Glenn Cornick's basses, pre-JT through Wild Turkey & Paris

[nrtbird]

I'm going to attempt to create a brief pictorial history of Glenn Cornick's basses, pre-Jethro Tull through at least some of his Wild Turkey days.
I'll try to put them in approximate order, though his use of some of the basses probably overlap. I'm sure this will take a few posts...
Don't judge me too harshly and feel free to point out errors!

I'll start with Glenn's Fender Jazz bass, which he used through 1969 or so.

This is the earliest photo I found, definitely pre-JT, although it would make it into the JT days. It's the '62 Fender Jazz bass, which appears to have been stripped of the original paint and spray bombed in places. It would be white and painted over or natural finish and painted over. Notice that this Jazz bass still has the original neck on it. 



A little bit later, it looks like more spray paint was added to the Jazz bass. The right handed neck was replaced with a left-handed neck. Glenn's comments (courtesy the FlyGuitars.com interview) are as follows: "The reverse neck fender was a 62 Jazz Bass and I hated the neck so I exchanged necks with someone with a Precision except it happened to be a left handed Precision. That was in late 66 I think. In the end the frets were so thrashed that it was almost unplayable. No one at that time did refretting." 

[nrtbird]

Continuing with the Jazz bass...
In Stockholm in 1969 he played it again, this time with the lefty P-bass neck replaced with the neck from a Vox Symphonic (that company's P-bass copy). Note that unlike the earlier photos of this bass, it appears to now have a pick guard. I pulled this image from a video clip of that performance.

[nrtbird]

Overlapping his use of the Jazz bass in 1968, Glenn briefly used a 1959 EBO. When asked when he got the EBO after the multiple Jazz bass neck switches, his comments, again from Jules' site FlyGuitars.com were "Yes, it was a 1959 EB0 which I bought on our first tour in Chicago. Was never able to use it on stage because it was far too bassy but used it on 'Stand Up' on 'Nothing is Easy'. It had a wonderful neck and I loved it but it wasn't practical."
I think he may have been mistaken (or he may have forgotten) as far as using it on stage because this photo clearly shows him using it in a performance. It certainly was not seen in many photographs.

[nrtbird]

At this point, Glenn pretty much gave up on the Jazz bass and the EBO and began using the well known Gibson EB3. It's probably the most recognizable of his basses during his Tull days and probably the most photographed.


However, according to Glenn, the EB3 suffered repeated failures due to faulty soldering at the factory. When it failed in Texas on a tour, he picked up an EB2 which he said was the only bass available at the time he could get his hands on. His comments on this bass were as follows: "Sorry but it was the worst instrument I have ever owned and the only time it was ever used was to record 'Witch's Promise' (as it was the only bass I could get to at the time). I used it occasionally on TV lip synch shows because it looked pretty good."
 

A this time, Glenn also picked up a Precision bass as a backup to the failures of the EB3. Glenn said, "Until my EB3 went out during a set, I never even carried a spare. After that I usually had a P Bass as backup."
My feelings about this photo is that the EB3 had failed and he wasn't using the EB2, so the P bass was used in this performance. The photographer, Claude Nobs, dated this photo to 1968.

[nrtbird]

After the EB3, the short-lived replacement EB2 and the backup P bass, Glenn finally got a Thunderbird II in 1970. Gibson only built 718 Thunderbird IIs between 1963 and the 1965 discontinuation date (edit: removed lawsuit remark).

Glenn LOVED Thunderbirds from this moment on and played them consistently with JT and then Wild Turkey for the next few years.
Pick guards on these Thunderbirds were white so notice the replacement black pick guard with the name "Neil Clark" where the hot stamped Tbird logo would normally appear. I have no idea as yet who Neil Clark is. It's possible he was a friend of Glenn's or the luthier who modified his basses. Or not!

Glenn's remarks about the Thunderbird were "I loved everything about it but never got to record with it with Tull though I used it all the time on stage as soon as I got it. I used it at the Isle of Wight festival. Ian (Anderson) preferred the EB3 to the T Bird. It was stolen late in 1971 and I never had another Gibson reverse."
He added: "I always wanted another original reverse Thunderbird but never got one. I was so attached to the one that got stolen that I swore I would never again get so attached to any one instrument or play anything that was so difficult to replace."

By this time, Gibson had not made that style Thunderbird in 6 years. The attrition rate was probably pretty high because of the fragility of the super thin neck and huge headstock. 

[nrtbird]

"Benefit" was released in April, 1970. Since Glenn got the Thunderbird only in late 1970, the overlap of his time with JT and performances with the Thunderbird must have been brief.

After he left Jethro Tull, Glenn formed Wild Turkey and bought his first Non-Reverse Thunderbird II, a white one, from Manny's in New York in 1971. He said "They had a stack of them unsold in the basement and they were $100 each with soft case." They had a stack of them because these were not very popular basses, being very long and as with the original Thunderbirds, suffering from the same weaknesses of the thin neck and huge headstock. Gibson only made 435 Thunderbird IIs between 1965 and 1969.

True to form, the headstock of this bass broke off after only a few months. I have never found a photo of Glenn with this bass.

After his first NR broke, he had another shipped from England, an Inverness Green NR Thunderbird II. This color, as with most of the other custom colors Gibson used on the Thunderbirds, were from the General Motors catalog.

This first excellent photo shows Glenn with the green NR before any modifications at all.



Glenn started modifying this bass soon after he bought it. This photo shows a Guild pickup in place of the original Gibson and the pick guard has been removed. This is the only color photo of this bass that I have found so far. I've been in touch with Drew Cornick who offered to try and locate a few more photos of this bass for reference in the restoration of mine.
I feel it's rather important from a documentation standpoint to mention that the sides of the fretboard appear to be unpainted. Many Gibson experts, including some friends who have original NR Thunderbirds, state that Gibson always painted the sides of the fretboards on custom color basses. Knowing how Gibson did things it seems entirely possible they painted some fretboard sides and left some unpainted.


 

[nrtbird]

Glenn continued modifying his green NR. The original single pickup was moved towards the bridge and as mentioned earlier, a Guild pickup was installed where the original had been located. He had a much larger custom pick guard made and installed and added a Gibson Vibrola. It "worked well except that the arms used to break and I had to have someone make one out of heavy duty steel!" said Glenn from the FlyGuitars interview.

Here he is in Holland in 1973. As with his first NR Tbird, the neck eventually broke on this bass and it was parted out. Notice the Precision bass lying on top of the keyboard, which I will get to shortly.


His comments about Tbirds in general and the Vibrola specifically and the tone were pretty funny so I'm including them here. "Tone and volume usually all the way up. For a short while I used a distortion box only for my bass solo with Wild Turkey to get feedback and other generally obnoxious effects! - especially funny with the Vibrola! There might be some vibrola stuff on the Live Wild Turkey stuff that came out recently but I've never listened to it!"

He also added "For your interest reverse and non-reverse Firebirds and Thunderbirds were always known as 'Upside Down Gibsons' and 'Right Way Up Gibsons' in Britain in those days."

Now, back to that Precision bass lying on the keyboard. It does not appear to be the backup P bass seen in the photo I posted earlier (unless it was repainted, which is possible) from his JT days so I was having trouble fitting it in the timeline. Honestly, I'd been mystified by the below photo, in part because I had never noticed it in the above photo. Now it fits in the timeline and I can say with some certainty that he used this bass with Wild Turkey.

[nrtbird]

Around 1973 and possibly after his last NR Thunderbird was broken, Glenn started trying out other basses, including this very strange Reverse Flying V bass. The "claw" tailpiece resembles those used on Gibsons and Epiphones so it's possible it came from the broken green NR. The neck looks like it is from a Fender Jazz bass, which by this time used blocks as fret inlays rather than dots as on earlier Jazz basses.
I have very little information on this bass as yet.

[nrtbird]

A surprise came to me only yesterday and that was noticing in a live Wild Turkey performance of "Good Old Days" that Glenn was using a Rickenbacker 4001 (corrected, thanks to geostrehl's comment) . While I've found no photos of it so far, I'm attaching three snapshots from the video. Glenn is shown only very briefly but knowing that it is Glenn, the photos together verify it's a Rickenbacker.




As my last comment to this thread for now, I'll go ahead and mention that he used a "Gibson EB1 reissue in about 1975 which I used with the band Paris though I didn't use it on record - I used an Eccleshall (British Custom Luthier) reverse Thunderbird using all the parts from the green non-reverse T Bird for the first Paris (1975) album played through a Pignose!"

So far I do not have any photos of these two basses.

It's interesting that he thought enough of the NR Thunderbirds to hold onto the parts for years and use them on other custom basses.

This has been a fun exercise and I hope that you guys find it interesting and possibly even useful. There are probably other basses I've left out and I've probably made errors but I've tried to include all those basses I could document and find either photos or Glenn's own comments mentioning them.

[maddogfagin]

Jan 7, 2018 18:41:34 GMT nrtbird said:

Around 1973 and possibly after his last NR Thunderbird was broken, Glenn started trying out other basses, including this very strange Reverse Flying V bass. The "claw" tailpiece resembles those used on Gibsons and Epiphones so it's possible it came from the broken green NR. The neck looks like it is from a Fender Jazz bass, which by this time used blocks as fret inlays rather than dots as on earlier Jazz basses.
I have very little information on this bass as yet.

Look fiendishly awkward to play and the action on the frets looks high as if the fretboard itself was marginaly warped.

[geostrehl]

That would be a Rickenbacker 4001, not a 4003. They're essentially the same bass, but the 4001 was in production until 1981. At that time, the 4001 was replaced with the 4003. So there were no 4003's before 1981 and there were no 4001's after 1981.
Sorry... I'm a bit of a Rickenbacker nerd. 

Here's a video of me playing my Rickenbacker 4003. 

[nrtbird]

Corrected, thanks for commenting! I'd forgotten that the 4001s were in production until much later. I should have remembered that: I have a 4001 as well!

[geostrehl]

Jan 8, 2018 15:40:10 GMT nrtbird said:

Corrected, thanks for commenting! I'd forgotten that the 4001s were in production until much later. I should have remembered that: I have a 4001 as well!

You have a 4001? I'll take it off of your hands for you 

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but what do you think of the new 4003s models? The 's' models have the dot inlay and no binding, like the one McCartney used. They also have a body contour. They retail a bit lower than the standard 4003, too. Thoughts? 

[nrtbird]

Jan 8, 2018 20:32:28 GMT geostrehl said:

Jan 8, 2018 15:40:10 GMT nrtbird said:

Corrected, thanks for commenting! I'd forgotten that the 4001s were in production until much later. I should have remembered that: I have a 4001 as well!

You have a 4001? I'll take it off of your hands for you 

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but what do you think of the new 4003s models? The 's' models have the dot inlay and no binding, like the one McCartney used. They also have a body contour. They retail a bit lower than the standard 4003, too. Thoughts? 

Ha! I do have one, a '76 Jetglo I scored off Craigslist super cheap a few years ago. The guy advertised it as a '73 and I thought "checkerboard binding" and I was over to see it that afternoon. But, it was a '76 so he cut the price.
I haven't played an S but they are gorgeous basses. My buddy has one that I think is an S; I'll ask, but I know he loves his.

I took mine to the local guy who sells them (he used to run The Music Loft here in town) for a setup. I was shocked at his inventory of Rics. I've never seen so many beautiful basses in one place at one time. In my opinion, Rickenbackers are the nicest new American-made basses you can buy.

[nrtbird]

Here's the '60s Non Reverse Thunderbird I'm restoring.

[nrtbird]

In my last post about Glenn's basses, I wrote "As my last comment to this thread for now, I'll go ahead and mention that he used a 'Gibson EB1 reissue in about 1975 which I used with the band Paris though I didn't use it on record - I used an Eccleshall (British Custom Luthier) reverse Thunderbird using all the parts from the green non-reverse T Bird for the first Paris (1975) album played through a Pignose!'" and mentioned that I had not located photos of these basses.

However, I believe I have located a photo of the Eccleshall Thunderbird which the company built for him. The photo only appeared in searches on my desktop, not my iPhone. The image itself was simply called "GlennCornickTomPeterson".  I also found a couple of references to a leather bodied Thunderbird in links on the Eccleshall website but none of the links led to this bass. Given the references and the file name including both Glenn's and Tom's (Tom is a well known bass collector), I am pretty certain this is the Eccleshall Glenn referenced in his FlyGuitars interview.

I have emailed the company for confirmation.

Notice the Gibson Thunderbird pickup, tuners, bridge, tailpiece and truss rod cover. The volume and tone knobs are from Gibson basses used on most models in the 1970s and 1980s.

[nrtbird]

When it rains it pours. I found another photo of this bass in the hands of Robby Scharf, how was not a Cowsill but played bass with the band for sometime. The photo I found, taken by Damon Wall on 05/04/2001 shows Scharf with the bass, described as a "1971 Eccleshall Thunderbird". It's clearly the same bass as the photo above, BUT it could not be the same bass Glenn had IF Eccelshall built it for him for Paris' first album in 1975.


Also, if the bass in the photo is shown as it was when new, with all original parts, it could not have been built in 1971 as those control knobs were not used by Gibson until late 1973 when the Rippers were introduced. If that's the case, "1971" could simply be a typographical error and it might be Glenn's bass after all.
Sleuthing!

[nrtbird]

I reposted this entire thread on a bass forum I frequent and one of my friends there unearthed a couple more photos of Glenn with this Eccleshall Thunderbird. These photos were taken at the Record Plant while Paris was recording their first album, "Paris", in 1976.

The drummer is Tom Mooney, who was in Nazz with Todd Rundgren, and Bob Welch, who had left Fleetwood Mac.
These photos confirm that this was indeed Glenn's Thunderbird!

I believe that this Thunderbird was once displayed at one of the Hard Rock Cafe locations and is still currently owned by Robby Scharf, mentioned earlier as the former bassist for The Cowsills.

[nrtbird]

Now, to skip back to the Inverness Green Non Reverse Thunderbird.
Earlier I had posted this photo, the only color photo of Glenn with this Tbird I had seen.


What I never knew, and learned this week from a member of the bass forum, is that this photo is actually a CROPPED version of the original!
Here you can see a better view of the Guild pickup where the original pickup was located, the two jazz bass pickups, side by side, down by the bridge, and the small pick guard to cover the wiring routings in the body.

[rscharf]

Jan 9, 2018 20:14:54 GMT nrtbird said:

When it rains it pours. I found another photo of this bass in the hands of Robby Scharf, how was not a Cowsill but played bass with the band for sometime. The photo I found, taken by Damon Wall on 05/04/2001 shows Scharf with the bass, described as a "1971 Eccleshall Thunderbird". It's clearly the same bass as the photo above, BUT it could not be the same bass Glenn had IF Eccelshall built it for him for Paris' first album in 1975.


Also, if the bass in the photo is shown as it was when new, with all original parts, it could not have been built in 1971 as those control knobs were not used by Gibson until late 1973 when the Rippers were introduced. If that's the case, "1971" could simply be a typographical error and it might be Glenn's bass after all.
Sleuthing!

Hello JT Forum!

Robby Scharf here, and I can verify that the '71 Eccleshall Thunderbird bass that is being discussed here is the same bass that my good friend Cecil Gaspar purchased (along with a Guild Starfire IV that I purchased that was also formerly owned by Glenn Cornick) from The Music Nook in Los Angeles in 1982. I was in touch with Glenn about both of these basses after seeing a Facebook post of his. He confirmed that he sold the basses to The Music Nook (long since out of business, but it used to be next to Molly Malone's on Fairfax). We actually had an email thread as well, with Chris and Mike Eccleshall both being included.

Unfortunately, the Eccleshall Thunderbird never made it back from a gig about 7-8 years ago. So if it ever happens to turn up, please let me know as it doesn't belong to whomever is now in possession of it.

I'm including some pix that I took of this incredible instrument.

Attachments:

[maddogfagin]

Aug 6, 2019 2:16:20 GMT rscharf said:

Jan 9, 2018 20:14:54 GMT nrtbird said:

When it rains it pours. I found another photo of this bass in the hands of Robby Scharf, how was not a Cowsill but played bass with the band for sometime. The photo I found, taken by Damon Wall on 05/04/2001 shows Scharf with the bass, described as a "1971 Eccleshall Thunderbird". It's clearly the same bass as the photo above, BUT it could not be the same bass Glenn had IF Eccelshall built it for him for Paris' first album in 1975.

Also, if the bass in the photo is shown as it was when new, with all original parts, it could not have been built in 1971 as those control knobs were not used by Gibson until late 1973 when the Rippers were introduced. If that's the case, "1971" could simply be a typographical error and it might be Glenn's bass after all.
Sleuthing!

Hello JT Forum!

Robby Scharf here, and I can verify that the '71 Eccleshall Thunderbird bass that is being discussed here is the same bass that my good friend Cecil Gaspar purchased (along with a Guild Starfire IV that I purchased that was also formerly owned by Glenn Cornick) from The Music Nook in Los Angeles in 1982. I was in touch with Glenn about both of these basses after seeing a Facebook post of his. He confirmed that he sold the basses to The Music Nook (long since out of business, but it used to be next to Molly Malone's on Fairfax). We actually had an email thread as well, with Chris and Mike Eccleshall both being included.

Unfortunately, the Eccleshall Thunderbird never made it back from a gig about 7-8 years ago. So if it ever happens to turn up, please let me know as it doesn't belong to whomever is now in possession of it.

I'm including some pix that I took of this incredible instrument.

Hi Robby and a warm welcome to the JT Forum. As you say an incredible instrument and it's certainly a "mighty beast" and if it turns up on this side of the pond we'll let you know.

Great talking to you - we'd be very interested in your recollections of Glenn and his instruments.

[rscharf]

Aug 6, 2019 6:37:07 GMT maddogfagin said:

Aug 6, 2019 2:16:20 GMT rscharf said:

Hello JT Forum!

Robby Scharf here, and I can verify that the '71 Eccleshall Thunderbird bass that is being discussed here is the same bass that my good friend Cecil Gaspar purchased (along with a Guild Starfire IV that I purchased that was also formerly owned by Glenn Cornick) from The Music Nook in Los Angeles in 1982. I was in touch with Glenn about both of these basses after seeing a Facebook post of his. He confirmed that he sold the basses to The Music Nook (long since out of business, but it used to be next to Molly Malone's on Fairfax). We actually had an email thread as well, with Chris and Mike Eccleshall both being included.

Unfortunately, the Eccleshall Thunderbird never made it back from a gig about 7-8 years ago. So if it ever happens to turn up, please let me know as it doesn't belong to whomever is now in possession of it.

I'm including some pix that I took of this incredible instrument.

Hi Robby and a warm welcome to the JT Forum. As you say an incredible instrument and it's certainly a "mighty beast" and if it turns up on this side of the pond we'll let you know.

Great talking to you - we'd be very interested in your recollections of Glenn and his instruments.

Hello Maddog,

Thanks for the warm welcome.
I'm including a few more pix of the Eccleshall Thunderbird so you can appreciate the unique leatherwork that was done. I'll also include (on another post) a few email threads between me and Glenn, and the Mike & Chris Eccleshall regarding this and my Guild Starfire IV Bass that they retrofitted and refinished for Glenn.

Regards,

Robby Scharf

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[steelmonkey]

Cannot thank you enough for the fascinating information and close close close up look at Mr Cornick and his axes. Truly, a million thanks. What a huge and unique and well researched contribution to the Tull Forum.

[maddogfagin]

Aug 6, 2019 16:12:11 GMT rscharf said:

Aug 6, 2019 6:37:07 GMT maddogfagin said:

Hi Robby and a warm welcome to the JT Forum. As you say an incredible instrument and it's certainly a "mighty beast" and if it turns up on this side of the pond we'll let you know.

Great talking to you - we'd be very interested in your recollections of Glenn and his instruments.

Hello Maddog,

Thanks for the warm welcome.
I'm including a few more pix of the Eccleshall Thunderbird so you can appreciate the unique leatherwork that was done. I'll also include (on another post) a few email threads between me and Glenn, and the Mike & Chris Eccleshall regarding this and my Guild Starfire IV Bass that they retrofitted and refinished for Glenn.

Regards,

Robby Scharf

Robby

Will look forward to reading your posts about Glenn as I am sure the rest of the Forum's membership will as well. The leatherwork is magnificent and truly unique and in all my years I've never seen anything like it.

We had a question and answer session with Glenn back in 2009 and if you haven't seen it yet, the relevant link is:

jethrotull.proboards.com/post/10976

Regards Maddog/Graham

[rscharf]

Aug 7, 2019 6:34:00 GMT maddogfagin said:

Aug 6, 2019 16:12:11 GMT rscharf said:

Hello Maddog,

Thanks for the warm welcome.
I'm including a few more pix of the Eccleshall Thunderbird so you can appreciate the unique leatherwork that was done. I'll also include (on another post) a few email threads between me and Glenn, and the Mike & Chris Eccleshall regarding this and my Guild Starfire IV Bass that they retrofitted and refinished for Glenn.

Regards,

Robby Scharf

Robby

Will look forward to reading your posts about Glenn as I am sure the rest of the Forum's membership will as well. The leatherwork is magnificent and truly unique and in all my years I've never seen anything like it.

We had a question and answer session with Glenn back in 2009 and if you haven't seen it yet, the relevant link is:

jethrotull.proboards.com/post/10976

Regards Maddog/Graham

Thank you Graham! The Q&A was fascinating to read and truly shows what a great guy Glenn was!

[steelmonkey]

It was well known around LA back in around 94 and 95 that he hung around Molly Malone's on Fairfax and was friendly and loved to play,

[maddogfagin]

Aug 7, 2019 15:24:57 GMT rscharf said:

Aug 7, 2019 6:34:00 GMT maddogfagin said:

Robby

Will look forward to reading your posts about Glenn as I am sure the rest of the Forum's membership will as well. The leatherwork is magnificent and truly unique and in all my years I've never seen anything like it.

We had a question and answer session with Glenn back in 2009 and if you haven't seen it yet, the relevant link is:

jethrotull.proboards.com/post/10976

Regards Maddog/Graham

Thank you Graham! The Q&A was fascinating to read and truly shows what a great guy Glenn was!

Thanks for the great comment re. the Glenn Cornick Q&A.

Although you'll know the following site, many here may not but it's a great read with some more photos of Glenn and his bass guitars with some fascinating comments about them.

bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=10895.0

[nrtbird]

Aug 6, 2019 2:16:20 GMT rscharf said:

Jan 9, 2018 20:14:54 GMT nrtbird said:

When it rains it pours. I found another photo of this bass in the hands of Robby Scharf, how was not a Cowsill but played bass with the band for sometime. The photo I found, taken by Damon Wall on 05/04/2001 shows Scharf with the bass, described as a "1971 Eccleshall Thunderbird". It's clearly the same bass as the photo above, BUT it could not be the same bass Glenn had IF Eccelshall built it for him for Paris' first album in 1975.


Also, if the bass in the photo is shown as it was when new, with all original parts, it could not have been built in 1971 as those control knobs were not used by Gibson until late 1973 when the Rippers were introduced. If that's the case, "1971" could simply be a typographical error and it might be Glenn's bass after all.
Sleuthing!

Hello JT Forum!

Robby Scharf here, and I can verify that the '71 Eccleshall Thunderbird bass that is being discussed here is the same bass that my good friend Cecil Gaspar purchased (along with a Guild Starfire IV that I purchased that was also formerly owned by Glenn Cornick) from The Music Nook in Los Angeles in 1982. I was in touch with Glenn about both of these basses after seeing a Facebook post of his. He confirmed that he sold the basses to The Music Nook (long since out of business, but it used to be next to Molly Malone's on Fairfax). We actually had an email thread as well, with Chris and Mike Eccleshall both being included.

Unfortunately, the Eccleshall Thunderbird never made it back from a gig about 7-8 years ago. So if it ever happens to turn up, please let me know as it doesn't belong to whomever is now in possession of it.

I'm including some pix that I took of this incredible instrument.

Hi Robby,
Thanks so much for sharing the additional photos of the Eccleshall Thunderbird and the extra information!
I can't believe it's been a year since I logged in here, but I supposed I was lucky to be swamped with work during this whole time.

I'm truly sorry to hear about the loss of the bass, although I was really hoping that it had turned up by now. Have you had any leads on its whereabouts?
Denis

[steelmonkey]

Robby, I still need to work a few more years before I retire...current estimate, 2024....with a lot of possible variables like kid's college bills, economy collapsing, lottery victory , social security going bankrupt and so on...but, anyway, once I do retire and after I have traveled around and met as many of the people on this forum as possible, I'm going to track down your bass and bring it back to you.
This may sound like an idle brag...but in the 27 years i was a bike messenger in SF and, one year, in LA....I located and rescued countless stolen bikes...I know people don't lock their Basses out in front of bars etc....but I'm gonna find it. I bet it's in some punk's garage who was in a band for 17 months and now sells insurance (online!).

[jackinthegreen]

Aug 18, 2020 23:56:04 GMT steelmonkey said:

Robby, I still need to work a few more years before I retire...current estimate, 2024....with a lot of possible variables like kid's college bills, economy collapsing, lottery victory , social security going bankrupt and so on...but, anyway, once I do retire and after I have traveled around and met as many of the people on this forum as possible, I'm going to track down your bass and bring it back to you.
This may sound like an idle brag...but in the 27 years i was a bike messenger in SF and, one year, in LA....I located and rescued countless stolen bikes...I know people don't lock their Basses out in front of bars etc....but I'm gonna find it. I bet it's in some punk's garage who was in a band for 17 months and now sells insurance (online!).

Great post, and a great thread.

Steelmonkey, hope you are not affected by the huge fire that's ravaging through the area, I think you live around there