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The Bass Zone / Re: Jacques
« on: July 28, 2022, 06:34:51 AM »
I'm at 15 too, it's a good number. Got there after I sold my P.
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Gibson Basses / Re: SG
« on: July 28, 2022, 02:10:14 AM »Don't let him🙂 It's a wonderful experience once you dare try it out
I've been thinking about getting an EB-3..............You're killin' it for me.
. Can't see why tinkering with the electronics is unholy either, I'm sure T bird owners have a specific pickup they like. Or dare I say, even replace the bridge?And as for P basses out of box; I recently sold my '74 ash boatanchor after realizing that any new squier P sounded and played better. I thought for years that it was just weight and playability that made me lose interest, until I installed the original pickups in a china P and they suddenly sounded good. On the other hand, any pre '72 EB' s I have had have been in the same ballpark tone wise. It does have a lot of character, but you easily fall in love with it. At least I did🙂. I don't need a lot of ponies either, the one I have sounds great!
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Down Time...
« on: July 28, 2022, 01:29:50 AM »
Never had a videogame as a kid, never even owned a C64.
My dad brought home a dodgy atari from the pub once, but it hardly ever worked.
I did hunt down a NES console with the 'Kid Icarus' game, as I had fond memories of playing it at my friends place in the late 80's.
It winds down to a couple of hours playtime every two or three years, so I can't say I'm obsessive about it.
My dad brought home a dodgy atari from the pub once, but it hardly ever worked.
I did hunt down a NES console with the 'Kid Icarus' game, as I had fond memories of playing it at my friends place in the late 80's.
It winds down to a couple of hours playtime every two or three years, so I can't say I'm obsessive about it.
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Gibson Basses / Re: SG
« on: July 26, 2022, 10:05:07 PM »The pre-'72 EB-0/3 is a wonderful bass that shines once you swapt the mud for a good single coil.Pre' 72 EB basses are wonderful. They do need electronics tweaking to sound great. Single coil works, shorting out one of the mud coils work too. I like to wind down the mudbucker and wind a hotter bridge humbucker. Ditch the vari tone and you're ready to go, great sounding and just wonderful playing instruments that weighs practically nothing.
SG's are fine basses too, by all means - but very different except the body shape.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« on: July 26, 2022, 12:14:25 AM »When Steve Swallow switched from upright to BG he also went with an EB2D. He said in an old interview that he felt weird with a solid body bass.
He got a nice sound out of it too. Didn't he put a mudbucker in bridge position?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« on: July 23, 2022, 06:16:10 AM »
If Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy was recorded with an EB-0, then it's the best use of an EB-0 I've heard. But on another interview he said, "Before the Alembic I was playing a Gibson EB-0, and it’s a nasty-sounding bass. It looked like a Chet Atkins guitar." Huh? Maybe he had an EB-2 or an EB-2D? I've never seen a picture of him with a Gibson (other than one with a black G3).
This calls for investigation
I believe I read about the EB-2 in a Turner interview.
In a bass player column or something.
Maybe I have to dig out those RTF albums too!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« on: July 23, 2022, 12:42:23 AM »I've never heard a Stanley Clarke bass tone that has approached pleasing.Didn't he use an EB-2 on the first RTF album?
I must admit though, the only RTF albums to get my attention was no mystery and hymn of the 7th galaxy.
I spent a few hours learning the title cut of the latter back in the day, so I guess he was some kind of early influence - but I admit that his tone was not really spongeworthy.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: This returnee picks up the bass again
« on: July 16, 2022, 01:07:22 AM »I'm enjoying figuring out the bass lines of Neil Murray.
I've always been kind of a "meat and potatoes" bass player. So some of the songs are a bit of a challenge.
But I guess one is never too old to learn
I'm still in a WS coverband, never thought it would last long. Truth is, if it weren't for Murrays bass lines I'd be bored to death🙂
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Fender Basses / Re: 1985 Fender Performer Bass Candy Green on eBay
« on: July 04, 2022, 10:01:41 PM »I like it, including the color. Sounds like it would be a nice neck to play. But that video clip sounds awful, at least on my laptop.
Evidently the sound of the 80's is rampant pick noise with a bit of pick-on-roundwound abrasive sliding added.
I did make a recording for reference of the one I had in. But it sounded thin on any amp.
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Fender Basses / Re: 1985 Fender Performer Bass Candy Green on eBay
« on: July 03, 2022, 02:02:15 AM »
I always thought these were so ugly they were cool
So I was delighted when I had one in for service a cople of years ago. The neck is just silly pencil thin!
So I was delighted when I had one in for service a cople of years ago. The neck is just silly pencil thin!
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: June 12, 2022, 12:49:36 AM »
Damn!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Mod Collection SG Bass w/TB pickups in mid+bridge
« on: June 10, 2022, 11:28:44 PM »
Necks, neck joints and bodies/bevels before '66 is my EB/SG favourite. Glad I stocked up on them before prices went up too much. I have played a couple of new ones, but they are so different in feel/sound that it's hard to compare them. Maybe weight is the first thing that grabs you, but there are so many body details that differ too. Maybe it's the nut width that is most important. When I bought GOT's SB300 a few years back, I really liked that it was different - but it's hard to imagine it was built by the same company that built the mud mid 60's EB basses. It's from another planet!
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Gibson Basses / Re: EB-0 wiring question
« on: May 24, 2022, 09:54:23 PM »
It's perfectly simple:
Rickenbacker: remove stuff that cuts bass
Gibson: remove stuff that cuts treble
Fender: remove
Rickenbacker: remove stuff that cuts bass
Gibson: remove stuff that cuts treble
Fender: remove
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Making a pickup route deeper
« on: May 23, 2022, 09:48:56 PM »
Dremel + router kit (if this is a one off job, a $10 chinese dremel would do the job). Of course, the easiest would be to wind a pickup that fits🙂