https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/MOD-RAM020276/Shamrock-NRoll
Curious what that blemish is from between the bridge and the pickup.
Quote from: BklynKen on February 24, 2023, 08:41:38 AM
https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/MOD-RAM020276/Shamrock-NRoll
Curious what that blemish is from between the bridge and the pickup.
That's the mod.
Quote from: lowend1 on February 24, 2023, 01:23:27 PM
That's the mod.
Sweet mod. I might see if a luthier can do that for me.
Remember, the defect is why Gibson calls it a mod and charges more. That's the Gibson way.
Unlike Fender, who charges more for fake worn finishes
Quote from: Dave W on February 24, 2023, 05:32:07 PM
Remember, the defect is why Gibson calls it a mod and charges more. That's the Gibson way.
That sorta explains the Firebird X - the whole damn guitar was a defect.
Quote from: Dave W on February 24, 2023, 05:32:07 PM
Remember, the defect is why Gibson calls it a mod and charges more. That's the Gibson way.
Unlike Fender, who charges more for fake worn finishes
In this case they are actually discounting 100$. Then raise the question if you consider the Babicz bridge an upgrade or not? What I don't understand is why they they did'nt fill the wood defect before applying a solid finish.
Love the color!
Quote from: gearHed289 on February 25, 2023, 12:17:06 PM
Love the color!
Definitely nicer than Inverness, and would improve with a 5-ply black pickguard.
Quote from: BklynKen on February 24, 2023, 08:41:38 AM
Curious what that blemish is from between the bridge and the pickup.
I was thinking it may be light-reflection from the bridge...?
Quote from: doombass on February 25, 2023, 09:59:22 AM
In this case they are actually discounting 100$. Then raise the question if you consider the Babicz bridge an upgrade or not? What I don't understand is why they they did'nt fill the wood defect before applying a solid finish.
I didn't realize it was less. They're slipping. ;D
Quote from: Highlander on February 26, 2023, 10:01:13 AM
I was thinking it may be light-reflection from the bridge...?
I'm pretty sure it's a defect.
Yes, they miss-drilled. Didn't care to fill to the hole before they sprayed the green metallic. Also did not even out the chipped off area at the right corner of the pickup ring.
The Babicz bridge on that short-lived off the rack TBird they did a couple of years ago was perfectly fine - visually and functionally. You know how there are people in some parts of the world, who feel inexorably challenged by a three-point.
(https://watchmysign.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/zombie.gif)
For them, the Babicz bridge was a kind and gentle solution - a hardware affirmative action of sorts.
(https://topguitar.eu/storage/2015/04/Gibson-Thunderbird-2015.jpg)
Of course the traditionalists will scoff, but that was a really good, gentle modernization of the TBird, both as regards the bridge (there, I said it!) AND the Jim DeCola pups. Mine sounds great.
Quote from: Basvarken on February 27, 2023, 06:03:25 AM
Yes, they miss-drilled.
That's an unfortunate spelling, Rob, raising all kinds of mis(s)conceptions about penetrative force and non-consensual anal sex. Just sayin'.
Quote from: uwe on February 27, 2023, 12:56:22 PM
That's an unfortunate spelling, Rob, raising all kinds of mis(s)conceptions about penetrative force and non-consensual anal sex. Just sayin'.
You always come back to that in the end, don't you? ;D
https://youtu.be/ZiARvvemLlk
You cunning linguist! Especially in the end I do
We had none of this before that train collector guy arrived on the scene. This was a good forum. But then he set those coupling rods of moral decay into merciless motion.
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Don't say "train collector"!
Quote from: uwe on February 28, 2023, 07:01:38 AM
You cunning linguist! Especially in the end I do
We had none of this before that train collector guy arrived on the scene. This was a good forum. But then he set those coupling rods of moral decay into merciless motion.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/4a/a4/ff4aa43c52cb408141c6d613f447f78a.gif)
Don't say "train collector"!
I was such a sweet thing until you all got a hold me, innocence of chrome and almost all things Thunderbird, much less Gibson.
What have I become.
(https://i.imgur.com/ctlREDQ.jpg)
my tastes are soooo refined now.
(https://i.imgur.com/ieR0yJI.jpg)
"Coupling Rods of Moral Decay?"
That's either an unusual sex toy or a band name.
That red dress is new, Mark! You said you were gonna cut back on your wardrobe spending. :-X
Quote from: uwe on March 01, 2023, 06:59:49 AM
That red dress is new, Mark! You said you were gonna cut back on your wardrobe spending. :-X
No, no, no! My hubby likes a nice dress on me, so actually I've been buying a few more dresses over the past year or so. My band image going forward is a "little" less goth and maybe a bit more glam, perhaps a slightly lower hemline on the dresses, I'll be 65 this year, can't prance around in a miniskirt forever.