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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #75 on: March 08, 2011, 08:30:57 AM »
Quote from: Chris P. on March 08, 2011, 04:24:46 AM
I like the pick guard. It reminds me a bit of those Melody Maker guitars, on which the pick guard and pickup surroundings are one piece..

..... so in a roundabout way you're saying it looks like a cheap-ass budget release right ?  :mrgreen:
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #76 on: March 08, 2011, 08:33:58 AM »
It is a budget model, I don't think it intends to be anything else with the cheap fin. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

The pg added in afterthought strikes me as a mistaken attempt to upgrade the looks somewhat, but I in fact preferred the puristic look of the NAMM model without any pg.
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #77 on: March 08, 2011, 08:41:04 AM »
So he nailed it !  ;)  That's probably why Chris is reviewing bass guitars in magazines and I'm not ...  ;D

But seriously...... I'm just looking for reasons not to buy one knowing full well I will sometime in future .... But for now I'm in denial and I don't like the headstock, the tuners, the finish. the bridge, the flat body ....  :mrgreen:
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #78 on: March 08, 2011, 08:53:26 AM »
;D I love Melody Makers, btw. And I laughed hard about Nasty Hobits:D
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #79 on: March 08, 2011, 10:23:38 AM »
What's up with the crooked knobs on these things?  :-\ Pickguard.... eh... Not great to my eyes. I'll never buy one, so I should probably just shut up.  ;D
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #80 on: March 08, 2011, 10:37:16 AM »
Quote from: gearHed289 on March 08, 2011, 10:23:38 AM
What's up with the crooked knobs on these things? 

Looks the same as the SG pot placement. They probably wanted to save having to reprogram a machine somewhere.
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« Reply #81 on: March 08, 2011, 10:44:30 AM »
I think the euphemism for "crooked" is "circular for better ergonomics", meine Herren!
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #82 on: March 08, 2011, 10:51:39 AM »
We will very soon know more on how these play. I have requested a well-known TBird connaisseuse in one of the more North-Western states of the USA (one nation under Canada) to obtain one for us.  She wishes to have her identity protected for the time being. Given that today is International Women's Day, I thought the choice more than fitting.

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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #83 on: March 08, 2011, 11:03:30 AM »
 Maybe the NR isn't far behind???????????
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #84 on: March 08, 2011, 11:12:39 AM »
They had already sent me a protottype of the NR, but I didn't like the chrome hardware, so they are now exchanging it.
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #85 on: March 08, 2011, 11:23:24 AM »
Quote from: uwe on March 08, 2011, 11:12:39 AM
They had already sent me a protottype of the NR, but I didn't like the chrome hardware, so they are now exchanging it.

No doubt you told them it needed to be all black and have a three point bridge like the originals.
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #86 on: March 08, 2011, 11:39:48 AM »
How did you guess?  :o :o :o  :mrgreen:
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #87 on: March 08, 2011, 12:53:48 PM »
Quote from: uwe on March 08, 2011, 10:51:39 AM
We will very soon know more on how these play. I have requested a well-known TBird connaisseuse in one of the more North-Western states of the USA (one nation under Canada) to obtain one for us.  She wishes to have her identity protected for the time being. Given that today is International Women's Day, I thought the choice more than fitting.

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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #88 on: March 08, 2011, 04:36:46 PM »
Wunderbar und vielen Dank!

I wonder how much TBird will be left in it now that it
is short scale.
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Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« Reply #89 on: March 08, 2011, 04:44:56 PM »

 When it arrives I will of course take some comparison photos - Size after all, does matter!  ;)
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