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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: gearHed289 on November 19, 2009, 11:08:13 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Explorer-Bass-Floor-Lamp_W0QQitemZ190350752987QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item2c51c9fcdb
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One of the better uses this particular model can be put to. :popcorn:
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I suppose one could make an Explorerbird out of it?
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It already is - it has a maple neck. But by moving the bridge back and with a long scale Fender neck you could turn it into a decent long scale Explorerbird. If you have some spare pups lying around that is.
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Is this such a bad model that even the pups would not be worth a punt...?
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Ok on a maple Grabber or a long scale Q-80, but without sparkle or punch on the medium scale maho body Explorer.
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I prefer a leg lamp (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330377371277). Much more elegant, as long as the Bumpus family doesn't live in your neighborhood.
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Did Mark have a stage accident? :o :o :o
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I am strangely drawn to it............................
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They normally come in pairs...
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The leg lamp was featured "A Christmas Story" the movie based on Jean Shepherd's childhood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mjruvE310Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOOjV_E3s4
A different version appeared earlier in "The Phantom Of The Open Hearth" which was an adaptation of one of his earlier short stories set when he was a teenager.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzstbfBi6R8
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Dave, you need to find a hobby to occupy your spare time... ;)
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The leg lamp was featured "A Christmas Story" the movie based on Jean Shepherd's childhood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mjruvE310Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOOjV_E3s4
A different version appeared earlier in "The Phantom Of The Open Hearth" which was an adaptation of one of his earlier short stories set when he was a teenager.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzstbfBi6R8
Dave knows what I'm talk'n 'bout ;D
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that movie is on tv every year !
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Dave, are you a fan of Shep's work? I grew up on his radio show and books.
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Dave, are you a fan of Shep's work? I grew up on his radio show and books.
I knew who he was, but I never read any anything by him until after seeing his PBS nonfiction series called Jean Shepherd's America about 1970-71 (there was a second series in the mid 80s).
I loved Phantom of the Open Hearth (which was mid-70s) plus two later PBS comedies based on his stories, The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (sp?) and The Great American Fourth of July. Some great scenes in those but Phantom was my favorite.
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Man, I don't know if flabbergasped is the right word, but if it is, then that's what I am after watching those scenes. Never heard of Jean Shepherd before, but this seems most interesting. It's stuff like this that's always made America mythical here in Scandinavia! Watching those clips makes me feel like a kid again, first time my eyes caught the glimpse of Donald Duck. And that magazine my father, who was a turner, used to read: Popular Mechanics! Wow, now I'm gone. Back in the 50's again. Lost in the O-zone!
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I knew who he was, but I never read any anything by him until after seeing his PBS nonfiction series called Jean Shepherd's America about 1970-71 (there was a second series in the mid 80s).
I loved Phantom of the Open Hearth (which was mid-70s) plus two later PBS comedies based on his stories, The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (sp?) and The Great American Fourth of July. Some great scenes in those but Phantom was my favorite.
Yeah, the PBS stuff was great - he also wrote for Playboy and Car & Driver. I have a bunch of the old radio shows on my iPod. They're still great to listen to at night when it's quiet. Oddly, he dismissed alot of what he did prior to A Christmas Story as almost insignificant, or at best, just preliminary. There was a sequel to ACS called My Summer Story, with a different cast - including Charles Grodin, of all people, as The Old Man. It wasn't very good.
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Shep wrote a column for Car & Driver magazine for some years - it was wonderful!
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When I checked YouTube a couple of years ago, there was almost nothing of his posted. Now there's a lot, including all of the Phantom and fourth of July (in multiple parts), some of Jean Shepherd's America and a number of other humor bits.
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c'mon one of you guys has to make this back into a bass.
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Shep's narration for A Christmas Story was absolutely perfect. His voice and delivery were slightly intimate, yet droll. I just loved his delivery.
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Shep's narration for A Christmas Story was absolutely perfect. His voice and delivery were slightly intimate, yet droll. I just loved his delivery.
He used to read abridged versions of his short stories on the holiday radio shows - Christmas naturally, and "Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb That Struck Back" for the 4th of July.
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Shep's narration for A Christmas Story was absolutely perfect. His voice and delivery were slightly intimate, yet droll. I just loved his delivery.
I agree one of the rare instances where the movie is as good (if not better than the book) One of my all time favorites I never tire of it.