4003JG Payback!
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:00 am
My best friend, Tim, bass player/co-conspirator in my band have been pals since our 20's. We were a couple of broke dudes sharing an apartment, and singing together.
Though underemployed and underpaid, one day he walks in with a new matching pair of Ibanez acoustics. One a gift for me.
Later, we got a band together and played various L.A. Venues, he on my 4001JG.
Things change, pals drift apart.
Then in the 90's, we started playing together again, and formed our current band. He's using my Alembic bass. Once I asked him to try out my V63, and the drummer and I almost fainted, it added so much to our sound.
Last November, I ordered a spankin' new 4003JG. Kept it a secret. Asked Mike Parks to have it delivered directly to Tim.
Well, it arrived at Tim's house Tuesday. He still had no idea, thought I was hiding a purchase from my wife (a logical conclusion). He had been wanting a peek all evening. Finally, around 9 pm (I was working late) his son, whom I'd let in on the surprise a few days earlier at the Petty concert, told him the story. He opened it. He actually mentioned to me how good it smelled!
Talk about a slew of happy emails. The guy was bowled over. I've been filling him in on my limited Rick knowledge since.
Tonight, I'll see it and hear it for the first time at rehearsal.
And Saturday, it'll get it's first gig. I'm sure our sound quality will go up a couple notches. I'll be playing my 660/12, 650 and 1997 RI, so it'l be a Rickfest!
Pictures to be posted tomorrow. Expect to see me crying and trying to pull it out of his hands!
Though underemployed and underpaid, one day he walks in with a new matching pair of Ibanez acoustics. One a gift for me.
Later, we got a band together and played various L.A. Venues, he on my 4001JG.
Things change, pals drift apart.
Then in the 90's, we started playing together again, and formed our current band. He's using my Alembic bass. Once I asked him to try out my V63, and the drummer and I almost fainted, it added so much to our sound.
Last November, I ordered a spankin' new 4003JG. Kept it a secret. Asked Mike Parks to have it delivered directly to Tim.
Well, it arrived at Tim's house Tuesday. He still had no idea, thought I was hiding a purchase from my wife (a logical conclusion). He had been wanting a peek all evening. Finally, around 9 pm (I was working late) his son, whom I'd let in on the surprise a few days earlier at the Petty concert, told him the story. He opened it. He actually mentioned to me how good it smelled!
Talk about a slew of happy emails. The guy was bowled over. I've been filling him in on my limited Rick knowledge since.
Tonight, I'll see it and hear it for the first time at rehearsal.
And Saturday, it'll get it's first gig. I'm sure our sound quality will go up a couple notches. I'll be playing my 660/12, 650 and 1997 RI, so it'l be a Rickfest!
Pictures to be posted tomorrow. Expect to see me crying and trying to pull it out of his hands!
