The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Ken on February 24, 2023, 08:41:38 AM
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https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/MOD-RAM020276/Shamrock-NRoll
Curious what that blemish is from between the bridge and the pickup.
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https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/MOD-RAM020276/Shamrock-NRoll
Curious what that blemish is from between the bridge and the pickup.
That's the mod.
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That's the mod.
Sweet mod. I might see if a luthier can do that for me.
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Remember, the defect is why Gibson calls it a mod and charges more. That's the Gibson way.
Unlike Fender, who charges more for fake worn finishes
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Remember, the defect is why Gibson calls it a mod and charges more. That's the Gibson way.
That sorta explains the Firebird X - the whole damn guitar was a defect.
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Remember, the defect is why Gibson calls it a mod and charges more. That's the Gibson way.
Unlike Fender, who charges more for fake worn finishes
In this case they are actually discounting 100$. Then raise the question if you consider the Babicz bridge an upgrade or not? What I don't understand is why they they did'nt fill the wood defect before applying a solid finish.
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Love the color!
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Love the color!
Definitely nicer than Inverness, and would improve with a 5-ply black pickguard.
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Curious what that blemish is from between the bridge and the pickup.
I was thinking it may be light-reflection from the bridge...?
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In this case they are actually discounting 100$. Then raise the question if you consider the Babicz bridge an upgrade or not? What I don't understand is why they they did'nt fill the wood defect before applying a solid finish.
I didn't realize it was less. They're slipping. ;D
I was thinking it may be light-reflection from the bridge...?
I'm pretty sure it's a defect.
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Yes, they miss-drilled. Didn't care to fill to the hole before they sprayed the green metallic. Also did not even out the chipped off area at the right corner of the pickup ring.
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The Babicz bridge on that short-lived off the rack TBird they did a couple of years ago was perfectly fine - visually and functionally. You know how there are people in some parts of the world, who feel inexorably challenged by a three-point.
(https://watchmysign.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/zombie.gif)
For them, the Babicz bridge was a kind and gentle solution - a hardware affirmative action of sorts.
(https://topguitar.eu/storage/2015/04/Gibson-Thunderbird-2015.jpg)
Of course the traditionalists will scoff, but that was a really good, gentle modernization of the TBird, both as regards the bridge (there, I said it!) AND the Jim DeCola pups. Mine sounds great.
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Yes, they miss-drilled.
That's an unfortunate spelling, Rob, raising all kinds of mis(s)conceptions about penetrative force and non-consensual anal sex. Just sayin'.
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That's an unfortunate spelling, Rob, raising all kinds of mis(s)conceptions about penetrative force and non-consensual anal sex. Just sayin'.
You always come back to that in the end, don't you? ;D
https://youtu.be/ZiARvvemLlk
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You cunning linguist! Especially in the end I do
We had none of this before that train collector guy arrived on the scene. This was a good forum. But then he set those coupling rods of moral decay into merciless motion.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/4a/a4/ff4aa43c52cb408141c6d613f447f78a.gif)
Don't say "train collector"!
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You cunning linguist! Especially in the end I do
We had none of this before that train collector guy arrived on the scene. This was a good forum. But then he set those coupling rods of moral decay into merciless motion.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/4a/a4/ff4aa43c52cb408141c6d613f447f78a.gif)
Don't say "train collector"!
I was such a sweet thing until you all got a hold me, innocence of chrome and almost all things Thunderbird, much less Gibson.
What have I become.
(https://i.imgur.com/ctlREDQ.jpg)
my tastes are soooo refined now.
(https://i.imgur.com/ieR0yJI.jpg)
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"Coupling Rods of Moral Decay?"
That's either an unusual sex toy or a band name.
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That red dress is new, Mark! You said you were gonna cut back on your wardrobe spending. :-X
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That red dress is new, Mark! You said you were gonna cut back on your wardrobe spending. :-X
No, no, no! My hubby likes a nice dress on me, so actually I've been buying a few more dresses over the past year or so. My band image going forward is a "little" less goth and maybe a bit more glam, perhaps a slightly lower hemline on the dresses, I'll be 65 this year, can't prance around in a miniskirt forever.