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Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 8:55 pm: | |
I received the following e-mail from Bobby Cochran. He was responding to my e-mail which I have also included:
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Bobby's response:
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE GEAR PAGE ON MY WEB SITE? IT HAS THE SAME PICKUP AND SWITCHING SET ON IT. I RAN THROUGH THE UE700 INTO THE AD230 BOTH GREAT!!! UNITS!!! THE PICK UPS WERE DI MARZIO X2N'S OTHERWISE THE SETUP IS THE SAME AS MY PEAVEY.
I USED BOTH THE DELAY AND CHORUS SETTING ON THE AD230. I HAD MOST OF THE IBANEZ EFFECTS SINCE I WAS ON THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
MOST EFFECTS WERE STOCK SOME WERE CUSTOM. ONE COOL CHANGE ON THE DISTORTION ON THE UE400 WAS TO CHANGE IT TO THE TUBE SCREAMER DESIGN AND WE ADDED A BLEND KNOB FOR THE DISTORTION SO I COULD BLEND DISTORTED SOUND WITH CLEAN SOUND. THE EXTRA KNOB WAS ADDED TO THE COMPRESSOR SECTION BECAUSE THERE WAS SPACE IN THE LAYOUT.
My original e-mail:
Bobby:
I'm sure you're aware that Ibanez is making a handful of the Bob Weir Cowboy guitars for sale. I know a lot about Weir's Cowboy, but I'd like to know more about yours. I just watched a DVD of Bobby & the Midnights from 1983. Both of you are playing your Cowboys, however, yours is different,
especially the pickups. Any chance you can detail your guitar? Also, you had the Ibanez UE-700 & AD-230 effect units. Believe it or not, I have the
same effect units in my rig. I'm wondering how your effects loop ran and which effects you were using (ie: flanger or delay on the AD-230, UE-700 -> AD-230 or AD-230 -> UE-700, etc). Also, did you have other effects besides the AD-230 & UE-700? Were the effects stock or modded? Hopefully you can remember the details of way back then and have the time to share them.
Thanks,
Michael Kaufman |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 9:05 pm: | |
According to Bobby, his Cowboy had the same setup as the Peavey below, except it had Dimarzio X2N pickups.
http://bobbycochran.com/gear.ht |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 9:07 pm: | |
oops...
http://bobbycochran.com/gear.htm |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 10:22 am: | |
Here's why Bobby's middle pickup was located where it was and the secret to his sound:
From Bobby:
I never liked the positioning of the picups on 3 pick up guitars. The middle pick up gets in the way when I pick. By moving the middle pick up
forward I am able to avoid it better. I then use the single coils in this positioning:
x00x__x0 x is the active single coil pickup. This causes a fairly equal distance between each of the active single coil pickups which best emulates that strat middle in between position that has that hollow "Dire Straits" tone that everyone loves.
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Very interesting: the pickup location has nothing to do with sound, however, his choice of which single coils that he uses certainly does.
mk |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 5:37 pm: | |
Thank you Bobby!!!
http://www.bobbycochran.com/ibanez_cowboy_guit.htm
If anyone has questions for Bobby, please forward them to me. |
Dave_g
Username: Dave_g
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 9:56 pm: | |
Wow, I really dig the grain on that #1..and how about that Ibanez thru body cloud piece..very cool ! Wonder why he moved the strings up ? |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 10:24 pm: | |
What do you mean by "moved the strings up"? |
Dave_g
Username: Dave_g
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 7:40 am: | |
If you look at one of the shots of the back of the #1 Guitar you will notice there are two sets of holes for the string thru....looks like he abandonded the cool string thru Ibanez cloud for a newer bridge set up, and drilled a new set of holes..... |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 7:45 am: | |
Dave_G:
Bobby's response:
In answer to your question. When I first got the guitar I was looking for the kind of sustain I was getting from my custom made Zebra wood Tele which
was designed and built by Wayne Charvel and me. The other through the body position just wasn't quite cutting it, possibly not enough tension on the bridge and string saddles. So when I was in Japan doing a tour with Alphonso Johnson and Joe English, I was at the factory working on some
product development. We addressed the situation by installing the new through the body string retainers and the factory machinist brought in a
block of brass and we sort of drew the new bridge which would allow for the more traditional Tele angle on the strings at the bridge. The machinist
went into the shop and came out a while later with the new bridge. We removed the brass sustain block and replaced it with ash then installed the
new bridge. As I recall there was some mprovement in tone and sustain.
My second Cowboy was the result of refining some of my preferences. Cowboy number 2 is about an inch shorter due to the smaller headstock. It is a little lighter due to the thinner body. I prefer the main pickup switch positions to be centralized as in Cowboy 2, down by the master volume knob. While I am singing I can get to everything with minimal fuss and without having to look much.
Yeah the wood on number 1 is awesome! The guys at Ibanez really took pride in doing great work. We were on a mission to make the best guitars in the
world. |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 7:46 am: | |
More...
On Cowboy 2 I had them bring the shape of the horns in slightly, I just prefer the way the #2 horns look. Both the guitars are simply stunning in person.. |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 9:35 am: | |
FYI...Bobby Cochran is now a member of this group! He's been very open to my questions. Fire away...it's a great opportunity to get questions answered.
Thanks Bobby! |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 9:02 pm: | |
Michael:
I contacted Bobby via email a while back. He said he would answer some questions about his Cowboy guitar. I sent him quite a few questions, but never got a reply.
Most of the questions I asked him have already been answered in your messages and his updated web pages, featuring the 2 Cowboys. What I'd like to see discussed is what kind of "development" he was doing for Ibanez and how he got that gig.
Also curious why there's been so little mention of his connection with Ibanez...compared to Bob Weir for instance. Is he even listed as an endorser in old catalogs?
If he'd like his own section to discuss some of these topics, I can arrange that. |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 9:10 pm: | |
Johns:
I will forward this to BC, although, since he's now a member, he'll probably read your post directly.
mk |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 9:40 pm: | |
I think we are all just stymied Miguel. You are the tits (in a masculine way of course) for scaring up Mr. Cochran and inviting him to the threads!! After all, this is one well designed and well run site!
So I'll put my $0.02 in...I hope Ibanez decides to piece together a few more - perhaps dedicated to Mr. Cochran's setup...yeah, the BCM2GG (Gnarly Grain)
Whaddya think?
Welcome to ICW BC |
Bcochran
Username: Bcochran
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 5:19 am: | |
Hi John, sorry , I don't remember your questions about My guitars. Please forward those emails to my website address bc@bobbycochran.com and I will look at them. My previous address had to be changed due to spam, I was getting about 1500 emails a day and I may have inadvertently erased yours. I would like to figure out what happened. I also lost some stuff when my Motherboard died and I wound up in Windows hell! Anyway I don't remember your questions or I would have tried to answer.
How did I get involved with Ibanez.....Hmmm that's a long story. If you look on my web site under one of the history links I list lots of R&D work I did for many companies. There is also a list of the many bands I worked with through the years.
While I was at Wayne Charvel's shop working on one of my guitars the Sales rep from Ibanez came in and Wayne Charvel introduced me to him as the Lead guitarist with Steppenwolf. The rep asked if I would be willing to evaluate an instrument for them. I said sure. so they sent me a prototype Iceman. This was in about 1975. When the Guitar arrived it had been damaged in shipping but I was still able to notice several problems. When I next met up with the rep I started to tell him about what I had noticed but he was overwhelmed with all the input so he asked if I wouldn't mind speaking to the factory. I said sure, so he called them and put me on the phone with Jeff Hasselberger. That was the beginning of a long, infamous and sometimes hilarious relationship. Jeff and I are still the best of friends. He is one of my favorite guys on the planet, and brilliant too!
Anyway, as I started telling Jeff what I had noticed he asked "How is it you understand all this stuff?" He said he knew I was right about what I was saying but not many people would know or understand much of it because it was pretty technical and much of it was inside information. I explained some of my background, such as, at 15 1/2 I started doing R&D for Fender, and it began to make sense to him. I was always hot rodding my guitars and amps in some way. I often hung out at local and not so local stores checking out every new effect and guitar that came out. One of my buddies recently told me how much he loved when I would show up because it meant he was going to sell some gear because I was going to figure out how to make it sound great for a customer to hear. At 17 I did enough pickup installations to pay for my first router so I could do my own installations. My live rig in 1965 included an Ampex 601 recorder behind my Dual Showman, so I could have slap back echo live on stage. Every 30 minutes I had to flip the tape over so I could continue having echo. I was an equipment nut. I probably had one of the very first Gibson Maestro fuzz or distortion boxes. First thing I did was open it up and make a list of all the parts and try to make one of my own. I was nuts!!! Totally into guitar and what made it sound the way I wanted. I was the first I knew of who tied a guitar string around the posts and strung it over the screws on the Gibson Tune-o-matic bridge, to hold the screws down and prevent them from popping off the bridge while playing. Gibson eventually started making them like that in production, several years later.
In mid 1976 as the Wolf was winding down, Sneaky Pete Kleinow asked me to Join The Flying Burrito Brothers. We toured a lot back East and I had gotten to know Jeff pretty well over the phone so I invited him out whenever I was in town. He must have come out maybe 30 times over the next year and a half. He would always bring some interesting items for me to try. Took pictures of me playing their guitars and turned me on to many great effects to evaluate and hopefully play on stage. I was very in to the Zebra wood Tele Wayne and I had made and also was real proud of the Yamaha SG2000 I had helped Yamaha design. I wasn't into endorsing something just because it was free (Contrary to an earlier post saying that the Midnites played Peavey because it was free, I endorsed Peavey because I liked it! Anyone who has ever heard me play has probably heard a Peavey amp, with fantastic tone!). Jeff, being a guitar player himself, really liked my playing and made it clear that they were interested in endorsing me but I just hadn't found something that made me want to come on board.
Then He brought an AD230 and that really did it for me, I loved it, really loved it. I called Jeff and said I gotta have one, What can you do!!!? He called back and asked if I would be interested in Playing the Chicago NAMM Show for them and demo some product. I said sure! He sent me a UE700 and an AD230 so I could learn how to make them sound their best. I really loved both of those units, they were GREAT!!!! I used one of their guitars for the demos but didn't feel they were as good as what I had already, so I didn't want to endorse the guitars yet. They respected that and continued to try to please me but I loved what I had. I think that was unusual in their experience. Most guys would jump at the chance to play some of their beautiful and fantastic instruments. Eventually Jeff introduced me to Weir. He thought our styles and personalities would really fit together. He was right. Weir and I became almost like brothers. He is so talented yet underestimated by people. Even the Dead, I don't think, realized how deep and talented Bob Weir is. What a treasure! We had a fabulous band in the Bob Weir Band. Weir gave me lots of freedom to do what ever I was inspired to do. Very Gracious!!!!
At some point in 78 they (Ibanez) really wanted me to play their guitars and said they would build me anything I wanted, exactly the way I wanted it! I couldn't resist that offer. By then Jeff and I were best friends and were probably closer on some levels than most brothers. I really had a sense of total commitment from Ibanez to make the very best instruments and effects in the world. I asked them to make me one like Bob's Cowboy Fancy with several alterations. I had been trying to create a Tele, Strat, Les Paul combo in one guitar, for years, and they were about to join forces with me to help make my dreams come true!
Back to the 1977 Chicago Namm show, I believe, they introduced me to Billy Cobham and Alphonso Johnson. Jeff had a keen ear and a brilliant marketing sense. He arranged to get Al , Billy and me together socially and realized he had an interesting mix of guys that could do some great work together. Eventually, they hired us to do twelve, forty minute shows at the Frankfurt Messe (European version of NAMM). We had never played together and had never heard each other but we blew the roof off the place. I still occasionally have someone stop me at NAMM and rave about those shows more than 20 years later! Ibanez had me working with Weir in his band and with Billy and Al doing Clinics and promotion for Ibanez in the U.S., Europe and Japan. in the mean time they decide to create the Ibanez Allstars for the Anaheim NAMM show in Jan 79. For that show they added Steve Miller to the Gang! (You can see pictures of the show on my web site) Meanwhile there is a regular flow of pre release Product, guitars and many effects, that I was helping to improve in sound quality and user friendliness. We had quite a family. Total dedication. We were bringing the quality standard up for the whole world. I bet Gibson and Fender were shitting!
I suppose I had some kind of input on most effects and many guitars for Ibanez starting in late 75 or early 76, through the end of 1984. I was on salary for some time as a product development specialist and clionician, with them in addition to being an endorsee. I was very interested and happy to let them know what I liked and didn't like and possible ways to improve them.
I was always trying to improve the high volume characteristics of pickups. All the way back to 68 or 69 when I was trying to get Fender to pay attention to the squealing pickups they were sending me. I tested the Rosewood Tele that eventually made it into Goerge Harrisons hands in "Let It Be". It was a beautiful guitar but it squealed like a pig at even relatively low volumes. I never liked how guitars tended to get muddy as the volume was lowered so my electronics buddies taught me to use a capacitor to act as a high pass filter as the volume was lowered which allowed me to have crystal clear fingerpicked arpeggios at low volumes then screaming full toned leads when I turned the volume up. I also tested the Rosewood strat that was supposed to go to Jimi Hendrix but he died before they got it to him. I tried desperately to get the Fender engineers to rethink the Super showman and The entire Astrology series of amps because they simply sounded shitty! The engineers thought they had done a fabulous job and didn't want to hear some kid tell them what to do! I just wrote down the 30 or so comments I had and handed it to the guy who hired me and told him the engineer doesn't want to hear what I have to say!
I was the (kid) guy who demoed the 100 watt transistor 2-10 amp for all of Leo Fenders boys when he was starting Music man and needed a hot shot amplifier wizard. Bob Luly (that wizard) went on to be one of Leo's right hand men. He continues to be one of the smartest electronics guys in the world. This amp used A sort of waffle celled thin aluminum skinned aircraft material for the case. It was extremely light and high powered. Bob Liked me to play the amp for a demo because I played using my fingers and a flat pick and could keep the low notes droning while I played leads and it really showed the amp could handle it and still stay clear sounding at very high volume.
It's late and I must go to bed!
If you go to my site and spend a few hours, ha ha, you will see much of my background and as time allows more pictures and stories. There is a lot of information in my book "Three Steps to Heaven, the Eddie Cochran story" published by Hal Leonard.
HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! BC:>}
VISIT: www.bobbyCochran.com |
Ibanezfreak1960
Username: Ibanezfreak1960
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 7:37 am: | |
Awesome story Bob. Thanks! |
Ibanezfreak1960
Username: Ibanezfreak1960
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 7:50 am: | |
Bob one question, did you achieve the tele, strat lp combo with Ibanez or did that come later on? |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 8:23 am: | |
This is great stuff!
BTW...Bobby is looking for a copy of the DVD of the Bobby & The Midnites Show that circulated last month. Can anyone burn him a copy?
Thanks,
mk |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 10:18 am: | |
I'd be glad to Micheal/Jeff M.
Bobby, you can fire me a mailing address to eric@scoutlook.com. Let me know if you need two or three copies for Jeff H and/or Bob Weir.
Major kudos to Jeff M for that nice free distributuion in the first place!!
EJ |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 10:44 am: | |
Someone asked about the electonics in Bobby's guitars. Go to http://bobbycochran.com/opening_page.htm and then click on "Bobby's Gear". The description of the electronics on the Peavey guitar is applicable to the Cowboys.
mk |
Bcochran
Username: Bcochran
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 2:40 pm: | |
I believe this link will take you to my gear page.
http://www.bobbycochran.com/BCB_gear.htm |
Bcochran
Username: Bcochran
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 2:47 pm: | |
Another change on Cowboy 2 was moving the Input jack to the lower side of the guitar. I always had a fear of stepping on the cord and breaking the front of the guitar. The pictures show this but I thought you might like to know why.
HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! BC:>}
VISIT: www.bobbyCochran.com |
Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 3:33 pm: | |
Anyone have a video of the Cloud Nine Allstar Band show from 79 with Bobby? He's looking for a copy.
tnx,
mk |
Bobzilla
Username: Bobzilla
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 5:17 pm: | |
Hey Bob.... do you have an original tube screamer pedal laying around? And... it's pretty neat to have you visiting this site. Best of luck with all your endeavors, that's real interesting stuff you posted here. |
Bcochran
Username: Bcochran
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 12:36 am: | |
Hi Bobzilla, Yes I believe I do have an original tube screamer. |
Bobzilla
Username: Bobzilla
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 9:10 am: | |
Well Bob, I've been looking for that pedal, at a decent price... if you can part with it, I'd be real interested in discussing it with you. I had one, it is the only effect I have ever used. Ever. I sold mine more than several years ago because (need I say it?) I needed the money. The guy at the music store would only give me $25 for it and I took it. I can't believe I did that. So... I've been real keen on getting another for some time now. My e-mail addresses are: bob@hdbellmore.com and bobzilla6969@hotmail.com if you care to contact me and maybe work out a price that you can be happy with. I hope you don't mind my inquiry about the pedal. You've already been more than kind just by visiting us here and posting such neat information as you did above. Thanx for your response to my post. The "HD" in my e-mail address is for Harley-Davidson so... if you need anything to do with Harley's, let me know, I will see if I can help you out with it. |
Bcochran
Username: Bcochran
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 2:35 pm: | |
Hasselberger is the Harley guy, Let him know if that offer is open for him. I try to hold on to all my gear especially if it is given to me. It just makes sense to honor the gift aspect. It always disappoints me to hear about guys taking and selling endorsement things, often with no intention of ever having played it for real. I was ripped off once and it broke my heart that so many prototypes and special items were stolen. I am sure they didn't know what they had. Much of my gear has some historical value, some are prototypes, others are production, etc., but they are all special to me. If I get desperate I always thought my gear could help with retirement, ha ha, but short of desperation I hope not to have to sell any.
HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! BC:>}
VISIT: www.bobbyCochran.com |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 11:27 pm: | |
I'm bumpin' this dialog between Michael and Bobby Cochran to the top mostly 'cuz it's so freaking interesting - after all, Mr Cochran IS Ibanez vintage!
But, also cuz 'zilla didn't follow up thanking Mr. Cochran for his explanation of why 'z can't have one of his vintage toys... |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 11:29 pm: | |
But you do have nads the size of Alpha Centuri for askin'...I'll give ya that BZ. |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 12:18 am: | |
Bobby:
I sent you my questions again, via email. Did you get them? |
Bcochran
Username: Bcochran
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 12:19 am: | |
Johns, Yes I got them but I have been swamped! I'll get to them. I don't mind if you remind me at me at my site. |
Jeffm725
Username: Jeffm725
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 10:28 am: | |
Bobby,
Haven't got the chance yet, but welcome to ICW. I have to plead guilty along with Michael Kauffman in starting the whole Bobby Cochran's Cowboy rage! I've always completely respected your talents as a musician.I was lucky enough to catch about 30+ Bobby and the Midnites shows in the early 80's. You never failed to blow me away with your skills, both guitar and vocally, as well as your infectious stage prescence and dedication to the "ensemble". What a band those midnites were. Christ, Bill Cobham is just such a monster drummer, and you never could go wrong with either Alphonso or Kenny on bass, both incredible. I really miss Brent Mydland, any thoughts on playing with such an underrated keys,b3 player? A tragic loss that was. Then when the Dead scooped him up I thought Garland really fit well too, the sax parts were nice change of pace.
It is I who has been giving away the Switzerland show on DVD to group members here so people could see yours and Weirs cowboys in action! Michael Kauffman mentioned you wanted a copy, if he hasnt got one to you yet, Id be happy to. Great show! (P.s. johns I finally got you straightened out, sorry for the delay).
You would never remember but I was lucky enough to meet you and hold one of your cowboys briefly at the Agora ballroom in Connecticut many years ago. I was only 16 at the time and a fledging musician and you really made an impression on me, as the whole midnites band did. Being a hardcore Deadhead from early on, and a Weir fan I latched on to you guys really hard, unlike so many of my narrow minded Deadhead bretheren. There was something about your professionalism and tightness that was a breath of fresh air when juxtaposed against the Deads looseness. I really dug both! You guys gave me a different lens to examine my musical tastes through and I would count you and your band as a top 5 influence in my musical life (along with The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Scott Murawski {of Max Creek who is also an Ibanez player..'82 MC350NT.. and actually opened for you guys at the aforementioned Agora show}.
In fact I may just be the only person in America who covers Thunder and Lightning and Rock in the 80's !
"I would like to thank Chuck Berry and the Man who sang Summertime Blues"
....clever, real clever that line is (along with the tag riff!), I wonder if anyone else here knows why? ;-)
Anyway, Bobby, Thanks again for showing up here. It is a pleasure. I will take all future non Ibanez Bobby Cochran content to your website where I have been lurking for quite sometime anyway. I can't wait to see the answers to the questions John had for you!
Peace,
Jeffm |
Bobzilla
Username: Bobzilla
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 1:28 pm: | |
Strings....RELAX DUDE! We're all guitar players, I offered to pay for it and... What's the big deal? Suppose he had two of 'em and didn't mind parting with one? I could not have foreseen that YOU would be "consierge of questions"... was there a vote or something that gave you that title? And... BobbyC... I apologize if I offended you. To me, it was an innocent inquiry. |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 2:17 pm: | |
I like that title..."Concierge of Questions". That's great 'zilla...
But, perhaps if you read my ribbing (lightly poking 1/2 - serious needling) of you, you will EASILY see...it's not the inquiry...it's the lack of acknowledgement, on your part, for his thorough and timely explanation as to way he won't part with his toys...but you take it any way you want.
I digress... |
Bobzilla
Username: Bobzilla
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 2:36 pm: | |
OK Strings, sorry. (seriously.) I didn't mean any harm and... I agree with you so...
Bob C. - ... thank you for taking the time to respond to me, in the manner that you did. It is very nice of you to visit us here and like I said before, what you've posted is some of the most interesting stuff I've seen on the site. I hope you continue to stop by and provide such interesting stories and insight. I check this thread often, in the hopes that you have posted again. If I, in any way shape or form, offended you, I am truly sorry. I just figured... nevermind...it doesn't matter. I just apologize and... thank you again for your kind response. Much appreciated. |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 2:47 pm: | |
See, I told you guys 'zilla was a great guy.
Bob- you are forever thanking everyone out here for their help...I just thought BC (being new to the site and very helpful out of the gate) deserved the same. I am quite sure you would have gotten around to it.
That coupled with watching your friend DaveG needling you here and there...I guess I couldn't resist!!
But I have concluded one thing over the last few months, BOBZILLA LOVES VINTAGE IBANEZ MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF...MAYBE MORE THAN HARLEYS (if that is possible)
EJ |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 2:57 pm: | |
BC - With all this Tom Foolery between me and Bobzilla and 'zilla sincere gratitude, I'm afraid you might miss JeffM's post - please read up.
Also, Jeff - At Michael's request above, I volunteered to cover your DVD shipment to Mr. Cochran about a week ago. It went out this morning. Didn't mean to step on your graciousness - rather, I thought I'd further it. I'm sure you have a few other items he'd love to see/hear. |
Jeffm725
Username: Jeffm725
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 3:34 pm: | |
strings,
thank you for doing it, I am glad you could, as johns can tell you I have been rather backed up trying to get these out lately and I appreciate you helping out. |
Strings
Username: Strings
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 3:55 pm: | |
Jeff,
My pleasure - it was the least I could do. FYI - I included a couple extras for Messer's Weir and Hassleberger and included a note accrediting you as the source. |