Author Topic: Demographics (Read 677 times)

olieoliver · « **Reply #30 on:** November 04, 2006, 05:41:41 AM »

Liberal redneck, does that mean you'll drink beer from a can or a bottle?

olieoliver · « **Reply #31 on:** November 04, 2006, 05:49:00 AM »

Normand, I can think of worse thing to see. Like maybe Michael getting exposed during half-time.

ajdover · « **Reply #32 on:** November 04, 2006, 08:45:50 AM »

Me?

Age: 44

Bikes: None. I do have a Dodge Ram Quad Cab with a Hemi that can run over one though.

Beer: German Hefeweizen, Belgian Lambics and Ales, English Ales, and anything non-American. American beer is like sex in a canoe. It's #$%^ing near water.

Hawaiian shirts: None.

Tattoos: None.

Weapons: Hmmm ... M9 9mm pistol, M4 Carbine, and in previous assignments, M2 .50 Caliber HB and M242 Bushmaster 25mm Chaingun. Oh, and the TOW Missile and M240C Machine Gun too.

Music: Yes, King Crimson, early Genesis, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Tubes, The Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stanley Clarke, Jaco, The Beatles, The Who, Frank Zappa, Stu Hamm, etc. Definitely not a Dead or Phish Head - never did get it.

Current Instruments:

Fenders: '05 Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe (MIA); '73 Fender Jazz; '76 Fender Precision; '94 Fender Jazz Bass MIJ: '99 Fretless Jazz Deluxe (MIA)

Gibsons: '87 Gibson Thunderbird; '74 Gibson Ripper; '77 Gibson RD Artist

Musicmans: '02 Bongo; '79 Stingray; '06 Stingray HH

Rickenbacker: '76 4001; '77 4001

Peavey: '89 Dyna Bass Unity Series Limited with Kahler Tremelo

Pedulla: MVP 4

Ovation: CC074 Acoustic Electric

Godin: A4 Acoustic Electric

Alembic: '03 Europa; '03 Spyder (#7 of 50); '04 Dragon's Wing; '91 Essence; '92 Essence

Under Construction: Custom Series II John Entwistle replica

Lakland: 4-94

Status: Hobbyist/semi-pro.

(Message edited by ajdover on November 04, 2006)

57basstra · « **Reply #33 on:** November 04, 2006, 09:11:17 AM »

Olie,

the answer to your question is 'yes'!

worldfamousandy · « **Reply #34 on:** November 04, 2006, 10:08:08 AM »

Age: 37

Alembics: I bought a 76 Series 1 when I was 19 (the bass was already 12 by the time I got it), and that bass is still my main axe. I think I paid $1200 for it. A year or two later, I bought a new Spoiler, which I only kept a few years.

Regarding the Grateful Dead: I do not like this music. Never did, although I tried for a while. I am a huge fan of Jazz Is Dead, though, with Jimmy Herring, Alphonso Johnson, Billy Cobham, and T Lavitz.

Bikes: My pride and joy is a 6-month old Kona Dawg Deluxe, a pedal-pusher mountain bike (I do, after all, live in Jackson Hole). I also admit to a 1990 Suzuki DR350, for those times when I get the itch to motor on the trails.

Guns: More than a casual interest, but not competitive. I load my own ammo, carry concealed (I think a lot of Wyomingites pack heat). I never wear a Hawaiian shirt, though. A middle-aged guy with a Hawaiian shirt is a dead giveaway for a cop (sorry, Eric. I couldn't resist!)

Music: It changes as I get older, but common themes include Jaco, soul jazz ala Lee Morgan, Cannonball Adderley, Grant Green, etc. I also currently spin a lot of Mike Stern, Soulive, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Scofield, Eldar, Richard Bona, Flecktones, Aquarium Rescue Unit, James McMurtry.

Ink: none. I'd consider it, except for the fact that almost everyone has it now. It's no longer a sign of anything but conformism.

Beer: Not much, anymore, as it takes a toll on my waistline. Lots of wine and scotch, though, which probably isn't much better, but I love those spirits.

Musical status: Working-stiff professional without another job. Nothing particularly glamorous these days, but I love what I do: weddings, parties, happy hour jazz gigs, casuals, etc.

I am lucky for a number of reasons: I play a lot of bass, I get to live in Jackson Hole, and I play an Alembic, which is cool regardless of where you live, what you do for a living, whether or not you have tattoos, ride motorcycles, shoot guns, listen to the Dead, whatever.

Andy Calder
www.andycalderbass.com

inthelows · « **Reply #35 on:** November 04, 2006, 11:59:15 AM »

Hey..AJDOVER..holy cow thats an impressive collection.. Whats the current favorite!
I'd think you need your own road crew and 18 wheeler!!
NLP

chuck · « **Reply #36 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:21:57 PM »

Hawaiian shirts a must in north carolina,the home of beach music. though i never connected them with undercover cops,mabye this is the reason that when im in maryland playing i hear the word narc a lot and people tend to avoid me until they find out im with the band.-----chuck

bracheen · « **Reply #37 on:** November 04, 2006, 04:59:07 PM »

The questions seem to shift from post to post so I'll wing it.

I'm 52, bought my first and only Alembic three years ago almost to the day.

Hawaiian shirts? You're kidding right?

Music: I'm a big fan of music. My CD collection has everything from Bubble Puppy to Bach. There's even a Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam in there but don't tell anyone.

Gear: '94 Epic, '00 Warwick Thumb BO, '78 Guild B302, all 4 strings

Beer: Guinness. Period. Wine is good also, but liquor is off my diet. My system just isn't the same as it once was.

Weapon: Glock model 23 .40 cal I do have a concealed weapon permit but rarely carry.

No motorcycle, never learned to drive one though it does look like fun.

Tattoos: Not yet, that's my son in law's area of responsibility. The boy's covered. But my daughter adores him and he is a bass player so it's good.

Sam

howierd · « **Reply #38 on:** November 04, 2006, 05:59:24 PM »

Age: 54

Bought my 77 Alembic in 1978 at age 27 for $900.00.

Hawaiian Shirts: At least 6 and wear them all the time. Even last week.

Never had a bike. I was into muscle cars: 66 Vette 427/435, 68 Chevelle 327/325

Music: Beatles, Stones, Who, ELP, ZAPPA,Stanley, Jaco, Victor, Alphonso Johnson, Benny Goodman, The Duke, Pete Fountain, and all Swing and Dixieland Musicians.

Bands: Started playing in bands in 1963. Rock and Roll, Jazz, Fusion.

Tattoos: Never

Contracted Hep C in mid 80's. Liver Transplant in 2002.
Had Type 2 Diabetes before Transplant, But now have no signs of it. The Liver was screwing up all my functions.

Beer: Not any more. ICB is great

Retired

Hobbies: Music, Semi professional Woodworker.

Howard

ajdover · « **Reply #39 on:** November 04, 2006, 06:17:29 PM »

Normand,

Current favorite right now is the Lakland. It's probably the only bass that even comes close to touching Alembics in terms of quality and tonal versatility. I love mine to death - I have it in Korea with me at the moment.

BTW, if you want to sign up as part of my road crew, I'm game! :-)

Alan

Bradley Young · « **Reply #40 on:** November 04, 2006, 09:59:22 PM »

Alan,

You're mechanized infantry?

Bradley

crgaston · « **Reply #41 on:** November 04, 2006, 10:37:57 PM »

Sounds like combat engineers to me.

ajdover · « **Reply #42 on:** November 05, 2006, 12:23:06 AM »

Alan,

You're mechanized infantry?

Bradley

Bradley,

I began my career as an infantryman, and saw service in the 1st Gulf War with 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. I was a Bradley Platoon Leader back then, and hence the reference to an M242 Bushmaster, TOW Missile, and M240C Machine Gun.

Alan

alemberic · « **Reply #43 on:** November 05, 2006, 01:55:26 AM »

Andy

No reason to resist, you're right--at least for some locales.

However, Hawaiian shirts don't stick out like a sore thumb so much here in predominantly sunny, hot central California (kind of like what Chuck said about North Carolina). Now if I wore a fanny pack, that would be another story--a 3rd grader can make you with one of those :>)

Eric

worldfamousandy · « **Reply #44 on:** November 05, 2006, 08:01:54 AM »

Yes, the fanny pack is worse, although you could also be made as a sound engineer with one of those,

Dick Cheney lives about a mile from my house, and the valley's crawling with Secret Service and various other security-types when he is around. Secret Service seems to prefer photographers' vests when they are in the mountains. They must have gotten a good deal on a bulk order, because they ALL wear them, and they ALL match. You can pick 'em out a mile away. It must not really be important that those people remain incognito, or they would make some small effort to do so. I have to believe that it's only important to have a garment they can use to hide an MP5. Funny that the Secret Service isn't really so secret.

Andy Calder
www.andycalderbass.com