Nice price on Les Paul Bass at Bass NW

[OldManC]

That link shows the exact hue I remember. Gibson did a run of Firebirds a few years ago that were much closer to the real thing than anything I've ever seen that was called 'TV Yellow" or whatever:

[Barklessdog]

The white wash over mahogany gives it a pinkish, mauve tone.

[Highlander]

Yep, that's quite similar to my draws...

[Psycho Bass Guy]

Keep it under IRE 100 or you'll glow.

[OldManC]

Keep it under IRE 100 or you'll glow.

Watch those scopes!

[uwe]

Before Fräulein Rommel cropped up here nobody even knew what mauve was. We're slowly but surely being feminized!

[Highlander]

The Mauve were Broommies...

(international translation from "Brummy", an unusual Middle England dialect, relates the above to a Birmingham based 1960's hip beat combo that split and formed other 1970's hip beat combos...)

[PhilT]

The Mauve were Broommies...

(international translation from "Brummy", an unusual Middle England dialect, relates the above to a Birmingham based 1960's hip beat combo that split and formed other 1970's hip beat combos...)

It's a shame no one from "The Mauve" ended up in Deep Purple.

[uwe]

Well, good old Bev Bevan came at least close by playing with Ian Gillan in the band of two fellow brummies ...

[TBird1958]

 I got your Sabbath bootleg right here!

The girls and myself from a recent show ( the person that shot this doesn't care for me too much so I'm barely in the vid ) in downtown Seattle, bootleg quality with a candid of a friend at the end of it 

 

[uwe]

At 1.51: Geezer Butler never looked better. Or cleaner-shaven.

[OldManC]

Ah, Charlotte the harlot!

[PhilT]

 I got your Sabbath bootleg right here!

The girls and myself from a recent show ( the person that shot this doesn't care for me too much so I'm barely in the vid ) in downtown Seattle, bootleg quality with a candid of a friend at the end of it 

I enjoyed that ... then I followed one of the other "Nasty Habits" links that came up. No Tbird playing drag queens here, can't you sue them or something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdRGz8hfZXI&feature=player_embedded#

[drbassman]

From the Reranch refinishing web site:  TV Yellow was developed by Gibson in the early '50s to allow a "white" guitar to be played under the intense light required for black and white TV without the color overpowering the camera. The color is opaque but still shows the grain. It will display this magic only on an open grained wood. The color works best on mahogany. See the TV Yellow page for more information.

[uwe]

Oh-oh. This will lead to further discussion, no doubt. Where is the Texas Lone Ranger when you expect him?