The Last Bass Outpost

Rob! While I don't know you, I'm loving your book! Arrived today and have been poring over it. Well-done, mate!!
-Andy

Quote from: Alanko on November 28, 2016, 01:38:14 PM
There was a chap on here who was collecting ebony 'birds!

http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=10373.0

Alanko, alas, only '79 ebonys! (I know. It's embarrassingly specific).

Very excited to have placed my order. Can't wait.
And congrats, mate!

Not sure if this one's been posted yet, but thought since Todd is an old friend of mine, and has always been a (mostly!) Thunderbird player, and sporting a lovely one here, thought I'd offer it up.

Quote from: Baz Cooper on November 03, 2016, 06:26:11 AM
They look real... the Chandlers were exact duplicates as well so it's hard to tell between those two. Are you selling them?

Hi, Baz! As I posted above, they weigh in at 131g (or 4.6 ounces).
I probably should see if there's someone looking for a pair. Being as my addiction is limited to 70s Thunderbirds (ok, specifically, one year and one color!) I don't have use for them.

Quote from: godofthunder on November 03, 2016, 06:38:31 AM
    The weight has me a little baffled,  I never considered Thunderbird pickups as heavy but I don't know what the OPs baseline is.

Perhaps "a ton" was a bit too metaphorical! I just used my kitchen scale, and they came to 131g. I'm so used to handling P-Bass pickups (the OTHER bass obsession of mine...and don't get me started on the period when I thought Ovation Magnum basses were the weirdest coolest things I'd ever seen) which seem so much lighter in comparison.

Quote from: godofthunder on November 02, 2016, 08:34:44 PM
  OH yeah, welcome!

Thank you, man! Good to be here!

Quote from: godofthunder on November 02, 2016, 08:13:18 PM
   NICE collection ! I have a black 77 in the herd.

Why is it always so great seeing one out in the wild??

Quote from: godofthunder on November 02, 2016, 08:10:49 PM
   The backs look  right, same for the output. The covrest and rings are newly polished.

I gave 'em a once-over with a Cape Cod cloth just to get the dirt and grime off...which was plenty!

Quote from: OldManC on November 02, 2016, 07:33:23 PM
There are some fairly new ones that look (and sound - to my ears) exactly the same (Thunderbuckers) but those backplates look just gunked up enough to be the right age, as do the leads. The covers look to be in excellent shape for being 50 or thereabouts, but my guess is they're probably legit. Others with better eyes might come along and correct me, but that's OK.

Thanks for the insight, OldManC!
I was assured they were, but before deciding what to do with them, I wanted to do my due diligence, and confirm one way or another. 

Gents...(wait, ARE there any women here??)

I'm trying to confirm whether or not these are 60s-era T-Bird PUPs. They're nickel, with matching nickel pickup rings...sadly no screws.
And they weigh a ton.

Thanks!

Quote from: gearHed289 on November 02, 2016, 09:20:35 AM
Ouch! Late 81/early 82 I sold my 79 Ric to buy an aluminum neck Kramer. Which was eventually replaced by a Guild Pilot. Which was eventually replaced by a Ric. 

Welcome Kingface!

There was an electric blue aluminum neck Kramer floating around a group of friends back in the day! It was bought by someone's girlfriend, but co-opted by the dude's brother, who then traded it to the brother (the one w the girlfriend) for a bunch of X-Men comics....including X-Men #1. During that time, every one of us used it at least once or twice.
That thing weighed a TON.

Quote from: wellREDman on November 02, 2016, 02:24:00 AM
welcome
to the place where all threads get derailed,
sooner or later you'll also have to fess up an opinion on Deep Purple, world war two aircraft, trains and anal play

nice birds BTW

Ok. Let's see:
- I love Deep Purple, but am not crazy at all about Rickenbacker basses. I still play Machine Head at least every few weeks.
- In order of personal favorites: Spitfire Mk Vb, F4U-4 Corsair (I grew up watching "Baa Baa Blacksheep"), Bf 109k, and the MiG3, (just 'cause the winter white camo with the red arrow on its fuselage was so cool-looking).
- Not a train guy. Nothing against them, just never got into them.
- Gonna hold-off on that last one.

Ok, now after a night out with my cardiologist, drinking scotch and sharing a cigarette (what IS it with doctors and smoking?) I can answer all your questions.

I love Zeppelin. John Paul Jones...well, let's just say, left an impression on me. My very first band, when I had a '63 Jazz Bass (...that I sold a year later for $600....to buy a Guild Pilot bass! (it was 1987. Things were weird back then) I was in my first recording studio and nervous as hell. Ian MacKaye (for anyone who followed DC punk, or has heard of Fugazi) was producing our first record. He, and the engineer, asked what kind of bass tone I was looking for. I, obviously, said, "uh....Led Zeppelin II."
They laughed.
A lot. 
And kept laughing.

But, yes, I love Zeppelin, though I haven't dabbled in the black arts...or, read much Crowley.

That all said, I'm beginning to like this forum a whole lot.

Quote from: uwe on November 01, 2016, 05:02:28 PM
Andy, be truthful, do you by any chance like Led Zeppelin too? Sure enough, a most innocent query ...

Ha!! The engraving was there when I bought the bass! I swear...(on Satan?)

Truthfully, I was kinda bummed at first, but it's such a badass quote, i gotta love it.