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Gibson Basses / Re: Fuzzy Logic
« on: January 30, 2008, 08:27:17 AM »
Hmmm me likey!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Hello, I am A Gibson Bass addict......
« on: January 30, 2008, 06:52:51 AM »
Oh hello,
My name is Rob.
I think I'm in the wrong session...
My shrink sent me to the Fender Haters Anonymous.
But now that I'm here I feel better already. Thanx for sharing your stories.
I recognize some of it. To be honest I even own a few Gibsons. So I can really empathize with you.
Thank you.
oh while we're at it: are these EB3's really as muddy as they say?
My name is Rob.
I think I'm in the wrong session...
My shrink sent me to the Fender Haters Anonymous.
But now that I'm here I feel better already. Thanx for sharing your stories.
I recognize some of it. To be honest I even own a few Gibsons. So I can really empathize with you.
Thank you.
oh while we're at it: are these EB3's really as muddy as they say?
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Gibson Basses / Re: My heavily modified SG RI Bass live.
« on: January 30, 2008, 05:52:33 AM »does it sound better?
Uwe's legal analysis: Of course it does, but - as usual - we're not allowed to speak freely about it as one of ze Moderätör's many mantras is: "Trussrod covers do not influence sound." But as long as we know and we believe it's alright.
PS: Sorry for scribbling into your post, Rob, I was trying to quote your post, but accidentally hit the modify button which allows me to change your post (and only yours, I had that custom made for me ...) and couldn't make it undone. Won't happen again.
Uwe
Hey WTF!!
Where's my compliment to Chris about those cool pics?
We should've known that the invasive character of our German moderatör would burst out eventually!
Next thing we know is all Entartete Bassgitarren will be deleted from this board...
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Gibson Basses / Re: My heavily modified SG RI Bass live.
« on: January 30, 2008, 03:16:55 AM »I changed the 'SG' truss rod cover to a plain black one.does it sound better?
Uwe's legal analysis: Of course it does, but - as usual - we're not allowed to speak freely about it as one of ze Moderätör's many mantras is: "Trussrod covers do not influence sound." But as long as we know and we believe it's alright.
PS: Sorry for scribbling into your post, Rob, I was trying to quote your post, but accidentally hit the modify button which allows me to change your post (and only yours, I had that custom made for me ...
) and couldn't make it undone. Won't happen again.Uwe
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: The next victim - USA Epi hollowbody
« on: January 28, 2008, 09:20:39 AM »I've been looking for 2.5K Triumph pots, Rob where'd you find them? Actually, I think I'm still trying to figure out what taper the original ones were. Do you know or did you just assume audio/log (some schematics show linear for some pots, log for others, and sometimes even a 3rd marking that I'm not familiar with - there are more than 2 pot tapers available).
Well, I got the info from Jules' pot database.
Lineair for Treble/Tone and I figured Logarithmic for Volume (which works perfect).
I found the pots at CTS. But I had to dig real deep. Actually I sent an email and got a very helpful guy answering my questions. Eventually he sent me the pots as a sample (= for free!). Now that's what I call good service.
BTW These official CTS pots came straight from the factory... in Taiwan.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Warwick Star Bass II
« on: January 28, 2008, 01:51:46 AM »But, hey, it's only about HALF the price of the Jack Bruce model...the jack bruce sig goes for 2990 euro over here... (4400 dollar)
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson cheats winner, because of Hip Hop?
« on: January 28, 2008, 01:42:14 AM »
I'd whine too if I'd won something and never got any. Hip Hop or not.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Warwick Star Bass II
« on: January 27, 2008, 02:00:19 PM »The price is about $4000, according to other sites.Thanx, that cures GAS instantly
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Gibson Basses / Look at that price tag!
« on: January 27, 2008, 01:00:22 PM »
My Goodness 
is that what they sell for these days?
I can buy 50 BaCHs for that kinda money LOL
superclean NRTbird II on Ebay
is that what they sell for these days?
I can buy 50 BaCHs for that kinda money LOL
superclean NRTbird II on Ebay
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: The next victim - USA Epi hollowbody
« on: January 25, 2008, 03:15:29 PM »
Well I think it also depends on what impedance your pickups are.
I had to change the pots on my modified JCS because they didn't match the Gibson Lo-Z pickup I put in.
I believe the JCS had 250 K Ohm pots installed. That didn't work with the Gibson Lo-Z pickup.
But now I have 2.5 K Ohms (Yes that's correct: 2.5 K) like it says in the wiring diagrams from the Les Paul Bass / Triumph.
It wasn't easy to find them by the way...
So maybe the higher the impedance of your pickup, the higher the impedance of the pots should be?
I had to change the pots on my modified JCS because they didn't match the Gibson Lo-Z pickup I put in.
I believe the JCS had 250 K Ohm pots installed. That didn't work with the Gibson Lo-Z pickup.
But now I have 2.5 K Ohms (Yes that's correct: 2.5 K) like it says in the wiring diagrams from the Les Paul Bass / Triumph.
It wasn't easy to find them by the way...
So maybe the higher the impedance of your pickup, the higher the impedance of the pots should be?
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
« on: January 25, 2008, 01:48:48 PM »
A guy on a Dutch Bass forum checked one out the other day.
He said it's horrible quality:
- there was a gap from 1 to 2 mm between fretboard and neck.
- wobbly pick guard
- brittle finish. if you scrape with your fingernails it chips right off.
- one of the machine head wouldn't stay in tune. It kept dropping from E to almost D.
- dull strings (straight out of the box from the factory).
- noisy pots
- bridge isn't straight
Haven't seen it in real life myself, but according to the above story I would say a No Go.
He said it's horrible quality:
- there was a gap from 1 to 2 mm between fretboard and neck.
- wobbly pick guard
- brittle finish. if you scrape with your fingernails it chips right off.
- one of the machine head wouldn't stay in tune. It kept dropping from E to almost D.
- dull strings (straight out of the box from the factory).
- noisy pots
- bridge isn't straight
Haven't seen it in real life myself, but according to the above story I would say a No Go.
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Gibson Basses / Re: First post! Coral Pink Satin?
« on: January 24, 2008, 03:47:14 PM »*WWGP? Would Geezer play a pink bass? *
sure! fairies wear boots
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Gibson Basses / Re: If this NR works out, our next project should be one of
« on: January 24, 2008, 02:24:43 AM »
There's already a few other interesting projects in the works guys. I'll keep you posted.
While working on the NR Tbird, BaCH was trying to find a way to make the tooling of the bridge and tailstop affordable. So I suggested they maybe could make more models to use that bridge and tailstop combination, such as a Reverse Thunderbird, a Fenderbird and I even suggested an Embassy. Don't know if they're already working on those. I will ask. Okay?
Can any of you guys provide the measurements and detailed pix?
While working on the NR Tbird, BaCH was trying to find a way to make the tooling of the bridge and tailstop affordable. So I suggested they maybe could make more models to use that bridge and tailstop combination, such as a Reverse Thunderbird, a Fenderbird and I even suggested an Embassy. Don't know if they're already working on those. I will ask. Okay?
Can any of you guys provide the measurements and detailed pix?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson NAMM Photos
« on: January 23, 2008, 09:53:51 AM »
Allen Woody Rumblekat
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Gibson Basses / Re: A leader by any other, um, name..
« on: January 23, 2008, 05:11:18 AM »
Like Chris said:
Gibsongruppenführer
Gibsongruppenführer