Hi Jim,
Thanks for the concern. You wouldn't believe how much this hurricane petered out. It was really looking strong and promising as far as filling all of our water tanks but it literally disappeared. Alot of us here on this island have a water catchment system for our household water and as you may have heard there is a pretty good drought going on here so our tanks are running low to the point where many of people have had to purchase truck loads of water this year.
Since we get over 200 inches of rain a year here on a average year I love the drought in that it makes for beautiful weather in a what is mostly rainy area. Fortunately the last hurricane about a month or so ago that came through dumped way more rain (about 8-10 in 24 hours) and topped off my tank in the first two hours so we have been fine. But I was right at the brink of and infact calling many water hauling companies at that time to no avail when the hurricane arrived.
So all is well here. The only thing is that the Hilo Farmer's Market where our store is took down all of the gray tarps that cover the whole market so that they wouldn't rip off and blow away and today is Farmer's Market day. Fortunately again our store is the only business that is in a building there so we are open today as well as every day and they are frantically rushing since two o'clock this morn to get all the tarps back up for the other vendors. I'll try and attach a picture so you can see what I mean.This is before the storm. I can't seem to get the after picture of tarps taken down because of to many pixels. I've tried everything to reduce but believe me it's a mess. Bottom line is we were the only ones that got to open and sell today so alot of people lost money today which for some I'm sure is their grocery money. All schools were also closed today there was no need as the storm is gone.
As far as the pics I think they are really trying to put together a beautiful bass for me and surprise me so I am trying to be as patient as possible! I hope to see it soon but I love and respect these people for who they are and what they do and don't want to pressure them in any way. You know they are working their butts off as by seeing the pictures that Mica just posted it is very evident that they are doing as much as they can without compromising the quality of craftsmanship (or I should say Artistry). And I'm just judging by what I saw but I know there's a heck of alot going on that I don't even know about.
Thanks again for concern and checking in with me. Again I really love your sound sample of your new bass and am trying to work on that technique of pop/slapping that you have. I just can't quite get it.
Do you have any suggestions on sites to go to to get training? I know there are alot of them I am just asking you which ones if any you like.
Take care Jim, Patient Paul!
