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    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to All on Sunday, March 01, 2026 09:48:59
    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 Sunday, March 01, 2026 12:18:12
    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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