Congrats...
You must have rolled past the 100th "Gibson" by now - just curious what was the 100th...
Nice score Uwe!, I was looking at that ...
By the way, I love my supertone bridge.
That looks like the one floating around TB a few weeks ago. Wonder why it got turned around so fast?
By the way, I love my supertone bridge.
I have the Supertone on my Blackbird and it looks nicely industrial ON THAT TYPE OF TBird, gives a little more sustain (but just like a Ric a TBird is inherently already a sustain-rich bass so there is nothing really gained that way) than the three point re.
Really? I find it had to believe.
I'd say the three point bridge allows for a more pure way of transporting the frequencies onto the body.
The Hipshot (and Badass) have this big lump of metal to absorb the frequencies.
Calling the Hipshot bridge a SuperTone is kinda pretentious if you ask me :-\
I never understood this until I read an explanation by Mica Wickersham of Alembic. It's why Alembics have a big brass "tone plate" under their bridge, it keeps more energy in the strings, increases sustain and minimizes the effect of the body woods on tone.
That explanation makes sense Dave.
But does that also mean the more sustain the less tone?
The more sustain the less snap and attack perhaps. And wood tone. I hear less alder or ash (or whatever non-descript plant remnants these folks from California use ... :) ) in a P or J with a heavy duty bridge (think Geddy Lee Signature) than on those with the flimsy original bridge. And those are snappier, livelier too, the only drawback is that high notes die pretty quickly and don't really sing. They are more percussive though.
My Lp bass has a plate under the bridge, but I thought it to be a flat surface to withstand the height adjustment tension?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/MY%20BASSES/moneyshot.jpg)
But this bass' prototype status warrants that its original look be reinstated. I have the Supertone on my Blackbird and it looks nicely industrial ON THAT TYPE OF TBird, gives a little more sustain (but just like a Ric a TBird is inherently already a sustain-rich bass so there is nothing really gained that way) than the three point and lets you lower the action a little more evenly, but the effects are not startling. I have not felt compelled to repeat the exercise with any other bass. Then again if that bass should play like a dream with it, I might keep it on there.
(http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/00406/Koenigstiger_DW_Kul_406876a.jpg)
So, who is going to buy this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/CRAZY-vtg-GIBSON-THUNDERBIRD-bass-GUITAR-T-SHIRT-WOW-/200580631683?pt=Vintage_Unisex_T_Shirts&hash=item2eb3898c83
... Those are Fallschirmjäger troops on that King Tiger, by the way.
Reading about the Fallschirmjager troops and the weaponry they used is very interesting. Especially the developement of the FG 42 rifle and its impact on modern rifles, notibly the M-14, M-60 and variants like the M-39 EMR and the M1941 Johnson machine gun. The FG 42 is the basis of todays assauut rifle designs.
Interesting research if you care to follow through.
There has to be a conection to the Gibson Custom Shop T-Bird in there somewhere!!! ;) ;D
So, if sustain is about keeping the vibration in the strings - string through the body gives what? Less sustain, more resonance?
that would explain why i see pictures of string through basses with the e and a through strung and the other two on the bridge or tailpiece or vice versa.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/cathousemouse/rods%20projects%20and%20sold/Hipshot2piecebridge.jpg)
So, if sustain is about keeping the vibration in the strings - string through the body gives what? Less sustain, more resonance?
I believe that's done to show you can use the bridge with both systems