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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2010, 06:20:26 PM »
Uwe should be along shortly...  :mrgreen:

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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2010, 07:00:43 PM »
crikey.looks like a long scale to me.i wonder what construction the pickup is.
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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2010, 07:17:50 PM »
wow that is gorgeous!  :o
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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2010, 07:45:43 PM »
Nice!

Anyone guess who the famous owner is?  I didn't recognize the drums.

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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2010, 07:48:18 PM »
crikey.looks like a long scale to me.i wonder what construction the pickup is.
The pickup is a Dimarzio Model One, the drums ? Motley Crue. Opps right on one count anyhow  :-[
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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2010, 08:30:08 PM »
Almost looks like Peart's kit from Rush...
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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2010, 08:55:36 PM »
I think it's Rush's logo on the drums. Doesn't seem like a Geddy bass tho.
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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2010, 08:57:02 PM »
a pic of the drums from Rush:

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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2010, 11:08:25 PM »
I like the bass. But it needs a mudbucker:)

It reminds me a bit of the Malcolm Young Gretsch:


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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2010, 11:10:48 PM »
Reminds me of a Washburn I used to have ....

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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2010, 11:26:04 PM »
It ought to remind you of a doublecut Junior body, since that's exactly what it is.

My favorite Gibson shape. Definitely not Uwe's favorite Gibson shape.

Is that a Dimarzio Model One?


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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2010, 12:06:08 AM »
I reviewed this cheap Hamer a couple of weeks ago. Passive, cheap bass but I like it. The colour looks good in real life. Of course the first Hamers were doublecut copies.


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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2010, 01:23:47 AM »
Nice. Sure looks like a DiMarzio Model One. Another one for Ze Köllekschön?

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Re: Gibson Custom Shop Original Flame Top Bass
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2010, 06:04:04 AM »
That's sheer beauty! Such a good-looking bass, that Gibson one. Must agree with David, that on - and the reversed T-bird - are the nicest basses to be found. So I might as well wonder: Does anyone here have a natural sized sketch for the pickguard, -59, -60 Eb 0?