The Last Bass Outpost

Quote from: Dave W on November 10, 2024, 01:07:27 PM

Years ago I was in a band and we'd rehearse in Twickenham, west of London.  Singer lived in a huge house with her parents (we were all teenagers); her bedroom was about 30' square and we'd set up in there.  One day she said, 'There's a lot of loud music coming from next doors basement,' so understandably we get a bit inquisitive and investigation goes on.

One day, we see Lee Brillaeux coming out of the house and another one of Dr Feelgood (I think the bass player).  Turns out the house was owned by John Mayo, Wilco's replacement.  Conversations were had and we ended up rehearsing in his basement studio for a while.  Nice bloke.

It's nice that you're back up and running.  I've missed the site!

Well done!

Gotta love those foto-finishes.

This is worrisome:

"Wye Fret is a High-end Rare & Vintage guitar shop based in the Mid Wales town of Hay-On-Wye." 

It's right on the border of England and Wales, but definitely in Herefordshire, England.

As you were.

Quote from: Highlander on January 10, 2021, 10:55:37 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojnbIEgkR0M&ab_channel=Britain%27sRareGuitars

Dick Knight lived local to me.  Yonks ago (80s) he did a refret on my old Travis Bean and a neck shave/middle pickup install on our guitarist's Les Paul.  He had a load of Billy Bremner and Nick Lowe's kit in when we visited.

*Point of trivia?  Dick Knight only had one good hand and was missing half of the other.

I'm just dipping in here once in a while.  Is this the Thunderbird news mentioned back when all this was fields or is it something else?

For those of us who can't get their head around how this would look as a left-handed NR then flipped for a right-hander, I took the liberty of reversing the image.

To be honest, I like that a lot...I would maybe have gone with a Babicz bridge for aesthetic reasons, but otherwise, hubba-bubba.  Also, that sunburst finish is lush and, to be honest, I wouldn't ruin it with a scratchplate.  It looks brilliant as is.

I've been thinking about getting another Lull done at some point and this could be a decent start off (it would need to be an oversized body). 

It looks very much like a Thunderbird and a Flying V Bass with a skull wearing sunglasses motif.  I couldn't get the resolution up any higher.

Quote from: BeeTL on December 23, 2020, 01:02:31 PM
It's a mystery to me why Gibson doesn't switch over to the Advanced Plating Thunderbird bridge and tailpiece now that it's readily available, especially for their US models.

As Gibson (allegedly) don't manufacture outside of the US, aren't they all US models?  Or are you saying that only the US market should have a two part bridge and the rest of the world can go swivel on it?

Anyone spilling any beans yet?  It's only ten days until 2021.

I'd buy one.  Oh, yes.

Perhaps this might prompt Spector into 4X production.  Me, last week - not mine, the two behind me are two of mine:

I am enjoying these videos; it's just interesting to see these old basses get broken apart and worked on.

This is a joy to watch.  Cheers Davey lad.

It's weird, we dumped our satellite TV subscription a couple of months ago and I'm finding that the lack of Discovery Channel nonsense washing over me is forcing me to go out and find channels like this guys on Your Tube. 

Man alive , if this guy is doing it for you, you need to check out Baumgartner Restoration (art restoration), Marty's Matchbox Makeovers (an Aussie guy who restores old toy cars), and Andy Phillip (who specialises in turning gnarly old wood into bowls, then soaks them in coloured resin, then turns them again).