So Cal `09 Minicon Saturday May 30th Noon-8PM

[doctorwho]

Second set of pics

[doctorwho]

Third set of pics

That's about one-third of them ... and being that it's 2 a.m., that'll do for tonight. zzzzzzz .....

[ozover50]

Great pics!!

Sure as eggs when I'm over there next time there HAS to be one of these SoCal jams scheduled!!

[paologregorio]

Great pics!!

Sure as eggs when I'm over there next time there HAS to be one of these SoCal jams scheduled!!

Of course! It's pretty much mandatory for us to have one when there's an out-of town/visiting fellow forum member in the area!

[86kubicki]

What's the story on the burgundy "S" bass Joey is playing?

[rickenbrother]

What's the story on the burgundy "S" bass Joey is playing?

That is a X-Red 4004Cii that Dane bought from John Biscuti. Dane turned it into sort of a 4004CiiV63.
At first I hated that he blocked alot of the nice wood with a pickguard, but like all Dane's other modifications, they just grow on me and I can't help but like them. That bass plays and sounds excellent too!

[jps]

Great photos, Gary. Too bad there had to be music stands on stage blocking the view. Perhaps, telepromters next time?

[86kubicki]

Very cool - nice work Dane!

[paologregorio]

What's the story on the burgundy "S" bass Joey is playing?

That is a X-Red 4004Cii that Dane bought from John Biscuti. Dane turned it into sort of a 4004CiiV63.
At first I hated that he blocked alot of the nice wood with a pickguard, but like all Dane's other modifications, they just grow on me and I can't help but like them. That bass plays and sounds excellent too!

I really like that bass!!! It looks, plays and sounds fantastic! It also has a HUGE tonal range. Thanks for letting me play it on a few numbers Dane.

Great photos, Gary. Too bad there had to be music stands on stage blocking the view. Perhaps, telepromters next time?

Teleprompters?! How am I supposed to fit those in my little Ford Focus?!

[paologregorio]

I wish you guys lived closer to me

Maybe you could coordinate with a couple of your fellow Bay Area forumites and road trip it!

I sang myself hoarse at the minicon; I'm not used to singing lead vocal at all, and over the course of 8 hours, I sang lead quite a bit!

Rich, we forgot to play Greg Kihn's "Breakup Song"! That's a good one! Oh well, like I said, at this minicon, folks were more prepared, and we ran out of studio time bvefore we ran out of songs...I wonder if I could get Red Bull, Monster, or 5 hour energy to sponsor us?!

I hope you can make the next one Jerry! July 25th, everyone mark their calendars!

Oh, get this; yesterday I bumped into my pal Paul Sakry, one of the "singing drummers" at the bank. How random was that?! He said he really appreciated the compliments and enjoyed looking at the pics and the posts here on the RRF.

Thanks for posting some more pics Gary...we should expand the surf set; I know someone who doesn't know a lot of other type numbers but knows surf music.

[8mileshigher]

Great photos, Gary.

+1 on your cool photos, Gary

Regards

[8mileshigher]

I wish you guys lived closer to me

Maybe you could coordinate with a couple of your fellow Bay Area forumites and road trip it!

Definitely our Nor Cal forumites should Road Trip it to the next Mini Con

[kiramdear]

I wish you guys lived closer to me

Maybe you could coordinate with a couple of your fellow Bay Area forumites and road trip it!

My bags are packed. All we need is someone here with a vehicle to get the ball rolling.

[8mileshigher]

Too bad there had to be music stands on stage blocking the view. Perhaps, telepromters next time?

Yeah, it's either music stands, telepromters or we get 20+ Forumites to all learn the same 80 songs by heart and know the lyrics LOL and that the Chorus is different chords than the Bridge
More Practice sessions before the next Mini Con ?

[cjj]

I wish you guys lived closer to me

Maybe you could coordinate with a couple of your fellow Bay Area forumites and road trip it!

My bags are packed. All we need is someone here with a vehicle to get the ball rolling.

A vehicle? Don't you live on a boat? You could just sail down to So. Cal.