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Which one are you, GF?

kiramdear wrote:Which one are you, GF?

He's the one playing the Red with BT Rick Congas.

Live radio show from Chicago a couple weeks ago. Small room, very dead acoustics, in-house crowd of about 40, rather strange with the band spread out over about 30 feet and no monitors or PA, so it was very difficult to hear each other or get much feel for the vocal mix. I split my bass work between the 2030 and Hofner because the old Gibson was buzzing like a mother. The first gig since 1971 when I didn't spend most of the time fretless. Did a couple on my Martin twelve. As you can see, radio engineers don't really care much about face time with the audience.

teb wrote:The first gig since 1971 when I didn't spend most of the time fretless.

So, you were fretting this gig?

Exactly! All those confusing lines and dots all over my fretboards. I prefer to use the "Think System", pioneered in "The Music Man".

kiramdear wrote:Which one are you, GF?

Believe the pic was taken in Feb. a couple of years ago. Even though Socal is known for mild weather, it can get chilly at night. Still, there's always a goof wearin' cargo shorts in da crowd. The goof lives in shorts! Late.....Da Goof.

Me with Texas Blues master Anson Funderburgh in the studio, December 2000 with my early 1999 Custom Shop '60 ES-335 and 1997 Gibson Historic ES-5


In N. Myrtle Beach, SC with harmonica player Mitch Kashmar of the legendary band WAR in March 2009 playing a 2007 Historic '59 ES-335

With my Les Paul goldtop on the Cape Fear Blues Cruise, Wilmington, NC 2004
The guitar is a 2001 Gibson Historic '56 reissue equipped w/ vintage 1955 electronics and tailpiece


With Catfish Hodge @ the 35th Anniversary of the Summer of Love Festival in Masontown, WV - July 2002

Texas Blues master Anson Funderburgh looks a little like Christopher Walken.

atomic_punk wrote:Texas Blues master Anson Funderburgh looks a little like Christopher Walken.

And when he plays, it's about as scary, too! Bad, bad, guitarist and multiple W.C. Handy Award winner. In this pic, he'd taken the red eye into Richmond, VA from Dallas after having driven straight through from south Florida where he had been performing. He also had a delay leaving DFW due to an ice storm. Talk about dedication! LOL

Nice shot, Ronn!

A couple of 70s pics....
I think everyone I knew had one of these EKO Ranger guitars in 1973.
Very sturdy to withstand stoned hairy teenagers falling on them!
The 74 Jazz is me proudly displaying my brand new bass which cost about £350 on H.P. in 1974.
I was earning about £24 a week at the time so thats like me buying a mint RM these days.
It was actually more expensive than the Jetglo 4001 I was planning on buying from Barratts the until Graham Gouldman from 10CC bought it.
Barratts in Manchester were the only music shop that accepted Provident Cheques. Provident Insurance ran a weekly hire purchase scheme but you could only redeem the cheque at one of their list of shops and Barratts stocked Fender and Rickenbacker but they didnt do discount for the Provident hence the full list price.
My first bass was a white Hofner 186 (if anyone ever spots one let me know) that was shaped like a Telecaster but had the violin bass controls.
It got nicked from my mates flat in Keppel Road Chorlton so I took the plunge and bought the Fender. Which is sort of a strange irony because I passed on the JG4001 to look for a 60s Rick like Squires and when I eventually got one in the late 70s it turned out to be Maurice Gibbs....who used to live in Keppel Road in the house next door to my mates flat!

seyesbass wrote:It got nicked from my mates flat in Keppel Road Chorlton so I took the plunge and bought the Fender. Which is sort of a strange irony because I passed on the JG4001 to look for a 60s Rick like Squires and when I eventually got one in the late 70s it turned out to be Maurice Gibbs....who used to live in Keppel Road in the house next door to my mates flat!

Okay, I'm dizzy!! Great story Pete. I wish we'd taken pictures back then. We were too busy playin' and smokin'.