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    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to All on Sun Mar 1 09:48:59 2026
    I went to a local BBQ joint near me with live music every night. Heard a
    great 3-piece blues band. What stuck out with me was the bass player -
    he had an old fender bass, but the head looked different, and it had 1
    pickup.

    I chatted up the bass player during the break - he was playing a 1957
    Fender P bass. He bought it in 1972, hadn't done a thing to it. Sounded
    pretty good for being an almost 70 year old bass. Looking online, it's
    similar to the beat-up bass Sting played in The Police.

    He told me his upright bass was almost 200 years old!



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  • From esc@VERT/GEMENON to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Mar 1 12:18:12 2026
    Re: Old Bass
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Mar 01 2026 09:48 am

    I chatted up the bass player during the break - he was playing a 1957 Fender P bass. He bought it in 1972, hadn't done a thing to it. Sounded pretty good for being an almost 70 year old bass. Looking online, it's similar to the beat-up bass Sting played in The Police.

    Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to esc on Sun Mar 1 22:24:10 2026
    Re: Old Bass
    By: esc to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Mar 01 2026 12:18 pm

    Re: Old Bass
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Mar 01 2026 09:48 am

    I chatted up the bass player during the break - he was playing a ES> 1957 ES> PF> Fender P bass. He bought it in 1972, hadn't done a ES> thing to it.
    Sounded pretty good for being an almost 70 year old bass. Looking online, it's similar to the beat-up bass Sting played in The Police. ES> PF> ES>
    Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P

    dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to MRO on Mon Mar 2 10:35:34 2026
    MRO wrote to esc <=-

    Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P

    dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:

    Your attitude makes me thing you don't get out enough and, you know,
    like, *talk* to people?



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Mar 3 02:20:11 2026
    Re: Re: Old Bass
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to MRO on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

    MRO wrote to esc <=-

    Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably PO> ES> isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P PO>
    dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:

    Your attitude makes me thing you don't get out enough and, you know,
    like, *talk* to people?

    I get out every day.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Tue Mar 3 08:34:55 2026
    MRO wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Re: Re: Old Bass
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to MRO on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

    Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass
    probably
    isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P PO>
    dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:

    Your attitude makes me thing you don't get out enough and, you know,
    like, *talk* to people?

    I get out every day.

    He didn't mean leaving yer Mom's basement.




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