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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: September 07, 2019, 07:41:06 PM »
Wasn't The Litter from Minnesota?
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: September 07, 2019, 07:39:43 PM »Burt Bacharach supposedly didn't like Arthur Lee's interpretation. I thought it really wasn't that different from the original, which he wrote for the soundtrack of What's New Pussycat.
My favorite version, best played LOUD:
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Gibson Basses / Re: It takes a special kind of stupid...
« on: August 19, 2019, 06:29:24 PM »When I first became fascinated with cars, the two I wanted most were a Morgan 3 Wheeler and a Lotus Seven America. The downside was that everyone I knew who owned a British car spent most of their spare time working on them. Even the ones that were reliable needed to be fiddled with all the time.
For me it was a Triumph GT6, then an MGA, then a Spitfire, and MGB. In my experience you need to own at least 2 British sports cars. One to drive and one to work on.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Private Tour of the Rickenbacker Factory
« on: June 19, 2019, 04:36:24 PM »
A friend of mine needing money sold me a lap steel. I couldn't resist, it is a Gibson. Learning curve has it under the bed.
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Gibson Basses / Re: '60s Thunderbird bridge nuts...
« on: February 22, 2019, 09:25:16 AM »
But is 5/16" across the flats the correct spec?
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Gibson Basses / Re: '60s Thunderbird bridge nuts...
« on: February 20, 2019, 04:30:11 PM »
Wow. Obviously I didn't pay much attention to them when I had them. They did get lost after all.
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Gibson Basses / Re: '60s Thunderbird bridge nuts...
« on: February 16, 2019, 05:52:36 PM »
What is the external dimensions of the original nut, the wrench size? Would it be possible to find nuts with the correct exterior dimensions and drill and tap them for the bridge saddle screw threads?
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Gibson Basses / Re: '60s Thunderbird bridge nuts...
« on: February 16, 2019, 05:49:45 PM »Can you send me a clear photo of that insert? I don't think the one nut I have has it!
You can see a few examples at https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=nylock+nut
There are acorn nuts too but the nyloc part isn't too visible https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=wq5oXJnXM4SgjwSazq2oCg&q=nylock+acorn+nut&oq=nylock+acorn+nut&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0.29688.32918..34587...0.0..0.89.471.6......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j35i304i39j0i7i30j0i13.RNtUDibTLmk
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Gibson Basses / Re: '60s Thunderbird bridge nuts...
« on: February 13, 2019, 10:25:29 AM »
The insert in the nuts is nylon and it is there to prevent the nuts from coming loose with vibration. They are called Nyloc nuts.
Count on a dozen for me.
Count on a dozen for me.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Swapping the black guard and TRC for white on yellowed white
« on: January 03, 2019, 03:54:34 PM »I was thinking about my yellowed white '73. The only original parts on it are the carcass, bridge/tailpiece, TRC and jack plate. Everything else had to be replaced, including the truss rods. Still a wonderful bass by the way. So I'm not concerned with originality here. I'll have to source a white Plexi TRC and that could be a problem.
Click to enlarge...
It's beautiful as it is, I wouldn't change a thing.
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Fender Basses / Re: The Fender suitability to Finnish disco!
« on: November 01, 2018, 08:34:43 AM »
Then there's this cover:
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Fender Basses / Re: The Fender suitability to Finnish disco!
« on: November 01, 2018, 05:58:59 AM »
It seems to be a thing:
youtube.com/results?search_query=I+Wanna+Love+You+Tender
youtube.com/results?search_query=I+Wanna+Love+You+Tender
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Fender Basses / Re: The Fender suitability to Finnish disco!
« on: October 29, 2018, 08:20:17 AM »
I think I found the worst music video ever.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson Announces New Leadership Team
« on: October 28, 2018, 11:36:00 AM »Too many basses? I didn't know that was possible!
If Levis are $50 then I can see buying $50 American-made jeans as an alternative. But I buy regular fit Wranglers, $17 at Target and Walmart. I wear each pair about once a week and they last a couple of years. No complaints.
The room that the basses are in is slated for demolition in the spring, but when the project is complete there will be more room.
My jeans are 36" length which can't be found everywhere.