Oops and airline broke my bass..!!!

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Author Message jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1627 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 11:50 pm:    (Message edited by jazzyvee on August 27, 2009) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1628 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 11:58 pm:    This picture of Stanley Clarke with a bass broken by an airline on David Dyson's facebook album, Capitol Jazz Fest 2009... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30209457&id=1213380296#/photo.php?pid=30209461&id=1213380296 Full picture http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30209457&id=1213380296#/photo.php?pid=30209462&id=1213380296 Maybe he could write a ditty like that country singer David Carroll did about United airlines but a bit funkier. jazzyvee terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1023 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 2:11 am:    Was it his really old one that he uses?? it looks fairly new. Airlines..when I brought my MK from New York 11 years ago I was positively shitting myself that it would come back intact..even though there were a load of 'fragile' stickers on it. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8657 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 11:25 am:    Wow! Does the article give any details on how the bass was broken? jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1629 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 11:47 am:    I wondered if it was his old one but on Stanley'shis web site it says "... On the road he is using a Spellbinder Upright Contrebasse, a copy of Stanley's main upright used at home, a 120-year old German flatback acoustic, which sports a Fishman BP-100-bridge mounted pickup". So I guess its a new one and not the German one. Dave, the page doesn't say how the bass was broken or any other details just that it was broken by the airline. Jazzyvee