His first gig

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:55 pm

Forgot to post this because I couldn't size the photo small enough. Here's Ma'boy at his first gig. He did a nice job. played a little solo. It was cool, and the reason I was late for the SoCal Confluence.

[img]http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h220/mtb6910/EvanatFirstGig.jpg[/img]

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:52 pm

Great stuff..

Marc, can't you photo-shop a Ric into that picture.

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:00 pm

Hey that's cool. He reminds me of myself when I played my first gigs, his bass is almost as big as he himself is and I used to be that way too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nLNz_elcE8
Here I am in 1991 playing my second gig with my then new 1989 Squier Strat. That guitar was as big as I was back then. Note also that I'm crouching over forwards, my fifteen year old spine had trouble coping with the guitar's weight.

You have every right to be proud about your son. After all didn't we all start out as kids being dwarfed by our instruments?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:12 pm

Thanks guys.

The funny thing is I bought him a 24in scale bass to play so he wouldn't hurt his fingers. Right before I took him to his little show, he asked if he could use that bass. He said the tone on the smaller bass wasn't full enough for him.

Dave, He gets to use my Ric the day he gets the keys to the Bimmer..which means never lol....but he did ask if I had a friend with a 4080 he could spare...

Now that I think of it, Ric made student guitars, did they ever make a student bass?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:19 pm

Very cool, Mark. That must have made you very proud to see your son perform. Did you take any video?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:23 pm

I took a few seconds of video on my camera. Horrible sound but, I guess that's what Youtube is for, to upload ****** videos as well as classics. I never did that.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:47 pm

Great pic!!..Dave..Paul W can photoshop your idea!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:51 pm

Too cool Marc! Very cool bass as well.

There's always the 3000 = short scale.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:04 pm

Great pic! Let there be many, many more gigs!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:55 am

VERY cool pix, Sheena.
I just wanted to get it up here for posterity.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:13 pm

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:54 pm

Thanks for the support guys. Besides the fact he's my son and I love him to death, I truly believe his ear is much superior to mine. He also is dedicated to music that he loves.

That evening, there was a bunch of punk rock teenagers on the side chanting "bass,bass,bass!". He thought they were mocking him, I thought they were cheering him. He also has a small following of his older sisters friends who ask him to pick up a bass or guitar when they come over.

Ahh...to be young and good looking. At least I was once young

gregga41 · Post by **gregga41** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:13 pm

Congrats Marc! Proud fathers, UNITE! You have a very cool young man there! Playing an instrument sure as hell beats sitting in front of a monitor playing video games! Great stuff!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:16 pm

Need to get him jamming with Trotty's kid though...Which I believe can be done online, and without the use of protools or the like

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:38 am

Marc, you have every right to be proud.

Need to get him jamming with Trotty's kid

They would probably upstage their fathers.