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Gibson Basses / Re: I give up on Epiphone and Gibson
« on: March 09, 2024, 12:02:12 PM »
For a flat top bass, that's not surprising. Most of the carve top guitars would have a pitch to the neck I believe.
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Gibson Basses / Re: I give up on Epiphone and Gibson
« on: March 08, 2024, 01:03:07 PM »
Well at least the Les Paul players will feel at home on those. Wouldn't this neck angle make for a less lengthy reach toward the nut end of the neck? Maybe they viewed it as an improvement to the design? I wonder if it will effect sales that much. Most first time Thunderbird buyers may not be bothered or concerned.
By the way, hope you enjoy the eclipse coming up Scott. Looks like you'll be in the path of totality over in western New York. I'm debating whether or not it'd be worth making the drive to see it myself. Those eclipses happen as often as Epiphone China get vintage Gibson specs right.
By the way, hope you enjoy the eclipse coming up Scott. Looks like you'll be in the path of totality over in western New York. I'm debating whether or not it'd be worth making the drive to see it myself. Those eclipses happen as often as Epiphone China get vintage Gibson specs right.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone 64 Thunderbird
« on: March 01, 2024, 09:20:53 AM »
Yes, when it comes to Thunderbirds, Epiphone is more Gibson than Gibson. Unless you mean I have guitar envy just because I like purple and blue. 
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone 64 Thunderbird
« on: February 29, 2024, 02:52:01 PM »
That's news to me. All the more reason to bring them back with some custom colors and hopefully chrome pickups and the option for a single pickup version. The NRs are still out there but they don't look as good with a 3 point bridge in my opinion.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone 64 Thunderbird
« on: February 29, 2024, 02:37:43 PM »
I'm a little jealous that the epiphone firebird guitars will have options for Frost blue and Heather. Any chance Gibson will follow suit with custom color Thunderbirds too?
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: February 23, 2024, 07:29:11 AM »
If I didn't know who was singing that second Halford song, I would have guessed Neil Diamond.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: The dead of winter
« on: February 13, 2024, 09:19:00 AM »
I'm breathing a sigh of relief with this last storm which is staying to the south of New Hampshire. My snowblower is sitting in the shed with two flat tires I never bothered to get fixed before the season. So far I've managed to clear my driveway with just a shovel. I figure I could use the exercise although it can get a little taxing on the back. Looks like you won't have to worry about any accumulation either morrow. My condolences to any of you dealing with it in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and parts of New Jersey or Pennsylvania.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: February 09, 2024, 07:49:53 AM »
One of my neighbors has a business renting out those inflatable bouncy castles. Perfect venue for their reunion tour.
Good thinking Dave, that way the band can dance the monkey or the jerk without having to take their hands off their instruments.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: February 07, 2024, 05:53:04 PM »
Cool group. Who's going with me to the Ladybird reunion tour? Should be a knee slapping good time! 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: February 04, 2024, 06:13:26 AM »
JLL is in heaven along with Little Richard. 😇
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: The Beatles on Jack Paar
« on: February 02, 2024, 10:02:44 AM »
I suppose if you had a fear of clowns, that could cross over to making Kiss creepy. There was also the scene in that documentary where Stanley was in the bed with multiple women while being interviewed. I can see how that might creep some out. Not wearing a shirt on stage over the age of 50 seems a little creepy to me.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: January 30, 2024, 09:13:26 AM »
Wasn't there a Gibson showcase event in LA last Thursday? I thought there was some new custom color Epiphone Thunderbirds being talked about. Inverness Green, Silver Mist and Ember Red perhaps? 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: January 27, 2024, 08:58:46 AM »
Thanks for posting Westen! Hey Dave, isn't about time for a hiatus on Deep Purple too? 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: The Beatles on Jack Paar
« on: January 26, 2024, 02:33:33 PM »I guess I'm missing something - what are the tipoffs to someone using autotune? Not sure what to listen for.
Check out T-Pain. The Cher song "Believe"is another good example.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: January 26, 2024, 01:59:10 PM »Not that it matters, but I never cared for 38 Special. I always felt they just had the Van Zant guy in the band to add some sort of "Southern street cred". And two drummers (ala Allman Bros)? For THAT kind of music???
Larry Junstrom, the bass player, was the original bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd before Leon Wilkeson. He did great work on the song "Rockin' into the night". YouTube won't let me post because I have an adblocker on my desktop at work. Anybody else dealing with the same issue? Any solutions?