The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Ken on May 04, 2022, 12:40:20 PM
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Finally got a proper pickguard made for it. Probably having a luthier thin out the neck closer to the Reverse's profile, but other than that it's done.
Second pic with its fraternal twin. And with the silver-cap knobs which I think look better on this bass to balance out the rear section.
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Very cool!
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Thanks, Rob! I find it a real handful to play with the much chunkier neck. I hope the neck can in fact be thinned out. I found someone who can probably do it.
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Very nice, congrats!
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Thanks!
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Beautiful pair !
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Thanks again!
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If Mosrite had ever gotten their grubby hands on the TBird shape ... :mrgreen:
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Very cool! I have thought about shaving the neck on my 2021 Nonreverse but the more I play it the less inclined I am to do it.
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Very cool! I have thought about shaving the neck on my 2021 Nonreverse but the more I play it the less inclined I am to do it.
I hear you. But this chunky neck makes some things I'm used to doing a real struggle. If it's not fun, what's the point?
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I’ve come to love some chunky necks , if you play them enough you become comfortable with them , and develop a little more hand strength . But it takes time .
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That worked out pretty cool!
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I'm used to holding something chunky in my hand - hand strength remains sufficient even at my age. 8)
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I'm used to holding something chunky in my hand - hand strength remains sufficient even at my age. 8)
:rimshot:
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I'm used to holding something chunky in my hand - hand strength remains sufficient even at my age. 8)
Practice, practice, practice. It's good for your prostate.
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It's the left hand that needs strength guys... :popcorn:
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Speak for yourself, righty.
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It's the left hand that needs strength guys... :popcorn:
Up your game, it feels like someone else is doing it!
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I remember that timeless advice well, "Try left-handed, it's like someone else is doing it!" We hold these truths to be self-evident, it really should be an Amendment.
With which we have elegantly returned to the initial subject of lefties (and other minorities), having thus come full circumcision.
The Last Bass Outpost - an adult realm where nothing is quite what it seems.
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I remember that advice well, "Try left-handed, it's like someone else is doing it!"
With which we have elegantly returned to the initial subject of lefties, having thus come full circumcision.
The Last Bass Outpost - an adult realm where nothing is quite what it seems.
Wait, so I'm not actually circumcised?
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Any online diagnosis without a sufficient pictorial research base is bound to be mistake prone. You have already suffered enough, leftie.
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Any online diagnosis without a sufficient pictorial research base is bound to be mistake prone. You have already suffered enough, leftie.
The struggle is real, my friend.
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I'm not belittling things, but it comes with benefits. Statistically, you will be the first here to get a Nobel Prize and such. And you'd find handwriting Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, Sindhi and Farsi much easier, you could pull rather than push the pen, no smudging either!
Plus there is always the afterlife, where you will be no doubt richly rewarded for all your trials and tribulations ...
(https://c.tenor.com/0n71nx_HbF0AAAAM/octopus.gif)
I actually wonder how an octopus brain does that. Some coordination there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmx5sLusykY
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I actually wonder how an octopus brain does that. Some coordination there.
They have 9. :)
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I'm not belittling things, but it comes with benefits. Statistically, you will be the first here to get a Nobel Prize and such. And you'd find handwriting Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, Sindhi and Farsi much easier, you could pull rather than push the pen, no smudging either!
Plus there is always the afterlife, where you will be no doubt richly rewarded for all your trials and tribulations ...
Afterlife is a better bet, since statistically I'm likely to die early because of a power tool accident. Might not be around to collect the Nobel Prize.
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"Power tool accident", the genocidal threat of all lefties, I forgot! :mrgreen: Self-stabbed to death with the electric toothbrush.
BTW, I'm the type of hap- and hopeless righty whose life is generally endangered by power tools as well. My dad wouldn't even let me have a pocket knife. And based his recommendation that I study law on the following analysis: "Look, with two left hands you really don't have much of a choice. But you sure can talk yourself out of most things." :mrgreen:
Parents and what they do to us! 8)
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They have 9. :)
I remember reading that somewhere else. More than you would find in any bassist then, left- or right-handed.
And I now finally understand why all octopuses dig PROG rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRnVEkqB2I
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"Power tool accident", the genocidal threat of all lefties, I forgot! :mrgreen: Self-stabbed to death with the electric toothbrush.
Hence why I use manual toothbrushes.
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I remember reading that somewhere else. More than you would find in any bassist then, left- or right-handed.
And I now finally understand why all octopuses dig PROG rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRnVEkqB2I
Octopuses definitely have the complex thinking capability to appreciate prog.
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We should stop eating them then. Does make you feel guilty.
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We should stop eating them then. Does make you feel guilty.
Not when they are deep fried.
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I don't eat them. But I also don't really listen to prog.
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I was trying to picture the death certificate for someone who died by electric toothbrush.
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"Power tool accident", the genocidal threat of all lefties, I forgot! :mrgreen: Self-stabbed to death with the electric toothbrush.
BTW, I'm the type of hap- and hopeless righty whose life is generally endangered by power tools as well. My dad wouldn't even let me have a pocket knife. And based his recommendation that I study law on the following analysis: "Look, with two left hands you really don't have much of a choice. But you sure can talk yourself out of most things." :mrgreen:
Parents and what they do to us! 8)
My father; "Mark, when they were handing out brains, you thought they said trains, and hopped one" And during my teenage years, "Mark! What do I have to do to get your attention?! Hit you in the head with a 2x4 like a Mule?"
Needless to say he really hated my music!
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I remember reading that somewhere else. More than you would find in any bassist then, left- or right-handed.
And I now finally understand why all octopuses dig PROG rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRnVEkqB2I
I like this place more and more!
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I was trying to picture the death certificate for someone who died by electric toothbrush.
Wouldn't that be over-detailed? Isn't general sinistral life incompatibility sufficient?
:rimshot:
Ok, ok, my despicable me will now retreat under its
righty rock! I'm just jealous.
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Followup. So the considerably chunkier neck on the NR made it harder and much less enjoyable for me to play. I finally brought it to Matt at 30th Street Guitars here in NYC and he took measurements of the Reverse's neck and said he'd see what he could do. He did an amazing job. I had it at band practice last week and the neck for me is now so much more playable. I might still have him slightly flatten the curve of the back of the neck, it's still a world of difference. Very happy.
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You ghastly neck shaver!
(https://c.tenor.com/iadHGUCRlIIAAAAC/led-zeppelin-jimmy-page.gif)
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Whatever gets the job done!
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Whatever gets the job done!
Glad it worked out! I bought an Epi Explorer bass online a few years back, and the second I took it out of the case, I knew I was going to sell it because of the neck.
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What a bunch of wusses you are, can't you grip a manly neck? :mrgreen:
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What a bunch of wusses you are, can't you grip a manly neck? :mrgreen:
That might be illegal.
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In some states certainly.