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Old 09-12-2010, 04:58 PM
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Finally got around to taking pictures of the back.
Nice pics. German Saxon region bass as I said before (my opinion). Enjoy it..
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Old 09-14-2010, 12:21 PM
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you photographed your bass while waiting for a checkup? ok though, cool photos!
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Old 09-14-2010, 02:10 PM
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you photographed your bass while waiting for a checkup? ok though, cool photos!
Checkup???? No, the bass is in the study of my house.
Where in the Pac NW are you? I visit Portland/Vancouver WA
from time to time.
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Old 09-14-2010, 02:37 PM
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Checkup???? No, the bass is in the study of my house.
Where in the Pac NW are you? I visit Portland/Vancouver WA
from time to time.
Kidding, kidding - I don't know any bassists who could have been doctors... wanna checkup my bass? yah, in Portland for the time being.
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Old 09-14-2010, 07:44 PM
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Kidding, kidding - I don't know any bassists who could have been doctors... wanna checkup my bass? yah, in Portland for the time being.
Actually, I do know one double bassist in Dallas who is a doctor.


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Bill, I played with Dr. Mike from 2003 to 2005, the year he passed away. I would be glad to answer any questions you have about him, though I do not have information on the bass specifically. All I know is that he waited a long time to get it from when he first heard it. The man who owned it before him loved it and Mike bought it from that man's wife at some point after that man passed away. If you would like, I can get you mp3s of us playing together, he played on your bass in these recordings.

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Old 11-14-2011, 09:07 AM
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Bill, I played with Dr. Mike from 2003 to 2005, the year he passed away. I would be glad to answer any questions you have about him, though I do not have information on the bass specifically. All I know is that he waited a long time to get it from when he first heard it. The man who owned it before him loved it and Mike bought it from that man's wife at some point after that man passed away. If you would like, I can get you mp3s of us playing together, he played on your bass in these recordings.

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Thanks, Marcus. I haven't found any info on "Dr. Mike" other than a few people listing him as an influence and seeing his name in the Pittsburgh Jazz hall of fame. I would like to know more if you care to share. Also I would be interested in hearing your recordings.
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Bill,

I will post those mp3s to my website. It was nothing fancy, just a demo session, as we were trying to put together a booking CD. My email is marcus@marcusfuller.com, or we can talk on here. Whatever works best for you. Sorry for the delay in responding on here.

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Bill,

You can find the mp3s at http://www.marcusfuller.com/dr-mike/

I hope you like them. Recording those with him is one of the best memories of my life.

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Nice! We are looking over a virtual "twin" to this bass in the shop and working to help the owner to ID it. Ken's info on this bass, as always, is very helpful. Ours has the same light brown varnish - it looks a lot like that on a Hornsteiner we worked on a while back, though I understand that workshop was not in the same region. We also have a Markneukirchen bass with the similar plain purfling under the button, but the varnish is much more amber with none of the brown which almost looks greenish in some light. I'm trying to post pics of the one that's like Mr. Sallee's, but my browser (or something) is not playing nice. Will try again later on a different computer.
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