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Gibson Basses / Re: 2021 Nonreverse Thunderbird update
« on: August 15, 2021, 10:18:35 PM »Ken Collins's bass, right?Wish it was! That's the replica (or tribute, it has 4 in line tuners) I built a few years back!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: August 11, 2021, 10:03:40 PM »Steely Dan = immediately change the station. I wouldn't sit through 30 seconds of anything about them.Agreed!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Which nickel tuners for 2018 Thunderbird?
« on: August 11, 2021, 10:02:24 PM »
I put ultralites on all my Gibson basses, just can't go back now! There are probably other good tuners, but they are definitely good quality👍
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: August 06, 2021, 12:08:41 AM »
One of my fave "Hair Metal" bands, Cinderella, live with Erik Brittingham playing a '60s Thunderbird II
Loved them! They always had nice vintage instruments on tour. Mr. Brittingham pulled out a Rick 4005 when they played coming home at Moscow Peace Festival, not the typical hair metal bass
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Now at 6 Höfners
« on: July 09, 2021, 11:12:41 PM »He refuses to take it back. I'll try to deal with the back-bow by heat treatment.
Ebay is buyers market. Trust me, as a seller on ebay I know they will refund you if you file a case. Item not as described is return or refund, should be easy enough.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos featuring Fat-Bottom Girls (Rippers, Victories, etc)
« on: July 01, 2021, 11:46:56 PM »But in a live situation you really need to mix the clean signal with the overdriven signal to get a solid low end.Too bad Dino Jr. didn't know that!
I think a couple of their mid 90's albums sound good, but seeing them live... Probably the worst band I ever saw. Usually a venue with great sound, it was just so much guitar you could not hear vocals or even snare drum. I walked around trying to find a spot with better sound, but even in tiny spaces where you could hear some drum or bass it was clear they did not play together. Just three guys in their own world.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos featuring Fat-Bottom Girls (Rippers, Victories, etc)
« on: June 29, 2021, 11:56:49 PM »Dino Jr anyone?Oh Yeah! I bought 'where you been' in '94. A friend of mine just bought a record he picked just because it had a cool cover, so I decided to do the same. A big departure from the music I listened to back then, but I really liked it and it widened my quite narrow mindset at the time🙂 followed them up to about 'hand it over'.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Attention Rush fans
« on: June 28, 2021, 04:02:21 AM »
Hmmm, dunno..
I just don't feel it's time to replace my trusty Toyota Hiace yet!
I just don't feel it's time to replace my trusty Toyota Hiace yet!
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Gibson Basses / Re: What's with all the mislabeled and broken mudbuckers on ebay right now?
« on: June 23, 2021, 07:22:48 AM »My favorite score are the Les Paul Recording pickups, “For parts only, not working”. They sell them as defective because they have no ohm reading. 10 ohms isn’t much of a reading for a pickup these days. I’ve never found a bad one yet……
Same here, bought 4 recording pickups about 10 years ago very cheap, from a claimed ex gibson employee. Listing said 'defective', but two of them vere like new and measured perfect (about 10-15 ohms). Two of them were actually open, but they had nice big alnico magnets👍
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1964 Thunderbird at Norman's
« on: June 21, 2021, 11:50:54 PM »There's nothing wrong with a Gibson mudbucker. They can be pretty versatile if you turn the volume knob down on the bass.
Agree 100%
The band I'm in have started booking, and I have no plans using other basses than EB3's with muds and flats🙂
My main bass do have an overwound bridge mini humbucker, but then I can have the mud on 10. No trouble getting a great sound through my musicman stack or in the mixer. People love to hate stuff, but I think the mud is great if you just pay some attention when using it.
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Gibson Basses / Re: What's with all the mislabeled and broken mudbuckers on ebay right now?
« on: June 21, 2021, 11:21:19 PM »
Bullsh**ters on ebay is nothing new?
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1964 Thunderbird at Norman's
« on: June 20, 2021, 12:04:43 AM »Maybe not throw them away, but they would surely be astonished at what's available today.
That is true, but an engineer would also be astonished if the yellow 2021 bass amp breaks down and they find out that not only are there no tubes to replace, but the circuit board cannot be replaced because it's more than three months old.
I'm ok with things that work and I'm no snob, but based on all the almost new gear (yes, new basses too) that comes to my workshop with electronic issues I'd say that not all changes are for the good.
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Gibson Basses / Re: More Ripper prototypes
« on: June 03, 2021, 10:36:57 PM »
On my (now finally sold) '74 P I put a demudded mudbucker in neck pos. Had a broken pickup, just wound both bobbins with thicker wire. Lower output, less mud, matched the p pickup nicely. But awfully polite, not very gibbish at all.
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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: 1978 Marshall Super Lead MK II
« on: June 02, 2021, 10:29:51 PM »
'73 superbass for me. Best amp I have🙂
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Gibson Basses / Re: 2021 Nonreverse Thunderbird update
« on: June 01, 2021, 03:01:51 AM »
The three point is a lot like anal sex really, not for the uninitiated and it takes some preparation and skill (you don't want the stud slipping out for instance once you got the saddle position right), but once you get the hang of it ...
Uwe, any bridge you 'load from the rear' invites to anal thinking