The Last Bass Outpost

Cummings did an interview with Bob Lefsetz a while back that started with about 30 minutes of Mike Lindell-esque diatribes against the current band.  Bob would steer the conversation away and Cummings would go right back.  I don't think that Burton has anything else in his life but these memories.

There's an unbroken 67 II that just arrived at Willie's Guitars.  It came out of the North Dakota prairie.  The original owner used to play it through a 361, which was not sold to Willie's but is in equally immaculate condition.

Nice job cleaning it up!  The 90's reissues are such great instruments.

In one of my Rivoli IIs I put in a modern SG bass neck pickup.  Keep an eye out for a loose one.
The other one got a 60's pickup, and the "baritone switch" works much better with it than the stock pickup.

I have a set of 4 string and 5 string and electronics that are sitting in a box.

Quote from: Dave W on August 27, 2020, 09:43:03 PM
Brad, your bass looks and sounds good, but it's not a hollowbody! 

I really like her voice.

You got me there, Dave! Here's another with speaker melting hollowbody mud

She definitely has a gifted set of pipes, and writes some great songs as well.

This is from a little over a year ago. This song will be released as a single in the next month, and the covid delayed album should be out in November.

A Telecaster bass with a Thunderbucker 66S is the best of both worlds.

I'm a big fan of the Seymour Duncan STK-SCPB pickup. It sounds pretty much like a single coil without the hum. Some of the other split coils I've tried just sound too much like a post 57 Precision.

I believe that Phil Lesh had a column for each string in the "Wall of Sound" period.

That bass is a true work of art.

Nice comparison. The 2000 has the most appealing sound to me.  The preamp pedal is very nice as well. I did a few gigs with one into a Wayne Audio powered cab and then the gigs stopped.

I checked it out a couple of weeks ago when in Chicago for a gig. It didn't appear to me to be the original finish, and it didn't play that well either. They also had a hacked up fretless EB2 that played pretty well.

I saw this on the local CL. The headstock is not black, and there's no crown inlay. Also has the 60's tuners instead of Schaller M4s.  Is this a modified instrument or an early variant?



https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/msg/d/1969-first-year-les-paul-bass/6631133607.html

RIP. He was a true gentleman.

Quote from: Aussie Mark on July 07, 2016, 05:22:42 PM
The Stagg RB2 ABS hard case fits my Greco Thunderbirds perfectly - it's very light but sturdy - as good as any of the SKB ABS cases.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Stagg-ABS-RB-2-Bass-Guitar-Square-Case-/351741694185?hash=item51e57050e9:g:NpYAAOSwSWJXRDwj

I use this same case for my Greco, though it came from Warwick. I put a double folded towel in the neck area to bring the neck up a little bit.

http://www.warwickbass.com/en/Warwick---Products--Strings-&-Accessories--Bags-and-Cases--Bags-and-Cases--Bags-and-Cases--Cases--Standard-ABS-Cases--Standard-Electric-Bass-rectangular--Pictures.html

Quote from: Granny Gremlin on December 10, 2014, 02:35:32 PM
Yeah, I was always jealous of that one, as my dream was for an EB2 style bass with that pup. 

My 67 Rivoli carcass will sport a Lo-Z when it's all assembled. Right now I'm fitting a 65 EB0 neck to it.