| Author | Message | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1695 Registered: 7-2004 |
Yes, the legendary "Olympic" guitar actualy exists! See it here. (I wonder if people keep calling it "Alembic" by mistake?) http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/217428923.html Bill, tgo | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 738 Registered: 11-2004 |
Bill, are you going to buy this one just so you can truthfully say that you own an Olympic? Rich | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1696 Registered: 7-2004 |
Rich: Given as this weekend has been dedicated to building shelving over the closet in my den so that I can stack about ten guitar cases on this loft-like shelf, get them off the floor, and make my wife happy, another guitar is not in the program at the moment. Though I have thought about it as a joke. But gee, if you're really interested, the seller is only a hop, skip, and a jump over the hill or throught the tunnel from here. You pay shipping handling and insurance. LOL Bill, tgo | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 739 Registered: 11-2004 |
Bill, Thanks for the offer. I agree that it would be worth $100 as a joke to have an genuine Olympic. The next time someone asks what my basses are and then asks, "Olympic?", I could actually say, "This isn't an Olympic, but I do have one at home." I haven't owned a guitar in 35 years but I've entertained the idea of getting one. Lately the gigs I've played have involved a lot of responding to the guitarist's chord changes rather than knowing where the tune was going. I think it would help me out a lot to learn more guitar. Besides the kids have been fairly consistently asking to take up guitar. It'll happen one of these days, I'm sure. Rich | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 118 Registered: 1-2005 |
Bill Hate to hijack this thread, as one of my favorite band moments was letting my drummer in on the Olympic/Alembic joke, but, can we get you to share the shelving design? A lot of us have a similar number of wives and cases as yours and could use the help. dw | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1697 Registered: 7-2004 |
David: I kind of blindly designed it myself as I went along. The area presented a problem as it is over a wall-to-wall closet with no place for the traditional brackets on the ends. The space is about 111", so I used two boards of 3/4" plywood, each 55" x 18". I'll take a pic tonight and post it. Bill, tgo (P.S. - my wife is now happy!) | ||
| georgie_boy
Intermediate Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 132 Registered: 8-2005 |
"My wife is now happy!" Bill-you must be the only one in the Western hemisphere whose wife is happy! Congrats George (the cynical one) | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1700 Registered: 7-2004 |
Here's some pictures of the guitar shelf. A real Home Depot special - about $110 in materials, a bit of head scratching, a mess, and viola! O.K., maybe not the Alembic of shelves, but it is a custom! Bill, tgo    | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 521 Registered: 12-2003 |
Bill, Maybe it's not "the Alembic of shelves." But do you trust your carpentry skills enough to put your Alembics on the shelf? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1702 Registered: 7-2004 |
Jonathan: The Electrum is up there, lower right. While I trust my carpentry skills enough for this project, I'm not so trusting about mother nature in these here parts. Next weekend I'm adding a hook in the ceiling in the middle of each shelf that will connect to a bungee, the other end of which will hook into a hole in the front middle of each shelf. This should keep the cases up there in the event of an earthquake. Bill, tgo | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 293 Registered: 2-2003 |
Ah yes! Seismic considerations. I wouldn't have thought of that here in New England. Oh, and sorry Bill, GO TIGERS!!! JP | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1703 Registered: 7-2004 |
John: I didn't know you were an LSU football fan! Certainly you can't be talking about the Detroit baseball team. If so, I feel sorry for you as they don't stand a chance against Zito, (he's a guitar player), the Big Hurt, the Little Hurt (Marco Scutaro), and the rest of the A's. After all, the A's share the same air as Alembic - can't be beat! GO OAKLAND! Bill, tgo | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 294 Registered: 2-2003 |
Bill, I'm going to have to play the sympathy card, I'm a Red Sox fan. At least they won't be in the A's way this year! Maybe the A's will take Keith Foulke back? JP | ||
| 57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 429 Registered: 4-2005 |
Go St. Louis Cardinals! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1704 Registered: 7-2004 |
John: A RED SUCKS FAN!!!!!! Oh yea, howzabout this: Bill Buckner Bucky Dent We kicked but on the Red Sucks this year. Take Keith back? When we've got Huston Street? Foulke off! (sorry, couldn't resist) Bill, tgo | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 295 Registered: 2-2003 |
Wow! That's harsh! It's environment that made me a Red Sux fan.... It's not by choice really. The Royals kicked the Sox butt this year, so that's not really an accomplishment! Good luck to the A's but I'm still pulling for Detroit! Just to show us Sux fans do have a sense of humor.... Q. If Fenway Franks and Yankee Franks are made by the same company, what's the difference? A. You can't get a Fenway Frank in October. JP | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 743 Registered: 11-2004 |
Bill, sorry to hijack this thread back to its second topic. "about $110 in materials, a bit of head scratching, a mess, and viola!" I see the materials, can imagine the head scratching, and can definitely see the mess, but I don't see the viola. I didn't know you had a viola. Rich | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1706 Registered: 7-2004 |
John: Yea, I guess it was a little harsh, but you have to understand my instinctive reaction to anything Red Sox - when I grew up in NY, my dad's office was literally across the street from Yankee Stadium. Mickey MAntle was, and still is, my favorite ballplayer. I've been going to A's games since moving to the Bay Area in late '77 and have been a season ticket holder for 16 years or so. Yet I have only stopped co-rooting for the Yanekees in the last 10 years as I became more and more disgusted with George and the growing disparity in $ spent by the Yankees (and now the Red Sox too) and everyone else. I do have to say that when I visted Fenway Park in 1986, it had the worst food of any major league stadium I've ever been too! Rich: Good eye. While "viola" is usually used to describe a violin with a thyroid problem, in this case it is dyslexic french, meaning "look honey, I'm finished. The freakin' guitar cases are out of the way, can I go to the studio now, please?" Bill, tgo | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 297 Registered: 2-2003 |
Bill, Ah, I didn't know about the NY connection... I grew up on the west coast and I suppose I should have been a Giants or A's fan but somehow adopted the Twins as my team. After moving to Mass. for my high school years the Sox were the home team and oh well, at least I didn't have to root for the Cubs.... The money aspect of baseball you mentioned makes me wish that game had a salary cap too. If Fenway grub was the worst you've had, apparently you've never been to the old Tiger Stadium! As I recall from my 2003 trip to Yankee Stadium there wasn't much difference between there and Fenway except I believe Fenway is about the best place to catch a MLB game..... JP | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 590 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hey watch what you say about the Cubs :-) ... The only place I've ever been robbed was when I was 10 watching the Red Sox play the Angels at Fenway. I made the mistake of having to use the faclitites. Of course they ruined Wrigley by adding lights all in the name of the all mighty dollar but I would still rather see a game there than Fenway any day. Keith | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1708 Registered: 7-2004 |
This past summer my 11 year old boy and I did a baseball tour: Games at Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, Camden Yards, and a trip to the Hall of Fame. I've also been to Oakland Colesium, Candlestick, SBC (Giants), Old Yankee Stadium, Anaheim, Dodger Stadium, Coors Field, and the Polo Grounds (at least that's what I remember off the top of my head). The best place to see a game among these IMHO is Camden Yards, hands down. Just heard about Cory Lidle. What a shame. He pitched for the A's a couple of years ago and did a great job and seemed like a great guy (at least what I read in the papers). Thurman Munson years ago, now this. Being a Yankee and flying a plane is getting to be like playing keyboards for the Dead. Bill, tgo | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 298 Registered: 2-2003 |
I've always imagined Wrigley would be a lot like Fenway, all the history, etc. I've nothing against the Cubs, in fact, I want to see them in the fall classic and win it. Hopefully against the Yankees! Camden is within a days drive from New England but I've yet to go. Everybody I know who have been say it's great. Keith, if it makes you feel any better I was robbed at Fenway this summer. $60 for parking and $7.50 a beer.... Of course Yankee stadium was getting that much for beer three years ago, I can only imagine what it is now. JP | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 591 Registered: 2-2005 |
I've only been to a few of the big league fields. Mostly Wrigley as I lived in the Chicago area through high school and a few years off and on after that. I have seen a couple of bonfires at the old Kominski Park. I've also been to the old Royals stadium and the Arrow Rock stadium. Neither were that impressive as I recall. Last there was Fenway as I mentioned. I've never been to the Oakland Colesium or Candle Stick (for baseball) but I was watching my TV from Morgan Hill as nature tried to rebalance the natural order during the Bay Bridge World Series. Keith | ||
| tbrannon
Intermediate Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 184 Registered: 11-2004 |
Bill- Next time the A's play inter-league against the NL West, take a trip to San Diego to catch a game in Petco- Beautiful park that incorporates a lot of the nice older architecture in San Diego. Plus it's sitting in the Gaslamp District, which IMO is one of the nicest areas of San Diego. Toby | ||
| tbrannon
Intermediate Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 185 Registered: 11-2004 |
Keith- You're not missing a thing by having not been to Candlestick. I've never been as cold as I was at Candlestick Park in June. I went to a late afternoon start game- we had our shirts off through the 4th and as the sun set, the temperature dropped from 75 to a windy 45 in the stretch of about 15 minutes. I've honestly never felt colder. | ||
| tom_z
Senior Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 452 Registered: 7-2004 |
Ahhh Wrigley Field ... I grew up Northwest of Chicago and have seen many games there. It is truly an "old school" park. A real neighborhood park, Wrigley field, with it's red brick and ivy-covered walls is one of the last ballparks like those our grandfathers watched the game in. Fans are close to the field, and there are still a lot of day games. There really is nothing like a Cubs game. Win or loose it's a great place to grab a Vienna Red-hot and cold beer. And – just wait ‘til next year! Hey - Hey! Holy Cow! :-D Tom | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4472 Registered: 5-2002 |
Bill; I love the ceiling in your den! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1752 Registered: 7-2004 |
Dave, thanks, so does senior management! Bill, tgo |
