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Photo by Dave Rue, drummer for Cicada Omega, right before a show in Seattle. The bass has been in use for a while now. I have worked out a few kinks, caused a few kinks, and worked out some more. Right now it is sounding incredible. So is the band.

(original bass blog here)

The suitcase bass has been in active testing for about 4 months now. I play it in Cicada Omega, and a jazzy trio called Dizzynest, and with Daisy Hill, an old-timey-country-bluegrass quartet, (bass, acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle.) The bass sounds great in all three contexts.

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On saturday, Teressa and I went to Cape Lookout on the Oregon coast just south of Tillamook. It is a 2.4 mile hike (one way, and you had to go back) to get to the end of a huge land mass that juts about 2.5 miles out into the ocean. It was grey and rainy when we got there, and within minutes cleared to a beautiful day.
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