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jchalas

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Jack,
Thom can probably give a pointer or two but the best way I know of protecting the signatures is to put it in a display case out of direct light and not play it. :confused:
Janice

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And I'm not sorry at all except I don't know how to protect it. The back of the bass is covered with signatures and I don't want them to get smudged.
Jack
 

tkarter

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Do what I am going to do with the SR5 Sterling signed for my grandson. Leave it in the case and get something else to play.

Now that one you signed is going to get the living crap gigged out of it. I don't have a history of beating basses up on a gig though. I play root notes and I am old. LOL

When I told my wife how everyone kicked my butt at the gig she said. " There was no Skynyrd played so how can you know? "


LOL ,I stink compared to everyone I met, but ask BP about the SR5 I gigged for a year.

Play them just know what it is you have in your hands. You love it enough it won't get scratched.


imho

tk
 

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I was an honor to sign all of the basses I signed. (Notice no guitar players want my sig)
I was really impressed with toms sr5 beautiful bass and his grandkid better take care of it or i will haunt him from my grave
 

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I was an honor to sign all of the basses I signed. (Notice no guitar players want my sig)

JP's my favorite guitar player, and I don't even want JP to sign my guitar. He gets to sign on the inside of the backplate.

One of these days, I'll bring the backplate to my 20th Ann. Silo to an EBMM get-together, and I'm going to ask to get you, Dudley, Drew, and anyone who had a big hand in the creation of that guitar (Dargin, I guess, right? For coming up with the tone block idea...right?) to sign the inside of that.
 
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tkarter

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I was an honor to sign all of the basses I signed. (Notice no guitar players want my sig)
I was really impressed with toms sr5 beautiful bass and his grandkid better take care of it or i will haunt him from my grave


That baby is full of music and grandpa's love BP. I can't put into words what it means to me that you went out of your way when you did.

Thank you.

I think I am about to cry.

tk
 

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Jack,
I wish I could have hung out for Saturday too, but duty called. Glad we made it for the one night, it was a blast. Happy Birthday you old fugger.
 

Psychicpet

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Jack,
I wish I could have hung out for Saturday too, but duty called. Glad we made it for the one night, it was a blast. Happy Birthday you old fugger.

!!!

[sorry to 'slight' Hi-Jack] but...

Ed, was a blast to meet you up here in Vancouver a while back for the Vancouver Bass Conference.

anywho, equally as cool to see you make it out to the aforementioned 'old fugger's' B'Day bash and bestowe upon him some materials :cool:
 

28if

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As I mentioned earlier, I saw the rack of EBMM guitars behind the stage, and even thought about shunning my Gretsch and F*nd*r for one of them, but I wasnt that brave.....

my girlfriend on the other hand said she wanted to look like a rock star, so....

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now I really wish I had tried one...


Chris
 

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Chris, it looks better on Lupe anyway.

(Everything does.) (Don't worry, I have the same problem.)

If you drive up REAL QUICK, I still have a room full of rather interesting guitars.
 

28if

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you know I drive up all the time, and its just for you...

problem with your offer is, I would want to bring one back to Austin..
 

muggsy

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Well, I don't know. It's my number one bass now. Single Hummer red Bongo 5 - what else do I need? It's been my main bass for a while now. So I had this little silver Sharpie (thanks, TKarter!) on my table and I thought, "Well, I never get Sterling to sign anything for me...."

And of course I was just a BIT tipsy and feeling expansive and loving everyone and the world was all warm and beautiful and - let's face it - as I believe enJoNeer said, "It's a love-fest in there."

So then there was Dudley (and I don't get tongue-tied around many people, but I always end up staring blankly at Dudley, thinking "My God, it's actually Dudley") so I thought "Well, Dudley, too, yeah!" And then the fever overcame me and it ended up signed by everyone in the general area.

And I'm not sorry at all except I don't know how to protect it. The back of the bass is covered with signatures and I don't want them to get smudged.

Anyone have any experience with this? I mean, I don't care about the 'value' of the bass, it's not going anywhere (true even before the signatures) but I still want to play it without losing the signatures.

I used to have an Epiphone Jack Casady bass and a friend of mine who knew Jack got him to sign the pickguard for me. I purchased a set of these:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Pickguards/Pickguard_materials/Clear_Pickguard_Materials.html

Cut to fit the shape of the pickguard, stuck it on there, and it worked great. You could probably do the same for the back of your Bongo.
 
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