The double bass is particularly good to have on an Italien cruise.


Regarding the electric bass cello, I found a vintage Fender wpeaker amp which seamlessly amplifies the deepest E or C all the way up to the highest cello harmonics. It took three returns but I think I found the ideal amp. For special effects I can just route it through an old Korg synthesizer. I can now play all the parts of Beethoven's 7th on one instrument, you know, the one you hear in the movie 'The King's Speech' when he reads his declaration of war.
The same tune is in the movie 'Knowing' when there is but 10 minutes of life left to live on Earth. Jacques Loussier also performs the 7th theme in 10 variations in his jazz ensemble of piano, bass and drums. (*) there goes my irrelevant alarm!



btw Spaw,

the wierdest thing happened nine days ago. I woke up with no headaches, neck aches, arthritis, sore hip, ultra frequent having to go or chronic fatigue. Its like I have returned to the state of health I had 10 years ago.

If I could bottle whatever happened, I would give you the first drink. You see, the only thing I did the night before that was out of the ordinary was to have some Drambuie from an unusual new bottle. Either that or I surfed sideways in space time like my character in my sci fi novel who has a sensitive limbic sensory circuits that changed his time perception whenever a gravity wave hit on full and new moons...but then the Magnatar super nova struck Earth causing his senses to surf time as never before. If only it hadn't happened while he was making love to Amy. (*)
naaaah can't be that.

But seriously thank you all for each bit of advice that was both valid and helpful...save one.