The Last Bass Outpost

....... and the Yeller ......




..... murdered with a black    Hipshot ....

So Clouseau will be ambushed again after all these years ! The scenes with Cato where the highlights of the old Pather movies for me. RIP Cateau !

I have never sold any of my bass and this in my 36th! She is the oldest of my herd and the most fascinating

Drat ! 

I've modded my Bach with a chinese 9.2K TB-PUP.

Where I usually blend PUP outputs I never used that option on this bass with the black bridge PUP because I felt it dulled the sound of the single-coil P-PUP. As expected, the TB-PUP adds a magnificent sparkle to the P-PUP. 

Also decided to mount a PUP-cover so I can use 2 thumb-rest positions ( 2nd on the TB-PUP ) for different sounds. That the chrome combines beautifully in the looks dept. is an added bonus 

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Of all the "Upgrade" bridges available for the 3 point I find the Babicz to be the least offensive looking

I agree. It's not as overpowering a presence as the Hipshot.

AFAIK the headstock size in 2015 is not smaller. My 2014 was replaced by Gibson with a 2015 so I had no chance to compare them side by side.

Well Dave,

You ol' grumpster , I was comparing to the ol' 2005 model ( and both of my 2007 Supreme's ). Never had the pleasure to meet a 2014 model face to face ...... 

Gibson seems to be dumping the 2015 model on the European market. Thomann and Music Store ( both German - jawohl Herr Direktor ! - superstores ) offer it for under EUR 900 which came in pretty handy for me because I just sold my troubled 2005 model ( remember my last years cracked neck post ? )

It was delivered yesterday and one of the first things that got my eye is the somewhat smaller headstock. Gibson's next bid in reducing neck-dive ?   

The Babicz ( pronouced: ba-bitch ?    ) bridge and I got it off instantly, though I have to reserve judgement to its changing the sound of the original product. As much as I hate tuning up the 3-point, its sound really works for me on the SG and I never even considered getting a Hipshot replacement. Having said that I have to admit the Babicz's got me curious and was one of the reasons that made me decide to get this bass ..... 

Records Are Like Life has got Rich Schlosser on drums and Andy on (almost) all other instruments and vocals . As a result the album sounds much more intimate than its successor.

If you like his songs you'll love it. It's got the same multi-tracker charm as Emmitt Rhodes' 1st Dunhill album and Curt Boettcher's There's An Innocent face.

I didn't pay much mind to the remaster notice because the "story" with the album on their site is an edited version of the liner notes on my CD's booklet. But the catalogue number is different from the CD I've got ......... whereas the catalogue number for Records Are Like Life still is the same .........  so I guess they've got a remaster coming.