Andy, have I ever told you what a handsome chap you are and fine player to boot? :-* :-* :-* :-*
Spalting is any form of wood coloration caused by fungi. Although primarily found in dead trees, spalting can also occur under stressed tree conditions or even in living trees. Although spalting can cause weight loss and strength loss in the wood, the unique coloration and patterns of spalted wood are sought after by woodworkers
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Is that his I.Q.? Sperm count? active brain cells............. ;)
And the bass is beautiful, just not my cup of tea. I do have the urge to open up a fine white wine and perhaps some premium caviar after seeing these pictures though :P
Funny - I'm headed home for some Cougar Gold or Cougar Smoky Cheddar cheese.....Mark can tell you that when you have those, drugs are for the poor people! Maybe I should have wine instead of beer with it...
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/CougarGold.jpg)
think of a Ric with the warm fullness of a TBird.very nice indeed.thats my kind of sound!
Let me say without any irony or joking that I really like it. I'm not a fan of gold hardware at all yet it looks beautifully in place on that bass. You took a wallflower and turned her into a prom queen (Supertone and all)! She looks like the custom shop beauty she (now) is.
Let me say without any irony or joking that I really like it. I'm not a fan of gold hardware at all yet it looks beautifully in place on that bass. You took a wallflower and turned her into a prom queen (Supertone and all)! She looks like the custom shop beauty she (now) is.
Where can I sign up to join the Republicans? Danke, George! :-*
I like the pup positioning. Very Ric like. I like having one right against the neck, and one somewhere between "bridge" and "middle" for lack of a better term. Looks like the bridge saddles are pulled WAY back to intonate.
See, Uwe, we Republicans are mostly victims of bad press. We aren't adverse to or even afraid of 'change', we simply prefer it to be practical, well thought out, and an improvement over what was previously there. while it is also quite fanciful, your project fit all my other Republican requirements. :mrgreen:
Its the Ex-spore-er! :rimshot:
I like it. I don't consider myself a boutique bass guy, but I've always been attracted to Alembic's take on the Explorer - and visually, that's what this reminds me of a bit.
Just try to avoid any bad trips when licking the top. :o
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/FearAndLoathing004.jpg)
But wenge wood must be even more detrimental to health. That would have been an alternative to the spalted maple top (I thought) but Mathias said he didn't like to work with it because it was "poisonous".
Damnit!
I should have never gotten rid of that Epi Explorer.
Wenge isn't poisonous but it can cause severe sensitivity reactions if you're one of the unlucky ones who develop a sensitivity to it. And once you develop it, that's it, it will happen every time you use it.
Spalted woods release bacteria and spores that have been known to cause fatal reactions.
That would be such a waste... I've been toying with the idea of moding a guard for my PC, but it's not a Gibson, and I just feel it would be a waste, especially with the top fin... same here...
Wenge isn't poisonous but it can cause severe sensitivity reactions if you're one of the unlucky ones who develop a sensitivity to it. And once you develop it, that's it, it will happen every time you use it.
Spalted woods release bacteria and spores that have been known to cause fatal reactions.
A pickguard would just get in the way.
I'd leave yours alone. You did a good job and it looks great as is. A pickguard would just get in the way.
I didn't want to hide the fact that this is an Epi (scarfed neck and all), rather I wanted to promote the fact what a sound basis it is for Cinderella treatment. Plus I don't want this to ever crop up on ebay with someone claiming that it was anything other than a pimped Epi.
Gibson should have done something like this long ago, an upmarket Explorer bass within the traditions of the company (i.e. maho or korina, not alder or maple, and with not an ugly P bass style split coil in sight). That would have never been a big seller given the Explorer bass' radical shape (and the price tag the thing would have probably come with), but it would have found its devotees and quite a few name players.
Sorry, I have no idea how that multiple posting screw up came about, I'll delete it once I'm at a desktop, can't do it via Blackberry.
I've been stuck in the Dusseldorf too...... ;)
I've been stuck in the Dusseldorf too...... ;)
Sounds like a Python routine.
"Well lads, now it's time for the surgeon to examine your Dusseldorfs!"
"Do we have to?"
"Yes yes, come come, it's part of the induction process. Oh, and you need to paint zebra stripes on your bums, too."
I've been stuck in the Dusseldorf too...... ;)
Hogan!
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Enough!!!!!
First guy who says "perhaps the cream surround did look better after all ..." takes ze next train to ze Dusseldorf front.
I have to admit, the hardware and wood colors work well together.
My son, ever his supportive and uncritical self, commented dryly: "Dad, you've turned it into a Warwick now. If that makes you happy ..."
Dave is not well at all. :-\ :o
Dave is not well at all. :-\ :o
Enough!!!!!
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First guy who says "perhaps the cream surround did look better after all ..." takes ze next train to ze Russian front.
I found a guitar for ya!
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Hmm... so if I read the back story to this thread correctly, spalted timber is the luthierian equivalent of Icelandic shark meat, or Japanese puffer fish... as long as it is treated with respect, the pleasure of the person eating it is enhanced by the known risk they are taking...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGv2QxmaRI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYqznD0R5M
Each to their own... ;)
There are some seriously dangerous vegetables out there, too...
Kenny that looks pretty good!
Have you thought about refinning your P.C. Thunderbird like your shirt? ;)
Hi folks! :mrgreen: This is the way we make Chili up in the north! We call it Gibson chili! Sometimes we even call the day after the chili The Thunderbird day. Can you imagine!
2 dried ancho-peppers
1 chipotle pepper
1 birdseye-pepper
1 jalapeno-pepper
olive oil
10, at least, pieces of garlic, chopped quite rough
2 kilos of meat
About 200 centiliters of light beer
a handfull of flour
1/2 coffeecup of chili powder
1 coffeecup dark meat broth
1 spoonfull cummin
1 spoonfull of oregano
1 spoon of grinded coriander seed
1 teaspoon of sugar
salt
(masa harina)
Start with the pepper. Use rubber gloves. Take away all except the fruit walls. Put it in some water, cook for about 15 minutes under lid. Let the pepper get cool.
Fry the garlic, soft, until it's light brown. Put it in a big pot on the stove.
Cut the meat in one centimeter big pieces. Fry the pieces until they're brown all around. Put the meat in the big pot with the garlic. Stir.
Mix the flour and the chilipowder, sprinkle it over the contents in the pot.
Strain off the pepper water. Mash the pepper, put it in the pot. Mix with the meat and the garlic.
Pour the pepper water, the meat broth and the light beer in the pot until it covers the meat. Let it boil! But just for a while. Turn down the heat so the pot just simmer.
Add the cummin, oregano and choriander. Stir often, so the meat don't get burnt. Let the pot cook until the meat starts to fall into smaller pieces. It might take a couple of hours, but no more then 3 hours.
Serve with corn chips, cheese, guacamole, maybe some lettuce, and beer or wine. And, of course, tequila. En masse!
Just one thing. Do not forget about the rubber gloves when taking care of the different peppers. Otherwise you might as well use a soldering iron if you stop to pick your nose.
This version of the chili is, of course, a softer Swedish one. I guess there's lots of Gibon-related recepies out there, and really hope we can get them alive here, in this very forum!
Yeah, but do they make a cream that contains dairy for that ;D
"That looks pretty go but I would make one suggestion - replace the olive oil with bacon fat - really!"
Now, that seems like a very good idea! I'll try that the next time. When I make my hamburgers, with Sambal Badjak, Soya, and garlic mixed into the minced meat, I've recently started frying bacon first of all, and then using the bacon in the burgers, and at the same time using the fat for frying. But I never thought of using the same method in the chili. Now, I will. Thanks!
Oh, and what is Sambal Badjak and Soya?
One other thing, you can probably skip the flour - the masa will thicken it on it's own.
What burns on the way in, burns on the way out...
Or go with the okra to thicken it.
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Sambal Badjak is an Indonesian or Malaysian hot chili paste.
Soya is just normal soy sauce in this context
I already said this in another thread but I can't say it often enough:
Okra. :puke: Watching the slime ooze out while it's being fried is almost as bad as the taste.
I already said this in another thread but I can't say it often enough:
Okra. :puke: Watching the slime ooze out while it's being fried is almost as bad as the taste.
..that's because the okra you've been eating has been rotten. If there's any slime at all during cooking, it's gone bad. I don't have any great love for it, but I used to grow lots of okra.
Just order up a Bhindi Bhaji next time you are in an Indian restaurant, Dave, and let nature take it course... ;)
Your avatar is living up to the image... (please... no okra...) ;)
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They need an invasion, that's all.
1938?
That's easy...smuggling fungus.