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Double Bass LA Bassworks Love

#13
Speaking of L.A.. I just heard (very posthumously that Jon Peterson passed away last year. Jon did so much outstanding work on my basses when I lived in Socal 94-2006. Between him and Dave Millard in San Diego, they were my go-to guys. RIP Jon....rest well.
 
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Don Kasper said:
Took my bass to Lisa G. on friday for a fingerboard dressing - 24 hrs. later (saturday) I had my bass back.
Had some ruts removed and an overall checkup and minor soundpost tweaking - nothing major.
Big Improvement.
She's the best.
TMI? No! Just FYI, IMFO!
Thx.
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Couldn’t agree more. I have a new fully carved Eastman Busetto that was in need of a full setup. Gabriel spent a lot of time getting everything in great shape from top to bottom, inside and out. Bass sings like Robert Goulet.

Lisa and her shop LA Bass Works are such a gem for the bass community here.
 
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What everyone else said. Navigating those stairs, getting stuck in the elevator, dealing with the homeless (if you park on the street) make it all worth it. I miss when she was in Silverlake. That was easy but still a great, central location now. I just had one knee replaced and the other set for March 2023. So in about a year, those stairs will no longer be an issue!
 
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CryingBass said:
These days? My quote is Good Help is Impossible to Find!
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Not to go all analytical, but why is that exactly? Are there really more jobs than people who are available to work? I was in Target today and the sign said they are hiring with pay STARTING AT $15 an hour. That's in North Carolina, not NYC or LA.

What was probably the LAST jazz club in Raleigh (C Grace on Glenwood Ave.) closed suddenly a couple of weeks ago. The owner, who had been running it for 10 years said in her email that she wasn't able to find bar staff? Don't get me wrong, I'm not coming at this from an right-wing position of 'If they don't work they don't eat'. I just really curious how this dynamic seems to have become the 'new normal' in such a short period of time.

My wife and I went to a Bar BQ restaurant a couple weeks ago. They no longer have wait-staff. You order and pay for the food at the counter up front and they have runners who bring it out when it's ready. That seems to work just fine in a limited menu sort of restaurant like that.

Having been retired for 10 years now I am occasionally tempted to take a part-time job to pick up a few bucks and just get out of the house a bit more. I find that impulse doesn't last too long.

For a combination of deep-understanding and some off-the-wall wit perhaps we need to hear from @Don Kasper
 
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rickwolff said:
Not to go all analytical, but why is that exactly? Are there really more jobs than people who are available to work? I was in Target today and the sign said they are hiring with pay STARTING AT $15 an hour. That's in North Carolina, not NYC or LA.

What was probably the LAST jazz club in Raleigh (C Grace on Glenwood Ave.) closed suddenly a couple of weeks ago. The owner, who had been running it for 10 years said in her email that she wasn't able to find bar staff? Don't get me wrong, I'm not coming at this from an right-wing position of 'If they don't work they don't eat'. I just really curious how this dynamic seems to have become the 'new normal' in such a short period of time.

My wife and I went to a Bar BQ restaurant a couple weeks ago. They no longer have wait-staff. You order and pay for the food at the counter up front and they have runners who bring it out when it's ready. That seems to work just fine in a limited menu sort of restaurant like that.

Having been retired for 10 years now I am occasionally tempted to take a part-time job to pick up a few bucks and just get out of the house a bit more. I find that impulse doesn't last too long.

For a combination of deep-understanding and some off-the-wall wit perhaps we need to hear from @Don Kasper
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Wait, the $15 doesn't motivate you? /s
 
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The examples given has to do with how much a business is willing to pay for good help. Ever notice how there are less and less venues that offer live music? Why? Because of the bottom line. That band cost us money (which they shamefully refuse to pay their worth) but we can put 4-5 tables of paying customers which will make us money. Wait staff...same thing. The cost of doing business scale keeps tipping and creates a domino effect.

As far as L.A. Bassworks, they've never compromised their quality for the almighty peso. I had some neck work done recently and Gilbert offered to do one thing at a certain price or another thing for a higher price. Being someone who was always taught that when you pay cheap you pay twice, I told him to go for the more expensive option. He said that's great for the same reason. A repair shop of lesser integrity would have jumped at the chance to go cheap in order to get a repeat customer. Lisa and Gilbert see that doing it better the first time guarantees a repeat customer and significant work of mouth. That's how you run a business.
 
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rickwolff said:
deep-understanding and some off-the-wall wit perhaps we need to hear from @Don Kasper
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Not sure if this is "deep-....." or, "off-the-wall..." (or both!) but there is a current US "employer" who has 44 Billion dollars in disposable income laying around who is going to buy a thing called the "Twitter".
I'm not sure what an appropriate/serious answer might be...
You have stumped me, rickwolff.
"The Times They Are A Changin' " (Ellington or Bob Dylan?...I forget which one.)
Thanks.
 
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