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Re: More mod collection basses. Tbirds too
« Reply #120 on: October 07, 2022, 12:37:32 PM »
That Trini is a beauty, too bad there won't be an EB-650 version.

Much as I rate the EB-650 as the best hollow-body bass ever made (by any company), I was never madly in love with those Trini Lopez 'mirrored triangle'-look holes. But it doesn't do the sound any harm and is at least different.
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« Reply #121 on: October 07, 2022, 10:47:05 PM »
Much as I rate the EB-650 as the best hollow-body bass ever made (by any company), I was never madly in love with those Trini Lopez 'mirrored triangle'-look holes. But it doesn't do the sound any harm and is at least different.

At least they made it look distinct from other semihollow and hollow bodies.
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« Reply #122 on: October 12, 2022, 10:12:59 AM »
No basses this week. Just more LPs, SGs and 335s in questionable refins.

This one, I don't know what to think. 3TS over gold top and dark back... this is wrong on so many levels.



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« Reply #123 on: October 12, 2022, 11:01:57 PM »
That doesn't look right. But it does have P90s, which is a plus.

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Re: More mod collection basses. Tbirds too
« Reply #124 on: October 13, 2022, 12:37:50 AM »
I don't see the problem. I think it's pretty.

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« Reply #125 on: October 13, 2022, 08:23:51 AM »
Did you rent out your guide dog, Rob?



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« Reply #126 on: October 13, 2022, 09:11:08 AM »
I like them. They go well with the binding and ring around the toggle.

And I like the idea of a goldtop as a basis for a burst. Gives it a nice depth.

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« Reply #127 on: October 13, 2022, 03:03:06 PM »
We really pulled you out by it this time, Carlston, didn't we?  :mrgreen:

   

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« Reply #128 on: October 14, 2022, 07:14:20 AM »
And I like the idea of a goldtop as a basis for a burst. Gives it a nice depth.

I think it's a pretty cool finish too, but I'd like to see it with full-size 'buckers.

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Re: More mod collection basses. Tbirds too
« Reply #129 on: October 15, 2022, 03:59:43 PM »
No basses this week. Just more LPs, SGs and 335s in questionable refins.

This one, I don't know what to think. 3TS over gold top and dark back... this is wrong on so many levels.



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Re: More mod collection basses. Tbirds too
« Reply #130 on: October 15, 2022, 06:26:30 PM »
Me either.  Looks attractive to me.
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« Reply #131 on: October 15, 2022, 06:33:40 PM »
My only complaint is that the burst doesn't cover the whole front.  I'm not a fan of that sort of teardrop burst.

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« Reply #132 on: October 16, 2022, 11:08:26 PM »
Fender-type tricolor sunburst combined with Gibson's awful and mostly discontinued teardrop shape sunburst. The worst of both worlds.

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« Reply #133 on: October 17, 2022, 07:13:41 AM »
Thanks for holding fast, Dave!

Just terrible. It takes a lot to ruin a Les Paul look, but these guys unwittingly wrote the handbook.
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« Reply #134 on: October 17, 2022, 05:18:53 PM »

 I kinda like it, but guitars and I don't really get on that well.  :-*
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