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Gibson Basses / Re: New T Bird for me!!! Bwah Ha! Ha! Ha!
« on: September 06, 2014, 02:50:22 PM »
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Gibson Basses / Re: Nice way to start the week, New Tbird
« on: August 17, 2014, 07:29:10 PM »
I think your friend is a great guy. However now I must hate you.
But seriously, that is a lovely bass.
But seriously, that is a lovely bass.
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Gibson Basses / Re: NBD '65 EB-0 Pelham Blue
« on: July 05, 2014, 04:38:06 PM »
Lovely bass--play it long, loud and proud!
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Gibson Basses / Re: What pro bassists actually played a Gibson EB0 back in the day?
« on: March 22, 2014, 07:40:49 AM »What a great feeling neck! Most comfortable bass I've ever played.I agree with you about the neck. The tone is what it is, but I love my EBO. Crybaby wah, you say? Gotta give that one a whirl!
Also, I've found that if I run the EB0 through an old Cry Baby Wah pedal I can adjust the tone for room acoustics much better than if I omit it altogether, and can add a bit of treble instantly for solos.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: March 08, 2014, 06:14:29 PM »I've seen this video a number of times over the last few years but I never noticed the bird back there.I'll watch it a couple more times. If you say it's in there I believe you.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Refinished Modded non reverse II
« on: January 20, 2014, 09:34:22 PM »It looks like a original white guard that was painted black to me.I agree. You can see the Bird in the corner. The bass was played a fair amount after the guard was painted black. There's plenty of nicks and scratches where the paint was knocked off and you can see the white underneath.
I kind of like the idea of putting the black guard back on it and dropping some kind of j bass pup back in the hole. Just to have some fun. Serious restoration could begin later.
Not saying I'm in this thing. I'm totally skint.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Feel free to make an offer...
« on: December 15, 2013, 09:48:37 PM »
I'll have to pass I'm afraid. 
But what a ridiculously cool item. Something like that be in the Smithsonian.
But what a ridiculously cool item. Something like that be in the Smithsonian.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 67 Non Reverse at Hollywood GC
« on: December 02, 2013, 07:42:15 PM »There are more TBirds around being played today (both old and new) than ever in the history of mankind. To be fair: Gibson has a track record of being ahead of the market with its models first time around and finding success only upon rerelease, see Les Paul, Flying V and Explorer guitars.Ain't that the truth!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Walnut Bird
« on: November 26, 2013, 04:51:42 PM »I'd rather they slowed down a bit and did 'em right.+1. They should consider treating The Coolest Bass Ever Made with the same respect they show to the Les Paul, ES-335 and SG. They know how to do better.
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Gibson Basses / Re: In coming '69 Thunderbird !
« on: October 24, 2013, 07:49:12 PM »
Lovely bass! Congrats---life is too short not to go for the stuff that means something to you.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Chest hair, a banjo headstock EB-2 and he who may not be named in this forum ...
« on: October 24, 2013, 07:44:00 PM »He adored Albert Lee, so he wasn't per se against Teles, but at the time of the vid (1968) he was still firmly a Gibson man with his beloved cherry ES-335. It's what you hear even on a lot of In Rock, he was only introduced to Strats by Clapton around that time. I believe those instruments in the spoof vid were just rented out to them - to my knowledge Nick Simper never owned or really played an EB-2 for instance, I've never seen him play anything else but a P- or Tele Bass.Mr Bl..uh, you know... did actually play a Tele back in the Mk I Purple days. He used it as his "beater" for doing the destructo routine. It's in his bio. As I recall, Simper said he tried to destroy it every night but the thing kept hanging in there, refusing to die. Recommended only for the doggedly determined: skip ahead to 15:30. Really hard on the eyes but if you bear with it you'll get the slightest glimpse of said Tele here and there. Might even be the same one as in the above video, but who could say for sure?
Blackmore does play a Fender Tele Thinline with Blackmore's Night today though.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1960 EBO project
« on: September 10, 2013, 12:25:06 PM »Absolutely. Same idea as my '64 EB-0 with one Dimarzio and one mudbucker...but you're gonna need to fill in a bit around the second pickup...You're loaded for bear with that one.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 69 EB-0 and MM amp
« on: September 08, 2013, 08:19:52 PM »Welcome to the Outpost CMAJ and VeloDog!!!Thanks for the welcome! I didn't realize that was my first post. I've been registered here for quite a while and have lurked even longer. Figured I had responded to some thread before but I guess not.
I usually just look in on the Gibson section, as their basses are interesting to me, especially T-Birds. If money wasn't so tight in my household these days I would have plucked a Greco T-Bird off ebay by now. A real Gibby is out of the question right now, especially since I'm not gigging as a bass player these days. Been playing guitar and bass a good long time. In fact, my first guitar hero was somebody who needs no further mention here...
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Gibson Basses / Re: 69 EB-0 and MM amp
« on: September 07, 2013, 07:38:38 PM »The thing about EB0s (and anything with a mudbucker, non choked) is that they tend to work best with solid state front ends (like on that hybrid MM). It's something to do with the massive 30K output and/or sine-like fundamental of the damn things that gives vintage tube based front ends a really hard time. I still like that sound (mud + tube pre) sometimes but it is what it is. One of the coolest bass sounds I ever got (totally byu accident) was my EB3 (on position 1, so basically an EB0) straight in to a small Peavey solidstate practice amp (either an 8 or 10" speaker, forget exactly) that is usually my repair bench test amp. It's an extreme example of the rule of opposites at work.I had the same experience plugging my EBO into a little ss Crate guitar amp with an 8" speaker. An inspiring practice rig--and I wouldn't hesitate to record with it if that was the sound I was looking for. I love the way that bass feels in my hands and I love the feeling it puts into my playing. Doesn't matter to me how many other players don't like 'em.
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