The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: sniper on October 30, 2008, 05:34:08 AM
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out of all the basses you have, what are your favorite three if you had to choose to take with you to a desert island? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Place your bets that he takes the three with the largest bodies, makes a raft, and goes back for the rest. :mrgreen:
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Place your bets that he takes the three with the largest bodies, makes a raft, and goes back for the rest. :mrgreen:
I think it's also highly likely that he takes that Dean. You need something to spear fish with...
BTW why do people always call them "desert" islands if they're surrounded by water?
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BTW why do people always call them "desert" islands if they're surrounded by water?
Because desert refers to lack of precipitation.
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Place your bets that he takes the three with the largest bodies, makes a raft, and goes back for the rest. :mrgreen:
And the 20/20 as paddle?
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BTW: The Germans have a reputation for smuggling expensive goods and pieces of art out of countries with U-Boats, so I guess Uwe will find a way too.
Or he just shouts so loud in German, the sea will split so he can walk home. And make the island a part of Germany, in the mean time. That's called Anschluss.
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My gunshot wound EB-OL because it sounds so wonderfully creamy in its blurriness.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/DCP_2341.jpg)
The Super 400 acoustic fretless bass, because I would imagine to have a lot of spare time on that desert island to hone my fretless skills.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/_ZEN6020.jpg)
My 67 non-rev refin TBird or my 65 rev refin TBird or a new Bird such as the Zebrabird because I'm so undecided!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/DCP_0929.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/11.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/P1020532.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/DCP_2189.jpg)
And if I get to take a fourth one: My early eighties Custom Shop korina short scale Explorer.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/12-1.jpg)
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i guessed to myself the 400 and the explorer. so i'm batting .500. i remember the bullet bass on auction and you posting the 400 pics in an afore mentioned forum. i forgot about the historic post about the explorer which was very enlightening, thank you again.
thanks for the eye candy Uwe.
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Off the top of my head, it's hard to be limited to 3. I love Uwe's choices. I guess I'd go with my 60's NR TB, my Gretsch Thunderjet (for a short scale) and my Les Paul Signature bass. If there were extra room, I'd grab my Black reverse TB and my EB-650!
yIKES, MAKE ME STOP!!!! :P
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If you really go away take the Zebrawood Uwe and I'll adopt the blue non rev.
I'll just take my T-bird and the 4005 as fire wood.
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don't stop PLEASE!
i wish others would join in and show not all but their favorite Gibby('s) or Gibby cousin's.
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Uwe, where was that pic of the refinned Bird taken? Boiler room? inside a U-Boat? the set of "Metropolis"?
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It's his Ermmmm..........special basement.
Okay, Where's my grass skirt and coconut shells when I need them :P
Only 3? Well the Green and the purple 'Birds so I can make an 'X' on the beach that will be seen from the air, and my never photographed Washburn AB-20 acoustic to play and be heard. What are we hooking the electrics up to - A Current Bush?
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Ursula and her eels will swim by eventually Mark.
i kind of like the second Uwe pic of those Birds with that 2 Bird on the left.
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Uwe, where was that pic of the refinned Bird taken? Boiler room? inside a U-Boat? the set of "Metropolis"?
Uwe can't respond at the moment. He's working feverishly in his secret basement lair, making the final adjustments on his "mudbucker of mass destruction"
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/mad-scientist.jpg)
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It's situated in Peenemunde. So Uwe's taking over the world by making a big mudbucker, producing The Brown Note? (*) It'll beat any army!
(*) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note
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Ow, it's already on that page!
"In 2008 the German Uwe Hornung claims to have made a device to produce the brown note, using an enlarged bass pick up of the Gibson brand, nicknamed Mudbucker."
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
For the avoidance of further speculation: That boiler room door belongs to our house where Martina and the kids still live, while I have moved on/away to other pastures. Behind it used to be a storage room for sawdust which fed an oven that heated the place formerly when it was still a carpentry.
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Ow, it's already on that page!
"In 2008 the German Uwe Hornung claims to have made a device to produce the brown note, using an enlarged bass pick up of the Gibson brand, nicknamed Mudbucker."
If it's on Wikipedia, then you know it must be true. ;)
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Ow, it's already on that page!
"In 2008 the German Uwe Hornung claims to have made a device to produce the brown note, using an enlarged bass pick up of the Gibson brand, nicknamed Mudbucker."
haha that's brilliant!
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RD Artist- been my main bass since 78. I keep looking for a better bass, but can not find any bass that comes close to what it can do fOR ME!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/RD34.jpg)
LP Standard- I love the tone the best of all my passive basses, can't say enough good things about this bass. Keep your birds, I'll take my Paulie.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/kimapaul.jpg)
EB-O project bass - nothing comes close to a mudbucker
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/mud.jpg)
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I don't think I would bring a bass with me to a desert island.
I find playing bass for myself is boring. If I can't play with a band, I don't play at all.
Without electricity all the fun of the pants flapping lows would be impossible too.
Like Chris said if I had to take three basses I'd take the ones the burn longest and the camp fire. :mrgreen:
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i seem to remember that white thingy from another time and place. love it.
all i have playable now is my Epi EBO with the Grovers on it already and a 60's pup getting tapped to go into it soon as well as having a tailpiece put on soon i hope (if i can find one reasonable!). then i'll set it up but play it in the meantime.
the SG is at the builders getting the neck joint done as i type = it will have a 70's pup with a posty bridge and tail piece, one of ebay's maple necks and some lightweight Schaller tuners
the LP Junior is waiting in the case and will have black trim, ebony fretboard, small inlaid pickguard with one of Fred's DS2's in it and a Schaller bridge.
I don't think I would bring a bass with me to a desert island.
I find playing bass for myself is boring. If I can't play with a band, I don't play at all.
Without electricity all the fun of the pants flapping lows would be impossible too.
Like Chris said if I had to take three basses I'd take the ones the burn longest and the camp fire. :mrgreen:
didn't say it was deserted, just a desert island. might have a buffet, a bar, blondes and electricity with Marshall bass stacks growing on palm trees!!!
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didn't say it was deserted, just a desert island. might have a buffet, a bar, blondes and electricity with Marshall bass stacks growing on palm trees!!!
Ah now you're talking!
I'd bring the 1969 Les Paul Bass, the Greco Thunderbird and the modified Epi JCS
should be cool enough to impress those blondes at the bar :mrgreen:
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Ahh these rules are good. My island's bar would be fed by a mysterious spring, from which Guinness somehow flowed endlessly.
If I could only bring three, I would have to choose one Gibson - my '73 Triumph:
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/triumph/DSCF0014a-1.jpg)
I would take my '83 Alembic, as it is a joy to play. Not a Gibson, but low-Z like the Triumph and has mahogany content:
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/alembic/alem5.jpg)
And because I'm a synth geek and would also like a guitar handy, I'd consolidate and bring my '83 Roland GR setup, which again is Gibsonesque. Sort of a reverse Les Paul - mahog on the outside, maple on the inside:
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/roland/DSCF0003.jpg)
Oh... and the blondes on the island would of course love prog, jazz, Zappa/Mothers, stoner rock, jam bands, etc...
;D
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of course, and they would HATE to wear swim suite tops and other upper clothing items!!!
the Guinness would flow cold with the unused feeding the palm trees so they could grow the bass Marshall stacks.
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Here they are. I'd take the LP Signature and the black TB from this group.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/drbassman/Basses/100_0888.jpg)
And the black Thunderjet below............
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/drbassman/Basses/100_0886.jpg)
Not to mention the Triumph and EB-650 above!!!
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Hmmm...tough choices. If it got down to it, it would be:
The Holy Crap bass
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/basses/12-23-2006-03.jpg)
The Bettie Page bass
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/basses/PC300228.jpg)
The L-1000 (it was the first bass I got when I decided to collect more, and my wife bought it for me)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/bandone2.jpg)
I'd sorely miss the Hamer and the Magnatone, but if push came to shove...
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you assume i have three basses.
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I only got 2 basses (Epi Tbird & pee-bass copy) and a geetard (Epi LP with lipstick hums), so it's an extremely easy choice for me.
Jealous, anybody? :P
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you assume i have three basses.
i have one and two projects :sad: :sad: lol