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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Chris P. on April 29, 2008, 11:30:00 AM
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I'm in a Buzzard phase and I visit the Custom Shop pages often.
What do you think of this, I 'designed' my perfect bass on paper.
Warwick Buzzard
neck through: maple neck with rosewood fretboard
mahogany wings
one passive MEC vintage humbucker in the middle position
kill switch only like a blackbird.
I guess it'll be a bit Rick 4003-ish with this maple neck and body-mid section, but also a bit Bird-ish with the mahogany wings and passive humbucker.
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You need to post some pics
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Pics could take half a year (if I order it...). But I mailed the CS about a bass with this specs:
Warwick Buzzard
neck through: maple neck with rosewood fretboard
mahogany wings
one passive MEC vintage humbucker in the middle position
kill switch only like a blackbird.
Chrome hardware
dot inlays
NO LEDS
NO ACTOVE CIRCUITRY
a MEC passive vintage humbucker
only one kill switch like the Blackbird.
Colour: Black
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And of course chrome hardware. Í'll go on dreaming in this little private toic;) I'm very bad with PhotoShop, so i used Paint for this bad mock up. But it gives an idea about pick up and toggle switch placement.
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Chris, the problem I see is that this looks so different from your other basses that you won't be able to sneak it past Loes without her noticing immediately.
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Yeah, for once I've told Loes I'm busy with this one. The ex-Jules EB0 is unnoticed yet...;)
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I love the headstock, but I have issues with the shriveled looking pistol grip lower horn. Is that supposed to be the claws?
The rear wing is the wing and the neck the neck, the front horn is the buzzard hump.
I can't see it fitting withy your band, but in natural wood, it would look better.
those are price birds aren't they?
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I love the headstock, but I have issues with the shriveled looking pistol grip lower horn. Is that supposed to be the claws?
The rear wing is the wing and the neck the neck, the front horn is the buzzard hump.
I can't see it fitting withy your band, but in natural wood, it would look better.
those are price birds aren't they?
The gun grip: I guess it are claws. Some Buzzards have a control there and then it looks like another beak with an eye.
The Buzzard totally doesn't fit in my band. Guess I have to start another band then;) We're a bit retro, so I'll keep on playing my vintage stuff and reissues.
The Buzzard sound fits even more badly. That's why I want a passive maple/mahogany one. I love the looks, but i don't like active basses.
Wood: I like natural and sunburst basses and my Rivoli, Ricky 3000 and 4005 are natural. But I don't like exotic woods, though the Zebrabird's nice. I also hate black basses, cos they're too metal to me, with an exception for a Ps (common) and a 4003s (wear a tux and go!). But a Buzzard just looks the best in black.
I guess I can have it, wearing a black Fred Perry with it or something;)
Prices: Bolt Ons (with normal 2+2 Warwick headstock) are 1,800 euros. Neck throughs are like 4.500 euros and Custom shops between 2.600 (BO) and 7.700 (NT).
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I´m still having this Buzzard idea. A guy at the Warwick forum made this PhotoShop mock up to show how my idea would look.
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/buzzardcurtis.jpg)
With a Danelectro Longhorn, a Fiesta P, an Epi Rivoli, a Gibson Thunderbird, it could be a nice addition to a JAE-inspired colletion, doesn´t it? And then of course then I need a Fenderbird, an Explorerbird, an Alembic Spyder, .... ;D Well, I´m still quite young ;)
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When my Fenderbird is done, I want to put it up for sale for around 1500 Euro.
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Fenderbird%20bouw/100_0750.jpg)
So you'll be the first to hear when it goes up for sale...
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Cool. Dunno if I have money then, but cool!
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The pickup is more towards the bridge than I thought I would be. And I like the black hardware in the earlier picture very much. Besides this this is a very interesting/nice bass!
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I guess the pick up is a bit on the position of a Rickenbacker bridge pick up. Maybe it goes a bit to the front, but itt'll be in 'middle' position.
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I guess the pick up is a bit on the position of a Rickenbacker bridge pick up. Maybe it goes a bit to the front, but itt'll be in 'middle' position.
My 2 cents: Put it in the sweet spot - centered directly below where the 36th fret harmonic would be. That's where a Ric "bridge" pickup sits. Modulus Quantum Sweet Spot models have one pup in that location as well.
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Guys,
Now you'll see the reason why I don't have any money to buy any basses the last couple of months, except for a cheap Explorer. I changed my plan a bit in time. The idea was to have a one pick up Buzzard cos I love one pick up Thunderbirds. But it looked best placed on the back and that's really not my sound. And with the Nikki Sixx kill-switch only controls I couldn't change anything. So after some long talks with a guy named Marcus we settled on two passive MEC vintage humbuckers and some controls. Neck through is maple, body's mahogany, fretboard is rosewood. Dot inlay.
I hope it's here within some weeks.
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/CIMG2610.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/CIMG2611.jpg)
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VERY nice, Chris. Me likey!
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Very nice!
But Ummmmmm.........shouldn't it say "Fraulein Rommel" ;)
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After flirting with Uwe for weeks? I don't think so;)
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Congrats Chris.
Now I'm pretty sure Doug Fyghter isn't just a stage name... ;D
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Maybe Warwick can change the 24th fret plate to
Custom Made For
Doug 'The Piranha' Fyghter
:) I hope it's here next week. I'll keep y'all posted.
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Is this a custom order from Warwick, like you were talking about last year?
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Congrats man!! Thats going to be cool!
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CAAAAAWWWW... CAAAAAAWWWWWW..... CAAAAAWWWWWW.........
Oh, sorry, that's a crow, not a buzzard...
Don't give us all that Entwistle guff.... you'll be growing your hair next... oh yeah, and studded wristbands...
Would you like me to send you an 80's JP "point of entry" tour shirt, to up your "METAL" cred...
Looking good Sir "Piranha"... :mrgreen:
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@ Dave: Yep, it's totally custom made. Pick ups, wood, inlays, everything. That's why the plate says 'custom made' ;) And yes: I had a little discount:)
@ Ken: Yeah, send me that shirt, as long it's Medium:) But don't worry: No tapping or other typewriter techniques from this guy. Just three fingers on the left hand, two on the right;)
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After flirting with Uwe for weeks? I don't think so;)
You're SO mean :rolleyes:
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No, I always bully the ones I love most! :-*
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I'll do some digging and check the size... baseball jersey style, with a flying v design, if I remember correctly... :mrgreen:
Mark, you just hold on in there, I'm sure it's just a phase he's going through... ;)
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I have this song in my head now of Graham Parker: Keep your eyes open or something? That's just something your going through...
Graham Parker rules. And all those pub rockers like Ian Gomm, Brinsley Schwarz, Nick Lowe, ...
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(http://www.rockmerch.com/images/T/JUD26sm.jpg)
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After flirting with Uwe for weeks? I don't think so;)
Errmmmmm......I thought you were flirting with Uwe ;)
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This is getting complicated. So I was flirting with Uwe, thinking you were flirting with Uwe, while Uwe was flirting with Ken, while Ken hasn't been in touch with his feminine side yet and he has a secret crush on Mark?
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Exactly................except it's different ;)
I'm bullying back alittle.
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You got it all wrong there, Doug... I'm just lookin' out for my big sis... I jus' don't wanna see her gettin' hurt :o ;)
Crush...? Orange Chrush....! after all, what's my frequency...?
Uwe...? he doesn't need to flirt, he has my undying admiration...
and btw, if my most in-depth (Sci-Fi) literary work is anything to go by (first novels being autobiographical, so psychologists say), I'm in deep, deep trouble and due for collection any day now... (written, mostly, in first person, male and female, old/young/hetro/bi/gay lead characters, paranoid schizofrenics, God like beings, multi-dimensional, time-spanning beings, AI, planet relocations, and that's just the first 20 pages...)
T is long black sleeves with an off white body and a colour design, but it is in the loft - will try to dig out and check... ;D
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I still have that Priest shirt somewhere around here! Thanks for the memories!!
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Chris, I could see it was custom made, I just wasn't sure if it was from Warwick or if you were having it built by someone else.
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Dave, the part of the plate was a bit of a joke;)
Yep, it's Warwick. Warwick founder and owner HP Wilfer is a business partner and a good friend of mine. He wanted me to play a Warwick and who am I to discuss that opinion? He also knows I dislike active basses and I don't like the small fast Wicks like the Thumb. So we made this plan and he made a good price. If I hadn't have this contact I would never be able to afford such a bass.
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Chris, your going to have to grow some poofy hair !
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First time I've read through this thread. Total entertainment value as usual ;D Interesting bass Chris. Sounds like a cool project. I'm wondering what the balance is gonna be like?
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:)
Balance:
The strange thing is that the strap button is at the 19th fret instead of at the 12th fret on a Fender. The whole bass is situated to the left and you need long arms (which I have) to reach the G-tuner. Thank god it's angled... (the tuner)
Because it's so much to the left you immediately put the bass more to the right like BB King or... Entwistle. So you hold it more besides you. I do that all the time with other basses, so it's natural to me. I tried one out with different woods at the Messe and there was no real balance problem. I hope mine hasn't either. But I'm used to Birds, so a little neck heavy is just fine.
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Yeah its interesting to me, coming from playing a Jazz mostly my whole life I have found it an interesting transition to playing Gibson style basses. Its been great looking at the pics some of you have posted (especially Marks Birds) as far as getting a handle on how to make the comfort thing work for me. I know I nearly put my back out the first time I played the Explorer at a gig. But now with a different approach it is really very comfortable. The minimal neck dive that it has doesn't actually get noticed by me when I'm playing it.
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The minimal neck dive that it has doesn't actually get noticed by me when I'm playing it.
that's been my experience with neck dive in general. death to the nefarious neck dive myth!
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Not a myth! Some are worse than others, but I sure notice it. And the offender usually doesn't stay in my collection for long.
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Doug, how you've changed, again... ;D
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I haven't changed that much, guys. No spandex of long curly hair for me. I just bought a matching black Fred Perry polo with a red and grey pinstripe:)
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A bit late after a year, but I did some measurements. Of course the Buzzard has 26 frets, to 20 of a P. But I think the first MEC vintage humbucker is placed exactly at the same spot as the split pick up on a P. With neck through maple, mahogany bodywings and a rosewood board I guess it have to sound nice. And the second pick up can add some nice highs and together of course they will have the compressed dual humbucker Basvarken signature sound.
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Not a myth! Some are worse than others, but I sure notice it. And the offender usually doesn't stay in my collection for long.
yeah, I know Dave. I just think it's an overstated problem. to hear some guys talk about it, you'd think the sky is falling. not on this board so much, but other places.
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As I've mentioned many times, I come from the house of Fender unto the spector of the evil neck diving Gibophone bass. I really dont have a problem with the basses I own or have tried so far. I have been made aware that some of the older Gibsons had very bad neckdive due to the tuners and a few other issues. But so far I'm not sure what all the fuss is about.
As you can see in the pics from the Crocs show of last week that Explorer is quite a balanced bass. I think I look very comfortable playing it. It certainly felt comfortable and they are supposed to be one of the prime offenders as I understand it.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/Freuds_cat/Crocs/Bacchus%2003-09/Crocs5.jpg)
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The two worst neck divers I've had were a Fender Coronado II and a Guild JS-II. Both long gone from the scene.
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My RD and PC both tend to head for "Gods Own Country", Brett... ;)
Doug... only 26 frets...! should have at least held out for 30... ;D btw, I found that T but have not had the time to check the "size", I'll PM the measurement across the chest and if you want, it will be on its way... if not, it goes to eBay...
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Yeah, Warwicks Custom shop was unwilling to make it a 30 fret bass. I also asked to put some frets between the bridge and the bridge pick up, but that wasn't an option either.
I'm quite busy today, but I'll check your PM ASAP!
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PS. I need 26 frets to play 'How Many Friends' of The Who by Numbers.
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Yeah thats it Chris, I'm the same. Always have a validation ;)
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the compressed dual humbucker Basvarken signature sound.
:mrgreen:
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Doug... only 26 frets...! should have at least held out for 30... ;D
First we had an arms gap, then a nuclear gap, now we have a fret gap! :o
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And don't forget the turbo gap of the early Saab 900 Turbos and early Porsche 911 turbos.
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And the front-tooth gap of Michael Strahan!
http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/4_michaelstrahanrev.jpg
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Talking about Warwick: This one had a very nice matte paintjob. A bit satin like. It looked like a old Gibson. And there's a Buzzard in the back:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/DSC_14901.jpg)
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I just found these promo shots of Doug's new band- Twisted Fister
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/beam-hair-metal-4.jpg)
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My girlfriend and I laughed our ass off:D Thanks!!!!
Strange to know that at this very moment a certain American girl with a lot of T-birds is printing this pic to hang above her bed....
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I just found these promo shots of Doug's new band- Twisted Fister
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/beam-hair-metal-4.jpg)
There is no smiley suitable for that.
Thanks John, I've just picked myself up of the floor with tears running down my face.
That is really very funny.
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I'm glad I wan't swallowing coffee when I saw this.
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Talking about Warwick: This one had a very nice matte paintjob. A bit satin like. It looked like a old Gibson. And there's a Buzzard in the back:
Its a pitty Warwick's don't have neck pickups as I generally like German engineering very much.
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The guy in the middle of the original picture is married to Lita Ford and now looks like he works for WWE. The guy on the left has worn dead squirrels on his head since 1984 at least and that guitar is real. Isn't it sad that I know that? :mrgreen:
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And don't those tight pants just suit you, Schatzi ;)
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The guy in the middle of the original picture is married to Lita Ford and now looks like he works for WWE. The guy on the left has worn dead squirrels on his head since 1984 at least and that guitar is real. Isn't it sad that I know that? :mrgreen:
Sadly you aren't alone in that knowledge George. I remember way too much about 80's bands!
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Though there are some bands I don't really listen to all that much anymore, there aren't that many that I'm embarrassed to have liked back in the day. I saw Michael Angelo at the Troubadour before he added (returned?) the Batio, but I wasn't a big Nitro fan. I can also say happily that I was never a Slaughter or Nelson fan. :mrgreen:
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I don't even know who it is, so chances are I never listened to them.
I do remember Lita Ford.
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No, not the squirrel, NOT THE SQUIRREL...!
oops, forgot to measure the JP tee, back soonish...
... and I quite liked one song by Judy Tzuke and that was enough of an excuse to go and see her, up close... ;)
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Only reason I know Lita Ford is because Neil Merryweather played bass with her for a while.
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Okay, Brett - try googling her name and Runaways (and Joan Jett) and see why some 70's types went blind early in life, but don't recommend going to deep into the froth because I can not remember much that impressed - I discovered Heart before them, buying the first LP on release, and it did wonders for my playing style... ;)
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Oh she was in the Runaways? I see. Thats why I only recognised her name in connection to Merryweather ;)
I'm with you on the Heart thing. Still have about 5 LP's in the shed.
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Lita's heyday was well after the Runaways - she was well packaged in every regard :o Alas beauty wanes as does youth ;D Last pick I saw of her she was rather large :mrgreen:
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I saw Lita on 'That Metal Show' recently and she didn't look too bad at all. Not as great as the 80's, but then neither do I! :-[
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Judas Priest tee...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/jpt1.jpg)
measures 50cm from pit to pit and 60cm from front neck to end - too big...?
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/lbo2.jpg)
rear design - "BLITZ"
... and as part of your "METAL GOD" conversion and the problem you seem to be having with the musical accessory called "the pick", my daughter and I thought we'd assist...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/lbo3.jpg)
this is what is known as a "pick"... use "named" for extra kudos... for example, "PIRANHA" ...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/lbo4.jpg)
they come in a variety of shapes, colours and thicknesses...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/pick1.jpg)
this is how you hold one...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/lbo7.jpg)
here is another example...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/lbo8.jpg)
... and a third...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/aprildownload006.jpg)
and finally, here is a demonstration of one in use...
I hope you have found this to be of some use...
I'll post some bass chords to give you extra "THRASH-METAL" cred for my next lecture... ;)
ps if the tee suits pm the address and it's on it's way... ;D
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What a post, great! :D You must have had lots of fun making them! :D I laughed my ass off here:D
I'll come back to it, ASAP.
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Okay, Chris, you've had your lesson, no excuses now.
Do make sure you always have enough picks. Sew a compartment in the crotch of your spandex to hold the spares.
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:mrgreen:
Monday the electronics of the Buzzard will be fitted and they'll send it next week.
Hmmm.. the shirt I'm wearing now is quite slim but it's 40cm from pit to pit.... So I guess you have to frame it and hang it on the wall.... But thanks anyway!! :D
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You know about the electronics right?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/Buzza.jpg)
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Holy Crap! does that thing have its own built in Power amp or something?
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That is a shot from JE's Buzzard.
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Doug Fyghter will need more than a mere 45 volts.
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No problemo, Doug...
If I find something suitably METAL in the debris case, prior to eBay (for my resurection funds), I'll let you know...
Maybe as I'm acting in-loco-parentis or as a "METAL MENTOR" having played a bit, albeit unsuccessfully in a commercial sense, maybe I should return to an old nickname... "HM Murdoch" as in "Heavy Metal Murdoch", not the popular TV sidekick... It is my middle name, after all...
I'll suggest a good "POWER-CHORD" for you to try, with a pick... open E - index finger on 7th fret of the A and a bar with the ring finger on the 9th of the D and G...
Now try that with the most ORNERY instrument you own through your Hiwatt, maybe a 4x12 and a 2x15, with everything set at FULL THROTLE, and tell me that doesn't move you... and everything else in the house... 8)
That basic chord pattern will work pretty much anywhere on the neck - if you really want to go for it occasionally drop that little pinkie 2 more frets up the neck, for a bit of variation... We'll have you playing "MOTORHEAD" in no time... ;D ;D ;D
How many PP9's...!?!?!?!?!
Dave, why do I keep having these flashbacks of the "Dead Parrot" sketch; something about muscling up to the bars and an excessive amount of voltage...? ;)
Bret and Barkless - I guess we'll hear about it when Doug plugs her in, "Cause of 'Brown-outs' still untraced in the Netherlands" in the international news section... ;D
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On the Wiki-page on brown notes, there used to be a piece about Uwe, but it isn't there anymore... I had nothing to do with placing that;)
I love power chords:) I try your idea sometimes:) I used to tune my girlfriends set neck Epi '57 LP jr. reissue in an open tuning and I secretly played I Don't Need No Doctor of Humble Pie at high volumes at my bass rig using my index finger only:)
Buzzard: I believe JAEs was 12V and the rest was for the LEDs :) Mine will be passive: Two classic humbuckers, master volume, master tone and a pick up blend control.
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Brownouts, brown notes, same difference. ;D
Ken, your middle name is Heavy Metal? :o
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Doug, I'm guilty of using my SG "E tuned" and pathetically messing about with "Belgian Toms Hat-Trick", or an LZ or a Mountain or an Allmans, or whatever... I tend to play her "lap-steel" fashion... with glass... like a Coricidin bottle, but not... I keep meaning to break... er... wander into the Hard Rock in London and ask them if they'll loan me the Strat' Duane used on the Aretha recordings... I have no idea where any of his other instruments are... :sad:
Actually Dave, its Kenneth "Heavy Metal" Fintimlimbimlimbimwhin Linn Bin "Captain Pugwash" Bass Crunch Murdoch Kerrang Kerrang Ol' Four String Cracker-Barrel Stewart the Fourth, but "Sad B*st*rd" to my buddies... ;)
On a general note re "Brown Notes" I have installed several sirens known as "Masterblasters", loosely based on WW2 sirens that are so loud they vibrate the solar plexus and can result in vomiting and occasional involuntary response :puke: - not legal in an enclosed space... oops... ;) always fun to test newbies on, but not prior to an ECG... :mrgreen:
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Actually Dave, its Kenneth "Heavy Metal" Fintimlimbimlimbimwhin Linn Bin "Captain Pugwash" Bass Crunch Murdoch Kerrang Kerrang Ol' Four String Cracker-Barrel Stewart the Fourth, but "Sad B*st*rd" to my buddies... ;)
...of Ulm. ;)
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... and as I should try to lead by example... :rolleyes:
a reversion to my Island family name...
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I'll start to get worried if you change into Trotsky, followed by Eartha Kitt.
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The Buzzard is sent today, or that's what they told. I hope so. It could be here friday, so that day I'll wait for my postman the whole day!
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Better get your spandex bought today or tomorrow, then.
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The Buzzard is sent today, or that's what they told. I hope so. It could be here friday, so that day I'll wait for my postman the whole day!
Beter! :)
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Thanks Bert! Do you have any 'news' yet?:)
Marcus of Warwick confirmed me yesterday evening it is sent. Normally it takes two days from Germany or England to Holland (Belgium a week!?!?!), so it could be here friday. Maybe monday, but I hope I can try her out in the weekend!
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Thanks Bert! Do you have any 'news' yet?:)
No news. No paycheck yet either. First paycheck. Then wait. then news.
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It's in! The Buzzard is in! She's a real good looker, she's very light, a bit neck heavy, but I'm used to that (T-birds...) and it sounded really nice and versatile when I gave her a first spin on my 25W Vox home bass amp. Warm, clear and growly!
Pics will follow later.
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Some quick pics:
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6565.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6563.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6560.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6559.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6556.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6555.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6554.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6553.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6551.jpg)
(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/Curtisverstraete/IMG_6550.jpg)
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Nice, Chris. Where's the spandex?
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:mrgreen: That one will follow later:)
Booker T. is on it for Hieronymus.
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I see my wedding present has arrived!
Sooooooooo.................Is there a plane ticket coming my way? Or are you flying to Seattle with the bass?
;D
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;D I'm sure it'll look good on you, Mark!
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Congrats Chris,
Have fun with that ugly German neck heavy bass. ;D
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Gaaf man! Gefeliciteerd! :)
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The BaCHBird is Czech and not German, Rob :mrgreen:
Dank je, Bert!
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I'm jealous Chris. This thing is even more ugly than my beloved Katana. ;D
(http://blaat.net/bass/squier-katana-01.jpg)
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Congrats Chris, it looks very cool on you. Not sure its my style but I enjoy seeing different types of basses. Hope it sounds as good as it should.
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Very nice! I most always dislike Warwicks but this one has really grown on me. Does it have the typical Warwick flat fingerboard? Or is the radius a bit smaller?
And Fraulien you have your work cut out for you! Hell, he dresses like me and I can at least use the "I'm old" excuse ;D
Cripes! I would have thought he would at least have a nice, simple leather suit to model the Buzzard with :P
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What d' ya think Mark, a shiny black leather jumpsuit for Chris to match the Buzzard or is that too much? ;)
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Guys............
I'm workin' on him! Nothin says Lovin' like Leather ( just no assless chaps!) and that's probably what he needs instead of Spandex.
Dutchmen! What's a girl to do ???
BTW Schatz I hadn't said it before, but it's a lovely bass :)
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Thanks for the comments on the bass, Mark! I know it isn't everybody's cup of tea, but I like it:)
Clothes: I bought a black cotton strap for it today and I already have some clothes which'll work. I guess more pics will follow!
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BTW: The neck is modelled on on of JAEs P's. It's 44mm wide at the nut, which is exactly like my MIM Fender '50s P. Quite a hand full. The widest 4-string neck I've got and tried.
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Clothes: I bought a black cotton strap for it today and I already have some clothes which'll work. I guess more pics will follow!
OK! Mark has had an influence on you! :o If all you want to wear is strip of black cotton please don't post any picks of yourself in that outfit ;D We're not that tkind of place! :P
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Reminds me of that Joe Cocker song:
"You can leave your hat on" ;)
I guess I have "The Full Monty" on my brain this A.M.
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Make sure you wear black shoes. No brown shoes allowed (http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/albums/Absolutely_Free/14.html) with a black Buzzard.
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THE BUZZARD
Starring... Doug Fyghter...
Soundtrack available soon on FLYING DUTCHMAN Records...
Management - Hornung Associates
Wardrobe to be re-arranged Hills of Seattle at the earliest opportunity...
Now all you need is the makeover... ;)
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;D
Well, I still only have the little Vox T25 here at home, but I tried to compare the Buzzard with the '76 Thunderbird and the MIM '50s P.
Note: Both the Bird as the P have nickelwound strings and the Buzzard has coated steel strings. The neck pick up of the Buzzard is placed at exactly the same place as the split P. The T-bird neck pick up is placed more to the neck.
I'm not as good as Uwe in explaing sounds, but I give it a go.
Compared to the maple board P, the Warwick sounds more tight, more nasal. Same clear highs. The Warwick has very thight low growls. And of course the neck through gives it another kind of sustain/decay. Speaking in terms of fatness, the basses are comparable. Of course the Buzzard has a rosewood board, but also a small body and steel strings, a brass nutt and so.
The very mid-ish Thunderbird is a bit warmer sounding and it sounds rounder. Both have a bit of that nasal mahogany sound. The Warwick has a more metallic zingy sound. Again it's tighter sounding. Because of the metallic sound, it has some kind of Entwistle sound.
If we talk Entwistle I think the Buzzard is more a combination of maple board P Entwistle and Buzzard Entwistle, while the Thunderbird is more second half '70s Entwistle.
Next wednesday I'll try her out at high volume!
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I promised you to report about the Buzzard after gigging it.
Like I said the Buzzard sounds totally different than any bass I've got. It's like the sustain and decay of the Thunderbird, but much sharper and more edgy sounding, combined with the mid-growl of my mapleboard Precision. But much tighter and with some nice sub lows.
Playing alone I prefer a warm, fat bass, and the Buzzard is quite different. I never judge a bass before I gigged it, because a bass sounds totally different when playing with drums and guitars. And of course it's also different when playing with a band with warm acoustic guitars, jangly Telecasters or fat Les Pauls.
Wednesday night I rehearsed with Boilersuit, so with drums, female vocals and a LP jr. And the sound of the Buzzard perfectly mixed with the rest of the band. Real edgy, nicely warm growling and..... cutting very good through the mix. And that's what I hoped and expected!!!! The mapleboard P also cuts through the mix very well, but sometimes it's too harsh. Playing the P my bandmates ask me to turn down the volume every time, but the Buzzard was loud, cutting, but not in a irritating way. With that three piece band and only rhythm guitar I have some space to fill and the Buzzard did that perfectly. I hoped this bass would be okay, but it's better! My drummer liked it cos he could hear it very well (he hates muddy basses) and our singer/my girfriend loved the combined sound of her P90 guitar and the birdie.
Yesterday I gigged the Buzzard during Queensday for a couple of hundred people and a lot of friends, who saw my new band for the first time and loved it! Of course the Buzzard was the subject of a lot of conversations. You love the looks or you hate it, ha ha! A lot of questions: 'Man, what is THAT!?!' People know me for playing vintage stuff, so some of my friends were really shocked seeing me with that nice little birdy:) Love that!
Now I played against a Strat and an Gibson ES335 and again the bass was cutting through very well and in a nice way. Vincent, the sound engineer, is the best engineer I know. We always ask him when we have important gigs. He was very impressed by the sound, also DI'd. I'm totally used to play the strange bass now and it feels like a part of my body! Totally natural!
This all was before we heard the knews a mad man tried to attack the Dutch royal family by driving his car into their bus on our national holiday Queen's Day. The royal family wasn't hurt, but five innocent bystanders were killed. A very tragic day and after our gig all the other bands were cancelled. Very tragic.
Tomorrow we'll play as support act of one of Holland's most famous bands for hundreds of people so, today I'll celan off all the sweat on the Buzzard. It was warm yesterday.
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I'm enjoying you sharing the journey Chris. 8)
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Nice to hear she's worked out and was worth the trip... 8)
Shocking news, otherwise... :sad:
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Outrageous attack on the Royal Family! >:( Lucky they weren't hurt. Shame about the others tho.
I was in Holland twice with my ex who's Dutch/German & the 2nd time we extended our stay in order to see the Queen & her 24 karat gold coach drawn by wonderful black horses bred just for that & the drawn swords of the military & all & it was very fokken cool!
Congratulations on the wonderful bass too, sounds TERRIFIC!!
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Thanks guys!
Yeah, terrible. I saw feature of flying, bleeding people and a guys leg ripped off... All live on Dutch tv... The guy killed six bystanders and he's dead too....
Gold coaches. That isn't very strange. We all drive them in Holland. Well, I'll put on my wooden shoes now and I'll get some tulips from the garden in front of my windmill now. Snorting some cocaine afterwards and I will eat some frencg fries with mayonaisse.
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...& zelfgabokken petat? 8)
Loved smokin' dope in public over there! Glad I did that before I quit.
Right in the center of town, right in front of the cops. Wonderful. :mrgreen:
Hey~ You're The Flying Dutchman now on your Buzzard! hahaa
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Some classically influenced flower arrangements...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skU-jBFzXl0
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Ken,
The tee is in! And it looks gorgeous! I'm away this night and tomorrow, but I'll make a pic ASAP:D
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Just a live pic I ran into.
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/IMG_5638.jpg)
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Cool pic!
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Poser... ;)
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I have some new ones ;D
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/GetAttachment.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/13041_1258420507659_1444038441_7505.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/13041_1258420427657_1444038441_7505.jpg)
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That looks huge (the bass, that is ;D)
Is your photographer aware that they now have color photography? ;)
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They are in colour, Dave... a pale grey Ben Sherman, battle-ship grey strides, dark grey hat (straight off the head of Chuck Connors after he'd finished with it after Soylent Green; what colour it had has faded away...) and his black Buzzard through a classically black Vox combo, under pale white lighting...
Why's he looking so pale and pasty... just been spending too much time in that bunker... :mrgreen: (we don't have a B&W smiley...)
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The bass is huge! 26 frets....
In that part of Holland everything still is black and white.
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26 frets? We'll have to confiscate it then, Chris. Please bring it to the old Sammelstelle by noon. Otherwise ernstige strafmaatregelen beckon ...
(http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.rijwiel.net/img/holl-fietsenvordering1942.jpg&usg=AFQjCNHBsYT-VgKDszW7qdhJrndkr04lcg)
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That article is a very nice find! However... I gues it hangs framed above the fireplace? In the end these bikes were the start of the Horning family wealth and the bass collection. ;D
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I've read from a reliable source that only 3% of the Dutch bike population were ever confiscated as voluntary gifts to the German war effort. You've totally blown this out of proportion!!! :mrgreen: ;)
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Well, 3 percent of like 10 million bicycles is still a lot and still a good way to sell and jump start a bass collection :mrgreen:
But I will shut up. I still enjoy the musical facilities you built in '42 at Flugplatz Bergen we use every week:
Ze Entränce, beautifully worn, not by bullets but by nature:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/1-1.jpg)
Look at that sexy concrete!
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/Opnames013.jpg)
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I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like, it's got a basket, a bell that rings, and things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but the Germans got to it first... ;D
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RIP Syd
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I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like, it's got a basket, a bell that rings, and things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but the Germans got to it first... ;D
LOL! Syd was great.
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In Holland soccer icon Johan Cruijff, who is almost seen as a philosofist once said:
'Soccer is a game with one ball, 22 players and in the end the Germans win'.
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Wow... I am a bit behind aren't I?!
I didn't even see this post until today... got any good photos I can check out?!
...I did see one where it didn't have any electronics.
Nice one!
Curt
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In Holland soccer icon Johan Cruijff, who is almost seen as a philosofist once said:
'Soccer is a game with one ball, 22 players and in the end the Germans win'.
You're still not over the 1974 World Cup final, are you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsnK_4IWBWc
I remember that day fondly.
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I'm not an England fan (but being an ex West Ham follower, I could not resist) but are you forgetting 1966...?
"They think it's all over... it is now..."
(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_02/worldcup661512_468x611.jpg)
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You won that unfairly, because we didn't get a chance at out customary penalty shooting blitz!!!
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I just feel sorry (NOT) for any Frenchies in Eire at the moment... :mrgreen:
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I couldn't resist ;D :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVCew73zTQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVCew73zTQ)
And:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBrt9WsHTk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBrt9WsHTk)
I just feel sorry (NOT) for any Frenchies in Eire at the moment... :mrgreen:
+1
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Being of Scottish descent, it would be equally cruel to note that commonly sung (by the English) footie song... "Two World Wars and one World Cup, Doo-dah... Doo-dah..."
Where are you based, Iome... (and what's the name...?) I'm guessing european links here...?
Ah, just spotted it... Ciao...
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Can I join in and comment about our accomplishments in "soccer" (hate this word, apparently comes from 'association')?
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Where are you based, Iome... (and what's the name...?) I'm guessing european links here...?
Ah, just spotted it... Ciao...
Half Dane and half Italian, Been living between the two countries for a lifetime, I have now settled down in the Nothern Italy near the lake of Garda, not the best choice economically talking, but the lifestyle here is wonderfull.
Talking football, I think the americans (US) are getting better everytime they play, they've got a whole continent with multietnic population, there's gonna be some great (future) player there....if only they where interested....
Can I join in and comment about our accomplishments in "soccer" (hate this word, apparently comes from 'association')?
No you cannot!! ;D he he, nothing like brazilian "soccer", 5 times world champion... >:( .
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I'll come back to you, Curt!
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Can I join in and comment about our accomplishments in "soccer" (hate this word, apparently comes from 'association')?
Go for it...!
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Curt, you can go to www.warwick.de. Go to the Custom Shop gallery, choose Buzzard and the first one's mine. I'll make some better pics.
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Curt, you can go to www.warwick.de. Go to the Custom Shop gallery, choose Buzzard and the first one's mine. I'll make some better pics.
NICE!!!
If I had the coin I'd for sure get one... but i'd have to have the larger headstock like JE's!
So how does it sound?!
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Dear DC10,
Sorry for this late answer.
I also wanted the oversized headstock of the JAE ones (he had a lot with this smaller headstock too), but Warwick doesn't offer that anymore...
Mine's passive with vintage humbuckers. Maple neck through and mahogany body. It sounds very middy. A great growl because Warwicks have very strong necks. Playing it without a band I thought it was a bit too middy, too growly and with a lack of lows, but within my rockband The La La Lies it really cuts through the mix very wel!! Great sound. While playing it through my Hiwatt is just comes to live. Think a revving American V8:)