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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: October 17, 2020, 04:01:28 PM »Thunderbird with St. Vincent
Wow. Those are some unexpectedly dirty guitar sounds. Nice.
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Wow. Those are some unexpectedly dirty guitar sounds. Nice.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Slightly modified EB-0
« on: October 16, 2020, 05:39:02 PM »
I think it would look cool upside down as left-handed.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Slightly modified EB-0
« on: October 16, 2020, 09:37:06 AM »
Reminds me of the BC Rich Wave bass.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: October 11, 2020, 11:01:48 AM »The Motors were the offspring of the English pub rock band Duck de Luxe. Here they are, from -77 I'd guess. Whether that white T-bird is a 60's one, or from -76, I can't tell.
Almost positive it's a bicentennial. Pretty sure that's a 3-point bridge and bicentennial pickguard logo.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: October 07, 2020, 10:16:38 AM »
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: October 07, 2020, 08:35:13 AM »I'm quite envious, we're clamped down here in Washington State, no large indoor events of any kind for the foreseeable future, nada. We're not rehearsing and probably won't until we reach a different phase of our planned recovery - It's a good time to just try other things musically and stay fresh, I'm also glad to put more energy towards building my model railroad, so, I got that going for me
Good. You definitely don't want that not-so-fresh feeling.
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Gibson Basses / Re: My Epi Vintage Pro
« on: October 06, 2020, 08:10:56 PM »If you're talking about partners of the opposite sex, the US Census Bureau in the late 70s coined the term Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters, to be used in the 1980 census. The acronym was POSSLQ and it was to be pronounced "posselcue." No, really. And they did use it for the 1980 census.
Charles Osgood (retired journalist/TV newsman) wrote a poem about it.
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
If you would be my POSSLQ.
You live with me, and I with you,
And you will be my POSSLQ.
I'll be your friend and so much more;
That's what a POSSLQ is for.
And everything we will confess;
Yes, even to the IRS
Someday, on what we both may earn,
Perhaps we'll file a joint return.
You'll share my pad, my taxes joint.
You'll share my life - up to a point!
And that you'll be so glad to do,
Because you'll be my POSSLQ.
Come live with me and be my love
And share the pain and pleasure of
The blessed continuity,
Official POSSLQuity.
And I will whisper in your ear.
That word you love so much to hear.
And love will stay forever new,
If you will be my POSSLQ.
That's really fantastic.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: October 06, 2020, 02:28:52 PM »
Sort of a music video.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: October 06, 2020, 01:10:01 PM »
It helped that the camera is quite close to amp! That's some old video, like 7-8 years back - I miss playing so much, really don't see when we'll get back to it either.
Can you at least figure out a way to practice safely? I know gigs are out of the question right now.
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Gibson Basses / Re: My Epi Vintage Pro
« on: October 06, 2020, 08:28:08 AM »But Rob has a point, the English language (and many others too, German among them) is/are in dire need of a term for a non-married wife or husband. Like Rob, I think "girlfriend" sounds of schoolyard, "fiancee" is intrinsically a transitional term with a best-used-before-date, "significant other" is heartlessly stilted census form speak, "mistress" intentionally denigrating and "(life) partner" anodyne. Linguists would no doubt point to the fact that the lack of a good term is no coincidence: "Thou shall not (be able to properly) name, what shall not be." Yet times change (luckily so), language should catch up.
As a European I also squirm when I read about people past, say, age of 25, "dating" each other, that sounds to me of schoolyard too or of men in their 40ies/50ies in sports cars chasing women. I understand that it is ingrained in American culture, yet in German we don't even have a term for it! We use the English one since the last 30 years or so.
We do have a term for it, although pretty much just as dry and heartless. Domestic Partner.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Custom Shop Flying V bass
« on: October 05, 2020, 03:38:50 PM »Fretting behind the capo? Bunch of weirdo left lane drivers!
So THAT'S why he plays on the other side of the capo!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Custom Shop Flying V bass
« on: October 05, 2020, 01:20:19 PM »True, but Henry J could!
And Leo and Ned never made themselves laughing stock by attempting to do it either.
Or you could be Boris.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: September 29, 2020, 09:27:17 AM »
Germans, so twisted at so many levels.........even with the model trains.
Girls with Gibson basses and model trains are the ones your mother told you to stay away from!
Well fortunately there's a lucky guy who didn't listen to his mother!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: September 28, 2020, 09:18:26 AM »Isn't there something about bassists and magic fingers?
Shooting blanks.....
I must be getting old 'cause after a certain amount of times I just want to play with model trains.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Serek Lincoln
« on: September 26, 2020, 10:17:05 AM »
Speaking of sophomoric, my wife was hesitant to show this to me, but once I finally saw it I got endless amounts of joy from it.
Crotch wood.
https://www.woodmagazine.com/materials-guide/lumber/wood-figure/crotch
not all crotches are created equal in splendor
Crotch wood.
https://www.woodmagazine.com/materials-guide/lumber/wood-figure/crotch
not all crotches are created equal in splendor