| Author | Message | ||
| bucky
Intermediate Member Username: bucky Post Number: 161 Registered: 6-2003 |
Hey Bros: I've been real busy but wanted to poke my head in here and say "Hi"! I found a picture of me and SN 74-52 I don't think I've posted here - it shows the beautiful mahogany wood marbling of the peghead face. . .I'll be having professional pics done the first week of April and of course I'll post them here first! Hope you're all well. . . Jeff aka Bucky  | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2363 Registered: 9-2002 |
Hi Jeff, I'm happy you're still walking the surface of the earth! Busy with music projects? Great to hear that! You got my enthusiastic "HI" from this side of the pond! Paul TBO | ||
| bucky
Intermediate Member Username: bucky Post Number: 162 Registered: 6-2003 |
Thanks Paul! Yeah, I've got a couple music projects going on and my band Glass has been rehearsing for a possible East Coast Debut at ProgDay this September. And I just undertook the deepest cleaning of my Alembic I had ever attempted. Every year I give my Baby "The Works" as I call it which is a complete oiling and brass cleaning. But this year I even took the brass bridge apart and cleaned all the pieces - what a chore! It had never been cleaned that way in it's 32 year life. Cleaning each of those tiny hand-cut adjustable brass pieces was hilarious. . made me thankful I'm a bassplayer not a six-string man(-; I'm going to try and post a couple detail shots from the picture above. . Jeff   | ||
| j_gary
Advanced Member Username: j_gary Post Number: 203 Registered: 6-2005 |
Great looking old warrior, bass looks good too! She looks like new in the photo's, very nice. | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 788 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hey buck i was wondering where you were,Im on the road currently in the Vegas / Reno Nevada area with Old #12 doing six nighters @ resorts/Casinos and such. | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 789 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hey buck i was wondering where you were,Im on the road currently in the Vegas / Reno Nevada area with 'Old #12' doing six nighters @ resorts/Casinos and such. | ||
| kungfusheriff
Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 499 Registered: 8-2003 |
Dude! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3549 Registered: 5-2002 |
That's an exceptionally nice bass! | ||
| bucky
Intermediate Member Username: bucky Post Number: 163 Registered: 6-2003 |
Hey Bros!! Good to hear from you - was beginning to think ya'll had forgotten me(-; Though I couldn't blame you if you did. . been pretty neglectful with my attendance of late. . you all know how it is when you start gigging (and recording). . it's great to hear from ALL of you!! I hear our dear Brother Michael Dela has been around too! That’s GREAT! I was SO worried. Mica told me they're doing a restoration job for him on one of his Katrina-ized basses. That brought tears to my eyes. . NO ONE deserves it more than he. . he has been SO gracious and giving to me and my Small Standard . . almost since my very first post. In fact it was Michael that educated me about my own bass! If you're out there Michael - I love ya Bro. . hope you and yours are all well and weathering the aftermath as well as can be expected. . if there’s ANYTHING I can do to help, please let me know! Jeff | ||
| bucky
Intermediate Member Username: bucky Post Number: 164 Registered: 6-2003 |
And thanks for the comments about my Small Standard SN74-52. . I have been SO incredibly lucky getting this back in as near "mint" condition as is possible with a 32 year-old instrument - especially one that actually gets *played* and is not just a museum piece. If you don't know the story behind this guitar any of the members here can tell you so I won't bore the group with yet another repeat of it. . Thanks all of you again for checking in. . love ya all Bros. . Jeff |
