Bass Guy Dave

Tardy Happy Birthday ! All the best wishes! (edited to be sure and add thanking Kiz for the update for us!)

Man... Haven't logged into this board for probably at least a year or two, and this is a rough welcome back. The HFC is a special place to me. I surrendered my internet message-board cherry to this place, in late 1999 and later, my Podcast one to Pod Of Thunder, based largely on the quality of content from this place (and was not disappointed.) Didn't realize at the time, just how cutting-edge both were. Aside from delivering the genuine, good-natured belly laughs, Especially in those early years, Ed illustrated to me the importance of not taking yourself too seriously, and to never think the internet granted you the anonymity/immunity to have any kind of a diva moment--and if you found yourself called out for having one anyway, to lighten up and give credit where due for great humor--especially if directed at you. (now, fond memories of my kids introducing me to things like the mayhem of Rainbow Six in-game chat.) "Carlin with a keyboard..." doesn't begin to do Ed justice, but it's as good as I'll get. Would have been fun to meet him. This sucks. Fuck Cancer, indeed. Dave

Sad day. Kudos to the crew for making their time on the weekends and such to keep pushing through on the last of the orders. Jackass especially, for working to finish up that awesome Standard... Hope the Virt and B12A don't suffer an incomplete fate... utter tragedy. Very best wishes and best of luck to the guys and their families...

A great one from 1978...

The Special was/is a great guitar. (insane that it retailed at only $800 at first in the 90s.) The Prototype (2nd Gen Phantom) body style balanced better and better upper fret access. (Belly and arm bevels were a BIG plus.) Triplecoil is nice, but not essential at all, IMO. Much as I love the A5 body style for comfort and balance (better than both above...) I just can't see it selling these days as a guitar platform (Bass, maybe... but still not the most likely) It this comes out as a non-Hamer logo'd guitar (which is fine,) a "Jack-Newfield" makes me think: Same great neck/fretwork; set-neck, Hum/single (P-90 is cool), fixed bridge, 2-3 colors max, out the door at $1,200 would be hard to beat. (add $300-$400 for a flame veneer top ( still 2-3 colors) would be frosting on the cake.) Mind you, this is coming from a bass player, so beware accordingly, lol.

Here's some bass noodling on one of my very first instruments-- (a '89 Peavey Fury with several mods-- with some active Duncan pickups) playing through some lullabyes my Mom would sing to me as a kid..

Here you go! Great Playing !!!

Played sax in band in school, but desperately wanted to be a drummer (sucked at that...) Had some japanese 12 string electric given to me when I was about 12 or so, but didn't know how to play it, and didn't really care. (later sold it to the neighbor, i think) about age 13, I was wanting to play drums in the 'band' with my friends, and because I sucked (and had no drums,) I got told I was now the bass player (since I DID have a ukulele, that also had 4 strings.) 1st riff I ever played: "Killers" by Iron Maiden, taught quickly to me by the other guys, to see if I had any hope of being able to play.. Thinking back, I'm persuaded what helped me the most, was having low/no expectations of being a bass player (insert joke here.) During all the time I spent getting the foundations of playing and basic coordination (ear, listening to Preist records, mostly,) all I could think about was how much I'd rather be playing drums--instead of worrying about whether I was becoming a competent bass player.

Does everything a rock song should, IMO.

What Brooks said. Top notch, all the way. Killer clarity on the recording and a great range of riffs. (Geez, Lynch was even more of a monster than I remembered.) Well done, sir! Duncan scored.

Happy Birthday!!

The thing I appreciate most about the HFC is that many years ago, becuase of people sharing ther experiences--including their losses, I've been reminded to unashamedly tell those people that I care about that I love them. I've only lost a few people close to me, but I've been exceptionally fortunate to be able to tell them plainly that they mattered to me beforehand. Dad's in his late 70s, and I'm in the HFCs debt for being so much closer with him now. I can't imagine how undone I'd be, were I to lose my wife or sons.... Michael, thanks for sharing Joel with us. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Wow.... wow.... such a loss. A drummer, tinkering with a bass amp creates a Guitarist's heaven. I remember getting a t-shirt signed by him at the 2001 NAMM show. I'm sure it couldn't have been this way for very long, but at that moment in time, he was just standing there pretty much by himself at the booth watching people walk past--no line for singatures or anything. I remember thanking him for the signature and for "everything." lol. He was probably THE most down-to-Earth person of acheivement that I've yet enountered. Just a genuinely nice guy.

Another one that bought "Metal Health" as their first Heavy Metal album. I think the next two were Pyromania and Screaming for Vengeance.... Iconic video for the title track, I always thought, too....Sarzo playing his upside-down bass solo, etc. Good memories, there.

So, so sorry for your loss...