Brokeback Epi Embassy

Barklessdog · February 20, 2008, 01:35:17 PM

Two pickup Newports are pretty rare. They have one somewhere on the net for a lot $$$$$$

Has the black plastic pup too.

gweimer · February 20, 2008, 01:37:27 PM

The Newport had a pickup cover that didn't actually cover a pickup. You can tell it's a Newport by the two knobs, and you can visually see that it's a shortscale.

It goes something like this:

Gibson EB-0 and Epiphone Newport - single neck humbucker, short scale
Gibson Thunderbird and Epiphone Embassy - two humbuckers, long scale, thinner (fragile) neck.

uwe · February 20, 2008, 01:38:33 PM

Yes, there were a few Newports out there that were basically EB-3s with a minibucker added, but - thankfully! - no varitone.

But I've never seen a one pup Embassy, so that must have existed in one version only. No "shadow" TB II then.

uwe · February 20, 2008, 01:41:01 PM

"and you can visually see that it's a shortscale"

I like that concept ... visually seeing as opposed to, errrm, non-visual seeing?

Ducking ...

kylierider · February 20, 2008, 02:09:22 PM

Well Cool. Now I just need to find a black newport:)...

gweimer · February 20, 2008, 02:38:16 PM

Quote from: uwe on February 20, 2008, 01:41:01 PM
"and you can visually see that it's a shortscale"

I like that concept ... visually seeing as opposed to, errrm, non-visual seeing?

Ducking ...

Hmmmm...just remember that I am a Weimer. We did it to your country before, and we can do it again.

uwe · February 21, 2008, 03:58:09 AM

I fear another raccoon infestation approaching! Will you be parachuting them this time? $:-\$

ramone57 · February 21, 2008, 04:55:19 AM

the controls look the same in both pics, so I think there's a handrest on the black bass.

gweimer · February 21, 2008, 06:01:54 AM

Barklessdog · February 21, 2008, 06:09:08 AM

Quotefear another raccoon infestation approaching!

You complain about raccoons, when you gave us Starlings, House finches (sparrows) & buckthorn.

QuoteDistribution:
· Came to north America before 1800 as an ornamental shrub and, in the early 1900s, began to spread in farmland, yards, gardens, savannas, clearings, abandoned land, along roadsides, and especially in both moist and dry upland sites including open oak woods, woodland edges, prairies and open fields. Now occupies an area from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan to Missouri to New England.

QuoteSite and Date of Introduction: European Starlings were first introduced to the United States in 1890. Rumor has it that one hundred starlings were released in Central Park in hopes that all of the birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works would become established in the New World. In the case of the starling, the wish became reality. In the intervening hundred years the starling population has grown to an estimated 150-200 million birds.

Mode(s) of Introduction: European Starlings have been intentionally introduced all over the world, generally for aesthetic purposes. Ironically starlings are now widely regarded as pests for various reasons, including the fact that their huge flocks, noisy habits and prodigious waste are considered aesthetically displeasing. In New Zealand some claim that biological control of insect pests was a factor in release, but studies have shown that the starlings are not as effective as was hoped for in this area.

Ha, we got even by infesting you with Mcdonnalds & raccoons!-quick which is worse?