madmax's thread about looking at stuff and eating other stuf

The past few weeks, I've been visiting the pawn shop that is between a grocery store and library I visit.  They have had a Carvin Pro Bass 100(aka PB100) for $99.  It is a 15" speaker model.  I haven't tried it out, so I don't know if it works properly.  There is a guy that plays bass who works in the Subway I visit almost every week, but of course he hasn't been there so I haven't been able to tell him.  If I was looking for a bass amp, I'd be checking it out myself.

Today there was a bass that said Warwick on the truss rod cover, and the headstock said Rock Bass in a goofy font.  Warwick is a famous bass builder.  I'm assuming the one I saw was some budget model, at least the "Rock Bass" font gave it that appearance.  I didn't see what the price was though.

I assume everybody here eats, and some other people besides me are in the US, and like to read about the stuff from the major fast food chains.  Or maybe anyone else would like to read about the other local restaurants too.

Even though there are probably less members here than Tim's original, I would think there would be some other people that play musical instruments.

Well, lets get on with the show.

At the pawn shop, There was some model of Marshall TSL.  It had a dust cover that I didn't raise up, so I don't know the specific model.  I may have seen and mentioned it before if the dust cover was off for all I know.

There was a lefty Fender Mustang bass and A Dean bass with a tiny body.

I didn't even check to see if the Carvin amp was still there.

Last week, I finally opened the second bottle of booze I had.  It was Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.  The cinnamon "burn" blended well with the alcohol in that I didn't get as much of the alcohol burn. The cinnamon wasn't as hot as I thought it would be.  I went through this a lot faster than the Jim Beam.  It seemed to go well with the 3 Musketeers mini bars I was eating.

I'm back, and I've got a ton of stuff to post about.

First, I was in the pawn shop I mentioned in my last post today. They sold the SQ-1. I tried to look at that Ibanez amp without picking it up. It might be a IBZ10G, but I can't seem to find any pics of one with purple knobs. It was $29.99.  The other amp that I thought was a Dean is actually a BC Rich amp.  The knobs are labeled Gain Edge Volume.  Here is a pic of one of these:  profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile_mojo_data/3/5/3/4/353488/pics/_c82198_image_0.jpg
I didn't go there last Wed when I went to the other places.

Last Tuesday after picking up my car from the repair shop, I visited some thrift stores that are in that general area.  The second one I went to had one of these:
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It is made by Tiger electronics.  If you didn't realize it is some kind of toy, you can tell by how the instrument input is a 1/8" jack instead of the standard 1/4".  If you wanted to use that with a real piece of musical equipment, you would have to get an adaptor.

At the Salvation Army, there was a Gulbransen upright piano for $500.  I made an uneducated attempt of the intro of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.  There was a keyboard stand there for something like $15.  I should have bought it.  There was also a Casio keyboard there for $39.99.  The model name had the number 700 in it.  I recall the string ensemble sounds were pretty decent, and maybe some of the organ sounds were ok.

I'll skip my rant on Casio keyboards for now.

On Wed, I got a really late start, so I didn't do that one thing, but I stopped at the pawn shops.  I wanted to get home before 6:30, so I didn't take the time to write notes after each place.  I did visit the library and sent myself an email with some stuff I remembered.

I just checked my email, and I got out of order right off the bat.  I mention the first pawn shop at a later time.

The second one is the one I visited in August with the Korg M1.  It was still there, but had a Roland Fantom(X6?) next to it. Amp-wise, they had a Carvin SX200 for $220. There were some of the guitars still there from last time. This time, there was a Charvel HSS guitar for $750. The pickups had a Jackson label on them. There was also a Peavey Nitro III. I forget how much it was.  Someone had repainted it with some graphics that included an elf(think Keebler/Santa, not D&D/LOTR).

I want to go home, so I'll prob pick up again Fri.

The next place I went was the place called Guitar Syndicate.  Like I said before, the display wall is more for looks than actual $$$$.  There was another of those "retro" Epiphones, besides the one that appeared to be the same one I mentioned last time.  There was also a Jay Turser LP copy.  On another nearby wall, they had one of these:  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Starcaster  I didn't see/remember what they were asking for it.  They had a Japanese Squire, but they wanted $389 for it.  Behind the counter, the had a LP Studio, which I think was around $1k.  I think they got in another Casiaha in addition to the 1 or 2 they had before.  They had a bunch of used fx, but the only one I remember was a Yamaha D1500 digital delay that I think they were asking $350 for.  The last thing I want to mention was this thing sitting by the guitar amps.  It was this big thingy that looked like a home stereo system from the 60's/70's.  If it was a guitar amp, it would be a pain to use since the knobs were at the bottom.

The next place was the jewelry store/pawn shop.  Their guitars are behind the counter.  There was a Fender Strat and Squire Strat, but I didn't ask anybody about them.  There was also a Yamaha SE 350 that was like a HSS strat.  There was also some model of Marshall Valvestate, and an Ibanez amp that may have been better than a beginner/practice amp.

The next place was the "tornado" Cash America.  Behind the counter, they had a 3pu Gibson Les Paul for $2499.

My time on the 'puter is running out, so I'm going totry and come back in a min with my dad's account.

Before I get to the food and drink, I wanted to mention another visit.  I went to the 2 Cash Americas I posted about on Oct 8.  At the first one, the Japanese Squire was gone.  They had a bunch of other ones that were from China and Indonesia.  I recall taking something off the wall and giving it a strum, but I can't remember what I was.  The Mesa Boogie amp was gone.  That air organ was still there, and had a big sticker on it saying it was marked down.  It was maybe $15, but I didn't really care.  The rest of the kb were just Casiaha stuff.  At the other CA, the 12-string was gone.  There was a Squire tele for $139.  It was not Japanese.  It was missing one of the knobs, and the neck pu was tilted toward the bass side.  Behind the counter were 2 Squire strats;  a yellow one for $129, and a green one over $200 with lipstick pu.  I asked the girl to see them, and neither of them were Japanese.  I asked her why they were back there, since there were guitars of equal or greater value in the main area.  She didn't know,  and I suggested it was because they were in really good condition, no dings or dirt.

Back again.

The next place I went was a local seafood shack.  I got frog legs, conch fritters, and gumbo.  Contrary to popular belief, the frog legs did NOT taste like chicken.  They had a fishy taste.  They came with 2 hushpuppies and fries.  I don't remember how the hushpuppies were, but the fries were good.  The conch fritters looked burnt on the outside, but I don't know if they are supposed to be like that.  They didn't taste burnt, but they didn't taste that great.  The gumbo was really good, but the only bad thing was the large isn't very large.*  When I placed my order for frog legs, the lady asked what kind of dipping sauce I wanted.  I chose hot sauce.  It appeared to be some kind of buffalo wing sauce like Frank's.  It wasn't very hot.  The conch fritters came with some kind of dipping sauce that looked like ranch mixed with hot sauce.  It tasted ok, but I couldn't describe the flavor.  I used both sauces with the other items and the fries.

Friday, I finally tried out Jimmy Johns.  I got the turkey sandwich, the veggie sandwich, and the Italian sandwich.  The turkey sandwich, which was the simplest, and the first one I ate, was the best.  The next one I had was the veggie.  Unfortunately, the cucumber overpowered the rest of the veggies.  They need thinner cumber slices and/or less of them.  The Italian one was ok.  I don't know how it compares to Subway's Italian sandwich.  Speaking of Subway, the difference I noticed the most was that the JJ bread was better in that the crust was crispier and chewier, and bread seemed denser/chewier.

I also got some beef stew and spicy beef sticks(that didn't taste spicy) from the grocery store where I got my booze at.  Just mentioning for the sake of completion.

I also went to Walmart and got the popcorn shrimp, mozzarella sticks, and a piece of breaded tilapia.  With the shrimp and cheese sticks, you need to eat them right away or heat them back up because they don't taste very good cold.  They are both awesome when warm, which I think I mentioned in a previous post.  The tilapia was surprisingly good.

Saturday, I wanted to try out the new hot food from the Quicktrip convienence store chain.  I got the Italian 3 cheese sandwich, the Philly Cheesesteak flatbread sandwich, the Chicken Bacon & Ranch flatbread sandwich, and a Parmesean pretzel.  Unfortunately, I wanted to get a bunch of shit done before I ate, so I let the stuff sit out.  The sandwiches didn't have much taste to them.  The pretzel was really good.  I got the garlic butter dipping sauce for it.

I had also went back to the grocery store and got a bunch of stuffed shells which were good.

I also finished off the little bit of leftover beef stew, 1 or 2 of the cheese sticks, and maybe one of the beef sticks.

Saturday, I did the 2 med pizzas for $5.99 deal.  I got 1 with double sausage and the other with double peperoni.  They would have tasted better to me if my digestive system wasn't acting up.

Be back in a minute.







*  I used to pay the same amount for a container of gumbo that was at least twice as large from a Chinese/BBQ restaurant that is now closed.