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Wow. That's a good day when you can have that much Trick playing!
I got the Budokan box set / DVD for Christmas and LOVE IT. So nice to have that concert on DVD. I can finally get rid of my old VHS of it.
Plus it has "Can't Hold On" on it, which is one of my favorites.

http://www.12stringbass.net/

For what it is worth.....Look for the Jon Brant's Custom Red Hamer B12S link and pic almost at the bottom of the page...

FOR SALE!

This bass received SN # 0642 under the 4-digit Hamer serial numbering system that was used for custom instruments until 1985. See the Hamer Serial Number page for more details.

This bass is currently for sale - here is your chance to own a piece of Cheap Trick / Jon Brant history!

Contact the owner Al Altamore directly for more information at [email protected]

atomic_punk wrote:....the debut album (which I LOVE)...

The debut album is one of my favorites of all time. It is so dark and raw. To me, Rick is one of the masters at placing the most tasteful little guitar licks (and noises) throughout a song and this album has some great ones. IMO, this album could easily hang with a lot of the grunge pop thats been out from the Seattle explosion to now.

Rick and CT have been a BIG influence on me and how I play. I still have and use my first Hamer checkerboard guitar strap, easily 20+ years old (my dear mom had actually sewn it back up for me in the past).

I've been a huge Cheap Trick fan for years, too!

14 years old in 1979:-

Darren,Anymore pics like that and I`ll be editing them......
Them there socks look like youve nicked them off the wicked witch of the north!

scotty wrote:Darren,Anymore pics like that and I`ll be editing them......
Them there socks look like youve nicked them off the wicked witch of the north!

I thought the socks went well with the Paul Stanley badge!

rick_ovic wrote:

scotty wrote:Darren,Anymore pics like that and I`ll be editing them......
Them there socks look like youve nicked them off the wicked witch of the north!

I thought the socks went well with the Paul Stanley badge!

I thought that was a Lennon badge!OMG just noticed the Dickie Bow too! Weird i just posted a thing about Bows in the guitar section!!!!!!

rick_ovic wrote:I thought the socks went well with the Paul Stanley badge!

Remember "..got my Kiss records out..."!

rick_ovic wrote:I've been a huge Cheap Trick fan for years, too!

14 years old in 1979:-

Darren Cheap Trick c1979.jpg

Darren - amazing. BTW, do you remember what bass that is?

johnallg wrote:

rick_ovic wrote:I've been a huge Cheap Trick fan for years, too!

14 years old in 1979:-

Darren Cheap Trick c1979.jpg

Darren - amazing. BTW, do you remember what bass that is?

I sure do, John. The brand was Sakai and it was a complete POS. It belonged to my school and it was the communal bass everyone used. At least I had the opporunity to take it home every now and then and it was the bass I learned to play on. They come up on eBay every now and then.

rick_ovic wrote:I've been a huge Cheap Trick fan for years, too!

14 years old in 1979:-

Darren Cheap Trick c1979.jpg

YIKES!!!!!

Don't worry Darren, a lot of us had identity issues at that age.

Thank God we grew out of them

rick_ovic wrote:

johnallg wrote:

rick_ovic wrote:I've been a huge Cheap Trick fan for years, too!

14 years old in 1979:-

Darren Cheap Trick c1979.jpg

Darren - amazing. BTW, do you remember what bass that is?

I sure do, John. The brand was Sakai and it was a complete POS. It belonged to my school and it was the communal bass everyone used. At least I had the opporunity to take it home every now and then and it was the bass I learned to play on. They come up on eBay every now and then.

Neat - nice looking bass, too bad it was junk. My first bass (Conrad hollowbody) was a real looker (deep burgandy, double-bound) but the action was terrible. Got the deep thump I was looking for though. Besides it was all I could afford ($49).

My first bass was a Crown. Reasonably good Fender - looking. Action? None. You could barely push the strings all the way down to the neck!

Sorry for the thread hi jack of a thread high jack.

Due to my current ipod playlist this has been stuck in my head for the past couple days (one verse on endless repeat). Thanks Kenny.

Gonna see Cheap Trick
at the show tonight
Gonna see Cheap Trick
it'll be alright

I wanna go
I wanna go
I wanna go
I wanna go



my aplogogies if I have messed up the lyrics.

Each stanza is repeated, actually (AA then BB), making it even more...well, dumb.