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Gibson Basses / Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« on: March 08, 2011, 10:51:39 AM »
We will very soon know more on how these play. I have requested a well-known TBird connaisseuse in one of the more North-Western states of the USA (one nation under Canada) to obtain one for us.  She wishes to have her identity protected for the time being. Given that today is International Women's Day, I thought the choice more than fitting.

Uwe

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Gibson Basses / Them Crooked Knobs ...
« on: March 08, 2011, 10:44:30 AM »
I think the euphemism for "crooked" is "circular for better ergonomics", meine Herren!

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Brain Ferry Sings Nursery Rhymes
« on: March 08, 2011, 09:17:27 AM »
You lied, John, those weren't Bryan Ferry vids at all, there were no models in them!

 

But they sure parodied his style well!  :mrgreen:

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Gibson Basses / Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« on: March 08, 2011, 08:33:58 AM »
It is a budget model, I don't think it intends to be anything else with the cheap fin. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

The pg added in afterthought strikes me as a mistaken attempt to upgrade the looks somewhat, but I in fact preferred the puristic look of the NAMM model without any pg.

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Gibson Basses / Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« on: March 08, 2011, 08:27:41 AM »
Riot inciting comments these are.

I have a hunch Fräulein Rommel will very soon have one of these. Goes well with her miniskirts and the band is, after all, called The Nasty Hobbits.

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Gibson Basses / Re: '67 Thunderbird/Hiwatt gig report
« on: March 08, 2011, 06:28:24 AM »
Hey, and here the backing vox are a lot higher  :o than on that other track, Scott ... careful with that saw!!!

 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Great to see someone do a Sweet track. You are edging forward to those Slade covers, I tell you!

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Gibson Basses / Re: Finally! Some vidoe of us doing the "Who" NR content
« on: March 08, 2011, 06:22:39 AM »
I love Scotty's vocal parts best!!!

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Gibson Basses / Re: ebay Thunderbird fruad alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« on: March 08, 2011, 04:37:13 AM »
"Specifications:

Gibson nameplate on headstock"

Well, that is a careful way of putting it.  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


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Gibson Basses / Re: NAMM 2011: Return of the TB front jack? (And other things, but no chrome!!!)
« on: March 08, 2011, 04:09:43 AM »
Here it is, in full glory. Between NAMM and the market release a pickguard crawled onto the body. Not sure if I like this better though. They dragged the width of the pg for whatever reason all the way up to the side of the neck, necessitating cutouts for the TB Plus pups in the process. Unheard of with a Rev TBird - sacrilege!!!  :mrgreen:  All in all, it looks very Studio now.

http://www.wildwoodguitars.com/electrics/gibson/basses/100310436/100310436.php









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Other Bass Brands / Re: Cool Kubicki on the bay
« on: March 07, 2011, 11:45:01 PM »
I hadn't seen the pic (can't on Blackberry) and didn't even know he had non-laminated ones. Those are very sturdy necks, but hardly growlers.

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Cool Kubicki on the bay
« on: March 06, 2011, 03:06:04 AM »
Who in his right mind would want a non resonant neck like the Kubicki one on a fretless of all basses?

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Lace-Helix?
« on: March 06, 2011, 03:03:43 AM »
I like its look a lot. Was immediately endeared by it, reminded me of the Suzuki Katana motorbikes that cane out in the early eighties, classic Asian design.

Those basses sound great. A big sound but nuanced. Very natural. Neck is wider than to my liking - 4 and 5 string have the same width, but it nevertheless is easy to play with lots of sustain.

I like some basses with an off the wall modern design. I like the Kubicki, the Parker Fly bass and I like this here.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Peter Frampton, Leamington Spa. Grrrrreat!!
« on: March 03, 2011, 05:31:52 PM »
He's actually near Frankfurt next week. I might have a look.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Jance Garfat
« on: March 03, 2011, 02:49:18 PM »
I didn't know. I really liked his bass playing. Dr Hook's Sloppy Seconds was the first album where I took note of the bass - that flatwound sound with a pick really stood out. To this day I really dig their Shel Silverstein phase, the first two albums are brilliant. They seem pretty much forgotten these days or remebered for their later - deplorable - Sexy Eyes phase. Dennis Loccoriere (spelling), the main lead singer (and NOT the guy with the eye patch!), still makes nice blue-eyed soul solo albums though.

"I was 17 years old that day
I was trying to get a woman for my birthday
So I made up my and I didn't waste no time
And I took my daddy's caddy down the free way ..."

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Led Purple?
« on: March 03, 2011, 02:40:32 PM »
Yes, a gig in California (Inglewood) and some BBC live sessions EMI is currently compiling for a concentrated release rather than scattering them all over. Simper was a melodic player, but judged as too rock'n'roll (in the sesne of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates he had briefly played with before Kidd's fatal car accident)by Blackmore and Paice. They were listening to a lot of Vanilla Fudge back then (the blueprint for Mk 1 DP) and I guess they found more Tim Bogert in Glover's playing than in Simper's.

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