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Gibson Basses / Re: My old Les Paul Sig
« on: July 21, 2018, 12:39:34 PM »
Welcome back Dennis! I reme,ber when you went hunting for a pickup for that bass. Ended up with a Grabber pickup IIRC.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature RD basses
« on: July 16, 2018, 01:09:15 AM »
RD's have been featured in the Fat-Bottom Girls video thread:
http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=6622.msg118345#msg118345
Nothing wrong with its own dedicated thread though.
http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=6622.msg118345#msg118345
Nothing wrong with its own dedicated thread though.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Years later I find this article🦂
« on: July 15, 2018, 03:53:13 PM »
Yes, a really nice story. I've always liked the Nighthawk design, especially the 3 pickup Custom version.
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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Generation Gap
« on: July 14, 2018, 03:52:00 AM »When I bought my first tube amp in 92 or 93, It was Trace Elliot and Hartke or nothing for most of the local bass players.
Peavey combo's for beginners. Not much tube amp love for bass players back then.
That's how I remember things as well in the early 90's around the time I started playing bass. Trace Elliot was THE bass amp at the time. Most multi-gig backlines had Trace-rigs and most bassplayers aimed for owning one. I never got on with them, I preferred Peavey heads. Acoustics were cheap and considered beginners amps. Tube amps for bass were generally said to be outdated heavy, power lacking and unreliable, while at the same time as a guitarplayer you'd have to have a tube amp.
When I think about it though regarding tube amps I remember Mesa 400 being semi accepted. It all seemed to change towards the end of the 90's. Ampegs started to make a comeback on the scene along with Sunn, Orange, Hiwatt, Peavey. All of a sudden in the '00s just about every brand had bass tube amp offerings. Probably had a lot to do with earlier mentioned regained tube supplies on the western market.
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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: July 09, 2018, 02:25:42 PM »
Nice to hear you like it.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Henry steps in it again
« on: July 08, 2018, 03:45:59 PM »The SG-Z's pickups had almost no fundamental. They looked like TB+ but weren't. Really beautiful bass and balanced well (at least the one I tried). Shame about the crappy tone, though.Agreed. I've put a push/pull pot in mine for both humbuckers in series, enabling a ridiculous amount of pickup switching optons. That works to get more oompf. No subwoofing lows but enough to make it sound like a good bass to me at least. The strap has been located under the upper horn (by a previous owner) and it balances really well.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Henry steps in it again
« on: July 06, 2018, 12:02:00 AM »
Unfortunately there's too small of a demand for longscale Gibson SG-shaped basses. The SG-Z was no blockbuster.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Stockholm
« on: July 04, 2018, 04:09:16 AM »
Sweden vs England should be a good one. All y'all here from those countries here should start working on your trash talking.
I guess Alanko and me would be trashing each other then. I'm just glad Sweden has come that far. They have'nt reached the quarter finals since 1994 in U.S.A where they grabbed the bronze medal.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Stockholm
« on: July 01, 2018, 11:07:39 PM »
AFAIK there are no dedicated bass only stores in Stockholm. On Södermalm there are some music stores though if you have a couple of hours to spare:
Twang (musicstore/café): https://www.facebook.com/twangstockholm/
Halkan's (been around for at least 40 years): http://www.halkans.com/
Hellstones (close to Halkan): http://www.hellstonemusic.se/
These Go To 11 (lots of pedals):https://tgt11.com/our-shop.html?submenu_id=-1
4Sound (musicstore chain):https://www.4sound.se/sthlm-soder
Tip Top (Nice city/water view in this area): http://www.tiptop.se/
Twang (musicstore/café): https://www.facebook.com/twangstockholm/
Halkan's (been around for at least 40 years): http://www.halkans.com/
Hellstones (close to Halkan): http://www.hellstonemusic.se/
These Go To 11 (lots of pedals):https://tgt11.com/our-shop.html?submenu_id=-1
4Sound (musicstore chain):https://www.4sound.se/sthlm-soder
Tip Top (Nice city/water view in this area): http://www.tiptop.se/
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Gibson Basses / Re: Pelham Blue '86 Thunderbird II
« on: June 21, 2018, 10:36:43 AM »
Nice! Makes me wonder how many of these we've seen? IIRC there has been another cream/yellow/white apart from George's old one (now Uwe's), but that's it for me.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hey y'all
« on: June 19, 2018, 05:19:22 PM »
Hi again Gary! Nice to see you're back and that life is treating you better.
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Guitars Etc. / Re: Fender makes a move
« on: June 19, 2018, 12:28:56 PM »
Well yeah, and this:
“We listened very intently to what our customers told us we need to do,” Mooney said, “and their preferences do change over time.”
“We listened very intently to what our customers told us we need to do,” Mooney said, “and their preferences do change over time.”
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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 16, 2018, 12:16:43 PM »
I have a Peavey VB2 and it sure is a different beast compared to the DR201 and AD200B. I'm not sure I'd say it has a guitar amp sound. I'd rather say it has it's own sound which you can't really dial away. It can sound quite close to an Ampeg SVT but it will never be like the forementioned british amps, which let the bass guitars do their thing without putting a rug over them so to speak. Probably the Reeves with the Hiwatt heritage will do the same. I'm pretty sure you'll be satisfied once it arrives.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1958 EB-1?????
« on: June 16, 2018, 09:59:51 AM »
I actually thought that if it was to make a comeback it would have had a revised description. 