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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Warning signs the band you're about to see will suck
« on: April 05, 2009, 03:39:21 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on April 04, 2009, 03:52:35 PM
What really bugs me is that in posting this you don't care about stepping on any ones toes.
I wasn't offended (much) by #17.
 :-\


...but my Steinberger rocks.
 ;) :-*

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Warning signs the band you're about to see will suck
« on: April 03, 2009, 12:27:30 PM »
7.) The band's name appears to be an acronym
or has more than two umlauts and is completely unpronounceable.

8.) Full Marshall guitar stacks on both sides of the stage in a small club.

9.) The singer has a music stand.

10.) A reunion tour with only one of the original members

11.) The singer is wearing a T shirt with the bands name on it.

12.) Pedal boards of a size that would make NASA flinch.

13.) More than two guitars in stands on either side of the stage.

14.) The overpowering stench of patchouli in a crowd of 40+ year olds wearing tie dye.

15.) One word: Spandex.

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Gibson Basses / Re: What exotic or unusual Gibson trinkets are you hiding...?
« on: March 16, 2009, 02:30:08 PM »
Yes, the GK 1001RBII Rocks!
 ;)


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Gibson Basses / Re: For the more gothic inclined among you ...
« on: March 12, 2009, 06:58:01 PM »
Thank you gentlemen!
I've seen alcohol based dyes at Stew-Mac also.

I've had time to discuss this finish option with my son
and although we both like it,
his concern was for the dye on the inlay markers as well.

Which is another valid point...
 :-\

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Gibson Basses / Re: For the more gothic inclined among you ...
« on: March 12, 2009, 12:24:16 PM »
Pre frets I would imagine
but what if I were so inclined on my refin?

I am imagining:
Taping off frets (PITA)
Steel wool afterwards (wear on fretwire/fretboard damage)
...or just tint it all and leave 'em black?

Any opinions?

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Gibson Basses / Re: For the more gothic inclined among you ...
« on: March 12, 2009, 11:34:25 AM »
Quote from: uwe on March 11, 2009, 11:16:23 AM
They should have tinted the fingerboard black too.
...and how might one do that?
 :-\

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Gibson Basses / Re: Need pix of the brothers!
« on: February 12, 2009, 03:23:00 AM »
Quote from: luve2fli on February 06, 2009, 09:51:48 AM


Nice rig Sean!
 ;)

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Gibson Basses / Re: Need pix of the brothers!
« on: February 10, 2009, 01:33:24 PM »
It doesn't suck...
 ;D


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Gibson Basses / Re: Need pix of the brothers!
« on: February 07, 2009, 11:08:29 AM »
At play-


Fishing in Kona

A few at work-


Standards with "JazzX2"


R&B/Funk with "Rhythm X"


Eclectic with "The Wendell Ing band"


Wedding music with Quack Moore's band


"Jesus Christ Superstar"



The Kamehameha Orchestra



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Gibson Basses / Re: EB3 Anomalies?
« on: October 10, 2008, 10:44:29 AM »
Thanks Uwe.
Deal.
  ;) ;D

I'll continue to post pics as it progresses.

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Gibson Basses / Re: EB3 Anomalies?
« on: October 04, 2008, 02:44:37 PM »
Well although it is most disconcerting to learn, after all this time, that it's not what it appers to be,
 :-\
we do have a long history together
and since most of the parts are here already I'll be going ahead with the rebuild.

I am still looking for the bridge studs, BTW.

Umm, even though it's not a 100% Gibson,
can I still post here?
 ??? :P ;D

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Gibson Basses / Re: EB3 Anomalies?
« on: October 03, 2008, 01:32:14 AM »
Found some old photos to scan.
 ;D

Here is one right around the time I brought it home in '82-



These two must have been taken around 83,
'cause I've already started wearing the chrome off the neck pickup,
broken the input jack and apparently lost a knob  :-\





and this one's from 84.
I had replaced the knobs with chrome ones,
moved the front strap button.
Although it's hard to see here
I added a string tree to the headstock to hold down the A and D strings
and had removed the mute by now.



Feel free to snicker at the pants.
Hey, it was the 80s...
 ;)

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Gibson Basses / Re: EB3 Anomalies?
« on: October 02, 2008, 09:43:05 PM »
Thanks for taking a look at this one for me.

Here's a few new pics of the repaired headstock.
I can't say "no truss" for sure
(the neck was always stable for me)
but no truss access.
That's for sure-





The original tuners were "elephant ears" but there were only three screws.
(Odd in itself. No?)
What appears as the two additional holes were indentations from the worm gears-




The original bridge was a two point bar with a mute-





It's definitely a 21 fret neck
but it doesn't look or feel like maple.
...much darker and softer.
Like the body-




I'll have to dig out and scan some old pics of the original
(It was a beaut!)
but if there's anything else in particular you'd like a shot of,
please let me know.

Thanks again guys!
 :)

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Gibson Basses / EB3 Anomalies?
« on: October 02, 2008, 10:36:05 AM »
While doing research and working on my project EB3 I've noticed a few weird things:

- No serial number.
I've seen them stamped into the back of the headstock,
but there's no sign of one here.

- No truss rod access.
Nothing under the cover plate on the headstock or at the neck butt.

- Most EB3s I've seen have a black face on the headstock,
with the inlayed logo.
This one was always stained the same color as the cherry body,
with a black pinstripe around it
and "Gibson" in white paint.

Do any of these seemingly odd facts mean anything to anyone
or are these just normal variations?
 ???

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Gibson Basses / Re: Another horror story...
« on: September 03, 2008, 01:23:38 AM »
Wow...
Now I don't feel so bad about mine.
 :-\

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