_Sweet Willie_ Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Dig it. I'm headed to Seattle tomorrow. It's a work trip -- meetings on Mon 3/30 and Tues 3/31, and some work to do on Sun 3/29. However, I'll be able to have some fun Sat and Sun. I just might run into Tater Nuts. I just might spend some time at Fish NW. I just might visit the place where the Lulls get built. Very excited. Peace. --Dub $$ spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Say hi to Mike and Roger for me. They probably won't be there on Sunday, but they will be there on Saturday. They're on the other side of Lake Washington, in Bellevue. Cross the floating bridge to get there....it's not far. Too bad, you're not going one month later...I'll be there then. When you go to Bass NW, go around the corner and take a look at Emerald City Guitars. Have fun! Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Damn, wish I wasn't so jammed up this weekend. I'd drive over the mountain to say hi. Half a block from Bass NW towards Pioneer square is a decent steak sandwich shop ran buy two guys from north Philly. You'll know you're close when the pan-handlers start to get thick. EC Gutiars has some outrageous stuff in there. JC - we should co-ordinate a LDLD West Coast staff meeting while your in town. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 JC - we should co-ordinate a LDLD West Coast staff meeting while your in town. If the weather is dry and the river is happnin' I'll fly up. "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Nice. Have Mr. Nuts introduce you to one of the many fine micro brews in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 There may or may not be plans in place... if there hypothetically were plans in place pictorial evidence is a distinct possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I'm here. At my hotel. I foresee sushi and a nap in my immediate future. Then there may or may not be plans in place with Tater Nuts. If such plans were in place, I would suspect pictorial incrimination would be a distinct possibility. That is all. Peace. --SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Where have I heard something like this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Tater's good people. Mike Lull's good people. That is all for now. Peace. --SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Uh oh. We arrived at Mike Lull's shop and were given the keys to the castle. The action was so obscenely low on that blue P5 that it practically played itself. Sadly Mike had no completed T-Birds around - though we did get to see Evan Sheeley's (BassNW owner) in the assembly stages. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0002.jpg The good Doctor rippin' it up on a M5V. That bass + Aguilar amp/cab sounded delicious. A crowd favorite. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0005.jpg After abusing Mike's stuff and getting William a tour of the workshop we headed to my place. Here we find a happy kid checking out some fishes. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0009.jpg http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0013.jpg The mighty 2x4 bass with its obscene neck dive and fabulous fretless P tone. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0015.jpg We started the rest of the evening's madness by using the new option on the Johnson P. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0021.jpg Another satisfied customer! http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0023.jpg Things degraded rapidly from there. We had some dinner and then hit many local music venues. I believe the most entertaining part of the bar hopping was the "one man band" guy a The Merchant. Wow. He was... something. I'll leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 B-E-A-Utiful. Not to derail things, but have you tried putting the other strap button on the 2x4 on the back of the headstock? Man, I miss Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 So don't tell me the Big Tater avoided incrimination by taking all the pictures! Crafty, T-N, crafty... BY the way, your P bass with the bottle opener is from the same manufacturer as the Galveston I'm still trying to make into a fretless. Right now, I have an Eden left-handed neck on the body, and I might leave it like that, but I haven't given up on trying to get a decent coat of polyurethane on the board. Getting closer, I'll have pictures soon... Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Not to derail things, but have you tried putting the other strap button on the 2x4 on the back of the headstock? Yep. It fell off your shoulder constantly at that position. I thought about doing something like the Chapman Stick strap but it's been non-existent on my priority list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Very and extremely cool... Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Great time was had. Nice to hit The Central -- even though the band there was gawdawful, it was cool to hit the historic venue. The Metal Boys were loud'n'proud at the Shark Club. I very much enjoyed them tearin' it up Platinum Spandex stylee. Yes, the one-man rocker was...um...something. Tater's Alembics are delicious. The Johnson P Bass actually sounds fantastic with all the electronics replacements in it. And that bottle opener works like a friggin dream. The 2x4 sounds surprising good, although the neck is, uh, a little chunky. Plan B for balance on that bad boy is to hang a sack of ball bearings off the bridge end of it. Good times. Tater is excellent company, and seems to know pretty much everyone in the greater Seattle area. Peace. --SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 The good Doctor rippin' it up on a M5V. That bass + Aguilar amp/cab sounded delicious. A crowd favorite. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/WEA/DSC_0005.jpg So, yes, if Mike Lull had insisted that I bring one bass back to the east coast, I would've taken that red beauty. And, yes, it played fast -- as red basses are wont to do. Admission of guilt: I also played the red Lull telecaster you see hanging on the wall behind me. It's a killer g****r. I'm a total hack on the gitbox, but even I got the wonderful tele goodness to flow. Peace. --SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 You are a very special person...you were admitted to the Lair of the Brian. So if Tater knows everyone in Seattle, how come he doesn't know my son? They even work at the same company (along with 15,000 others). Sounds like a great weekend. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 It's been terrific. I just came back to my hotel room after doing an 11-mile run that included most of the perimeter of Lake Union and part of the perimeter of Green Lake. I also saw just a bit of the UW campus and passed by the Seattle AFM office! It was spectacular running weather -- sunny and about 50 degrees. Earlier today I visited the Seattle Art Museum, which is great, walked through the Pike Place market, which was fun, and took in the sights and sounds of the Experience Music Project, which was cool. This is a pretty nice city, and I'm lucky to have had such gorgeous weather today to enjoy it. Peace. --SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 With the exception of the running you just had my dream vacation. I run only when chased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Glad to hear of the superior meeting and other debauchery. Hope work (you remember work at this point?) is also going well. Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 With the exception of the running you just had my dream vacation. I run only when chased. You're chaste. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 ...work (you remember work at this point?)... Moment ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 You're chaste. That's for another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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