Young Big Poppa playing early SR

[adouglas]

See, the cool thing about Stingrays is how they cut right through the tuba and sit prominently in the mix.

Not many basses can deal with tubas.

 

[g_manp52]

"See, the cool thing about Stingrays is how they cut right through the tuba and sit prominently in the mix.
Not many basses can deal with tubas.

Now that's funny

 

[Kirby]

Great pictures! It was great to get a laugh from the past! I must admit, I have never jammed with a tuba before. I did have to play one in marching band in high school because I read bass clef and they did not have a marching bass amp.

 

[drTStingray]

it was elvis.

Can you remember the track?

PS from the smudges on the body that bass was seeing some serious use back in the 70s

 

[RaginRog]

Here was a party at my parents house...My brother David Singing Jim Soldi on the tele you can kind of see Freebo on the tuba behind him and Albert not pictured....thats the bass leo made for me number 26 with the special pickup ....

It's a 5 string too by the looks of it? Very Cool BP!

 

[Rick Auricchio]

It's a 5 string too by the looks of it? Very Cool BP!

No, a four with a five pickup.

 

[GoKart_MoZart]

Cool pic! +1 for the mustache

Yeah man, it was all about the hair...

 

[DirtyHippie]

Kind of resembles a young Burt Reynolds. Crazy...

 

[Davecg2]

awesome pic and bonus points for the tuba!

 

[tiffles]

i love your bass face poppa! intense

 

[spideyjg]

Looks like a young Basil Fawlty.

Manuel!

Jim

 

[Big Poppa]

That pose is my focused one!

 

[tiffles]

I LOVE it.

 

[RaginRog]

No, a four with a five pickup.

Oh...I just noticed it's a sticker on the tip of the headstock which makes it look like an additional tuning peg.

 

[Big Poppa]

its a maple leaf...I think some chick gave it to me....hehehehe back when I really was a chick magnet! JK!

 

[maddog]

chick magnets are like fine wines...

 

[adouglas]

Dude... you ARE a chick magnet.

I've got pics from the desert bash somewhere, I'm sure of it.

 

[Drmckool]

its a maple leaf...I think some chick gave it to me....hehehehe back when I really was a chick magnet! JK!

hitting on a good old Canadian girl, good man.

 

[Powman]

its a maple leaf...I think some chick gave it to me....hehehehe back when I really was a chick magnet! JK!

You got a thing for Canadian chicks Big Poppa??

 

[Big Poppa]

no im married for 34 years.....