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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Dave W on January 15, 2017, 06:13:02 PM

Title: Big Bird
Post by: Dave W on January 15, 2017, 06:13:02 PM

I had to look up Horace Panter, not familiar with ska bands.

It even has a wooden three-pointer (http://www.tdpri.com/threads/big-bass.700275/)

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: Nocturnal on January 15, 2017, 07:59:16 PM

Holy crap!! That thing is massive!!

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: Basvarken on January 16, 2017, 07:33:28 AM

Very well executed! Accurate and beautiful.
Impressive!

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: TBird1958 on January 16, 2017, 11:40:49 AM

 That's cool! 

Purple and chrome would be nice!

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: uwe on January 16, 2017, 01:01:35 PM

A work that shames us all!

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: Highlander on January 16, 2017, 03:02:26 PM

Damn... and it's not in Ze Kollecshun either... :vader:

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: Bionic-Joe on January 16, 2017, 04:10:25 PM

WTF?????? Totally Cool!!!!

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: Dave W on January 16, 2017, 06:00:08 PM

I figured out what this is about from the artist's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ChrisBartonArt/) and website (https://chrisbartonart.com/).

His art is mostly making super-sized cassettes. He, Horace Panter and a third artist are having a three-month exhibition at Gibson's London HQ starting February 9th. Thus, the super-sized Bird.

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: Basshappi on January 17, 2017, 09:12:26 PM

If that bad boy neck dives it could be fatal! :D

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: planetgaffnet on January 18, 2017, 06:31:32 AM

It's even bigger than my Jeff Ament Lull!

Title: Re: Big Bird
Post by: Basvarken on January 21, 2017, 04:48:39 AM

Waaaayyy off topic but here's Horace Panter with The Specials in 1980.
Brings back some nice memories form when I was in the first year of high school. We used to have school disco nights in the assembly hall. Imagine three hundred 12 - 14 year old Shandy-fueled kids bouncing up and down when The Specials were played!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw-lzABunV4