MARF 2007...Saturday 4/21/07 Pics and posts

mrs_brown · Post by **mrs_brown** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:10 am

Thank Ben (Steve) he is the one who gave me the great weekend away and the new camera on the way up the road. And he did the posting on youtube I have not a clue as usual

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:05 am

"How fantastic does that 4005 sound????? Niiiiice Jeffrey...."

Thanks Shaun!

I keep telling everybody how great these sound but some are just sceptical of hollowbody basses getting that "Rick" sound.

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:10 am

Jeffrey, I played a 70's one once and it didn't sound anywhere near as good as that. That's a marvelous bass sound. What year is yours?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:11 am

Jeff and I did a comparison - my '74 vs. his '67, both double-bound.

His was considerable lighter than mine, which we attributed to the thin neck and the full-width inlays on his.

The pickups sounded fairly similar - his toasters, mine higains. Really, the biggest difference was in volume and perhaps a bit of clarity. But for the most part, close.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:39 am

I'm tellin' ya, it's the smooth hand!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:04 pm

Hey John B and Jdog, what did you think of the "F" body that came in late on Sunday???

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:23 pm

There's a picture of me with it somewhere, Dave. I think Kris Lyons took it.

Needless to say, it was incredible. We plugged it in and both took turns doing rockabilly impressions on it. The long PAF Accent w/ the musical notes was really cool too.

The guy also brought a new-style RM 360 w/ F-hole! Really cool.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:43 pm

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:46 pm

Yeah, that's the one.

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:29 pm

John B, I'm glad you had the opportunity to play it. It's now safely in the Rick Vault at Pascoe's place until it makes the journey across the Pacific to it's new home.

I have to decide whether to ship it out via Fedex or UPS or to collect it when I come out to SoCal in August.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:50 pm

Groowwwwllll! Very cool! I missed seeing those.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:51 pm

August's not that far away Darren ....

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:00 pm

That's what I'm thinking, Jim. How's the Fireglo on that baby, eh?

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:04 pm

Hehehehe ... looks stunning Darren, if you come pick it up in August, we'll get to see it, and meet you.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:09 pm

I have a great idea, Darren. Have the Fatboy shipped to various forumites working it's way to the SoCal Confluence. For example, it could go to John, then to me, then to Ted, etc, until it finally ends up with, say, Gary in California!