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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2020, 09:09:32 AM »
I bought my beloved Les Paul Bass at De Plug.
I had seen it advertised on their website. But when I came to the store to check it out Peter had no clue where at was. He walked to a different store that was around the corner and after about twenty minutes of looking everywhere he eventually found it in the cleaning closet where the brooms and buckets were kept.
It had only three strings and one of the two pickups was dead...

Had to take it home for some TLC 8)
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2020, 03:42:21 AM »
A cleaning closet is the only right place for muddy, neck diving, short scale, neck breaking Gibson basses.
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2020, 06:48:18 AM »
Quote from: Chris P. on August 21, 2020, 03:42:21 AM
A cleaning closet is the only right place for muddy, neck diving, short scale, neck breaking Gibson basses.

 :mrgreen:

My Gibsons don't neck dive.  :P
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2020, 06:59:14 AM »
Quote from: Chris P. on August 21, 2020, 03:42:21 AM
A cleaning closet is the only right place for muddy, neck diving, short scale, neck breaking Gibson basses.
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2020, 08:25:12 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on August 21, 2020, 06:48:18 AM
:mrgreen:

My Gibsons don't neck dive.  :P

You can borrow my EB-0L any time you need some quality Gibson neck dive.
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2020, 02:54:00 PM »
My '64 EB-0 has had a neck break, but it has inferior neck dive and stays put. I'm OK with that!  8)
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2020, 03:42:35 PM »
Yes, without the headstock, neckdive is over!
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2020, 06:18:14 PM »
Quote from: Chris P. on August 21, 2020, 03:42:35 PM
Yes, without the headstock, neckdive is over!
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2020, 09:23:42 PM »
Quote from: ilan on August 21, 2020, 08:25:12 AM
You can borrow my EB-0L any time you need some quality Gibson neck dive.

That's one of the reasons I sold mine.

My EB-0 and my SG (guitar) balance perfectly. Except for the EB-0L, my past ones did too.
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2020, 05:48:16 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on August 21, 2020, 09:23:42 PM
That's one of the reasons I sold mine.

My EB-0 and my SG (guitar) balance perfectly. Except for the EB-0L, my past ones did too.

60s EB0s/3s, with the much thinner/lighter body, don't dive per se, but balance in a very precarious way., like they"re ledge walkers contemplating suicide.  Like a slight breeze and down they go.  Moving the strap button from the neck joint to to top horn could take care of it, if you don't mind doing that.  I have found 70s ones to be much heavier and not so, the shorties anyway.

I always feel better with a heavy axe - LPs are great that way; you know they're not gonna dive or move at all really if you let go to fiddle with something.  My EB3 will almost float away.

Loving that Yammie, Morrow!  There's been a few at Paul's lately, and I been tempted myself, but they weren't the ones I was most interested in (mostly pickup config).... and also it's really not in the budget/anywhere close to the top of the gear priority list.  I did recently get an RNDI tho - those things are great.

S'up dudes.
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2020, 10:16:29 AM »
What is a RNDI ? Is that the Neve direct box ?
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2020, 11:37:09 AM »
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Quote from: uwe on April 17, 2014, 02:19:20 PM
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2020, 09:15:40 PM »
Quote from: Granny Gremlin on August 23, 2020, 05:48:16 AM
60s EB0s/3s, with the much thinner/lighter body, don't dive per se, but balance in a very precarious way., like their ledge walkers contemplating suicide.  Like a slight breeze and down they go.  Moving the strap button from the neck joint to to top horn could take care of it, if you don't mind doing that.  I have found 70s ones to be much heavier and not so, the shorties anyway.

I always feel better with a heavy axe - LPs are great that way; you know they're not gonna dive or move at all really if you let go to fiddle with something.  My EB3 will almost float away.

Loving that Yammie, Morrow!  There's been a few at Paul's lately, and I been tempted myself, but they weren't the ones I was most interested in (mostly pickup config).... and also it's really not in the budget/anyhere close to the top of the gear priority list.  I did recently get an RNDI tho - those things are great.

S'up dudes.

My 64 EB-0L didn't neck dive at all.

My LP Studio guitar was okay standing up but playing sitting down, it was an immediate diver. Not neck heavy, of course, it was always about the balance point when resting on the leg.
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #28 on: August 23, 2020, 10:42:04 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on August 21, 2020, 09:23:42 PM
That's one of the reasons I sold mine.

My EB-0 and my SG (guitar) balance perfectly. Except for the EB-0L, my past ones did too.

Quote from: Dave W on August 23, 2020, 09:15:40 PM
My 64 EB-0L didn't neck dive at all.

Wait... did it or didn't it?
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Re: Yamaha Samurai
« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2020, 05:23:23 PM »
Quote from: Granny Gremlin on August 23, 2020, 11:37:09 AM
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I mostly play in mid sized bars in Halifax , and frequently am not going into the board . So I've got to fill the room (and lug the stuff around)
Mostly playing blues and roots stuff , double on upright and electric . Not super loud .
Rarely use the line out on my amp , never carry a DI .
Looking at that new Mesa amp though , despite being already pretty much amped up .
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