Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Dave W

Pages: 1 ... 1172 1173 [1174] 1175 1176 ... 1488
17596
Gibson Basses / Re: Mike Lull Tbird bridges.
« on: November 17, 2009, 09:45:53 AM »
I think we should put this to rest now.

17597
Fender Basses / Re: Fender Jazz Bass refin in progress
« on: November 17, 2009, 09:35:24 AM »
Wow, that's very reasonable and it sure looks like a first class job.

17598
Guitars Etc. / Re: John Denver's 18 String Gibson
« on: November 17, 2009, 09:33:32 AM »
I wonder how it sounded. The neck would be heavy, but that much string tension would require some hefty construction at the box too. It would take an expert to build it strong enough and still have it sound good.

17599
Gibson Basses / Re: Me likey
« on: November 16, 2009, 11:24:32 PM »
If you look closely it really looks beat to hell.

17600
The Outpost Cafe / I need a little computer help
« on: November 16, 2009, 11:20:31 PM »
Unfortunately my 3 1/2 year old desktop is toast, it needs a new motherboard and the parts and labor will be as much as buying a new one. Only problem with that (besides the expense) is that I still need XP for a few important things.

I'd like to get my old 2001 Sony Vaio running again but I screwed it up a few months ago. I was going to lend it to neighbors after their computer pooped out. I used a shred program to delete personal financial info and it managed to delete something in the OS (XP Home) which was on the same partition. Now, a regular boot says it can't load the OS. Boot from the Sony Recovery Disk starts the process but then gives a "disk access:sense operation failed" message. Trying to get into Safe Mode gets an error code that something in the BIOS can't be loaded.

If I can get a regular XP Home installation disk instead of the Sony proprietary disks, would that possibly help? If not, does anyone have any other suggestions? I'm trying to avoid an expensive repair on an outdated computer.

Thanks for any advice (other than telling me to get a Mac).


17601
The Outpost Cafe / Re: How to make pumpkin pie
« on: November 16, 2009, 11:11:49 PM »
I think I've met that puking pumpkin.

17602
Gibson Basses / Re: Mike Lull Tbird bridges.
« on: November 16, 2009, 05:40:46 PM »
Thanks, Mark. And as Scott says, he doesn't want any Lull bashing.

Those of us who were at the Pit know that Scott has been making his bridge for several years. OTOH I can understand how someone outside that circle wouldn't have heard of Scott's bridge.

Mike's site says "I wanted to keep the same classic look and tonality so I developed a bridge that was slightly wider and intonates correctly." Now it's likely that Hipshot's input into Mike's design was influenced by them having seen Scott's bridge, but Mike wasn't aware of that. Under the circumstances, I don't think Mike's statement is inaccurate. He developed a bridge as part of his T-Bass project.

We all ought to keep this in mind: the original design is Gibson's. All these aftermarket products, from the cheapest Chinese pickups to the most expensive custom hardware, are only possible because of Gibson, Fender and other manufacturers making the original products that became popular.

17603
The Outpost Cafe / How to make pumpkin pie
« on: November 16, 2009, 05:24:55 PM »
I always suspected this.


17604
The Outpost Cafe / Re: Pix from this weekend's gig
« on: November 16, 2009, 05:22:59 PM »
That bass looks good and it's definitely not purple, either in looks or in Fender's color chart.

17605
The Outpost Cafe / Re: Don't buy used silverware
« on: November 16, 2009, 09:38:21 AM »
I believe the Packard engines were only used the first year and that the blower wasn't offered until the smaller Stude engines were used.

One of my uncles had a Golden Hawk with the supercharged Stude engine. It was very fast in its day. I do remember that it was clocked at 131 mph tops on a gravel test road.

17606
Gibson Basses / Re: Mike Lull Tbird bridges.
« on: November 16, 2009, 09:25:55 AM »
.. What galls me is that Mike seems to be taking credit for the idea of extra saddle travel on a Thunderbird style bridge. This is a idea I developed in 1983. Hipshot who make his bridges showed up at a gig and schmoozed me and I showed them mine (dumb move but I am sure they had seen it on the web anyhow). While the bridges Mike uses may well have been delivered before mine arrived at his shop one can only presume that him being such a big Thunderbird fan he was already aware of mine. .... Mark please know that I truly am greatful for you trying to get Mike to use one of my bridges on you bass. I do have a hard time understanding how it could not be installed on your bass with the correct mounting studs and without technical explanation from Mike, I can only presume he just wanted to use his. If Mike had called me and talked it over I would not feel so "hosed" as Bill so aptly put it.

Now I see what's really bothering you. And I understand why.

When you (or anyone else) thought of the idea really isn't the issue. What is relevant is that you were the first to design, produce and market a bridge with extra saddle travel, and you deserve the credit for that.

17607
Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Another hybrid: the JazzBird
« on: November 16, 2009, 07:45:17 AM »
Great solution to the pickup output problem.  8)

17608
The Outpost Cafe / Re: Drummer auditions
« on: November 16, 2009, 07:42:53 AM »
 :mrgreen:

I feel their pain.

17609
Other Bass Brands / Re: Univox EB-1 copy
« on: November 15, 2009, 11:39:27 PM »
I've played one in a store. Looked nice but did not have the EB-1 sound.

Price of this one looks high to me, IIRC the one I played was well below that.

17610
Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay
« on: November 15, 2009, 11:28:57 PM »
The bass was not cleaned up for the photos and this will be left to the next owner.

I just don't understand that mentality.

Pages: 1 ... 1172 1173 [1174] 1175 1176 ... 1488