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Gibson Basses / NBD!!!
« on: December 28, 2017, 07:09:47 PM »
My new Epi Vintage Pro arrived today. This thing is spectacular! Fit and finish are excellent, nothing out of place, not sharp edges on the frets.  I tuned it and played it not 10 minutes after it arrived. It sounds GREAT!
Epi has a real winner with this one!

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The Bass Zone / Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my bass brothers!
« on: December 24, 2017, 11:19:29 AM »
Hope you all find a bass under your tree!

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The Outpost Cafe / Pic posting issues?
« on: December 24, 2017, 07:49:34 AM »
It seems that right now I can't post photos from my library right now. Anyone having a similar issue?

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Gibson Basses / Anyone ever tried building a mahogany Ripper?
« on: December 16, 2017, 03:08:37 PM »
I thought about this the other day and wonder what a mahogany Ripper would sound like. Rather curious about it.
Has anyone ever tried building one?

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Other Bass Brands / Hamer 8 string in action
« on: December 09, 2017, 07:27:40 AM »
I was asked if I wanted to play bass with a couple of friends in a project they are working on. So, while studying Rockpile songs, I found this vid. Nick Lowe with a Hamer 8 string!


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Gibson Basses / Ripper Family Photo
« on: November 21, 2017, 07:36:44 AM »
I realized yesterday I'd not taken a photo of the Ripper family so here is one now. Though they all sound different they are very much of the same family! It's a little blurry..
Left to right, 2012 G3, '73 with Seymour Duncan pickups and my '80. The '80 weighs almost a pound and a half more than the '73!

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The Outpost Cafe / Saw King Crimson here Oct 26
« on: October 29, 2017, 02:36:33 PM »
So, King Crimson. I'd never seen them before but listened to a lot of their music in high school and college, so when I learned they were going to be in town there was no way I was going to miss it. It was the first time King Crimson played in Raleigh since March 29, 1972 when they performed in Dorton Arena.

I'm glad I went and immediately wished they were playing for two nights.

The show was incredible. The music was delicate, brutal, technical, warm, dissonant, orchestrated, beautiful, unnerving, cacophonous, melodic, brilliant.
It was an assault.

Here's the setlist from the show.

Drumson Werning - Robert Fripp's Announcement
Intro: Islands Coda

Set 1:
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One
Pictures of a City
Cirkus
Neurotica
Epitaph
Fallen Angel
Drumson Outbreak of Wonderment, Joy & Bliss Arising
The Letters
Breathless
(Robert Fripp song)
Islands
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two

Set 2:
Indiscipline
The ConstruKction of Light
(part 1 only)
Moonchild
('The Dream' part only;… more )
The Court of the Crimson King
Hell Hounds of Krim
Easy Money
Lizard
("(c) The Battle of Glass… more )
Meltdown
Radical Action II
Level Five
Starless

Encore:
21st Century Schizoid Man
(with Gavin Harrison drum solo)


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The Outpost Cafe / Reason for being AWOL...
« on: August 05, 2017, 09:05:05 AM »
...because I've been working on my damn Indian! Finished it, finally! I have about 1000 miles on it now, though I'm still working out bugs.
This is a great motorcycle and really, because I built it from a pile it is, and always will be, a great source of pride!

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Gibson Basses / NBD- 1964 EBO!
« on: January 21, 2017, 10:06:42 AM »
A friend (Rexdiablo on here) and I agreed to swap my Sunn Coliseum and the Sunn 2x15 for his '64 EBO. It's a terrific bass and he loves the Sunns, so we both came out ahead!














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Gibson Basses / NR II on eBay
« on: March 19, 2016, 07:11:03 PM »
Looks nice, though it's a strange color.
Not sure if it had a neck break but you can see the joint. Looks too even to be a break.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-Gibson-Thunderbird-II-1960s-w-Soft-Case-/301896781111?hash=item464a734d37:g:mPsAAOSwh-1W5YLK

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Other Bass Brands / New Bass Day!
« on: March 17, 2016, 09:28:14 AM »
My buddy saw this at his local GC, sent me pics and I asked him to pick it up for me. A few dings but the price was more than right! My buddy says it's a gem.








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Other Bass Brands / Oh my, I'm in love with her - Dano Longhorn content
« on: March 03, 2016, 01:02:50 PM »
Well, her and her Dano and their music...


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Gibson Basses / Nifty Gibson 7" Ripper promo on the way.
« on: February 17, 2016, 08:01:50 PM »
Found this nifty little Gibson Ripper promo on eBay. I hope the link works because I couldn't get the pics off eBay for some reason.
Click the link and scroll down.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-GIBSON-THE-RIPPER-STORY-7-PROMO-RECORD-RARE-VERY-COOL-/262273509116?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=42T3AeDHtJUO0FEPD5Gfw2Ptz9g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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Other Bass Brands / DiPinto Belvedere bass
« on: February 09, 2016, 06:28:33 AM »
DiPinto supplies guitars and basses to Los Straightjackets.
Looking at their website, they have one particular bass which is really nice looking! Retails at $767.

http://www.dipintoguitars.com/product.php?id=13

Belvedere Standard Bass
 
  Specs:
 
Body: Mahogany
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Ebony with dot inlay and white binding
Construction: Bolt on neck on semi hollow body
Frets: 22
Scale: 34"
Pickup: Two chrome single coils
Selector: Three position toggle switch
Controls: One volume, one tone
Bridge: Tune-o-matic with trapeze tailpiece
Tuners: Enclosed gear, pearl button machines
Colors: Gold & Black or Black & White
Pickguard: Clear
Available in Left Handed
DiPinto recreated the look and feel of the old sixties molded plastic bodies with its patented double layer semi-hollow wood body.


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The Outpost Cafe / A brief comment about all the musician deaths here lately.
« on: February 07, 2016, 06:03:09 PM »
To put it brutally, the musicians in bands I grew up listening to have been dying since the 1960s. That many of them lived until the past year or so is simply the realization that some of them made it. In the early days they died of drug overdoses, extreme alcoholism, accidents, sometimes suicide or murder.

Some died later on from the same things.

Some died later from the lingering affects of one resulting from the other.

These days, cancer and simply old age are taking their toll. It's really sad to say but we can expect this to become more frequent in the next few years. We're lucky to have had some of them stuff performing as long as they have.

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