A chance to put my mug on the 'net is all it is!
I work all night and sleep all day in the
"city that never sleeps"
well, the sleeping part I do out in
"Whitelandia" (as Ron Kuby
the WABC morning talk guy call's it). Over
the hills and far
away from NYC there is the "skylands
area" as they call my
cranny of Northern NJ. Where I live with my wife
and son
and 2 cats 2 (huge)goldfish and the critters on
stale bread welfare
who come through the property for a hand out.
I used to run a service dept at a music store
out in the suburbs of
NYC called Grand Guitars (formerly Gilsonite
Music) I did "trem
system" installations for the likes of The
Misfits, as well as repairing
their shell shocked amps! It was a great life till
the store closed and I
got into computers and broadcast television as a
way to pay the bills.
Hinterland is the 3rd studio I designed and
built for myself - I have
done several for other folks as well, And
consulted for many brave
do-it yourselfers on wiring/acoustics issues.
My Blue Jazz and my new blue PT!
Below is my "bassgang" ! First is a
Jazz body with a USA Custom Guitars
neck and DiMarzio Ultra jazz pickups, to the right is my Phil
Kubicki Jazz
neck on a Fender alder P Bass body and
Duncan Quarter Pounder pickups
and a Hot stack Duncan Jazz pickup - next is my solid shedua fretless P-bass
with all gold hardware and a 1978 Fender P neck and Duncan Hot
pickups,
Bottom left is my Kubicki X Factor, and lastly,
"The Hag" my late 60's Hagstrom 8-string bass.
The Kubicki is gone, sold to pay medical
bills~! Doubt I can ever afford another, but I DID
get my Rics~!
The "Color of the Year 2006" Blue Burst 4003 FL
4003 Midnight Blue 2006 - Both Sporting my
"Zero Mod"
custom thumbrests! I sell these for all models of Ric. see my
page.
The Zero Mod Thumb Rest for Rickenbacker Bass
And my new arrivals!
A 1978 guild B301
A Chinese/Fender cross breed - Genuine Fender 1962 reissue neck on a Chinese basswood body!
My Cort Curbow - a really amazing bass for it's price. Super light!
My recently restored 1977 Hohner P bass - with MANY MANY
"mods"
including a bipolar external power supply driven preamp, and
DiMarzio "Split P"
and Ultra Jazz pickups - a Mighty Mite neck is on this now, as
the Kubicki neck is on the
other bad boy a few photos up!
And the cool custom decal on the headstock
