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The Bass Zone / Re: ESP China T-Bird
« on: February 28, 2011, 07:59:43 AM »
Goes to show how you can really mess up a TBird look. 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: This one's for kenny
« on: February 28, 2011, 07:19:42 AM »
Black Oak haven't progressed rock music (or even Southern Rock), but I find their absolute no-holds-barred, unashamed "butchness" endearing. From another planet (outside of the PC universe), but cute. I don't think they took themselves too seriously, nor did - judging from the bemused look of most of the California Jam crowd (which on this day were there to see "serious hard and soft rock acts" such as Seals & Crofts, The Eagles, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and ELP, though the latter never played thanks to DP sabotaging their appearance) - most of their audience. I have a recent double CD anthology of their work and I doubt whether any CD collection needs more of their work to be representative, in fact one CD should probably do it.
Young David Lee Roth must have studied Jim Dandy quite intently.
And Tommy Aldridge has drummed worse, a lot more bloated music in later years.
And hearing an EB-3L that clearly is nice. Goes to show how long scale, a maple neck and a pup moved away from the neck can do your being heard as a bassist a whole lot of good.
Young David Lee Roth must have studied Jim Dandy quite intently.
And Tommy Aldridge has drummed worse, a lot more bloated music in later years.
And hearing an EB-3L that clearly is nice. Goes to show how long scale, a maple neck and a pup moved away from the neck can do your being heard as a bassist a whole lot of good.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1987 pre-regular line Custom Shop TB IV
« on: February 28, 2011, 04:58:48 AM »
I would expect that a string-thru set up gives more sustain as there is greater saddle pressure while non-string thru with less saddle pressure will let the bass breathe more and sound more resonant. As such the set-up in the above pics (which I have seen before on other bridges too) does make sense as more than just a demonstration of what can be done. Deep sounding E and A with lively D and G is a preference of many bassists.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Genesis on the bay!
« on: February 28, 2011, 04:53:46 AM »
All Genesis basses were set neck, Dave. And mine is maple too. I've read about maho ones, but never really seen one or had confirmation from someone that his specimen is maho. Those basses sound like angry, high-output Rippers to me which indicates that they mostly have an all maple structure.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: The Police
« on: February 28, 2011, 04:46:03 AM »
I remember seeing Police at a German TV show in the late seventies, their debut had just come out. They played I can't stand losing you. I was stunned and immediately thought: Those guys will be huge. And they were. Unlike AC/DC and U2 which I also saw in their flegling days and was utterly convinced they would go nowhere. 
In those very early days the Police also supported Whitesnake (Coverdale thought they would be huge too) and at a rock festival in Germany Barclay James Harvest (who then ruled the earth in Germany) and Dire Straits. At that festival they were bottled off the stage and had to cut their set short, the Barclay and Dire Strait fans didn't want no "punk band".
I've always thought that Gordon Summer's bass playing is unique in its counterpunctual placing of notes. And he sang to that stuff too. Copeland (I even have some of his work with Curved Air) and Andy S. were extremely original, breath-of-fresh air instrumentalists (Andy Summers played guitar on Jon Lord's Sarabande), but it was Sting's songwriting that propelled them forward and made them more than just a clever New Wave band. My liking for them diffused as their arrangements became more and more orchestral and left the trio sound behind. The magic of Police is encapsulated in those first two albums for me, Zenyatta Mondatta already floundered and the next two still had their moments but not the urgency and commitment of the first two. By then they were multi-millionaires carefully crafting their output and it was all a little safe.
Sting's solo career has left me totally cold. His music epitomizes the kind of "rock" people hear who don't really like rock. Off their Bang & Olufson stereos which are not supposed to clutter up the interior design of their apartments. Yuck.
In those very early days the Police also supported Whitesnake (Coverdale thought they would be huge too) and at a rock festival in Germany Barclay James Harvest (who then ruled the earth in Germany) and Dire Straits. At that festival they were bottled off the stage and had to cut their set short, the Barclay and Dire Strait fans didn't want no "punk band".
I've always thought that Gordon Summer's bass playing is unique in its counterpunctual placing of notes. And he sang to that stuff too. Copeland (I even have some of his work with Curved Air) and Andy S. were extremely original, breath-of-fresh air instrumentalists (Andy Summers played guitar on Jon Lord's Sarabande), but it was Sting's songwriting that propelled them forward and made them more than just a clever New Wave band. My liking for them diffused as their arrangements became more and more orchestral and left the trio sound behind. The magic of Police is encapsulated in those first two albums for me, Zenyatta Mondatta already floundered and the next two still had their moments but not the urgency and commitment of the first two. By then they were multi-millionaires carefully crafting their output and it was all a little safe.
Sting's solo career has left me totally cold. His music epitomizes the kind of "rock" people hear who don't really like rock. Off their Bang & Olufson stereos which are not supposed to clutter up the interior design of their apartments. Yuck.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Better than sex?
« on: February 26, 2011, 01:57:50 PM »
Tina's version is hottest, but I lik'em all.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Beware of the seniors
« on: February 26, 2011, 01:53:43 PM »
I've had pranks played on me and I just don't take myself serious enough to ever be offended. As long as a prank doesn't endanger anybody - this one certainly didn't, at least none of the golfers - I'm fine with it. Schadenfreude is great as long nobody gets hurt.
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Gibson Basses / Re: So Barkless
« on: February 25, 2011, 12:58:46 PM »
He didn't say much about his relatives, did he? 
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1987 pre-regular line Custom Shop TB IV
« on: February 25, 2011, 11:46:34 AM »
I see screws!!!!! 
But if truth be told, the sculpting is nicely done.
But if truth be told, the sculpting is nicely done.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Outpost CD
« on: February 25, 2011, 10:16:30 AM »
Our stuff is now finished, mastered and everything. You can download it directly from the studio's site
www.zentralstudio.de
Go to Kundenlogin, type in "raintunes" as Projektname and again "raintunes" as username and then "plainingjet" as password. Four songs, one of them a cover, you choose whichever one you deem fit. If you want details on what basses were played I can give those to you after you have made your choice.
www.zentralstudio.de
Go to Kundenlogin, type in "raintunes" as Projektname and again "raintunes" as username and then "plainingjet" as password. Four songs, one of them a cover, you choose whichever one you deem fit. If you want details on what basses were played I can give those to you after you have made your choice.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1987 pre-regular line Custom Shop TB IV
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:27:41 AM »
Scott for Master Luthier at Gibson!!!
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1987 pre-regular line Custom Shop TB IV
« on: February 25, 2011, 07:58:46 AM »
It's prototypish in a way that it combines old (the headstock and the frontjack) and new (the TB Plus pups). Kind of the missing link between the 1986 Japan run, which was still very Bicentennial, and the regular new Birds in late 1987. I guess that on the basis of these Custom Shop babies they decided to downsize the headstock and move the front jack to the side - both of which, if I may voice a minority opinion, I thought to be progression. You see a lot fewer of the new ones with broken headstocks and they are less neckheavy too. I know, purists will disagree. And I find side jacks much preferable to front ones - I've ripped out the entrails of front jack basses a couple of times in my bass playing life, but it has never happened to me with a side jack.
That said, after 25 years in service, the current TB IV could use some revamping and I don't mean change of hardware from black to chrome, that is just cosmetics. They could gently deepen the cutaway, try some different pups in different positions (or just put one in a sweet spot as a rejuvenated TB II), offer a three pup model (TB III anyone?) etc.
That said, after 25 years in service, the current TB IV could use some revamping and I don't mean change of hardware from black to chrome, that is just cosmetics. They could gently deepen the cutaway, try some different pups in different positions (or just put one in a sweet spot as a rejuvenated TB II), offer a three pup model (TB III anyone?) etc.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: You Not Expendable!
« on: February 25, 2011, 04:18:39 AM »
You know what? It actually works and the melodies aren't bad. I liked ze Arnie on ezzspeshally.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Beware of the seniors
« on: February 25, 2011, 04:13:26 AM »Uwe, if the partners in your new Australian office take the same approach you've just recommended, then your firm won't do too well at all in this country. We were founded by convicts, so we don't embrace the "if it moves, litigate it" approach downunder.
Ah, Mark reads newspapers!
You talk anymore nonsense like that and I'll come down and visit you!
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Gibson Basses / Re: So Barkless
« on: February 25, 2011, 04:10:17 AM »
Now how to put this gently ... Your cousins have been living in this secluded rural area for a relatively long time and some interbreeding was unavoidable?