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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: godofthunder on January 07, 2013, 10:23:32 AM
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Ok mainly to satisfy Dave I checked one of these out at the House of Guitars. Overall build quality is very good on par with my Worn SG bass. The bass is finished in a overall matte, I dig the mustard /ketchup bust on the two piece Ash body. My immediate impression was that of a Moserite with a fat long neck. The neck is one piece maple with a rosewood fingerboard. The pickups look like standard TB Plus housings but with eight large pole pieces each. The bass is tight and focused, none of the blur one associates with a Gibson. The bass suffers from EB4-itus. When you bend the strings past the pole pieces there is a noticeable drop in volume. This would be a deal breaker for me but if you don't bend notes you may never notice it. The bass is a bit neck heavy as the body is quite compact. Overall the bass is well built, has a lets say unique vibe and is priced reasonably. Not my cup of tea but it may be yours.
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The bass suffers from EB4-itus. When you bend the strings past the pole pieces there is a noticeable drop in volume.
Button-top Ric neck pickups do that too. You can use this unfortunate feature for a "tremolo" effect.
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Ouch, the older I get, the more I bend. I used to laugh about Billy Sheehan's constant vibrato on every note he plays, now I tend to do it myself ... :-\
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Ouch, the older I get, the more I bend. I used to laugh about Billy Sheehan's constant vibrato on every note he plays, now I tend to do it myself ... :-\
I'm doing it more as well. I think it is due to the round core and light gauge Hi Beams that I use. It took me a while to get used to the floppiness but I cannot go back to hex core strings. Even the lightest gauges feel too tight. :o
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Over the decades, my left hand touch has become stronger, my right hand one lighter!
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My left hand technique is rather clumsy................ :-X
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Never had a string bending problem with any of my fretless's...
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I had a chance to sneak downstairs and play for a while. First impressions: on a 2" cotton strap, there's a slight tilt. I wouldn't call it neck diving. I'm sure it's because the upper horn isn't as long as on a typical Fender-inspired design. The tip of the upper strap button is opposite the 14th fret; by comparison, on my MM SUB it falls about halfway between the 11th and 12th frets.
Unlike Scott, I did not hear any significant dropoff in volume when bending, even doing half-step bends with my left hand and really trying to pull the string off the poles with my right. Then again, I'm not a string bender, maybe it's just a matter of different technique.
The neck profile is comfortable and not too thick front to back. The sound, well, it's definitely not a T-bird but it's certainly no MM either, despite the MM look of the pickups. Not muddy at all, even with the neck pickup soloed. IMHO clearer and not as midrangy as a modern or Bicentennial 'bird, more fundamental, nice highs but not as crystal clear as one would expect of a Fender or MM. All in all a nice tone. I haven't pushed it hard so don't know how aggressive it can be.
Using the highly scientific method of weighing myself with and without the bass, it's about 8 1/2 lbs., compared with 10 lbs. for my poplar SUB, which is a slab body. As you can see, it really isn't compact, not much difference in the body sizes except for the upper horn. I'll take better pics with some daylight coming into the basement later
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/davepix/Basses/IMG_0206_zpsc07c3771.jpg)
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Sounds like they retained a Gibsonish tone, just a bit more modern. Which I guess makes sense, if you want an EBMM or Fender sound, buy one!
It does look more petite on pics than it can be judging by size comparison to the Sub.
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The shorter horn makes it look more compact. Other than that, it's actually larger than the SUB, which is a slab bodied Stingray. It's about an inch longer from the end of the fretboard to the butt end and about an inch wider measured at the lower bout and across at the treble side horn. Doesn't feel big, though.
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Has anybody played with the coil taps yet? I'd like to know how much of a difference they make switching from humbuckers to singles.
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Has anybody played with the coil taps yet? I'd like to know how much of a difference they make switching from humbuckers to singles.
Yes, I had a chance to play with it a lot longer today. I expected more of a single coil sound without any radical differences, and it was as I expected. Nothing out of the ordinary but it does give you quite a bit of tonal versatility, especially for a passive bass.
So far, my favorite combo is the neck pickup on coil tap with the bridge pickup in HB mode. The neck alone in SC mode is quite nice too, and low noise for a SC.
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A Gibson bass with variety?
Is nothing sacred?!
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That sounds like a pretty darn good bass.
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It is.
BTW, the coil tap positions are also rw/rp so they're fully hum-cancelling when they're both turned up. But even singly the noise is much lower than, say, a Tele. Must be well shielded.
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In case anyone is interested, the pickup dimensions are 3.7 in. x 1.7 in. No, I didn't use calipers, but that's very close. I don't know how that compares to TB Plus pickups.
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I like the guy, kinda Frankie goes to Hollywood meets Monty Python. Ken, I had no idea there was even one limey store with as many newish Gibson basses, commendable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psezobkVBLE
Brighton, as they say, obviously rocks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4-bh-YmbMQ&feature=player_embedded
This is hilarious;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nPgpkN4Tl_g
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You heard the man; the EB Bass is wicked.
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Yes, and the Grabber Tribute is "a fantastic bit of gear". 8)
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You heard the man; the EB Bass is wicked.
The last word in the vid:
Awesome.
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He doesn't begin to get anything out of that G-3...........
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... Ken, I had no idea there was even one limey store with as many newish Gibson basses, commendable!
Never knew of the existance of this one (Brighton is both "green" and "pink" these days) and I try and avoid gas if at all humanly possible... ;)
Their website had reference to a "Gibson" evening on the 28th...
Gibson Factory Experience (http://www.gak.co.uk/en/gibsonfactoryexperience)
I have to say that they have a pretty comprehensive stock of Bass's, imo... Got to say that I'd be tempted by that Epi pro T'bird at that price, but then I glanced in the general direction of the shed...
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Their website had reference to a "Gibson" evening on the 28th...
Gibson Factory Experience (http://www.gak.co.uk/en/gibsonfactoryexperience)
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Too bad it's already over. Uwe might have traveled there for it if he had known.
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He doesn't begin to get anything out of that G-3...........
No shit.
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Too bad it's already over. Uwe might have traveled there for it if he had known.
Are you kidding me into self-frustration?! They've done those roadshows in Germany too - it's always all guitars ... Any question about basses would raise eyebrows only and establish the nerd factor of the questioner. Nein danke.
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Are you kidding me into self-frustration?! They've done those roadshows in Germany too - it's always all guitars ... Any question about basses would raise eyebrows only and establish the nerd factor of the questioner. Nein danke.
Fact! Don't ever ask in a german GC for Gibson Basses. The employees don't know anything about them and start treat you like a leper. Last week I was calling a GC and asked them if they could ship a Thunderbird to me to check it out (but mind I had payed the full price first before they would send it to my home). They said that they don't ship the bass because it's a Gibson and they are extremly rare. I start laughing and hung up the phone. That guy made my day. ;D
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To be fair, Session Music in Frankfurt is reasonably stocked as regards Gibson basses, they have about half a dozen, a Novoselic RD, a reg Bird, a Nikki Sixx, a Non-Rev, an SG and they will be getting some Midnights, the EB and the ES-335 Basses too. Believe there to be an Oversize LP too. In part, of course, that has to do with me because they know they will always at least sell one specimen, but Marco, who heads the bass department, albeit a card-carrying Fenderista, holds the view "that you're not a real bass shop if you don't always have a Ric and a TBird on the rack as well - they're classics ...". The only thing that bugs me is that all the Gibson basses are out of reach in the rafters while the floor is populated by Fender, Warwick, Ibanez, Sandberg, what have you. Marco says: "The Gibsons just look cool up there and we want them to be seen!", but shouldn't they be played rather than just seen?
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Are you kidding me into self-frustration?! They've done those roadshows in Germany too - it's always all guitars ... Any question about basses would raise eyebrows only and establish the nerd factor of the questioner. Nein danke.
They do demos here too. Since this store seems to be the only one in the world with a full stock of Gibson basses, I figured that the Gibson promo would include basses. Maybe not.
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Ok the guys in Frakfurt got some. The only GC I know is session music in Hamburg and they've got betweenwhiles up to three Gibson basses in the shop. You have to be a extrem lucky guy to be in the right place at the right time to get one. Most of the shops got not even one of these instruments. Sorry I'm very disappointed by the german GC's. I don't ask for the full range of Gibson Basses to be displayed but a few of their classics should be in stock at every big GC.
I would answer Marco that this basses look great indeed but they sound even better. :mrgreen:
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Are people from Hamburg called Hamburgers and are people from Frankfurt called Frankfurters? Sorry, I couldn't help myself. :D
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You're not going to believe this but you're right! ;D
We call them "Hamburger", "Frankfurter" an the people from Vienna (Austria) are called "Wiener". Curious, ain't it?
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Remarkable. The W in Wiener is pronounced as a V. Wiener schnitzel is one of my faves too. They actually make it a lot in Israel where I've had some very good schnitzel. Usually chicken or veal and not pork though. I also like it mit rotkraut und don't forget the spaetzle. Prost! :toast:
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A schnitzel can be made from any meat, but a Wiener schnitzel is always made from veal.
Unless you're talking about the awful fast food chain Der Wienerschnitzel which was apparently named by someone who thought it was a hot dog (and didn't know that it should have been das and not der)
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Poor little baby cows. Anyone who eats veal should watch George Franju's mini documentary of the Paris Slaughterhouses in 1949. It's called Blood of the Beasts. It's a supplement to the Criterion release of the film Eyes Without A Face by the same director. I still enjoy veal on occasion, albeit with a somewhat guilty conscience.
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You're not going to believe this but you're right! ;D
We call them "Hamburger", "Frankfurter" an the people from Vienna (Austria) are called "Wiener". Curious, ain't it?
So is a Frankfurter with a full beer a Frank & Stein?
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Hamburg is former British Occupation Zone, so that means they had freedom of press early on, but little to eat and lack of goods.
Frankfurt is former American Occupation Zone, so no freedom of press until later, but lots of C.A.R.E. packages and early market freedom.
Which explains why we not only have more Gibson basses today but also why the US stadium rockers like Journey or BÖC would regularly tour Frankfurt, but not Hamburg - no GIs stationed there as guaranteed audience.
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Are people from Hamburg called Hamburgers and are people from Frankfurt called Frankfurters? Sorry, I couldn't help myself. :D
... and people from Phuket are called...?
I still think my favourite named place is the Pidley-cum-Fenton Social Club in Cambridgeshire... or mayber Upper and Lower Dicker in East Sussex...
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Let's not forget the two northern Iowa towns of Manly and Fertile, home of Manly men who marry Fertile women. Or vice versa.
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A favourite local place name of mine:
(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/45/89/2458905_f1e8c262.jpg)
original page: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2458905
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New Age Amazons!!!
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So Uwe did you order and EB Bass?
The look is starting to grow on me. i liked the black and tort guard one i saw on TB.
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It's a little out of the way but I've been here.
Named for a poetess from the isle of Lesbos........
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/Sappho_zps8ffd9153.jpg)
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So Uwe did you order and EB Bass?
The look is starting to grow on me. i liked the black and tort guard one i saw on TB.
Yes, the bass in my pic on page 1 of this thread belongs to Uwe, it's just wintering in Minnesota.
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So Uwe did you order and EB Bass?
John... that new guy in Rome... is he a Catholic or something...? ;)
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(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3133/2644530015_7c44694668_z.jpg?zz=1)
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It's a little out of the way but I've been here.
Named for a poetess from the isle of Lesbos........
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/Sappho_zps8ffd9153.jpg)
I have a (female) friend from there. She tried to be straight, she really did, but...
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... you drove her round the (banana) bend...? ;D
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I had a chance to sneak downstairs and play for a while. First impressions: on a 2" cotton strap, there's a slight tilt. I wouldn't call it neck diving. I'm sure it's because the upper horn isn't as long as on a typical Fender-inspired design. The tip of the upper strap button is opposite the 14th fret; by comparison, on my MM SUB it falls about halfway between the 11th and 12th frets.
Unlike Scott, I did not hear any significant dropoff in volume when bending, even doing half-step bends with my left hand and really trying to pull the string off the poles with my right. Then again, I'm not a string bender, maybe it's just a matter of different technique.
The neck profile is comfortable and not too thick front to back. The sound, well, it's definitely not a T-bird but it's certainly no MM either, despite the MM look of the pickups. Not muddy at all, even with the neck pickup soloed. IMHO clearer and not as midrangy as a modern or Bicentennial 'bird, more fundamental, nice highs but not as crystal clear as one would expect of a Fender or MM. All in all a nice tone. I haven't pushed it hard so don't know how aggressive it can be.
Using the highly scientific method of weighing myself with and without the bass, it's about 8 1/2 lbs., compared with 10 lbs. for my poplar SUB, which is a slab body. As you can see, it really isn't compact, not much difference in the body sizes except for the upper horn. I'll take better pics with some daylight coming into the basement later
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/davepix/Basses/IMG_0206_zpsc07c3771.jpg)
Ok, old thread.. But a guitar playing friend of mine just came by with a bass he bought ´to have a nice allround bass for home recording´. He looked at Fender P basses and the usual stuff, surprised me when he dug up a 2013 model EB bass.
I havent seen it in shops here yet (they had to order one from sweden last week, only 2 sunburst left in scandinavia??)
and really never thought of looking one up for testing. I only use shortscale basses now, but played a Grabber and a P bass for about 20 years before I fell in love with the shorties...
I´m not a ´reviewer´either, just thought I´d chip in and agree to the positive comments it got here.
I didn´t instantly get the feeling of a bass with a lot of personality, despite the corny looks, but when plugged in I did not want to put it down either. The set neck is nice, feels fine. It also had a decent (not perfect) factory setup.
Sloppy bridge (intonation) but a good low action on a dead straight neck.
I liked the sound of both pickups, single and together. I have to agree also on the neck pup - nice full sound but not muddy. All over, a very clean and focused tone at any setting. Missed a switch, and can´t say the splitting was a huge surprise tone wise, but I think my friend got himself a fine and somewhat versatile tool for recording.
Not tons of tone/personality, but a solid good quality Gibson, I´d say. Not bad for a new bass design!
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I've only seen one in a shop here, although they seem to be plentiful enough at the online stores in the US.
Maybe Uwe can give us an update now that he's had this one about nine months.
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Uwe can't really - he's been out of a job musicwise for quite some time (since late summer now) and is still looking for a band that needs a lead bassist. :mrgreen: And doesn't just cover. Yet does not only consist of 20 year-olds still trying to "make it big". Plus doesn't sing bad English lyrics. Nor does heavy metal, punk or grunge (that grunge audition was physically painful). Oh, and I don't like guitarists with drop-D tuning either. Riffs sound messy to me that way. If you play a riff, play it on the D and G string for
Christ's Blackmore's sake. All good riffs were played on the D and G string: Smoke on the Water, Burn, Man on the Silver Mountain, Long Live Rock'n'Roll, All Night Long, Knocking on your Backdoor. I have an accustomed ear, you know.
But I'm not that difficult at all, really. I'm just looking for an amateur band with professional quality control whose own music sounds like a mix of Tin Machine and Be-Bop Deluxe with a touch of Blue Öyster Cult and early Police. That should be easy to find. Oh, and they must want to play my own stuff besides their own compositions too and be willing to write jointly.
Serious applicants only please send an email.
Coming back to the EB ... I played both the 4- and the 5-string in extensive rehearsals some time back. Was first disappointed, then they grew on me, you can do something with those sounds. Liked the 5-string a bit better for whatever reason, I don't like 5-strings much in general. The narrow magnetic field of the pups is a major letdown for me, I'm Ariel Bender. But if you don't bend, you won't even notice it all the way from Memphis. Or Nashville.
In essence, the EB lacks a bit, no, lacks a lot of an axe-factor and the headturner element for me. I'm vain enough to want to impress people with the look of a bass even if I haven't played a note yet. Explorer basses are great that way. The EB is - no two ways about it - not an Explorer bass. At all. As unsexy as Gibson IV and V. That is pretty unsexy. Not even ugly and proud of it.
But I applaud that they attempted something different and were not content to masticate the same model over and over. And call it Rickenbacker 4003W or something. ;)
As I'm typing this, I'm listening to The Dictators' magnificent Steppin' Out. That wouldn't be a bad band to join either.
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I can totally see you replacing Andy Shernoff. ;)
The EB Bass is definitely not an Explorer, I'll grant you that. But I've never cared for the Explorer shape.
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But I'm not that difficult at all, really. I'm just looking for an amateur band with professional quality control whose own music sounds like a mix of Tin Machine and Be-Bop Deluxe with a touch of Blue Öyster Cult and early Police. That should be easy to find. Oh, and they must want to play my own stuff besides their own compositions too and be willing to write jointly.
I don't see anything wholly unreasonable there. Very few musicians know themselves or music well enough to be articulate enough to have a list like that. The fact that you do should be a plus to any true group of musicians even remotely likeminded. It ain't my cuppa tea, but that's what makes the world an interesting place. BTW, I'd figure that EB would be PERFECT for your list. Even though you'll never admit it, your Explorer days are behind you. ;)
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I've bought the 5 string a while ago. Been rehearsing with it for a few weeks now, and I must say I'm pretty impressed with this bass. Nice punchy, smooth midrangey sound. Don't know about the four string, but the neck on the fiver is flat, yet very wide. Eventhough you get kind of a flightdeckship-feel, it really plays very comfortably.
I think that in this pricerange, this might be one of the best fivers out there at the moment.
(http://i.imgur.com/6m8QdQRl.jpg)
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... But I'm not that difficult at all, really. I'm just looking for an amateur band with professional quality control whose own music sounds like a mix of Tin Machine and Be-Bop Deluxe with a touch of Blue Öyster Cult and early Police. That should be easy to find. Oh, and they must want to play my own stuff besides their own compositions too and be willing to write jointly...
Mein Gott...! a flock of blau-spotted schwein just flew over heading for London...!
Compromise is key or you'll have to enjoy playing with yourself... ;D
(I'm with you there... the singer I worked with in '09 is still playing small pubs, waiting to be discovered, as Jackie calls it... I was not interested in working with someone who was just the great "I Am...!" :rolleyes:)
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Basically, I want something urban and slightly quirky, but at the same time it shouldn't be afraid to be dumb and primal sometimes for emotional impact. Does that make sense?
And Dave, I'd naturally talk Andy Shernoff into playing keyboards again (as he did on Manifest Destiny, where Steppin' Out is from, Mark "Animal" Mendoza, who later on joined Twisted Sister - no relation to the other Mark Mendoza who played with Whitesnake and ThinLlizzy -, played bass on that album, Andy tinkled the ivories).
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The Dictators, sans Shernoff, are actually playing tonight at Bowery Electric in NYC. I'm not in the city this week or would be there. Saw them a bunch. Always a good time.
http://thedictatorsnyc.com
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Andy tinkled the ivories).
Hey! No tinkling on the Ivories!
You may tickle them ;D
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Now that The Captain and Tennille are divorcing, maybe Uwe can team up with Toni. I can see them now: Der Hauptmann and Tennille (with Uwe dressed appropriately).
Meanwhile, The Captain ought to team up with Maggie MacNeal.
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I think it's Der Gruppenfuhrer Dave ;D
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Hauptmann Hornung, mit ze peaked cap, ze crispen lapel jacket und ze shiny Jackboots, ja...? :o
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I feel myself pigeon-holed here. :-\
And then ... the unspeakable, excruciating cruelty of comments such as this one:
"Even though you'll never admit it, your Explorer days are behind you."
I'm a Veteran of a Thousand Psycho Bass Guys, all my scars are on the inside ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1O8SmGeXg
That Metallica clip is living proof for what I have always said: Ever since Hetfield learned to sing (a bit) he is a dead ringer for Eric Bloom.
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[Igor] A modicum of solace, Masster... [/Igor]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUoonllfMxk
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I think it's Der Gruppenfuhrer Dave ;D
That'll work too. As long as he doesn't have to tinkle the ivories.
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i dig the look of the EB bass, but like the newer Rippers, what's up with non painted necks?
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That'll work too. As long as he doesn't have to tinkle the ivories.
You believe there truly is a market out there for an S&M fetish reworking of "Die Liebe hält uns zusammen!!!" (Love will keep us together) with me attired in an SS-Gruppenführer uniform, Rammstein doing the background vocals and Gwyneth Scarlett Johansson being mein Fräulein Tännille? I like how you think. It's an enticing proposition ...
(http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2008_The_Spirit/big/fhd008SPT_Scarlett_Johansson_009.jpg)
Speaking of the real thing, man was that synth bass busy!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjloX_EvYiI
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That was gooey back then......................Still is! :-*
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That Metallica clip is living proof for what I have always said: Ever since Hetfield learned to sing (a bit) he is a dead ringer for Eric Bloom.
He learned to sing? I could swear he just learned to whine in (sorta) key.
...and in my defense, you haven't mentioned your spalted Explorer in quite awhile.
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In vital late-breaking breaking musical industry news, it has just been reported that The Captain and Tennille are divorcing after 38 years of marriage. :-[
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In vital late-breaking breaking musical industry news, it has just been reported that The Captain and Tennille are divorcing after 38 years of marriage. :-[
You're late to the party, Al. That's the whole reason I brought up an Uwe/Tennille duo on the previous page. ;D
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Is there any truth in the rumour that Colorado has its own time zone...?
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You're late to the party, Al. That's the whole reason I brought up an Uwe/Tennille duo on the previous page. ;D
Missed it by THAT much!
(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/Batthan/Ethan%20The%20Chain%20of%20the%20Past/MaxwellSmartakaAgent86.jpg)
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You're late to the party, Al. That's the whole reason I brought up an Uwe/Tennille duo on the previous page. ;D
Hmmmm.........................Al, are you taking advantage of certain Colorado legislation :o
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Hmmmm.........................Al, are you taking advantage of certain Colorado legislation :o
Sorry it took me a while to answer....had to finish my nachos.
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Littering annnd... littering annnddd.....
(nsfw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PKtGnyGuKM
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I'm freakin' out, maaaaaan!
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/Capture_zps9f07474d.jpg)
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That was gooey back then......................Still is! :-*
Pah, I liked it, gooey or not. I have a gooey side you know. And this was in a similar vein and I liked it too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op0upKxdvLs
I dig keyboard sounds and rhythms like that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWdcZqG02Ls
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He learned to sing? I could swear he just learned to whine in (sorta) key.
...and in my defense, you haven't mentioned your spalted Explorer in quite awhile.
True, but your typical Metallica fan doesn't demand more!
How you rub it in ... :mrgreen: but just for you I'm taking the spalted one to my next audition, hah!
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Tin Machine
There's a band I'm stoked to see mentioned! Good stuff Uwe. :)
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I think Bowie did some of his best work with them. Vastly underrated and probably the best rhythm section I have seen - ever. The Sales brothers were telepathic and played the weirdest signature and tempo-leaving breaks I've ever heard. But in perfect sibling harmony! Of course almost all the audience expected a David Bowie concert and were disappointed.
I thought I was the only guy on earth who ever liked Tin Machine!
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You're not entirely alone, Sir... ;)
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i too liked Tin Machine, though i haven't listened to them in like 20 years
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Same here... hmm, maybe time to dip the toe in again...
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Dipping...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI5hrwnaTkk
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Big fan here. I remember taping these clips on my VCR 20 years ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gydsaQt9j7I
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Très cool, love those suits, what a fashion statement! It was rock music with an edge, but very urban, I liked that combination, have been looking for it ever since, but whenever people ask me what music I would like to play and I say "Tin Machine type", then I either get blank faces or a surprised "not very many people will want to listen to it then!" :mrgreen:.
I loved them for the Yardbird'ish riff of that song alone ... plus David still had his original (all over the place) teeth, never liked how those implants changed his smile ... And the music is Progish in parts and really testing the limits, but always coming back to a good tune and riff. Never mind the adorable rhythm section work of Hunt and Tony Sales. Some of the off-the-wall intensity of The Doors come to mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pV3rfyTFM
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I think of it like Neil Young's "ditch" era, or maybe the Geffen one, with him (DB) playing smaller venues and looking like he's enjoying playing live again... doing what he wants to do, and not what the manager expected of him...