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Old 06-13-2009, 10:32 AM
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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.
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Old 06-13-2009, 04:42 PM
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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.
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.
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Old 06-15-2009, 01:51 PM
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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!
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Old 06-15-2009, 02:02 PM
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Thumbs up 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.
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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.
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Old 06-15-2009, 10:18 PM
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Cool 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 .
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Old 06-16-2009, 12:00 PM
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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.
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Old 06-16-2009, 12:01 PM
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I forgot to say that the meal made me happy. It did.
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Old 06-16-2009, 02:23 PM
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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?
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Old 06-21-2009, 04:35 AM
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I am happy because now I'm back home in Sweden!
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Old 06-23-2009, 04:04 PM
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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'.
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Old 06-24-2009, 12:09 PM
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Talking 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!



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Old 06-24-2009, 03:13 PM
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Brian,
Shouldn't your post have started with,
"I'm happy because..."
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Old 06-26-2009, 09:17 PM
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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.
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Old 06-26-2009, 09:30 PM
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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!


Nice Prescott there.. What is the string length?
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Old 06-26-2009, 10:39 PM
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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.

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Old 06-26-2009, 10:46 PM
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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,
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Old 06-27-2009, 12:18 AM
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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,
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Brian, you know how it works...
when you're happy, I'm happy.

By the way, the bass looks great.
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Old 06-27-2009, 07:36 AM
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Oren, you know how it works...
when you're happy, I'm happy.
Well Richard, you've got some happying to do, so get started, my friend.
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Old 06-27-2009, 08:59 AM
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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
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.
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