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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #75 on: May 04, 2011, 01:02:38 AM »
Sometimes I think bass players are or very long or very short, while guitar players are mostly average size. Am I right?

But still: Everybody's looking good with a Tele, but a friend of mine is very long and quite big. I think he looks best with bigger guitars as ES335s, Rickenbacker 330s, Gretsches and and Jaguars. I'm quite big to. An EB3 or an Epiphone Rivoli is as long as a Fender P cos the bridge is places more to the middle of the body. The Gretsch Billy-Bo is extremely long, but a Musicmaster has its bridge to the back of the body, making it a very short bass...
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #76 on: May 04, 2011, 07:12:45 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on May 03, 2011, 09:27:23 AM
Good point. Think about Leslie West and his LP Juniors back when he weighed 400-500 lbs. or so. I can't remember anyone saying they looked too small for him.

You didn't hear me laugh in the 70s than ? One of my fave record shops in the day had a poster of the Great Fatsby with a LP jr which completely floored me with laughter the 1st time I laid eyes on it. He looked completely ridiculous  ;D

Quote from: Chris P. on May 04, 2011, 01:02:38 AM
a Musicmaster has its bridge to the back of the body, making it a very short bass...

And it'll fit in a Jaguar guit*r case, but it still ain't the shortest cause a Longhorn will fit in a slightly oversized Strat case ..... I remember arriving at band practise with the Musicmaster while the guitarist arrived with a Firebird....... You should have seen his face when I asked if he'd finally come to his senses and had started to play the bass ;D
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #77 on: May 04, 2011, 07:52:22 AM »
My Longhorn fits in a Gibson Melody Maker guitar gigbag:)
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #78 on: May 04, 2011, 08:06:29 AM »
Quote from: Droombolus on May 04, 2011, 07:12:45 AM
You didn't hear me laugh in the 70s than ? One of my fave record shops in the day had a poster of the Great Fatsby with a LP jr which completely floored me with laughter the 1st time I laid eyes on it. He looked completely ridiculous  ;D

He looked ridiculous with or without a guitar.  :)
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #79 on: May 04, 2011, 09:00:18 AM »
+1  ;D :toast:
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #80 on: May 04, 2011, 10:04:25 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on May 04, 2011, 08:06:29 AM
He looked ridiculous with or without a guitar.  :)

True  ;D But I still don't understand how he could play like that with those huge hands of his ........
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #81 on: May 04, 2011, 11:15:40 AM »
Ok got it! fat boys need fat guitars, GOT didn't like his shorty, UWE likes his, Marks still okay setting up taking nuourishment and Pinheads a bassit am I close so far or do I need to go back to the corner?
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« Reply #82 on: May 04, 2011, 11:32:10 AM »
That's the way threads work out here.
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #83 on: May 04, 2011, 11:37:52 AM »


 Nourishment................A customer gave me this as a tip last week - yummy!

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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #84 on: May 04, 2011, 01:49:14 PM »
Quote from: sniper on May 04, 2011, 11:15:40 AM
Ok got it! fat boys need fat guitars, GOT didn't like his shorty, UWE likes his, Marks still okay setting up taking nuourishment and Pinheads a bassit am I close so far or do I need to go back to the corner?
I liked it but not enough to keep it, unique and well made, it was a turning point for me just cause it's cool doesn't mean I should buy it. Thunderbirds are my thing especially NRs I'll try and stick to that.
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #85 on: May 04, 2011, 04:18:39 PM »
Scott, you and Uwe are to Thunderbirds what Siskel and Ebert were to movies. Love it!

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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #86 on: May 05, 2011, 02:34:21 PM »
Just plugged it in for some doodling in the office before I leave for home: It has a beautifully responsive warmth. Notes really jump at you, more so than on most of my short scales. They must have done something right with it.
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Re: Uwe's Shortie T-Bird
« Reply #87 on: May 06, 2011, 02:31:07 AM »
Quote from: uwe on May 05, 2011, 02:34:21 PM
They must have done something right with it.

Are we still talking about Gibson? :P
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