I am happy because I have finished cleaning my apartment. Passed the examination by the janitor with only one remark. Tomorrow I leave for Mo i Rana, and within a week, I'll be dragging my feet around in Sweden and being up to no good throughout almost the entire summer. :D

I'll be happy if you behave yourself and stay out of trouble - remember what Oren said about not wanting trouble while he's away.

We'll see about that. I'll probably stay out of trouble. I had some trouble on my way to Mo i Rana, though. But I got through it with my bass and life and I am happy abut that!

Happy Days..
 

This is my first official day back in the office after the ISB last week.

The ISB was great in terms of meeting some of the best players in the world, watching them play my basses and enjoying their friendship however short the time was.

Truly a positive venue.:cool:

I haven't been in these forums for awhile.... so, I'm genuinely happy to see a bunch of activity here. I learn a lot here.

Bone-in rib-eye dinner....
 

Saltgrass Steakhouse has a new item on their menu: A 24 oz. bone-in rib-eye. Service is top-notch, frozen margaritas are the best and tonight's dinner made me very happy :D:).

I shared a pizza with a couple of the folks I play with this week, and it was about as good as those we have in Sweden! Norwegian pizzas are more about thick bread, and I don't understand what's up with that - who fancies the bread? This was perfect thought; good ingredients, and the bread got fluffy (as opposed to thick and dense!) towards the edges for your holding pleasure. Mo i Rana may not appear much on first sight, but with pizzas this quality, this is probably one of the top Norwegian cities.

I forgot to say that the meal made me happy. It did.

I'm happy about something, I just can't quite put my finger on what it is. Could it be an early onset of senility? Maybe I'm just happy that they have good pizzas in a place that I've never been to? I guess happiness can be inspired by distant events. Maybe I'm happy because of Neptune's orbit?

I am happy because now I'm back home in Sweden!

I'm happy because I'm warming up, after having to wash the frost off my car's windows.

This could be described as a 'little happy'.

Bass I got to work on!
 

I am happy because I had this bass in the shop last Thursday. The fingerboard extension is now the proper color to match the other fingerboard and the whole board is dressed. Plays like buttah. Now on to the next project!


http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/p...thPrescott.jpg

Brian,
Shouldn't your post have started with,
"I'm happy because..."

OK Richie and the gang. The Fonz is maybe looking at a happy day Saturday. Cousin Chucky and I are going to the Guitar Show in Columbia, South Carolina. It's usually a fun day including, but not limited to, some of the best bar-b-cue anywhere, at a place known as Maurice's Piggy Park. An old curb service (although no longer available) type place with Confederate flags lining the exterior of the building. Maybe a SC State flag, a favorite of my friend Richard, thrown in for good measure. Back to you Richie, Potsie and Ralph. :)

wow..
 

Nice Prescott there.. What is the string length?

Ken,

I think it is around 42-42.5". I should have measured it, but spaced out and didn't think about it.

I know it has new neck. (relatively) It was worked on by Bob's Bass Violin Shop in Greensboro, NC when Eliot purchased it. It is a very nice bass, and one that I sit with often in the Greenville Symphony. We have some good wood in that section. It has a really nice sound. Not the most powerful Prescott I have ever played, but very even and I think it is still coming back from all of the interior work that was done to it in the restoration.

It was truly a privledge to work on a bass of this magnitude.

BG

Oh Richard... I almost forgot... I am happy because I found the link to some more shots of the Prescott. http://www.bassviolinshop.com/testimonials.html

Enjoy,
BG

Brian, you know how it works...
when you're happy, I'm happy.

By the way, the bass looks great.

Well Richard, you've got some happying to do, so get started, my friend. :)

ok..
 

Yes, I have seen that Bass before on Bob's 'site. Prescott basses will vary as did the construction did along with the various graduations he tried and not to mention nearly 200 years of various restorations, repairs or even alterations.

I was privileged to have owned for a short time a Prescott from what we believe to be his early period. It was a 4/4 gamba with the upper bouts reduced as well as the c-bouts but the corners were not touched, just opened up a little deeper for bowing perhaps. The F-wings were still attached and the arching the same as the day it was made. This bass had normal Italian style graduations and were original as we could see the scar shadow of the original bassbar in the top. Great Basses those Prescotts are if maintained.

Oren, you know how it works...
when Ken's happy, I'm happy.

This morning I'm reasonably happy. Do I have to always explain my positive feelings to you all?

Reading this, I don't think you are obliged to always tell us about when you are happy. I'd say that you could even post stories from the past.
Myself, I am happy most of the time. But with the temperature today, I might get a little grumpy when the computer guy who has fixed the firewire output calls me up and tells me to go there and get it. But, getting it back means that I could get back to making silly, stupid music! And the thought of that makes me happy. :)

E. Joel, happiness seems to be a complex thing.

Here's my Fonzie moment. A post of mine showed up on the welcome thread this afternoon. What's so happy days about that? I posted on 2 threads on Sunday night that have yet to show up. They were good and lengthy, so re-posting is probably not going to happen. :)

Oren, my posting troubled friend, you're supposed to profess to be happy on this thread.
I'm happy, for example, because I'm sitting down.

Good morning. I'm sitting down again = happy.

It's here
 

The New Pre Amp/Practice Amp (aka P.A.P.A) is here and finally done. This makes me happy as it was years in the making mainly because it was shelved 2 years ago due to more important projects that needed to be done. Now the samples are here and will soon be on the website and available for sale.

Does this mean that when you stand, you are unhappy? I believe that this would be a logical assumption.

In any event, try to sit as much as possible. In fact, I hope that you are sitting right now. That would make The Fonz real happy. :)

Oren, my friend who often lifts me with unquestionable logic, you are indeed right!
I sit to relax, I sit for a bowel movement and I sit to indulge in the delights that Ken's Corner offers. The only joy that standing brings is playing my double bass. Come to think of it, I'm happiest when playing my bass (pleasures of the flesh excluded here). I'll start again, oh wise man from the northern south...
tonight I'm happy because I'm standing with my bass.

Good evening. I'm standing with my bass = happy.

I am happy because Nils Palm offered me a nice semla-discount when I purchased a bass bag and some rosin from him.

I am also happy because I am going to see Andreas Henningson today.

Joel, my friend, do you sprinkle the rosin over the top of the semla, or do you just mix it in? :)

I try to keep the semla away from the bow, as the grease would ruin the hair, but some rosins would definitely make a good replacement for the powdered sugar on top of the semla. Not this one, though; it's of the sticky kind. Maybe I could replace the almond paste in the middle with some of it, though...

By the way, just thinking of semlor makes me happy. :)
Too bad it's not the right season for them...

Upon further review - I've decided that what I posted on The Pit Bull thread should actually go here too.

HAPPY
35TH
ANNIVERSARY
DONNA
AND
OREN

JULY 7TH

Many happy days indeed. :)

Go Rangers....
 

I'm happy that the Texas Rangers are playing good baseball. Watching the game tonight against the Angels: Both teams are tied for first. :D

Wasn't Walker a Texas Ranger? I think he was also called Chuck Norris.

Yes, that would be correct, but he was certainly not a baseball player.

Baseball is a game for sissies.

All games are - life is much harder.
But 'hard' can be fun.
I'm happy about that.

Instruments recovered......
 

I'm happy, as it appears, Randy Kohr's instruments have been recovered through a Pawn Shop sting in Columbus, Ohio. :)

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