Why fat strings are evil, no matter how beautiful they may be Chapter 1

[arrowheadguitar]

I've tried to remove some of the evil by fitting 30-90s to my Bongo. Nothing traumatic has happened to me so far, so maybe I'm on to something

P.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

You rock Pete!! LOL

 

[ExLurker]

And your beef is what? Precisely

 

[bassmonkeee]

I'm really a drummer!

Great story. I condensed it down a bit, though. I hope you don't mind.

 

[strummer]

maybe I'm on to something

P.

The road to Piccolo Bass?
That's actually quite an interesting place

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Wow, I never realized how dangerous it was to run a music store.



Do you have that Sterling in the store now? I might even vist you if you do

Who the hell is Foggy?

Yeah, it's here at DuBaldo's right now (for photo shoot last night), but will be going over to Beller's with the Bongo and StingRay later this afternoon since that's where the bass rig is.

Foggy is our friendly EBMM picture stalker. Want a pic of a certain color combo? Chances are that he's got half a dozen. He's got close to 5,000 pics.


Bassmonkey, I love the short version

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Pete, I know what you are talking about, I took out a section on my drop celing with my Sterling case, missed the light though. So I guess lefty's are just as dangerous...

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Bassmonkey, I love the short version

All in good fun. I'm glad the injuries weren't worse. I once caught a glass in midair and it shattered leaving a large bash between my thumb and first finger. That was a pretty terrifying 10 seconds as I checked to make sure I could still move my thumb.


That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. At the very least, that which doesn't kill you, knocks you the hell out and makes you bleed everywhere.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

All in good fun. I'm glad the injuries weren't worse. I once caught a glass in midair and it shattered leaving a large bash between my thumb and first finger. That was a pretty terrifying 10 seconds as I checked to make sure I could still move my thumb.


That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. At the very least, that which doesn't kill you, knocks you the hell out and makes you bleed everywhere.

When it comes to accidents with glass, I win. Once I ate part of a shotglass - I thought it was just some sharp icecubes until I swallowed, put down the glass and there was a huge bite taken out of it

 

[strummer]

When it comes to accidents with glass, I win. Once I ate part of a shotglass - I thought it was just some sharp icecubes until I swallowed

Crunchy frog?

 

[SteveB]

When it comes to accidents with glass, I win. Once I ate part of a shotglass - I thought it was just some sharp icecubes until I swallowed, put down the glass and there was a huge bite taken out of it

Yeow!

One time about 15 years ago, a good friend of mine was working for Goodyear, so he was living in the vicinity of Akron, Ohio. We were having a party at his place, which had a balcony off the kitchen.. it was an odd duplex where the kitchen was on the 2nd floor.

Anyway, we were all feeling fine and needed some more beers from the kitchen fridge. I was in the backyard so my buddy just started tossing six-packs from the balcony down to me. Unfortunately, the six packs were bottles, not cans. I caught the first few without incident and then one of them hit my sternum pretty hard and a few bottles shattered. I had to take a few minutes to pluck glass shards from my chest before resuming the beer drinking.

Smart, eh?

 

[bassmonkeee]

Crunchy frog?

I think you mean, "Crunchy, raw, unboned, real, dead frog" if you want to avoid prosecution.

 

[Golem]

Just to add to your woes, one reason you bled so much is the powder coating inside the fluorescent tubes, it hampers clotting. But that was the good news first. Now, for part the second: You should get checked out for mercury poisoning.

Great story BTW, and the bass, she is worth twice the suffering. Look at that grain. I go thru that fisco now and then with the boxes. Fortunately the cielings in my apartment are like 19 feet high ....

 

[roballanson]

I think you mean, "Crunchy, raw, unboned, real, dead frog" if you want to avoid prosecution.

eh?

 

[maddog]

eh?

Canadian, you are, eh?

Crunchy frog is a Python skit aka Whizzo Chocolates:

Praline: Next we have number four, 'crunchy frog'.

Milton: Ah, yes.

Praline: Am I right in thinking there's a real frog in here?

Milton: Yes. A little one.

Praline: What sort of frog?

Milton: A dead frog.

Praline: Is it cooked?

Milton: No.

Praline: What, a raw frog?

and so on and so forth...

 

[GHWelles]

When it comes to accidents with glass, I win. Once I ate part of a shotglass - I thought it was just some sharp icecubes until I swallowed, put down the glass and there was a huge bite taken out of it

Interesting, considering shot glasses are generally too small for ice cubes . . . .

 

[Golem]

Interesting, considering shot glasses are generally too small for ice cubes . . . .

A 'Rocks Glass' is sometimes also called a 'Shot Glass'. Or maybe they were just very small ice cubes. I hear ice is being rationed in Canada?

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

A 'Rocks Glass' is sometimes also called a 'Shot Glass'. Or maybe they were just very small ice cubes. I hear ice is being rationed in Canada?

It was a "rocks glass" technically, I suppose. We were using them for shots - you know the kind of glass, the ones they leave you on the counter in your hotel room!



EDIT:

Eh?

 

[skabassist13]

Ya know Pete, if ya woulda been smart and waited until you got a knife or razor of some sort and just gutted the box, none of this would have ever happened. Of course then you'd have no reason to tell such a lengthy story. But hey, look on the bright side, at least you can't say your day was boring.



By the way, sorry about all that mess, hope you weren't injured to seriously and that you get back to perfect health with no issues.

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

Glad to hear you're ok, Pete!

Sounds like a Chevy Chase skit