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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: uwe on October 07, 2008, 05:52:35 AM
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picked this up yet for her occasional KT Tunstall impersonations.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-OF-A-KIND-Gibson-Epiphone-thunderbird-bass_W0QQitemZ140271947456QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140271947456&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
(http://i7.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/10/c0/84d4_1.JPG)
The "Tora, tora, tora!"-glimmer bass.
Uwe
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No chromey goodness. I think I've seen that bass before. Possibly on TB.
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Nice:)
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Oh I saw it................
Just my .02 here but I've alway felt 'Birds look better in a solid color or the traditional 'burst, the shape doesn't seem to lend itself to this kind of multi -striping to well. I think it's because the shape by itself is a strong statement and trying to make paint compete with it seems somehow wrong to me. As it was designed with a pickguard Thunderbirds are (to me) an elegant beautiful shape, there's been a few nicely painted ones but they're far and few between.
This one kinda misses the mark for me, and I have the feeling it looks much better in the pics than it does in the flesh................Aside from that I have 2 basses "out there" already the Nikki Bird and a BaCH, so my meager $$$ are going to be occupied for a little while. And I'm really thinking I'd like either a Hotwire Fenderbird or an RS Expibird after that................ :P
That Seattle Chick........
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"And I'm really thinking I'd like either a Hotwire Fenderbird ..."
Well, looks like it will be getting cheaper for you in the mid term. In a reversal of the trend of the last years, the Euro value is currently crashing vs the mighty Dollar. Nothing like nationalizing a big chunk of bad debt to stabilize a currency - USA = United Socialists of America!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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I think we need a pic from 1984..................Ministry of Love perhaps.... ;)
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Nothing like nationalizing a big chunk of bad debt to stabilize a currency - USA = United Socialists of America!!!
It's nice that in 8 years we can take the whole world down the toilet in so many ways!
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It's nice that in 8 years we can take the whole world down the toilet in so many ways!
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You know which country may be the first to go? Read this (http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2008/10/03/iceland-when-too-big-to-fail-becomes-too-big-to-rescue).
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Its much deeper than just the last 8 years.
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The 8 years I refer to is our national debt, which we (both parties) just added 700 billion to, that in the end may do nothing for the problem. 8 years ago we had zero debt.
You can't blame it all on the current admin, 911 was the spending button, but it sure seems Iraq was an unwarranted, now we can't leave nor can we afford to stay. It's costing a lot in many ways.
I'm not sure about where you live, but almost every city here is way over in debt. Where will we come up with the money to fix the failing bridges, schools, roads, fund police & fire, plus pay of a national debt we can't imagine the amount?
We will have to cut spending and or raise taxes. I don't see how we can just keep spending / borrowing ( from China & other countries ) and not pay anything back. We are going down the pipes because of our debt at every level. We just can't keep printing more money.
No one wants to pay the money back, but no one wants to start laying off police, fire and sanitation workers (like they started doing in Chicago) !!
Can we hire the TV lawyer Peter Francis Juracey to file chapter 11 as a country?
We are going to hell in a hand basket pretty quick.
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No argument at all with anything that you just said.
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yeah....what he said and the quality of finish in the cutouts on my SGRI sucked too!!! :puke:
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In a rare moment of clarity, it occurred to me that since so many people (in all walks of life) are affected, and with so much blame to go around, it may be the one thing that unites rather than divides the country.
Then again, I thought "Cop Rock" was a cool idea for a TV show... ;D
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You know which country may be the first to go? Read this (http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2008/10/03/iceland-when-too-big-to-fail-becomes-too-big-to-rescue).
Yes, Iceland is broke. It amazes me. I was there only last year and it seemed a wealthy country with very few problems or social differences. How could they get so much in debt? The only energy they need to import is some gas for their cars, they need to import food, but they also export what one of the world's largest fishing fleet catches in their waters (which are - thanks to Iceland's protective stand against non-national fishers - not overfished). Yet they stood there watching how their three banks collected debts tenfold their gross national product. Iceland banks were all the rage until recently in Europe by offering interest rates up to 10 % on savings and checking accounts. Someone is picking up the bill for that now.
Uwe
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I almost burst a blood vessel last night hearing about AIG and the party we threw for them and the million dollar a month consultant WE THE PEOPLE hired, the person who help ruin the company.
WTF????
I just can't understand how people can just look the other way after this country has been lied to, cheated and raped, by the people who really run this country- the super wealthy.
This is like the Iraq war were we need to question things like why did we have to do this in a week and how is it really going to help, or is it the most glorified golden parachute ever created, fed to us by the people tied to the parachutes?
The sheep have been fleeced and now slaughtered.
I think they should drag the Fuggers out and hang them in the street. This has to stop. Prison has to be calling.
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John, maybe this will make you feel better: Lehman CEO gets punched out (http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2008/20081006150152.aspx)
And maybe you'll appreciate the irony of this video (it's about 6 months old but even funnier now).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGJq8wrw5I
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Bittersweet.
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I still have Galbraith's "The Great Crash - 1929" from my college days economic history course, so last night I decided to revisit it. By the end of the first chapter I'm starting to feel sick. What is that quote? "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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I still have Galbraith's "The Great Crash - 1929" from my college days economic history course, so last night I decided to revisit it. By the end of the first chapter I'm starting to feel sick. What is that quote? "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
True, but even some of the analysts are puzzled by some of the contradictions in today's situation. I guess that, although the market saw a big drop on Monday, the dollar actually got stronger in the international markets. Unemployment is lower? We could be at the edge of the next drop-off, but only time will tell. Right now, I'm happy to be employed with good benefits.
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There's a short piece in todays Daily Telegraph about someone who borrowed GBP400K from a UK bank and put 300K in IceSave. So he makes money on the interest differential and now the UK government will bail him out.
Not much to do with stripey basses though.
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True, but even some of the analysts are puzzled by some of the contradictions in today's situation. I guess that, although the market saw a big drop on Monday, the dollar actually got stronger in the international markets. Unemployment is lower? We could be at the edge of the next drop-off, but only time will tell. Right now, I'm happy to be employed with good benefits.
Then I see on the news that AIG is given an addition 38 BILLION! after this all comes out, the next day practically. They really need the extra Billions to pay for all the executives compensation & parties. Yeah I can go along with giving them more money.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/bs_afp/financebankingusbankinsurancecompanyaig_081008204911
I guess they can now do what ever they want.
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I'll need to see if I can find a link to verify it, but the guy handling my trust account told me that the exiting AIG CEO passed on his exit package compensation. He also didn't look too comfortable in front of the Senate committee looking into all this.
I wouldn't be surprised if the fallout from a lot of this leads to a revision in the Bill of Rights. It seems this country is quick to make personal concessions in the face of disaster in this decade.
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He did.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/MarketTalk/story?id=5861458&page=1
And this guy, Willumstad, wasn't probably even at any real fault as he had only been named AIG CEO in June 2008 for the then kicked out Sullivan. Willumstad only joined AIG in 2006 after he had been passed over in getting the job of CEO with Citibank (the guy that did get it instead of him, has lost it meanwhile as well though :rolleyes:). By that time AIG's business of insuring banks and others against subprime mortgage defaults with their Credit Default Swaps was well established. Now I'm sure Herr Willumstad received a nice hefty severance sum from Citibank in 2005 when he left them - I hasten to guess that none of his kids will now have to switch to a cheaper college or university - and getting another severance payment from AIG for just three months of work would have looked less than great in this climate, but hats off to him still: Other people with greater blame and responsibility have been a lot more callous.
Uwe
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The stripey Epi went for $304.99.
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We got a "little" off topic!! :mrgreen:
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Considering how many threads I've derailed.............Don't worry ;)
I don't need another Epi.
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The stripey Epi went for $304.99.
No one can be more condescending with just one sentence than the spaghetti feline. :-X
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No one can be more condescending with just one sentence than the spaghetti feline. :-X
You just wanted me to repost this. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/davepix/humor/e4644462.jpg)
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Considering how many threads I've derailed.............Don't worry ;)
I don't need another Epi.
At this point, neither do I. :mrgreen: