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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: November 27, 2023, 08:14:00 AM »
In that particular case all because I didn't want to risk losing a job.  As it turned off, the travel agency boss was an oaf.  If I had followed that customer's advice and become an extra, it would have most likely turned out to be something positive or at least better than what I ended up with.

About 22 years ago I was asked to join a band that was rehearsing for a tour of Europe. They were obscure and would have played small clubs, but I really liked their music and I’d never had that experience and always wanted to. I turned it down because I’d just got my first real programming job after a scary period of unemployment and debt. Programming has been a good life for me, but I still wish I’d done the risky thing while I still had some youth left in me. The band broke up soon after, so maybe it wasn’t that great an experience for them, but who knows.

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Gibson Basses / Re: are 93 T-birds any good?
« on: November 16, 2023, 09:18:29 AM »
When did they make the ones that look like split pickups (a coil for the low strings and a coil for the high strings, like a P but different) crammed into the black soapbar case?
I have always wondered what those sound like - and what basses they came in.

My only experience of TB-Plus pickups is in my LPB-1 which I believe is circa 1992. Still my favorite sounding bass.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: October 31, 2023, 08:12:20 AM »
Great playing and great sound as always Mark!
How many birds do you bring to a typical gig and how do you pick which ones?

Looks like an SWR 6x10 cab in the back, what's the head?

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Brooks PB-2
« on: October 20, 2023, 08:52:08 AM »
Looks and sounds beautiful as always from Brooks!

Do my eyes deceive me or is the pickup slightly closer to the bridge than on a P bass?

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Clapton's Fool SG up for auction
« on: October 13, 2023, 11:02:32 AM »
In the description on that auction page, Rundgren who had it restored says that it wasn't properly sealed and paint was flaking off and the neck wood deteriorating. He doesn't mention the paint being gooey though.


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Gibson Basses / Re: Thunderbird humbucker EY Guitars vs Gibson
« on: October 08, 2023, 06:58:56 AM »
Are these the same size/dimensions as vintage chrome thunderbird pickups?
I seem to recall reading on this forum that modern TB Plus are slightly different (taller maybe?) than vintage, but I don’t recall exactly and may be conflating something.

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Reverend pickups
« on: October 07, 2023, 06:57:40 PM »
According to their FAQ:
"Reverend guitars are built in South Korea by Mirr Music Co."

I'm unclear on whether Mirr makes pickups in-house or outsources them to other firm(s).

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Gibson Basses / Re: Thunderbird humbucker EY Guitars vs Gibson
« on: October 07, 2023, 04:15:05 PM »
(I haven't read to the end of the thread, don't know if it's been revealed yet).

I like both. I tend to favor A but I strongly suspect that's because it's just a bit louder, so it sounds like "more".
I have no idea which is which manufacturer.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson Custom Shop Gene Simmons EB0
« on: October 04, 2023, 11:16:07 AM »
Billy Gibbons is another one like Brian May ... he uses extremely light gauge 007 guitar strings, and is/was known for using a Mexican Peso coin (ground into a pick shape).
Although apparently he later switched to very heavy plastic picks that were made for him by V-Picks.

I can't relate to any of that at all!  I like thin picks and thick strings.  It's all about what feels right to the player.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson Custom Shop Gene Simmons EB0
« on: September 28, 2023, 02:16:46 PM »
Thin picks for me! I like to get my arm into it, something’s got to give.  I’ve been using the orange 0.63mm Dunlop tortex picks for so long that anything else feels weird. Bonus, the orange color makes them easy to spot / harder to lose, and I have never once broken one.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: RRHOF eats its own
« on: September 23, 2023, 01:50:36 PM »
Surf is the original metal. We know the RRHoF can't deal with metal either!

I'm kind of joking, but seriously, this sounds a lot like surf guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVqqWUyDPzA

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: RRHOF eats its own
« on: September 18, 2023, 12:34:31 PM »
I read the article that kicked off all the fuss https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/arts/jann-wenner-the-masters-interview.html.
I have not read the book of interviews itself.

Of course there's nothing wrong with putting together a book of his favorite interviewees under any criteria he feels like.
What's egregious is pretending it's purely about some kind of objective merit.
"Joni was not a philosopher of rock ’n’ roll" - but Bono is?

Frankly the whole thing smacks of an ego trip. By his own admission he is/was friends with all of these guys.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: September 09, 2023, 08:04:11 PM »
Here's mr Watt playing "Bluey" in some raw footage intended for MTV.  I hadn't seen any footage of this two-drummer lineup.  It's fun seeing Nels Cline pre-Wilco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKjSAOhMHn0

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: September 05, 2023, 09:35:53 PM »
Wish she was my grandma  :mrgreen:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV5SJREqcLU

That bass tone is nasty, in a good way. I really like it.
Apparently there's a story behind "grandma": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_(Down_on_Your_Luck)#TV_performance

I'm trying to figure out what Lynott is playing there... the headstock is clearly an Ibanez of the era, but I've never seen one with a mirror pickguard (custom maybe?) and can't get a good luck at the pickup(s).
Maybe it's this bass? Apparently an RS900:



... now I kind of want one!

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Gibson Basses / Re: 2001 TB+
« on: September 05, 2023, 09:54:36 AM »
Am curious ... Are the chrome reissue pickups actually sized like vintage T-bird pickups, or are they drop-in replacement for modern birds?

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