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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 9:48 am
by rob
$250 plus shipping.
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:57 am
by rob
Shipping cost will be $60, FYI.
Price still stands at $250 plus the shipping. C'mon, someone's gotta want it. I'm selling this dirt cheap!!!
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:11 am
by jingle_jangle
Rob, you have mail!
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:35 pm
by atomic_punk
Rob, I cant believe you are having this hard of a time selling it. If I didnt have others on the way and some I still have to move out, I would have bought it for a backup. If Paul doesnt buy it, I will.
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:13 pm
by jingle_jangle
I haven't heard back from Rob yet. Maybe it's because he thinks I'm gonna refinish it...
Rob, you have my pledge, I love it as it is. It is gorgeous and I won't change a thing, except the strings and then only when they need it as I plan to take care of it like a child, and play the hell out of it when I'm not waxing it with Zymol!
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:40 am
by jingle_jangle
Jeez, Rob, I haven't heard from you yet. Have you changed your mind on this?
You seemed so eager to sell...And I AM eager to buy!
Just drop me a line and let me know what's going on, please?
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:58 am
by rob
I work second shift, so I was at work when you posted. I just got on the computer now, and returning your email.
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:26 am
by jingle_jangle
Thanks, Rob. Just answered your e-mail.
As they say, "the check's in the mail!"
Thank you very much for making this instrument available!
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:53 am
by ozover50
That's a cool looking bass, Paul. 12 strings!? How many fingers you got on your right hand anyway??
Must cost a fortune to restring!!
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:04 am
by jingle_jangle
I've owned a lot of different basses, Aitch, over the years. Favorite was an ordinary '80 Precision Bass...I will be adding a Rick soon. This Hamer is a gorgeous bass and I will be developing wide, spatulate tips on my fingers before long...
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:16 am
by ozover50
Perhaps you could take up the pedal harp!
I saw some old footage of Harpo Marx playing last night. He was a remarkable player....... and absolutely exhausted after 5 minutes!!
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:17 pm
by rob
I forget this instrument's name, but it looks like an extra large coffee table that has a zillion string on it, and you use a pair of mallots to make music. Somewhat like a piano, minus the black and white keys. I see this guy, who's Polish right off the boat BTW, at this guitar show/swap meet that we have here almost every 6 months. It's a fascinating instrument, but can't afford one, and I don't have the room to stick it anywhere at the moment.
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:29 pm
by jingle_jangle
Talk about costing a fortune to restring...
What you saw there, Rob, was a hammer dulcimer. It's amazing to watch anyone play this one well, as you need perfect aim as well as pitch... It's like a xyophone with strings instead of metal bars, and it has about 75 strings!
But it has a lovely, chiming sound.
Harpo Marx...I remember seeing him play on I Love Lucy. I was about 8 or 9 at the time.
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:07 pm
by ozover50
This was a Bob Hope anniversary program - 100 years since his birth.
We used to call it "I Love Loosely" when I was a kid!
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:58 pm
by jingle_jangle
And I though that Bob's theme song was called "Thanks for the Mammaries". This was at an age when I hadn't a clue what the word meant.
I was a hit at family gatherings, where I was encouraged to sing the song.
An elephant is the only animal with four knees.