Topic: Temptation!
I had what I thought was a few minutes to spare on my way between appointments this morning and stopped by a consignment/pawn shop. I had never been in it before, but it was a really nice one. They had a whole lot of guitars, a couple Martins including a left-handed twelve string, a couple of other twelve strings that were I think old Alvarez's but can't be certain, plus a Blueridge and a maple Ibanez that sounded really great and tight and with a resounding bass. All at fair, not great but fair, prices. All in really good shape too. So anyway, while I was there, a fellow was leaving with a big old plywood doghouse bass. A bit worn, but not too worn. Needed new strings, but the rest seemed in good shape and didn't have anything wrong with it a bit of elbow grease and finish wouldn't fix.
He was loading it in his car and I thought he had just bought it, but instead he had just got it out of hock or had picked it up from consignment (not sure which). So I was talking to him and we had a bit of a similar background in that we're both former classical players but we both dig roots rock and how a little plank-slapping sounds really good in that. So anyway he says, "It's for sale if you want it?" "What'a'ya want for it?" He named me a price that's an amount of cash I have sitting at home in my pin money jar. Hmmmmmmmm. I am SO tempted to pull the trigger. I just don't know where I'd put a big ol' doghouse bass in my teeny tiny studio/office/laundry room. But MAN, I am tempted. I think I'm going to have my neighbor, the hall-of-fame football (American football) player athlete tough guy who likes to plant flowers and rearrange furniture (he's an enigma) to see if he can come up with a re-arrangement that would allow me to fit a doghouse in here. If not, I may put it behind my bar. I don't use the bar as often as I should. Bass storage seems like a reasonable usage.
I got his name and number and will keep it handy for a couple of days until the temptation either turns into a craze that requires satisfaction, or I get all jazzed up about something else.
- Zurf
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