slightly green-shifted and pastel. I've a few and some I find very interesting such as the one that translates as "Rice Ear". The other translates as "Coffee with Cream". But of late been using only good old Sheaffer Blue in this special edition Lamy Safari
View attachment 3361566
The old American production Sheaffer blue is kind of hard to find these days. The new production is brighter. The original production is kind of ordinary, but extremely durable. Anything thing written with it looks as if it could be written in 1937 bpecause it's exactly the same. Parker Quink Blue is unchanged since like forever, so always serviceable for the put the check in the mail club members.
There are even letter exchange clubs for the fountain pen freaks. Folks send written samples to each other as letters to show penmanship and ink-pen-paper combinations. Folks GAS for ink, pens, paper, and it can get as expensive as bass GAS. Especially so when collecting vintage pieces.
The Lamy Safari up there is pretty much a utility fountain pen. More or less indestructible short of being run over by a car. It's inexpensive (for a fountain pen - I own four Lamy Safari pens), works great and take interchangeable nibs. The pink one is now a standard model but has a black tassie rather than the matching one from the special edition. Tassie is the name of the widget that holds everything together in the cap. That's part of how pen spotters are - identifying a pen on sight by the design of the clip, the cap, the tassie .... a good black ink is the tort of the pen world ...
Having spent a total of 11 1/2 months on aircraft carriers, I can say from experience that that description of a Thunderbird neck is an exaggeration-but not by a lot. Seriously, because of the body shape but more because of the size of the headstock, their 34 1/2" scale looks longer. Coincidentally, due to the 3+2 headstock on my LPB2/5, it looks shorter. Same scale length.(Also on the LP, the bridge is closer to the end of the body).
My first "real" bass was an EB-3[I'm old, they'll always be EB-3s to me]. The next was the TBird. It took awhile to get used to the difference *understatement* in both reach and sound.
I'd mentioned the VM Jaguar SS. If I had been able to find an EB-0-in black/ebony*,or possibly walnut, I would have gone that route when I needed a short scale/backup. I could only find them in cherry, which I don't particularly like-just me. BTW, I'd sold my 66 EB-3, which wasn't being played, just a coupla months before I developed a need for a short scale.
I like the sound of the Jag more than I expected to, but my preference lies with Gibson/Epiphone products.
[96 LPB2/5, 67 TBird, 94 Epi 5er]*is there really a difference when it comes to bass/guitar finishes?
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Some Gibsons have nice finishes. I have one, probably polyester, that’s way too thick for my liking. Depends on the era I suppose.
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Ah, so many tangents, so little time. Should I go Turbo Tuner, Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph, or First Nation pictographs saved from flooding when Celilo Falls became an underwater feature of the Columbia River? There's probably a Woody Guthrie truism in there somewhere as well.
But no. Last night my new bass made it's official public debut at an open mike at a friend's place. The slide bass aspect was an especially big hit and the owner comped me my first margarita of the year. Spring has sprung, officially. Or sumthin'.
And this is my practice rig these days. I use a 112 when I play out, but this DIY setup lets me keep the mileage low on the little Thunderchild cab. I'm still thinking about buying or building a very small combo this spring, but the 112 is actually super easy to schlep around. This, on the other hand...
But no. Last night my new bass made it's official public debut at an open mike at a friend's place. The slide bass aspect was an especially big hit and the owner comped me my first margarita of the year. Spring has sprung, officially. Or sumthin'.
And this is my practice rig these days. I use a 112 when I play out, but this DIY setup lets me keep the mileage low on the little Thunderchild cab. I'm still thinking about buying or building a very small combo this spring, but the 112 is actually super easy to schlep around. This, on the other hand...
Black is black, no other colors. I see ebony as a deeper black that I associate with the wood that has character. In terms of paint color, I wouldn’t see a difference unless the top coat or primer factors in.
Ah, so many tangents, so little time. Should I go Turbo Tuner, Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph, or First Nation pictographs saved from flooding when Celilo Falls became an underwater feature of the Columbia River? There's probably a Woody Guthrie truism in there somewhere as well.
But no. Last night my new bass made it's official public debut at an open mike at a friend's place. The slide bass aspect was an especially big hit and the owner comped me my first margarita of the year. Spring has sprung, officially. Or sumthin'.
And this is my practice rig these days. I use a 112 when I play out, but this DIY setup lets me keep the mileage low on the little Thunderchild cab. I'm still thinking about buying or building a very small combo this spring, but the 112 is actually super easy to schlep around. This, on the other hand...
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What stings did you go with in the end?
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