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My GAS has met its match.

#81
BassBrass said:
Tell me what it is and I'll tell you if he could do better. I hope you know the brand and model, minimum basics before you say anything stupid like use the word "grime" for what is really "character". Like if he's playing a 1959 Olds Super Recording, forgetaboutit.
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He's playing a Stomvi. I don't remember what model. Forte, I think, but I'm pretty sure whatever model it is has been discontinued. It has lots and lots of character. It started out silver plate. It is now mostly black and splotchy. My main concern is that he keeps the inside clean so he avoids respiratory problems over time. I assume the valves are OK, although I saw him pull one and oil it on stage a few weeks ago. He had just come off a three week tour, so it's understandable that he may not have it completely clean inside, but I really don't like seeing a sticking valve bad enough to need mid-performance maintenance.
 
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#83
Dr. Cheese said:
I pray I am blessed to grow old, stay independent, and quickly drop dead when the time comes. I know I would not be allowed to keep my basses or my knife collection in a home.
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My father filled a Home Depot bucket with his old sidearms. Imagine me taking that to a home and having to explain a Fed that worked Jimmy Carter - George W's worth of cases + how they have sentimental value to me.
 
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Yeah, my GAS met it's match too......................I'm a "Nillionaire"!

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Dr. Cheese said:
I was driving with my oldest daughter today, and I told her I was going to look in the local music store today. She said fine because she needed a mouthpiece for her alto sax. I was having a ball playing an Ibanez four with the reverse split pickup/single configuration that has such a great slap tone. I was sitting thinking how I could buy it when my daughter told me how much she liked the sax she had just been playing. I already knew she needed a better sax for her senior year, plus she wants to be in marching band in college, so goodbye bass and hello professional grade alto sax. My big girl plays soprano too, I better put aside some money for one of those too.:)
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An investment in helping your kids be good people is the very best kind.
 
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#90
Marko 1 said:
Maybe hope she becomes a nurse-- it's always good to have them in the family.

Wy wife is a nurse, and they're great (especially for me, in that nothing grosses them out). :)
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Absolutely true! I used to work in a Hospital and you get hardened up pretty quickly. Pretty soon nothing grosses you out! You have to be careful because you can forget that most people are not immune and you can get in a "normal" conversation with some other hospital worker in a social setting and then you look around you and everybody has turned a kind of sickly green from listening to your conversation!.
 
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I remember upgrading from a student model coronet to a professional grade silver Bach trumpet. It made all the difference in the world, and it played amazing! Getting your daughter a better sax is an awesome gift you can give. I would have loved to have been in my daughters life like that, and have her interested in music. Cherish all the moments you have with them. You never know when they can be taken away.

Family first.
 
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That's the way to do it, sir! So many level of win will come from that. I did something like that last summer. I "downsized" to a SUB Ray 4 (since I don't play out anymore), and used the money to get my son a 1976 Bach Strad trumpet that was in pristine shape. He loves it, it sounds great, and he's first chair again so no complaints from me. It ended up be a double win, because his school decided to start up a jazz band again, and he signed up to play bass! So the other night I got to see him perform for the first time using my gear. Happy dad moment.

Can't go wrong with family first, every time...
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
I was driving with my oldest daughter today, and I told her I was going to look in the local music store today. She said fine because she needed a mouthpiece for her alto sax. I was having a ball playing an Ibanez four with the reverse split pickup/single configuration that has such a great slap tone. I was sitting thinking how I could buy it when my daughter told me how much she liked the sax she had just been playing. I already knew she needed a better sax for her senior year, plus she wants to be in marching band in college, so goodbye bass and hello professional grade alto sax. My big girl plays soprano too, I better put aside some money for one of those too.:)
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"Thanks for putting your daughter first! You are a great dad!" said Candy :)
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Dr. Cheese said:
I was driving with my oldest daughter today, and I told her I was going to look in the local music store today. She said fine because she needed a mouthpiece for her alto sax. I was having a ball playing an Ibanez four with the reverse split pickup/single configuration that has such a great slap tone. I was sitting thinking how I could buy it when my daughter told me how much she liked the sax she had just been playing. I already knew she needed a better sax for her senior year, plus she wants to be in marching band in college, so goodbye bass and hello professional grade alto sax. My big girl plays soprano too, I better put aside some money for one of those too.:)
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Good choice and investment.. besides, you probably need a sax player for your band..
 

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