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echo008
Advanced Member Username: echo008
Post Number: 292 Registered: 2-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:10 pm: | |
Currently at The Low End http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/viewtopic.php?t=1794 I like that.... - Tom |
kungfusheriff
Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff
Post Number: 551 Registered: 8-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:23 pm: | |
Hey, I was writing back and forth with Brian the other day, and he wants strong money for it, which is too bad...strange slogans aside (is that Biblical?) it's an awesome bass. |
echo008
Advanced Member Username: echo008
Post Number: 293 Registered: 2-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:29 pm: | |
Hi, I had a few emails back and forth myself on this one with Brian, I dont know where the quote is from, but thats pretty cool. Ive never seen that shape before small standard with an Omega |
echo008
Advanced Member Username: echo008
Post Number: 294 Registered: 2-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:35 pm: | |
Now that I look at it more it looks like a regular sized King bass with a shorter top horn? - Tom |
dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217
Post Number: 719 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 8:08 pm: | |
That one is familiar. I noticed that one on Ebay once before. I don't remember the slogan back then. It may be something new. I don't think it's biblical. I'm thinking fortune cookie. Michael |
hankster
Member Username: hankster
Post Number: 64 Registered: 6-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 8:17 pm: | |
It's neither. It's from Goethe. Most recently revived in mainstream pop consciousness in the movie "Almost Famous", where it is spoken by the mother of the main character, played by Frances McDermid. Rick |
alembic_doctor
Junior Username: alembic_doctor
Post Number: 49 Registered: 8-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 8:22 pm: | |
oh man. we're gettin deep now. |
kungfusheriff
Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff
Post Number: 552 Registered: 8-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 9:50 pm: | |
Anyway...I saw that bass on eBay too, Michael...it's been fixed up (Omega reattached, electronics tweaked to run on batteries) since then...asking price is $4500. |
series_iii
Intermediate Member Username: series_iii
Post Number: 107 Registered: 8-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 10:02 pm: | |
that's a shame :-( |
jorge_s
Member Username: jorge_s
Post Number: 96 Registered: 8-2002
| Posted on Friday, October 06, 2006 - 5:40 am: | |
The quote has also been attributed to Basil King |
57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra
Post Number: 422 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 06, 2006 - 8:54 am: | |
Wow, don't you know that guy was sick from whatever he was drinking and/or smoking the morning after that 'stuff' was scratched onto his bass. REminds me of a biker friend who vowed to get his motto "RIDE TO LIVE' tattoed on his shoulder. The guy doing the work was as messed up as my friend, who passed out during the process. Woke up to find he was now adorned with the inspirational phrase "READ TO LIVE -- LIVE TO READ".. |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 1081 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Friday, October 06, 2006 - 9:28 am: | |
Can't think of a better way to promote reading. Doubt if it appeals to the biker crowd though ... |
57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra
Post Number: 449 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 8:17 am: | |
This is a Series II, right? How far off the mark is this one considering its condition at $4,500. Opinions, ideas... |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 816 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 8:55 am: | |
I paid a little more than that for my 89 S-2, but its in perfect condition. |
paulman
Intermediate Member Username: paulman
Post Number: 126 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 9:15 am: | |
Off topic... I remember reading a story about a guy who designed his own tattoo, and made the tattooer use the design as drawn. After it was done, they realized he had "Scared for life" tattooed on his body. He meant "Scarred for life". D'oh! |