The Adventure Begins!!!

[martyb1]

Well as I am typing this,our brewmiester SP should be getting on an airplane in Juneau.He flies into Seattle today and tomorrow morning hops on a plane to Calgary.From there he will drive out here to pick up his new bass.
The next few days are going to be a blast.Sp is a real lover of wild meat so on the 30th we are having a little dinner party which will include deer steak(our own secret recipe )moose,elk and maybe some seafood that he is bringing along.
We will try to work in a practice so SP can wow the crowd with his bass playing at my New Years Eve gig,then a big New years day dinner at my moms house.
There should be some good times as SP has told me he has not played on stage for some 30 years.He also informed me that he is packing every piece of clothing he owns because he has never seen -30
It has actually warmed up here but they are calling for -25 here on New Years Eve
All in all it is going to be a great few days.
Better go stock up the fridge

[LowPost42]

SP digs the 4 string?! Or does he have a love affair with the low B like me?

I just hack around and play once a week, but it's cool to hear about other guys who dig the low end!

What's he pickin' up, and what's he pluggin' into?

[martyb1]

Well this is what he is picking up
http://www.prairiecustomguitars.com/thespbass.htm
As for what he is plugging into,that is still undecided
I have a Yamaha bass amp here but I wanted to try to find something a bit better
We will have to see

[LowPost42]

That's fackin sweet. If, for some reason, SP loses his mind and doesn't want it, I'm sure it wouldn't take much to make it an LP edition.

[MarciaInTexas]

At first I was not sure if he was bringing a musical instrument or a fish!

[martyb1]

Well Sp arrived actually ahead of schedule.Great to see him.Was a bit worried about his drive from Calgary because it was snowing pretty good here yesterday,but there were no problems.
We had a great dinner at my moms house and then we went out and worked on the bass for a couple hours.
Today it's off to enjoy a dinner of deer steak,moose and elk and maybe I will take some seafood that SP brought

[gwog]

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LowPost42]

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Follow the link in post 1.

[gwog]

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Follow the link in post 1.

I saw those. I mean pics of the Dopes at play.

[martyb1]

OK
I will take my camera out and shoot some pics

[gwog]

OK
I will take my camera out and shoot some pics

[LowPost42]

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Follow the link in post 1.

I saw those. I mean pics of the Dopes at play.

Ah. In that case, I amend my statement to:

PICTURES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I'd just like to state that my Godin A5 Fretless arrived yesterday. It sure sounds purty. Sooo smooooooooth and melllllllllllllllllowwwwwwwwwwwww.

[Supp]

OK
I will take my camera out and shoot some pics

You better!!

Sorry Kathleen and I couldn't make it, but I'm shifted til midnight from now until next Tuesday. Have fun!

[martyb1]

Mmmmm
Just a small look at dinner

Wow,it was great
After dinner we come home and it was time to get this thing together.We do have to play some music tomorrow night
Well as I was workin hard on getting this thing together SP was makin a new friend.Him and Alice are gettin pretty tight

[martyb1]

Things are lookin good
After the first round of buffing

Then on to the next step
Ya Alice and SP were watching
One more round of compound and we are about there

WHERE DID THAT BEER CAN COME FROM!!!!!
Anyway,thats about it for tonight
Tomorrow morning I will get up and re-assemble the SP-bass,give it a quick set up and we are off to the hall where we will be playing.We will check it out and do any adjustments.
Then it's back home so I can throw together a guitar and then.....
Off to the show