Author Topic: Mini-NorCal Gathering? (Read 1249 times)

lbpesq · « **Reply #15 on:** September 24, 2012, 07:08:37 PM »

Graeme:

Enjoy your pilgrimage to the mothership tomorrow. See you tomorrow night.

Bill, tgo

jazzyvee · « **Reply #16 on:** September 24, 2012, 10:54:09 PM »

Yep, have a great time there Jacko and see where the magic happens and share some pictures.

Jazzyvee

hieronymous · « **Reply #17 on:** September 26, 2012, 03:04:23 PM »

Had a nice time last night! Graeme made the perilous journey from San Francisco to Alameda without too many problems - I am so glad I am familiar with driving in this area, I wouldn't want to experience it for the first time again!

We got to see some cool instruments from Bill's collection - including some I hadn't seen before. We got to jam a bit too - took a while to find stuff that we all knew but it was enjoyable. Wild Horses, The Weight, something by Bob Dylan, plus a couple of jams. I only had my iPhone for pictures - they didn't come out great but thought I would share for posterity. Graeme took a few too, though he probably won't be able to post them for at least another week.

hieronymous · « **Reply #18 on:** September 26, 2012, 03:15:05 PM »

Here are the pics: Graeme checking out Woody:

And trying out my Stanley Clarke (with the doubleneck in the background)

Checking out the Bond Electraglides! I never thought I would see one of these in person - I remember seeing them in Guitar Player back in the '80s when they came out. Surprisingly easy to play!

Double-doubleneck!

Everyone checking out Bill's Triumph!

jacko · « **Reply #19 on:** September 26, 2012, 03:47:26 PM »

I really enjoyed meeting Harry and Bill (and many thanks to Bill for his hospitality). Bill really has the most amazing collection of instruments and I'd kill for his basement :-) As harry says, I'll post some pics from my visit (and my trip to the mothership) when I get back to the UK unless the hotels on the East coast have better internet access. I'd also like to say what great guys Harry and Bill are. Not only did we get to share Bill and Tina's hospitality but Harry took the time to lead me back to the freeway at the end of the night - I missed several turns on the way there !!

Graeme (wishing I was staying a few years longer)

p.s. Jazzy - I have your things.

David Houck · « **Reply #20 on:** September 26, 2012, 04:35:51 PM »

Thanks for the pics; they put a smile on my face! Glad you were able to get together.

artswork99 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 26, 2012, 04:53:04 PM »

Wonderful pictures! Have a great time on the rest of the trip Graeme.

lbpesq · « **Reply #22 on:** September 26, 2012, 06:50:44 PM »

Glad you guys could make it over. It's always very cool to meet in person after all these years in this cyber family we call Alembic.

Bill, tgo

hieronymous · « **Reply #23 on:** September 26, 2012, 08:00:29 PM »

Thank you for your hospitality Bill!

Bill knows a lot of songs, and these songs have a lot of chord changes. It was nice this time around to play drums and not have to worry about harmony!

I was also glad for the chance to play the doubleneck amplified for a bit. Me and Bill had a nice mellow jam going with the fretless and one of his axes for a while!

lbpesq · « **Reply #24 on:** September 26, 2012, 11:46:16 PM »

It did get quite tasty and spacey there for a bit, didn't it? Big fun! And Harry can hold his own on the drums.

Bill, tgo

hieronymous · « **Reply #25 on:** September 28, 2012, 12:30:37 PM »

A couple more pics: Yes we did actually play - the view from the drumkit!

Double doubleneck necks!

tncaveman · « **Reply #26 on:** September 28, 2012, 08:18:59 PM »

WOW on the double neck - Guitar and fretless - nice combo. What does she weigh?

Sounds like you all had fun!

Stephen

PS - I'm getting ready to do a basement redo - from raw space to man-cave.

jacko · « **Reply #27 on:** September 29, 2012, 04:27:40 PM »

I have to say I really enjoyed playing Harry's Anniversary. The flatwound Elite chromes felt so good I'm thinking of breaking a 30 year roundwound habit

graeme (in portland maine)

hieronymous · « **Reply #28 on:** September 30, 2012, 08:49:51 AM »

Graeme, how's the foliage? A facebook friend said it was raining this morning in Massachusetts - hope you are having a good trip!

I knew Graeme was a good player when he took right away to the EADGC tuning! It was a pleasure to get to hear how my new amp sounds with him playing my bass!

Stephen: It's actually short scale (30) 6-string bass & long scale (34) fretless, though the 6-string is currently tuned B-B, right between bass & guitar. I keep threatening to return it to the original Bass VI style tuning (EADGBE, with the bottom four strings matching regular bass) but haven't gotten to it yet. Here's the showcase thread - it weighs in at a hefty 15.2 pounds!

jacko · « **Reply #29 on:** October 01, 2012, 07:56:19 PM »

We arrived in Boston to some nice weather. The following day (friday) was wet but we still had a pleasant walk around Boston. Saturday we took the coastal highway up to Portland then spent a wet Sunday driving to lincoln across the white mountains and a damp monday driving across to stowe VT. Even though it's been wet the colours across here have been astounding. Way better than we were expecting. Looks like it may be fine for our drive down to springfield tomorrow so we're looking forward to more colour.
When I get back I'll start a separate thread with photos.

Graeme