Mini Con - Jake Jam

[8mileshigher]

A hot summer week in Southern California and Jake and his family are spending some vacation days out here, so what better idea then to get a few guys to bring some vintage Rics and some new acquisitions .... enlist a few drummers and a keyboardist, to have a little get together Mini Con - Jake Jam on a Saturday afternoon ? !

Many thanks to our host, Gary, for sharing his fantastic music studio !

Anyone downloaded their cameras yet and have some pics to post ?

[whojamfan]

Big thanks to Gary for holding the event, and everyone in attendance for making this a fun filled, ultra friendly event! Always looking forward to these confluences!

[JakeK]

Rich -- check your email.

Yeah, this was an absolute blast. A lot of music was played. There were many highlights, but I really enjoyed playing early Who with Collin, it sounded like what would happen if Tom Petty and Mike Campbell played The Who. I also liked playing Byrds with Gary and Rich quite a bit.

I test drove a fireglo Tom Petty 660/12. There's a shot that Gary took where I look like the cover of Damn The Torpedoes with the 660. It was a great guitar, and I will make a return to a 660/12...one day.

But the best playing and sounding guitar was probably Dan-O's 360/12 Carl Wilson. It was certainly the best 12-string guitar I've ever played. It had a sound like no other, and that thin top really makes for that classic sound. It sounded noticeably different than Gary's McGuinn.

I also liked Collin's 365 New Capri. I liked it so much, I pretended to leave with it!

Gary, you've got a wonderful home, an awesome selection of gear and an ultra-cool music studio. Thanks again for hosting it and letting us hang out and jam there!! You guys really do make fun times.

Today I met Jay Leno at The Tonight Show and got a picture with him. Very cool guy.

[8mileshigher]

Here are some Mini Con pictures from Jake's camera that he passed to me, (while he is off at TV shows filming while here on vacation)

Batch 1

[8mileshigher]

Batch 2 of the Jake Jam pictures

[8mileshigher]

Here is Batch #3 that Jake forwarded to me ....

[8mileshigher]

The 4th Batch of Jake Jam Mini Con pictures ......

That's all for now ..... hopefully some other folks got more pictures of Collin's Capri

[jps]

What's the matter, nobody there likes Fireglo, or something?

[JakeK]

What gives you that impression?

[Danotron]

I definitely need to work on my smile (at least when pictures are being taken).

[jps]

I definitely need to work on my smile (at least when pictures are being taken).

To quote Woody Allen: "Apt naturally."

[Danotron]

I was acting naturally, I just wasn't smiling.............................I do smile (sometimes......even usually)

Anyway, I took a few pictures on my cell phone. This is my favorite. I had a great time last Saturday. Thank you Gary for sharing your house and thank you Jake for making SoCal a regular stop!

[doctorwho]

Finally transferred the pictures to the computer nd resized them.

Set #1 of 2:

[doctorwho]

Set #2 of 2:

That's all I took.

As always, if anyone wants a full-res copy, let me know and I'll be glad to e-mail them to you.

[s4001]

Looks like a great time! I was stuck at work. Like I am right now at 6:15 am.