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Serious question for the luthiers here ....
- Thread starter Dark Horse
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Been there.
Use the stupid little device I forget the name of regularly, make that ball move. Don't be like my room-mate who would only attempt it when being glared at by staff, and who "mysteriously" failed to improve.
Yeah, I've got one of those. Being a bass singer, as well as a bass player, I've been doing standard breathing exercises continuously as I lie here. That's helped my progress a lot.
I got an hour in on projects in my workshop last night, and it felt great. I'm hopeful I'll still finish my build off entry. I only have 72 thousand more things to do, so I'm almost there! 
Don't know much about his therapy (we had kind of lost touch for a while) but a good friend from high school developed cancer of the tongue. That was something like 20+ years ago. He is still doing great and going strong at 67! Hope that gives you a bit of comfort. Best of luck......you can do it!
welcome back, Bruce! don’t overdo it! rest up and heal up! glad you’re doing well. you had a lot of folks out here pulling for you...#016 sez hi, and that while she misses sunny california, she sez new england ain’t so bad! she’s trying to figure out why she’s not gigging yet...trying to make her understand sometimes is like trying to talk to a slab of wood...wait, WHAT?...cheers, bobo
Well, now's the time to build up a library of recordings. With today's cheap computer rigs, storage space costs almost nothing. Start recording favorite old songs by yourself, memories that you like. Work on your recording technique. In a few more years, you'll enjoy listening to them yourself as a way to bring back memories. For your family and friends, they will be treasuries that will last long after you are gone. And if you take the time to reasonably produce and package them they could be products that you can sell and get income for years.
I'm back home in my shop! Amazing, when you realize that they were cutting my heart open on Tuesday. I'm feeling good, mostly just exhausted. I need to basically sleep for a week or two. It'll be a while before I start walking slowly out into the shop and doing things. But I'm here, and it feels so good. My Pod is surprisingly comfortable to sleep in.
Good to hear you’re back “home” and doing well, Bruce.
Praying for all of you gents facing health challenges.
John
Praying for all of you gents facing health challenges.
John
(and #016!)
Very glad and relieved to hear you are doing good.
Take the time needed to rest and get your strength back.
You’ll soon be back full steam building scroll Basses as you love to.
Many friendly thoughts and get well wishes from France and obviously from all over the world, from all of us!
Jean-Baptiste
A nice recovery day...Mostly laying around and sleeping in bits. Keith Horne was in his shop across the hall, and we talked for a while. His Doberman Jet came over and visited me, wondering where I'd been. Phone calls and visits from a few friends. Sorting through all the pills. Went for several walks up and down the hall, slowly, then out on the ramp, and sitting on the wall in the sun for a while. It felt great.
Then my buddy Thomas came over, and he needed to borrow my big Kondia milling machine for a quick tooling job with a complicated setup. So, I just stood there, hands in pockets, and talked him through it. I barely touched anything; he did all the wrenches and switches. I was like the old Professor, watching over his shoulder. When he got it all running, I settled back in my recliner (about ten feet away), and lightly dozed while he finished the job.
Really good therapy. I enjoyed the sounds and smells, and the feeling of being among my machines. They were happy working away under a trusted friends' hands, while I rested.
Slept for a few hours, woke up, had some more pills and a nice sandwich. And some writing here on TalkBass.
This is how I intend to recover.
Then my buddy Thomas came over, and he needed to borrow my big Kondia milling machine for a quick tooling job with a complicated setup. So, I just stood there, hands in pockets, and talked him through it. I barely touched anything; he did all the wrenches and switches. I was like the old Professor, watching over his shoulder. When he got it all running, I settled back in my recliner (about ten feet away), and lightly dozed while he finished the job.
Really good therapy. I enjoyed the sounds and smells, and the feeling of being among my machines. They were happy working away under a trusted friends' hands, while I rested.
Slept for a few hours, woke up, had some more pills and a nice sandwich. And some writing here on TalkBass.
This is how I intend to recover.
Sounds like good therapy Bruce. All the best to you from way up here!
sounds like a great way to start your recovery, bruce! i’m pretty confident we are all so very grateful for your successful surgery and wish you the very best. slow and steady...always moving forward...scroll tops rule...oh yes, they rule! cheers, bobo
Super cool video for us wood geeks ....
