tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post8172345184931496993..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Love, Love Me Don'tSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-17744417146260749522012-06-09T02:41:42.856-04:002012-06-09T02:41:42.856-04:00Well one can better understand the difference in s...Well one can better understand the difference in sound from say a P-bass when you see how radically different their construction is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-89156114594876628082012-06-07T16:43:12.556-04:002012-06-07T16:43:12.556-04:00Agreed. My first bass was a Hofner Beatle, and tha...Agreed. My first bass was a Hofner Beatle, and that only because I didn't have one, and borrowed it from a friend to learn on. As soon as I had the money saved up, I got a Rick 4001S and never used another bass, ever. (Once, when the Rick was at the doctor, I borrowed a Kramer or Alembic - don't remember which, but it was uber-trendy at the time - and halfway through the gig our drummer said, "So... when are you getting your Rick back? 'Cos this one sounds like ass.")<br /><br />KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-78670409829007586552012-06-06T23:13:13.297-04:002012-06-06T23:13:13.297-04:00I've got a friend who owns one of those Hofner...I've got a friend who owns one of those Hofner basses - the action's pretty terrible but it does get a nice tone. What I find weird about it is how light it is - definitely no good in a fight.<br /><br />And sheesh Hofner - People say Rickenbacker and Vox are only around today because of the Beatles - but what about Hofner!!T.K. Tortchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00553301766027577975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-21754277908691188572012-06-06T15:00:28.803-04:002012-06-06T15:00:28.803-04:00He played one with a union jack paint job for her ...He played one with a union jack paint job for her madge on monday night...looked rather spiffy.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-57258875959405335602012-06-05T19:26:06.103-04:002012-06-05T19:26:06.103-04:00When Macca figured out it was time to get "co...When Macca figured out it was time to get "cool," he switched to the obviously cooler Rickenbacker. Then when he lost his cool and went all nostalgic on us, it was back to that stoopid-lookin' Hofner. All that said, he was one helluva a fine bass player on either one...and when one listens to the Band On The Run album (on which he played virtually all of the instruments), one realizes that he was a helluva fine guitar player and drummer, as well. Oh yeah, he could write some sweet tunes, too. And sing. Too bad he wasn't better lookin' - coulda made something of himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-61540646402344353342012-06-05T14:47:27.846-04:002012-06-05T14:47:27.846-04:00I got a coke out of the frigidaire, except it was ...I got a coke out of the frigidaire, except it was a Pepsi and a Hotpoint. Yep, Hotpoint refrigerator - there's a name that makes sense. <br /><br />Thank goodness my google is Bing.<br /><br />As for the rest - Paul's point about looking about the same upside down - I had never heard that before. But my Rickenbacker had fenders, I do know that much.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.com