great googa-mooga! Mark, you are a Conklin buying fiend! my heartiest congratulations, man! I'm looking forward to the pix! from the serious lows, Stew ===== ...
hey everyone, it's been online for a few days now, but I'm currently the featured player on the new section of the International Institute of Bassists website!...
hey everyone, there is nothing like the sensation of someone coming up to me after a set and nervously saying, 'I thought that instrument was just for shock...
I wholeheartedly agree. I just played a *phenomenal* show this past Friday night at a less-than-ideal venue (for $30, and we were there til 5:00AM), with 3...
Hello, new guy here with my first post. Anyway, I can't wait to get that feeling with my Conklin(when it arrives probably in August). I'm sure their will be...
... LOL... alright, I won't ask. but it's tempting! congrats on the great show, man. at some point I'll have to hear one of those discs, too! let me know when ...
hey Don, welcome to the group, man! congrats on ordering the Conklin! I'm biased, but I truly belieev that Bill and Mike make the best instruments on earth!...
EWWW...he called it a GUITAR!!! lol welcome to the group, anyway. Trust me...the people that give u sh*t about having an 8-string (which is rare, from my...
Hey Stew. Well, I'm keeping it as low cost as possible. I only have about $3000 to spend so for now(until I buy another) I'm going with a swamp ash body, trans...
hey Don, it sounds awesome. I'm glad playing my 8 had a positive effect. I tried to get Victor Bailey to pick it up and he just wouldn't. as you know from...
Hello everyone!! Put a couple of pics up in the folder of me and my guitarist Bill... He hasn't stopped playing the GTG-7 since I brought to a session two ...
... hey, it's a tough gig, but someone's got to do it, Mark! as a bad influence myself, you've got my sympathies... NOT!! ;P from the goofy low end, Stew =====...
... <justplayinmybass@y...> wrote: I really don't mean to Myron!! ;-) Fact is Bill offers a quality (dare I say superior) product even in the Groove Tools...
Oh I'm not offended. I'm actually cool with bad enfluence. It gives me something to shoot for. And I want to be a bad enfluence one day to others. It's hard...
Hi Everybody: Bill Lancton here. I started this group as a tribute to Bill's work, and I have enjoyed reading all of your posts! I recently talked to Bill and...
Glad to hear that Bill's gonna stop by from time to time.. Got a question for him.. What are the changes to the New Century Series packages and when will they...
hey Bill, I meant to mention it ages ago when I first joined the group, but thanks for creating it! I truly believe that Bill's a genius and that he and Mike...
Bill Lancton here. I received this today from Bill Conklin: "Thank you Bill, we appreciate you continued support. Mike and I have some big plans brewing for...
My 8 is on it's way to finishing school... Should be ready in about 2 to 3 more weeks!! Got another toy on the way also, but I'll not spoil that just yet!! ;-)...
hey Mark, you must be in hog heaven! I wish I had the scratch together to get Bill and Mike started on my next bass! congratulations, man! as happy as you are...
Know when you might be having your next one built? Mark Stewart McKinsey <bassterror2000@...> wrote: hey Mark, you must be in hog heaven! I wish I had...
I was hoping to have it underway by now, but we just sank about $1K into our Jeep, so it may be a while yet... ... from the bummin' low end, Stew ===== 'The...
OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! Stewart McKinsey <bassterror2000@...> wrote:I was hoping to have it underway by now, but we just sank about $1K into our Jeep, so it may...
... yeah, bummed me out, too. however I'm selling off some of my old gear and I'm contacting a luthier (AGAIN!) today who took $1000 of mine and never started...
"who took $1000 of mine and never started on my bass!" I think I'd be paying this person a visit to collect my "pound of flesh"!!! Mark ... yeah, bummed me...
... well, in the (unnamed) luthier's defense, they make one of the finest basses on the planet and I played 2 of their 6 strings -- a fretted and a fretless --...
If you need me to I'll make the trip up north. For a small fee of course. Hey, I have basses I need built too. LOL Myron Bennell Carroll the 'pound of flesh'...