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recent thread about winning Lotto and Basses ... my experience ..!

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DavC

DavC

May 17, 2005
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Well ... the picture below should answer a few questions ... but the first bass I ordered was a Pedulla ET5 ... I went to the factory to pic out the wood for it , ... and bought a ET6 while there ... I was working at a local music store , Lentine's Music and we where a Pedulla dealer ... and a friend Bret Carlson ( great bassist ) worked at Pedulla ... took a new Porsche 968 Cabriolet out for a ride back/forth from Akron to Rockville and back ... if you have more questions ,... please ask ....
feel free to call the Ohio Lottery if you'd like ... i'll post my 1994 W-2G when I find it ... the 'G' is for Gambling ..!! many other pics of 'stuff' on my Facebook page ... Dave Cuckler ...
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here's my W-2G ... lotto take 52% when you take the lump payout ... then the feds/state want some more .... then the next year , even more ..! this is many addresses and years ago ... I still have an audio copy of my radio interview on WMMS ... after spending years playing around Akron/Cleveland in the 70's/80's ....
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i think if this happened now, I would have two 5 string sadowsky's a pj and a j, and a gl fretless asat 5 string (I know they don't make them, but maybe I could make that happen)
 
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after the first 2 Pedullas , I bought a couple older Tele guitar ... 67 Tele Custom , 81 Mahogany elite lace sensor .... then I think I picked up a 74 P-bass ... then a Alembic Elan II ... I play mainly keys , then bass ,... guitar ... spent a lot of time /money buying sports cars ... it was quite strange for the first couple years just buying ' whatever' ... ! I became very familiar with the instant 20% depreciation on cars ... what ever brand ... !! from Porsches to BMWs to NSXs ... they all swear how they'll hold their value .... !! I can only guess they didn't expect it to be traded in before the first oil change ... !!!
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my play room in the Florida house ... music stuff , video games , pool table ... what else is needed ..!
 
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I think I had a SWR Grand Prix pre ... a few different power amps/ cabs ... I bought stuff from the music store at 'cost' ...
I think that is my first PRS USA Standard and a Takemine Santa Fe elec/acoustic ...

my house was up near Destin/ Ft Walton Beach on a barrier island which took a direct hit from hurricane Opal ... luckily we didn't have all of our stuff down there yet ... water marks on the outside of the house where at 12 feet .. ! I got my NSX-T out of there and left my SUV to drown ... !
 
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in my spare time ... here's a CD / zip file from my OneDrive ... way early for a Xmas CD ... but it's the only one I've attempted to upload and share ... playing all the parts , recording stuff pretty much live ,doing tracks over and over until they're as good as I could get , takes forever .... then mixing things down ... all while constantly buying and selling gear ... it is fun .. !

this should/might be the proper link ... it's a long one ....

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placedesjardins said:
Just curious, would you have been better off getting payments over the lump-sum pay out? As in it would take longer to become rich, but your net winnings after 10 or 20 years would have surpassed your net lump sum payout.
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either the lottery could invest the money ... or I could ... would come down to who made the better investments ... especially thru the last half the 90's ... and who pulled a lot of money out before the crash .. ! or who sold their real estate off before the bubble burst ... ?? it is a gamble , ... I'm still doing OK ... plus I couldn't deal with my X every year ... !!! and I think that actually making money with the money is much more interesting than just sitting around waiting for a check ... !!??
 
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DavC said:
the cars have been a great experience ... costly , ... but I had a chunk set aside as my " car money " ... when it was gone , it was time to try to be more normal ... plus my wife ( yes another wife ... she's great .. ! ) had serious neck , ... then back/spine surgery which greatly lessened my need for speed .... !View attachment 623243
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I love basses and all, but these are the best looking pictures in this thread, if not on the whole site. drool
 
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