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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2010, 01:31:00 PM »
That's more reasonable than most Specials I've seen in the last couple of years. And it's a 92 three knob so no Bart preamp. These sold for about $650 new. Good deal.

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 01:48:43 PM »
The black stings look killer on that one..... 

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 02:16:08 PM »
Uuhh, I like those in TV yellow. That finish seems to have been offered the first couple of years only since I've only seen them in a three knob configuration and traditional headstock shape. Not very often those come up for sale.

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 02:38:23 PM »


 If anybody is interested and want this, I can look at it in person, BassNW is a great dealer and only 15mins from my house.  ;D
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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 09:14:21 AM »
Great price! Cool bass. Looks more like school bus yellow in the pics.  8)

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2010, 06:46:22 PM »
Great price! Cool bass. Looks more like school bus yellow in the pics.  8)

The couple I've seen in person are more like French's Mustard compared to the original TV finish.

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2010, 05:14:01 AM »
Ah, TV yellow! A color whose origins are lost in the mists of time.  ;)
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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 07:56:54 AM »
That's nice! It should come with a "No Passing" sign and a flashing red lights!

A buddy of mine insists that Les Paul basses are notorious for suffering from warped necks. This can't be across the board. Right?
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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2010, 08:05:07 AM »
Wonder if it is TV or just white that yellowed.

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 09:30:21 AM »
Perhaps it went into a tanning bed!

Soundwise, are these equivalent to Thunderbirds?
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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 09:52:41 AM »
That's nice! It should come with a "No Passing" sign and a flashing red lights!

A buddy of mine insists that Les Paul basses are notorious for suffering from warped necks. This can't be across the board. Right?

I have about half a dozen, none of them warped. Warped maho necks happen too, but tend to be rare, especially on stuff that isn't really vintage yet. My sixties Epi Embassy had some warpage as did a mid-sventies Flying V Ibanez bass (but not to an extent of warped maple necks which can become unplayable), but they were both ancient in comparison to an early or mid-nineties LPB.  Not really an issue. No idea where the rumour came from - perhaps the LP guitars with maple necks tended to warp, but they never had a bass equivalent (Epi LP basses excepted).

They sound phatter than TB's due to the more massive body and thicker neck. The carved maple top versions are also quite a bit snappier than a TBird.

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2010, 02:31:14 PM »
Wonder if it is TV or just white that yellowed.

These were originally yellow, not yellowed white.


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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2010, 04:39:09 PM »
TV Yellow or white ... As if there is a dif!

I told my band the TV yellow lore today and they were fascinated by it - people always are.

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Re: Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2010, 04:55:17 PM »
"TV Yellow..." ?
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