Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - gearHed289

Pages: 1 ... 288 289 [290] 291 292 ... 296
4336
Fender Basses / Re: Fender '66 slab P-basses
« on: November 19, 2008, 01:19:00 PM »
Entwistle seemed to think there was some mojo with the electronics in the slab basses. His Fiesta "Frankenstein" had the guts of a slab bass. Apparently he had the opportunity to compare a number of slab basses against some standard P basses from the same era.

4337
Gibson Basses / Re: Newer Bird Pickup
« on: November 18, 2008, 04:17:51 PM »
Quote from: exiledarchangel on November 18, 2008, 03:15:48 PM
what exactly are those pickups? TB plus for Les Paul bass maybe? Or fake?

Those are the Les Paul type TB+ pups. I have a pair on my Fenderbird.

I agree with Uwe that these are some of the best sounding pups you can get, passive or otherwise. Those and the current Ric high gains. Tone, dynamics, and power!

4338
The Outpost Cafe / Re: About 6 feet in British Columbia..
« on: November 13, 2008, 12:23:48 PM »
Better call Mully and Skulder. Or something like that....

4339
The Outpost Cafe / Re: Faces reuniting?
« on: November 13, 2008, 12:20:06 PM »
Quote from: dexter on November 13, 2008, 04:49:22 AM
.... they will probably end up gettin that bloody Pino Paladino ....AGAIN !!! .... JEEZ ,  :bored:..... ???....... :rolleyes:....  P- L -E- A -S- E !     ...can he try to keep his nose outa somethin, ...FOR ONCE !     :-\
dexter

LOL! I was thinking the same thing before I even got to this paragraph. I just caught some the the VH1 Rock Honors thing for the Who last night before bed. Pino is GREAT, but it's hard to watch ANYBODY try to fill the Ox's shoes. It's a shame that they even cal the band the Who without Moon AND Entwistle. Again, Pino is great, he could easily play circles around Fraser or Wyman, but he's such a "hired gun" kind of guy. I would rather see more of a stylist with a band like Faces.

4340
Gibson Basses / Re: A little extra *bling* for my LP
« on: November 11, 2008, 01:14:44 PM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on November 11, 2008, 12:51:56 PM
As for inhaling.............Adhesives or otherwise   ;D 

I waited until I finished drilling the TWELVE tiny holes....... So many screws for something that does nothing but look good. Hmm, there's a double entendre in there somewhere.  ;D Really, what were those things for - to cover up sloppy routes?

Thanks to all! And I knew Uwe would not be particularly moved, but didn't he just take possession of something with even more shiny parts than this one?  :mrgreen:

4341
Gibson Basses / Re: A little extra *bling* for my LP
« on: November 11, 2008, 10:34:07 AM »
Quote from: ramone57 on November 11, 2008, 09:18:28 AM
looks nice!  can you post a body shot, please?

I still haven't figured out how to properly photograph guitars, but I will try to get a good body shot for ya. Here's a crop of the pic above.


4342
Gibson Basses / A little extra *bling* for my LP
« on: November 11, 2008, 09:01:58 AM »
OK, I'm a simple guy, and I like shiny things.... So, changing the black hardware to chrome on my '94 LP Special held me over for a while, but it just wasn't enough. I had Dave at Fretsonthenet.net make me some polished aluminum trim rings for the pups. They're basically 70's style T-bird rings with a slightly enlarged opening for the black plastic soapbars. Then, I added some chrome top SG/T-bird style knobs. I like it! Has kind of a Hobbit vibe now. The bass looks kind of brown in the pic for some reason. It's actually very red....


4343
The Bass Zone / Re: Jack Bruce Blasts Zep!
« on: November 11, 2008, 08:44:35 AM »
Mike will always be everybody's favorite Van Halen singer! I just listened to an audio interview with him yesterday and he cracked me up when he said something about the last VH tour - "I heard I WAS kind of on the tour!" referring to the fact that they sampled his background vocals for the shows. He always seemed like a cool guy. We won't talk about his live bass solos....  :rolleyes:

PS - I love that Wolfmother record, regardless of how derivative it is of old Uriah Heep, Zep, Sab, etc. They did it well!

4344
The Bass Zone / Re: Jack Bruce Blasts Zep!
« on: November 10, 2008, 04:07:06 PM »
I almost started a thread about this, but I knew it would end up being extremely negative toward Mr. Bruce, and I'm still not quite certain just how serious he was being. But there were definitely some unnecessary things said, whether he was joking or not. And the whole "I was just kidding, BUT... blah blah blah blah blah.." is just weak. Just from a compositional standpoint, Zep destroys Cream. He says the only good guy in the band is dead? Regardless of what you think of Page and Plant, there's no denying the mammoth amount of talent possessed by JPJ. Phenomenally tasteful bass player AND a master keyboardist. Then there's guitar and mandolin, and his crazy lap steel stuff. Mr. Bruce should shut up (unless he's singing) and play the bass. But PLEASE not the fretless - MY EARS!!!  :P  See, there I go! I will stop now.  ;D

4345
Gibson Basses / Re: Nonreverse Thunderbird Pickguards on the way
« on: November 06, 2008, 01:10:27 PM »
Well I didn't make the cut for the first 50 Bachbirds, so I'll be holding off on my pickguard order. They look great though!

I may contact them and try to get a "bare bones" model. I've got late model pickups, NOS chrome covers and rings, and a truss rod cover ready for a home.

4346
The Outpost Cafe / Re: Who is the bass player Skylark?
« on: November 06, 2008, 01:04:45 PM »
I don't know, but his Alembic got smashed a few years ago when a stage collapsed.  :sad:

Flip flops on stage = BAD!

4347
Other Bass Brands / Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« on: November 06, 2008, 12:26:48 PM »
I could not BELIEVE it when I found out he was the guy from Rubincon. I remember seeing them on a broadcast of the California Jam II or something like that. He was RIPPIN it up slap style.

4348
The Outpost Cafe / Re: You're all voting, are you???
« on: November 04, 2008, 12:35:17 PM »
Early voting = hour and a half wait.

Voted today. No wait.

Republicans can vote tomorrow.  ;)

4349
The Outpost Cafe / Re: What a pilot!
« on: November 03, 2008, 10:40:03 AM »
I thought this was going to be about one of these!


4350
Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson/Hamer Custom Shop Explorer?
« on: November 03, 2008, 10:19:48 AM »
Quote from: uwe on November 03, 2008, 07:19:47 AM
A bass made of Gibson parts to emulate a Hamer? The mind boggles; certainly an interesting concept. I'll play it tonight for the first time at a rehearsal.

Let's complete that thought...

A bass made of Gibson parts to emulate a Hamer emulating a Gibson!  ;D

Pages: 1 ... 288 289 [290] 291 292 ... 296