Author Topic: TEXAS in 2013 (Read 6760 times)

oddmetersam · « **Reply #75 on:** June 09, 2013, 06:57:50 PM »

Mindboggling. Stunning instruments. GREAT pics. Cool crew. Well done!

wayne · « **Reply #76 on:** June 09, 2013, 07:25:29 PM »

Hey Paul - The fretless is my baby. It has become my go to over the years. Glad you like it.

Here's some history (beware, shocking photos ahead):

It started life as fretted, was converted, and suffered some setbacks along the road.

http://www.alembic.com/info/wayne_bass.html

http://alembic.com/club/messages/631/701.html

C-Ya...........wayne

oddmetersam · « **Reply #77 on:** June 09, 2013, 07:30:35 PM »

Yeah, I'm with Paul. Can you add some captions after the fact? After seeing Dave's, Bill's and Harry's knobby headstocks -- and now this fretless -- I'm sold on the Inner Earth look.

Love the three standard point Series I's (?) in front of the fireplace shot. I know that just relaxing and having a good time is paramount, but spending the little bit of extra effort to take sub-grouping shots is worthwhile, because these are actually for posterity and all these instruments are priceless.

I also love how your very last shot mostly has darker basses on one side and the lighter ones on the other. Whether inadvertent or by design, it really emphasizes the spectrum of wood colors on these instruments.

sonicus · « **Reply #78 on:** June 09, 2013, 07:38:37 PM »

Great pics ! It really looks like all was at Maximum Good .

All green lights on the control panels !

When it's like that __It's Priceless ____

smuprof · « **Reply #79 on:** June 09, 2013, 08:22:22 PM »

The 3 series ones from left to right belong to Sir David, Doc Greene, and me. Mine was owned by Adam for many years, but I believe David's and Doc's were original purchases. From left to right they are 1976, 1978, and 1980.

rustyg61 · « **Reply #80 on:** June 10, 2013, 01:59:03 AM »

Sorry about the lack of captions, I had to resize these 3 times before the forum would accept them even though they were all less than 150K on the original resize. I also didn't want to violate anyone's privacy by posting something about their instrument they may not want known so I figured I would let everyone fill in the blanks, which Wayne & John have done nicely.

artswork99 · « **Reply #81 on:** June 10, 2013, 06:57:16 AM »

Looks great! Thanks Rusty!

811952 · « **Reply #82 on:** June 10, 2013, 07:06:03 AM »

I love that 8-string Distillate! And that fretless 5! And all the others!

John

growlypants · « **Reply #83 on:** June 10, 2013, 07:16:32 AM »

Wow. Just wow. Unbelievably excellent photos of some amazing instruments - thanks, Rusty. Hope all had a great time, and if you'll excuse me, I'll now return to those photos!!

pauldo · « **Reply #84 on:** June 10, 2013, 07:41:57 AM »

Wow Wayne !
That history gives a completely new meaning to; 'if this bass could only talk'.

Thanks for sharing.

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #85 on:** June 10, 2013, 08:51:21 AM »

Excellent! You guys made me drool today!
Mike

jazzyvee · « **Reply #86 on:** June 10, 2013, 09:22:47 AM »

Hey Rusty, did you get an idea of what you would like in a custom build from the basses you managed to try?

Jazzyvee

oddmetersam · « **Reply #87 on:** June 10, 2013, 10:04:54 AM »

I hear you about resizing the pics Rusty. I know we have some posted guidelines about file size, but what settings did you finally use to get the pics to look this big without reducing the resolution too much? That's not in the instructions.

I'm sure we could all benefit from this knowledge once and for all, as it's very frustrating trying to reduce a 6mb file down to 150kb or lower without it being postage stamp size or poorly resolved. I can never get my pics to show up as big as yours...

hieronymous · « **Reply #88 on:** June 10, 2013, 10:12:37 AM »

Awesome! The 8-string Exploiter caught my eye first, then the ones with the pistol-grip upper horns. But they are all great!

that_sustain · « **Reply #89 on:** June 10, 2013, 11:15:50 AM »

The oldschool Series 4 string pictured in the middle(right in front of the fireplace) is the one I keep looking at.