The Long Journey................

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:55 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys. I like to think that I have made some real friends here. We will certainly visit Yorkshire someday and a stop to Peter's house will be the highlight of the trip. Meeting the local forum guys (to me) like Paul Boyer and Jeff Thomas has also been great. They are both welcome at my house any time. I consider all of the polple from the Columbus Confluence to be friends as well.

A lot of other things happened along the way but if I put them in it would take 48 hours to read i!

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:02 pm

I am very happy for you Peter!

You have been waiting too long for that baby. welcome to the 4005 elite! I don't think I could ever get used to the upside down R tailpiece, however.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:13 pm

Wonderful story, Ted, and beautifully told - a joy to read. Isn't it great that people who have never met but share a common interest are prepared to go out of their way to help each other? I love it!!

Congratulations, Peter. It looks brilliant. I'm glad Ted spelt "winging" correctly - you were only a couple of letters away from being branded a "whingeing Pom"!!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:20 pm

Peter spoke a lot about (forum member) Graham Griffiths and what a great guy he is. They are old friends. For every time he said great guy he also said pain in the ***.

I am eager to meet Graham some day as well.

Peter Levett Trivia:
Peter was a roadie for Free and Mott The Hoople back in the 70's.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:36 pm

Both great bands Ted. Free in particular was one of my favorite bands.

Thanks again for sharing the story. You played no small part in helping Peter out. That speaks volumes about the kind of person you are. I don't know who Mr X is but he is obviously a caring individual also.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:54 pm

Thanks Brian! I was really hoping to lighten things up here a bit. That raging thread (you know the one I mean) seems to have gotten many people worked up. Our experience this weekend is what this forum is really about.

thinneckrick · Post by **thinneckrick** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:57 pm

Now thats teamwork ! What a sweet bass ! Sigh...

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:17 pm

Mission accomplished Ted. You brought a smile to my face.

As you probably know know I don't post a lot in the bass section but I do lurk a lot. LOL

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:22 pm

Great story Ted and congrats Peter!

I agree that situations like this are what really makes this Forum great......simply excellent.

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:27 pm

Great story and photo's, well done gentlemen!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:29 pm

It's been said, but I'll have to say it again....GREAT STORY....Thanks for posting it.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:38 pm

Perhaps Paul Boyer will chime in at some point. He took a few pics along the way and was part of this effort. Peter will definitely be checking in when he gets home.

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:10 pm

Amazing!

Oh, and the bass too. I think Peter's smile tells the story!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:15 pm

Yes, the smile says it all. When we arrived on Sunday to find the shop was closed, he was seriously disappointed. No one with a heart could have just walked away from that situation. We simply could not let him go home without it.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:17 pm

Chime! I was only an innocent bystander. One interesting note about trying to solve the problem. Peter calls his wife back in Jolly ol' on his cell phone from the streets of Chicago and gets her to read the manager's cell number off a business card that is on the desk back home. Mr. X called the manager, who's in L.A. for the NAMM show and he let us know about the other manager's family issue. Ain't modern communications great? Next thing you know we'll have video cameras in them phones! Oh, wait, already done. Nevermind.