Members Emory Posted January 3, 2020 Members Share Posted January 3, 2020 Keep eyes open "instrument for sale" on Craig's list Tokyo. Imagine a "double bass, no case" item should be coming up soon. Perhaps a police auction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 3, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 3, 2020 could you be a bit more informative? was this stolen from you or someone you know? Honestly, I generally eschew Craig's List, and am doubtful I will be checking the Tokyo listings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted January 4, 2020 Author Members Share Posted January 4, 2020 Has to do with that rich Nissan ex CEO who was under house arrest for all sorts of corruption in Japan and seems he made his escape to Lebannon by getting around security cameras etc by means of double bass case taken out by the band that played at his house. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10654702/nissan-boss-japan-double-bass-planned/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2020 ah, yes, teh Ghosn Gambit...really just going to mean more scrutiny when traveling with your upright bass...like it isn't a hassle enough already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted January 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2020 Last I heard, there was no instrument case involved. He just walked out the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted January 5, 2020 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2020 Maybe he was playing "Walking bass"? (Eye roll) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted January 5, 2020 Members Share Posted January 5, 2020 the case of the walking bassist? is the bass case-less or is this case based less on the bass and focused on physical technique? walk, dont run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted January 6, 2020 Author Members Share Posted January 6, 2020 They do love bass ball in Japan... one issue in teaching English to non native speakers... when you go to music shop are you "bass fishing"? Growing up in PDX there was some private school to teach girls how to be a lady... "The Bassist Institute".... I read it like "Oh, school for players of low note stringed instruments... cool." Don't get me started on record and record... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted January 6, 2020 Members Share Posted January 6, 2020 8 hours ago, Emory said: They do love bass ball in Japan... one issue in teaching English to non native speakers... when you go to music shop are you "bass fishing"? Growing up in PDX there was some private school to teach girls how to be a lady... "The Bassist Institute".... I read it like "Oh, school for players of low note stringed instruments... cool." Don't get me started on record and record... absolutely, the english language is imprecise, confusing and positively inefficient... i sometimes hear americans making fun of how another says a word... i like to use that opportunity to ask how many languages they speak and make sure to commend them on their learning of americanized english , especially as its usually a second, third of fourth language... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted January 7, 2020 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2020 15 hours ago, Voltan said: absolutely, the english language is imprecise, confusing and positively inefficient... i sometimes hear americans making fun of how another says a word... i like to use that opportunity to ask how many languages they speak and make sure to commend them on their learning of americanized english , especially as its usually a second, third of fourth language... Amen my bruddah. Thai friend I play with at (on?) beach here speaks fairly good English, asks me to explain some of the nuances.... I often resort to "F*ck if know: it's English".... I have varying levels of incompetence in Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, bits of Russian and German... oh, yeah Thai... I like to boast "I can be misunderstood in several languages" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted January 7, 2020 Members Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Emory said: Amen my bruddah. Thai friend I play with at (on?) beach here speaks fairly good English, asks me to explain some of the nuances.... I often resort to "F*ck if know: it's English".... I have varying levels of incompetence in Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, bits of Russian and German... oh, yeah Thai... I like to boast "I can be misunderstood in several languages" well, if ever i can screw up your understanding a little more, feel free to ask.. lol... i used to say i could most likely start a fight in 3 languages from my inability to remember words worth repeating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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