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Gibson Basses / Re: PSA: 50th Anniv Bird at Willie's
« on: July 18, 2014, 01:45:54 PM »
Speaking of Rock Brigade, dig the flying V bass. Don't see those every day.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson's mahogany
« on: July 17, 2014, 11:31:05 AM »
Either way, it's got some nice grain for the trans fin that's going on there. Still waiting for it.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson's mahogany
« on: July 16, 2014, 10:34:05 AM »
Does this look like unfinished Swietenia Macrophylla? That's what I asked for but I'm cool with Kaya too.
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Gibson Basses / Re: NBD '65 EB-0 Pelham Blue
« on: July 02, 2014, 08:16:10 PM »
They're unique strings in many ways. The wrap is alloy 52 and that material sends a nice hot signal to the pick ups. The mids have a nice balance articulation like a round but less sparkly treble and grind than a roundwound. They thump like a good flatwound and can take on a heavy handed player with ease. I think that's my favorite thing about them is that you can just pummel the snot out of them and they stay resilient and in tune.
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Gibson Basses / Re: NBD '65 EB-0 Pelham Blue
« on: July 01, 2014, 01:47:08 PM »
Got back my EB-3 and absolutely adore the GHS brite flats on it. The baby blue silks at the headstock look nice. The tension feels tight but that's a good thing for a short scale IMO. Added an Allen wrench under the neck pickup cover on the E string side and have to say that to my ears it definitely helped make the E string louder. It's also possible the strings may be helping with the balanced output as well. I have no hesitation giving GHS Brite Flats a ringing endorsement with bells on, especially for short scale Gibsons.
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Gibson Basses / Re: NBD '65 EB-0 Pelham Blue
« on: June 30, 2014, 12:05:14 PM »
What a beauty Houdini! I bet that's a sweet sounding EB0 from 65. Looks like you got one of the first ones with a chrome bridge instead of nickel. You never know what those mudbuckers are going to give you from bass to bass. The one in my EB1 is a hot fuzzy bassy monster but my 66' EB3 has a much more sweet and balanced tone. My EB3 is getting a setup with GHS brite flats. I'll post my thoughts on those when I get the bass back. Congrats man. There's a thread in the Gibson section with a bunch of vids of EB basses from the sixties. Check it out for some inspiration. Enjoy the bass!
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Gibson Basses / Re: What the heck is this SG/EB0 bass?
« on: June 28, 2014, 12:41:27 PM »
Maineiacs. This is what happens when you live in a place where bears outnumber people.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« on: June 28, 2014, 07:12:23 AM »
and he can use his beard for muting 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: USA rules Germany drools
« on: June 27, 2014, 07:31:22 AM »
Those are some stout looking football legs Blackmore's got there. I'm guessing he's not that tall. Probably can hit the ball with good force, not that it helped the typically large legged Iranians any. The Turks are another group with stalky legs yet they didn't make it to the world cup at all this year. Still hard to believe Spain, Portugal, Italy and England all didn't make the cut. My condolences to any bass players hailing from those lands on this forum.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: USA rules Germany drools
« on: June 26, 2014, 10:57:29 AM »
It's all good. We get in with the Portugal win against Ghana. All those forwards and Germany can only score one measly goal? Could have been a different story if the ball ever found Dempsey's foot and if Altidore had played.
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The Outpost Cafe / USA rules Germany drools
« on: June 26, 2014, 09:51:45 AM »
Not a bad team on the field for the USA. Nervous yet Uwe?
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The Bass Zone / Re: "Tales Of Cream" Cream Tribute Band
« on: June 25, 2014, 06:55:29 AM »
You're killing it on these tunes bro! Cat's Squirrel was jumping! 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Out of the frying pan...
« on: June 24, 2014, 08:01:14 PM »
Cool Pen collection! Don't stop there. Get some quill pens, parchment paper and start working on your calligraphy. Really get in to being a renaissance man and get a harpsichord while you're at it too why not?
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« on: June 24, 2014, 05:47:28 PM »
Lee Sklar had a Precision with an added split coil pickup in the bridge position and he used it on lots of tracks with J.T.
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Fender Basses / Re: Aged Antigua. Fugly or Fabulous? You be the judge
« on: June 21, 2014, 06:20:02 AM »
Yes, that's the one Dave. I just selected the embedding option on the vid and cut and pasted the link it gave me. Not sure why it showed up the way it did. I didn't know where the singer, Jason, came up with the song until I looked it up yesterday. It's a Zakk Wylde song.