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Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:21 pm
by Gilmourisgod
Excuse me if I missed a previous thread on this, but what happened to Joey's Bass Notes? It's disappeared on Facebook, is there still a link to it somewhere here on RRF?

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:14 pm
by callofcthulhu
I'm willing and able to host a mirror, I just need someone who has a local archive to reconstruct it from. The site was not being indexed by the wayback machine.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:34 pm
by libratune
Here you go.

Joey's bass notes and other insights by Joey have been incorporated into this forum as videos. Here's the link:

viewforum.php?f=107

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 1:34 am
by callofcthulhu
Um...sorry, but a couple videos aren't an acceptable substitute for the comprehensive and annotated diagrams and photos concerning setup, wiring, and "how to spot a fake" that were neatly laid out for quick and easy reference on his site.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:29 am
by cjj
Joey said he was shutting it down, for a while anyway. Probably would be started up again sometime in the future...

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:20 am
by jps
In the meantime, why don't all of you, who have the knowledge/information, work collectively to create an equivalent resource and put it on-line for everyone to use and grab whatever info they want/need off it for their own files. There are so many of you who are already more than well versed in all things Rickenbacker to be able to do so, together.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:35 am
by callofcthulhu
cjj wrote:Joey said he was shutting it down, for a while anyway. Probably would be started up again sometime in the future...
In that case, I find it even harder to believe no one pulled down a local archive.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:44 am
by jps
cjj wrote:Joey said he was shutting it down...
I don't blame him for doing so. He got tired of having to deal with a bunch of c*r*a*p from people.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:51 pm
by Gilmourisgod
Who gave him ****, and for what reason? That database was up for YEARS. I, for one, appreciated it hugely, often linked to it on Talkbass to reference Ric arcana, questions about authenticity or identifying fakes or "Lawsuit" era Japanese copies, etc. I hope he puts it back up, or somebody else hosts it. I'd do it myself, but I'm clueless as to how.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:16 pm
by jdogric12
I thought he took it all down because other spammy websites were stealing his YouTube videos, uncredited and without notification or permission, and using them to drive traffic and sell advertising on their own sites.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:46 pm
by jps
jdogric12 wrote:I thought he took it all down because other spammy websites were stealing his YouTube videos, uncredited and without notification or permission, and using them to drive traffic and sell advertising on their own sites.
Yes, this, among other things, too.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:47 pm
by bassduke49
I wish we could hear from Joey once in a while here. He is, afterall, one of the moderators of this Forum. Come to think of it, we don't hear from Tony much, either.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:27 pm
by jps
Nor, most of the other mods, for that matter.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:12 am
by jdogric12
The "mods" were implemented back when there was a ton of traffic and help was needed to squash problems. Heck, I was one at first until I opted out.

Re: Joey's Bass Notes???

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:43 am
by bassduke49
I guess my point is that Joey and Tony are missed, not because of their moderator duties, but because of their once frequent contributions to the conversations. There are a lot of stalwarts who seemed to have disappeared, at least over here in the bass section.