The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Outpost Cafe => Topic started by: lowend1 on January 22, 2017, 02:19:34 PM
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Ian Hunter tweeted about a half hour ago. :-(
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Wow. His Wikipedia page says throat cancer.
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Wow. His Wikipedia page says throat cancer.
They must have just updated it - they didn't even have a date of death earlier.
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Sad news. I absolutely wore out The Hoople record when I was a kid.
Born Late '58 will always be a favorite.
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RIP. And so we begin another year of watching our musical idols pass on. I was a huge Mott the Hoople fan, following them all the way through Mott and then The British Lions.
Mott the Hoople was one of the best concerts I ever saw, although one of the shortest. That band, to me, was a prime example of the collective being far greater than the individuals.
My love of the Thunderbird came by way of Martin Turner, who got his Thunderbird from Overend Watts.
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Ouch. Over-knee-boots on men will never be the same again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MyJHh451Y4
I have strong doubts whether 2017 will be any better than 2016 as regards permanent absences of our heroes of adolescence. :-\
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My love of the Thunderbird came by way of Martin Turner, who got his Thunderbird from Overend Watts.
Same here.
Sad news indeed.
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rip... :sad:
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Overend and Arthur Kane were the main inspiration for me to ever pick up a Thunderbird bass. RIP. :sad:
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Same taste for boots too! Along with Michael Schenker.
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Very sad news indeed. I wore out copy after copy of Mott The Hoople Live, still one of my favorite records.
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RIP Overend.
The big boots and seemingly enormous Thunderbird were a huge influence on me - Thank you!
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When did you put the checked pickguard on the white t bird?Looks good.
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A belated Ridgemont High tribute, no doubt.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2NHZukTYg
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When did you put the checked pickguard on the white t bird?Looks good.
That was a quickie! It's just some checked tape that I carefully lined up on it.
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Thanks Pete for everything!
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That was a quickie! It's just some checked tape that I carefully lined up on it.
Always going for the quickie... :o
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Always going for the quickie... :o
Do it left handed, it feels like somebody else! :-*
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RIP Pete "Overend".
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Youtube recommended this video to me yesterday, which I duly spent some time watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAUNmqd8u5A&ab_channel=LennonLuthier%26GuitarFinagler
Not a bass I think Pete was known for playing, but an interesting modding platform.
Mention of the bass being bought at auction got me curious, so I've had a go at hunting out the auction. I found one auction, though this white bass isn't included.
https://www.guitar-auctions.co.uk/sale/2/the-guitar-sale---including-the-pete-overend-watts-%26-huw-lloyd-langton-collections (https://www.guitar-auctions.co.uk/sale/2/the-guitar-sale---including-the-pete-overend-watts-%26-huw-lloyd-langton-collections)
Quite an odd collection of guitars. Nothing especially valuable, but an interesting snapshot of the other instruments, especially budget and copy guitars that were available in the UK throughout the decades.
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But he's rubbed off all of Overend 's holy DNA! I hope he has at least collected it in a vial for future reverence.
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:o Almost all of them sold way too cheap!
Guess Overend didn't have them appraised by a connaisseur, before he left this world?
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The prices are baffling. The estate took a bath on quite a few instruments.
Interestingly I didn't see any Thunderbirds or exotic stage instruments Pete used. There was one naff Vox bass with a built in speaker that was apparently used in 2013 for a MtH reunion. I guess the really good stuff was retained by the family or already sold on?