Is it april 1st yet? :mrgreen:
Is it april 1st yet? :mrgreen:
I think that 12 would move in a reasonable time. Really, this won't be much work for Gibson - the body is 6/4 flat mahogany and it's a set neck. They could easily take the Studio TB neck info and quicly modify the neck/body joint and headstock for the CNC. The body will be even faster. Make or break will be hardware and pickups.It will be more than $1,200.00 They are not tooling up for a big run
The Studios sold for $1k and I can't see why, if these wen't into production, they would be more $1200.
I would like it string thru! Pups, I'm flexible, as with color. I'd be satisfied with something that is a modern version of the old spirit, it doesn't have to be slavish copy of all historic features.
I would like it string thru! Pups, I'm flexible, as with color. I'd be satisfied with something that is a modern version of the old spirit, it doesn't have to be slavish copy of all historic features.
It will be more than $1,200.00 They are not tooling up for a big run
These will be Custom Shop models ordered by the House of Guitars. Gibson doesn't have to worry about selling them................................................ the HOG and I do.
Both Bill and I expressed that if they want to sell these they need to make them a close as possible to the originals. I know that if they do small headstocks, different tuners, black hardware etc I have no interest, I only speak for myself. This is not a mass market bass (not that any Gibson is) if this comes to pass it will be a run of 25 being split between two stores.
Both Bill and I expressed that if they want to sell these they need to make them a close as possible to the originals. I know that if they do small headstocks, different tuners, black hardware etc I have no interest, I only speak for myself. This is not a mass market bass (not that any Gibson is) if this comes to pass it will be a run of 25 being split between two stores.
So, if they split the 25 between two stores (and I'm assuming you mean GC and SA) what is the chance that they won't cost $4000 and not be available to anyone OTHER than GC and SA with their markups? Just sayin'...
I mean, it's not like either of those two stores actually carry Gibby basses at all. :P
sproingky
I have to admit that I do love my CS NR Firebird. So much so, I'm going to sell my '67 NR.
All lies without pictures of these breasts.
;)
Or as an alternative: The guitar size chrome TB Plus pups that saw service on LP Standards, Moneys, Epi Elitist TBirds, the EB-650 and the Grabber II, always acquitting themselves well.
There, I'll say it out loud: I think a modern day rev TBird is as faithful a current version of a bass from 1963 as you can be without being silly about it.
A White II....................... Drool!
Let's flog the dead horse...............
It would look like this ;D
It took *a little* effort on Mike's part to make those modern improvements.
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/7CedarsMarch2010218of247.jpg)
... so your Lull is...?
Looks an inch or two longer, or is that a trick of the lens... ;)
Errmmmmmmmmmmm............ In Dutch Lull, describes a certain male organ - ;)
The length of my Lull is not something that I'll share with you here, even tho I like you all, you just don't need to know that much about me 8)
does your lull shrink in cold water??
I guess Lull basses will never be a big hit in Holland. The bassist of a befriended band played one for a while and he was continuously the aim of lots of jokes. :mrgreen:
I guess Lull basses will never be a big hit in Holland. The bassist of a befriended band played one for a while and he was continuously the aim of lots of jokes. :mrgreen:
American dykes needed their holes filled.chortle snicker .
FWIW Me thinks we need a Dasson bridge on that puppy!
Mount Rushmore is a place in the States, not in the Czech Republic. And whatever Gibson will put out, will be a Gibson, even if you chuck the TRC away.
The prevalent and epidemic B&CHysteria of this forum at work again, sigh. The B&CHs are great basses - even more for the price -and have rejuvenated what many here believe to be an iconic shape, granted. But it's a bass with a non-hi-grade maho body (not even all of them have that) and a maple neck.The new series of the BaCHbird (Transparent Red and Dark Honeyburst) are full Mahogany (or Sipo?). No maple necks anymore Uwe.
I would be amazed if the Bachs were genuine mahogany from Central or South America. I'm not even sure Gibson uses it.
I'll buy the B&CH fretless
Something like this?
(http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3731.0;attach=967;image)
That is what the Non Rev Birds would most likely sound a lot like: The meanwhile deleted Rev Studio Birds. Those were fine basses - bit more thud than a neck-thru TBird - and aggressively priced (for Gibson), but much to my surprise tanked in the market.
People tend to forget that the Non Revs so worshipped here today were in fact a cost-saving measure by Gibson trying to get away from the more-expensive-to-craft and wood-wasteful neck-thru concept of the original Ray Dietrich concept.
I'll say it again: The Rev is a design classic and icon with a touch of Art Deco, the Non-Rev an accidental ugly duckling with a cult following (among bassists, in guitar circles it does not meet the worship it does here).
I had one of the red Bach TH-2's, and it definitely did not have a maho/sipo body. The neck was for sure - the grain pattern matched and the reddish / brownish color of the wood was clearly visible in the TRC screw holes. The body however, was different. All of the pickguard screw holes revealed a very yellowish/whitish wood. Same with the exposed areas inside of the control cavity. I even drilled an "exploratory" hole with a long and very small diameter bit in through the tail strap lock hole - and same result. My guess would be that it was basswood - as the dust removed matched most closely what I've seen in my Ibanez SR-800's. Beautiful bass - but the body wasn't Mahogany. If Gibson could put out an NR to match the build & quality of the Studio Birds - I'm in!
Excuse my ignorance here - thru or set neck...?
I believe the only new honduras available now is supposedly from fallen trees.
That's true of Honduras mahogany from Honduras and just about anywhere in Central America, has been that way for years. But that's just the popular name to differentiate it from Cuban mahogany. The species is actually bigleaf mahogany and it grows well down into South America. I'm told by a hardwood dealer that most Honduran on the market for the past 15 years has actually been from S. America and that there's still plenty of old-growth logging going on in Peru.
OTOH it's now being grown on plantations in Fiji and India. This is now working its way into the market. For that matter, some Cuban mahogany is also grown in Fiji. These are "genuine mahogany" species. They're probably fine for furniture, and they may be fine for musical instruments. But there's no way plantation-grown wood could possibly have all the same characteristics of old growth wood from the original area half a world away. Different soils, climate etc.
Too bad Gibson can't be straightforward about exactly what they're using and from where. Even the custom shop offerings just say mahogany. Makes me suspicious.
I would think weight would be the giveaway. Honduran is heavier, not much grain, Indonesian is light weight a very soft with more grain pattern, that I have seen. I guess there are always exceptions. My local hardwood place has a Honduran Mahogany bin they regularly stock.
For years I had them all to myself oh for the good old days.
The first time was because I wasn't smart enough to use a stand. The second, third and fourth times was because a guy named Gene Liberty didn't know how to fix it. The fifth time the case was standing on edge when I accdently walked into it, knocking it over. The sixth time I set it down on stage forgetting I still had the wireless transmitter on my belt; it fell into the amp rack putting some nice gouges in addition to the headstock break. The last time it just came apart in the case. I just put it back together tonight.
OK! I am a klutz.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/spitfire11.jpg)
To paraphrase a quote from a British sportswriter years ago, it's not surprising that Germany would defeat Britain at its national game, since Britain defeated Germany at its national game in 1918 and 1945.
Hellcat?
I found that pic long ago, no info. She certainly still looks good, I see no bullet holes - a crash landing as opposed to a crash. The countryside looks suitably British.Or forgot to lower the gear. ;)
Possibly, the RAF pilot was just late for tea time and took a shortcut.
If I awake hugging a phone pole with my undies around my ankles surrounded by half-eaten fried chicken............ It's been a good night ;)
If I awake hugging a phone pole with my undies around my ankles surrounded by half-eaten fried chicken............ It's been a good night ;)
HOLY CRAP!!! ;D Now I have that vision burned into my mind and it will not go away! Geez, and I really liked fried chicken ;)
Could you imagine ghosting a book of Mark's life story...
Nasty Habits... the life and times of a BAD girl... ;)
"Just havin' some fun..."The Life and Times of a BAD Girl...
Since first reading the Fraulien's post I can't pass a KFC with out having that image pop back into my head ;D
If those NR RIs ever come out they'll be fingerlickin' good!
Then there's the rumor (disputed by some) that Jaco Pastorius would eat greasy chicken before playing and get the strings greasy on purpose.Steven Stills said the exact same thing about eating fried chicken and playing bass.
Maybe a Gibson/KFC tie-in would reduce the cost. A likeness of the Colonel on the pickguard. I'm sure our veggie friends will go for that.
The Colonelbird, playable only with a KFC bucket on your head.
(http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss252/damageplan_dbag/buckethead.jpg)
It would probably be a single cut model though (rather than a bird)...
I'll bet his playing is tasty.