Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[biguglyman]

What say ye GOF's? Forget the 5 string and get the blonde Cort?

Find a fiver that your hands can deal with and go. You'll come to love the added versatility of that low B. It's more than a thumb rest. It's a low D, a low C, a way to play stuff further up the neck, and a way to play Surfin' USA in Eb without having to go nut...(that last is from personal experience)

 

[beans-on-toast]

Friday On My Mind

Richard Thompson, Debra Dobkin (how about that drumming!), Judith Owen

 

[GwenOnBass]

Friday and the start of memorial day weekend. Speaking of weekend, it's started for any who wants to be a member of the 100 Beer Club (not me). The rule (as I recall, no attempts real or imagined made) is membership is open to all who drink 100 beers between midnight Thursday and midnight Sunday.

And music finds its way

 

[G-Dog]

I think I still have a Nauga somewhere around here.

It could be hard to tell. If your nauga hydes you might never find it! You might even be sitting on it and never know it. They're crafty that way.
.

 

[the harp unstrung]

And music finds its way

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That is a profound, and poignant picture.

 

[beans-on-toast]

The idea of playing an instrument in a trench seems contrary to being targeted. Especially if you’re a banjo player.

Here’s a WWI trench cello. Pretty nifty.

Disassembles like a rifle and packs away.

A different style, more traditional body shape.

 

[beans-on-toast]

“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward parts of the soul, on which they mightily fasten.” Socrates.

 

[Passinwind]

Friday and the start of memorial day weekend.

Yep, which means the 50th anniversary of Mario Andretti's only Indy 500 win. For those who don't already know, he did that without ever changing his right rear tire, the one that typically takes the most stress on a counterclockwise oval like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The wheel was stuck on the hub and Andretti chose to carry on rather than lose time trying to fix that. There were many other issues too, as detailed below. His grandson will be in the race on Sunday, trying the break the family curse of only one win in 60+ attempts.


The legends of 1969: Mario Andretti’s unlikely Indy 500 victory filled with racing lore

 

[Jeff Scott]

“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward parts of the soul, on which they mightily fasten.” Socrates.

Yes, but only if one plays the lyre, pan flute, or banjo...............

 

[GwenOnBass]

It's the bagpipers they aim for first

 

[Passinwind]

The idea of playing an instrument in a trench seems contrary to being targeted. Especially if you’re a banjo player.

Here’s a WWI trench cello. Pretty nifty.

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Way cool, and oddly familiar.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Way cool, and oddly familiar.

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Charlie! Man you are cool cool cool! Livin' the life! Cool pic!

 

[the harp unstrung]

Agreed. The Cort bass looks like nearly a twin cousin to my SR500... and you're right, @Morrighan , I'm drawn to the Cort because of the Bart MK1's.

They both share the same ovangkal/walnut necks, which are super smooth and fast.

Ibanez SR500
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Cort A4 Artisan

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Man!
I’ll talk about my Cort basses all day long...

This Curbow came straight off the wall at GC about 12 yrs ago. $250, if I remember correctly. Salesman said it had been hanging there too long. The GC team thought that finish...they called it Bowling Ball Orange...was keeping folk from buying it.
I thought it was beautiful, in a weird sorta way.

...my first 5, the smoothest, truest neck I’ve ever played.
Ergonomically Sweet, but not designed to play sitting down.

I’ve loved it so much for so long that, last Spring, when we came across this Cort ABG at a pawn shop in Moab, I was All In at first glance!

It’s my ‘plug in’ ABG, and I can get a nice wooden tone with it through my SWR LA15. I’m still searching for the sound through a li’l
Roland Micro Cube RX that arrived at my door last month.

It’s Great Fun to play.

I’ll go to bat for Cort any time.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Man!
I’ll talk about my Cort basses all day long...

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This Curbow came straight off the wall at GC about 12 yrs ago. $250, if I remember correctly. Salesman said it had been hanging there too long. The GC team thought that finish...they called it Bowling Ball Orange...was keeping folk from buying it.
I thought it was beautiful, in a weird sorta way.

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...my first 5, the smoothest, truest neck I’ve ever played.
Ergonomically Sweet, but not designed to play sitting down.

I’ve loved it so much for so long that, last Spring, when we came across this Cort ABG at a pawn shop in Moab, I was All In at first glance!

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It’s my ‘plug in’ ABG, and I can get a nice wooden tone with it through my SWR LA15. I’m still searching for the sound through a li’l
Roland Micro Cube RX that arrived at my door last month.

It’s Great Fun to play.

I’ll go to bat for Cort any time.

That is one gorgeous electric bass!

 

[the harp unstrung]

...a couple of shots from just North of Moab...

Utah is Jaw Drop Beautiful!!

 

[Passinwind]

Charlie! Man you are cool cool cool! Livin' the life! Cool pic!

Here's the venue Will:

That's the Columbia River to the left, and there's a beautiful view of Mt. Hood from the deck we usually played on. Did one or two weekend days a month there for a few years with that trio. They've now closed down the amphitheater part, but they had several acts like Santana, Steve Winwood, ZZ Top, and Bob Dylan each summer for quite a few years. We did a few pre-shows on the tasting room deck, it was crazy. Pretty great wines at that place too, they've won many awards.

 

[Passinwind]

Utah is Jaw Drop Beautiful!!

Word. The Wasatch ski areas are incredible that way.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

A Rememberance of Memorial day to all nations who sacrificed their youth in the Great Wars and past and present conflicts.
"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.”
~John F. Kennedy

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Alright all you GOF's! Early Roll Call this Friday Memorial Day Weekend! Account for all hands toes appendages accounted for...wife Carey and I are planning on a couple solid days of more spring cleaning. It feels great to toss off the remnants of winter. We have Omaha Steaks Burgers-- they're quite delicious. Also we're making some homemade potato salad Saturday and we'll have that with burgers on Memorial day. I'm putting together my secret baked beans (Bushes BBQ beans and I add onions then BBQ slowly )

Then we're going to plant flowers on brother Tom's and Mom and Dad's graves. Mom and Dad were buried together. Tom's buried on the civilian side (about 100 feet from Mom and Dad's grave) and Mom and Dad are interred at the Veteran's National Cemetery as he was a WWII vet. He fought under General MacArthur's wing in the Pacific Theater. My grandfather was in WWI and fought in Europe so I guess the Army is in my blood.

So what say ye, GOF's? What are your plans for the long weekend? @Passinwind @agedhorse @Stumbo @GonePlaid @beans-on-toast @Morrighan @biguglyman @G-Dog and please if I forgot your name I apologize. My fingers are getting tired from typing!

 

[Passinwind]

So what say ye, GOF's? What are your plans for the long weekend?

I have my usual Friday night jam tonight. Might take a drive out to our rural property and start spitballing some building plans. My wife has a couple of close friends who are doing a contracting startup and are hungry for work, and commercial power has just recently come close enough to the lot to finally be a viable option. We like the "tiny house" concept, but maybe with an expanded electronics shop and/or music room.