The Last Bass Outpost

I lik'em too. They play to my most primal and archaic instincts, just like Status Quo. To me BTO is like a rocked up CCR though admittedly Herr Bachmann isn't quite the songwriter Herr Fogerty is, but he's good enough to tap your feet to and be instantly put in a good mood.

What bass is that C.F. Turner (back then generally a Ricster) is playing in that footage?   Looks Les Paulish, but is a long scale ...  

It's probably gonna be one growly little creature. I think the TB Plus pups did exceedingly well on the SG RI, so why should they fail here?

Looking at the pics, I'm pretty darn sure his friends had the lubrication already with them. 

But then again it's a common thing among Greeks. I hear. Perhaps our local fruit vendor would like to insert something here?

How long have TBird nerds been convening here? I never noticed much of an appetite for a short scale TBird even among the devoted much as there has never been much clamoring for long scale SG shape basses either. To me it's an oxymoron as both the sound and the look of a TBird are determined by that long neck, but of course I will get one!   Visually, I'm not all that excited, it now looks like an overweight Firebird to me whereas TBirds are inherently sleek and elegant basses.

The SG-Bass sells - I think - on a mix of heritage and practicability. It has that sixties/Jack Bruce mojo with it (or for younger generations: that Angus Young look) and it is a light and comfortable bass for a petite player, yet doesn't look like a toy or novelty item but has its own slice of iconicness. I could see that shortscale TBird do well with girl bassplayers that like the look of a regular TBird but find it - literally - too much of a stretch to play one.

I found this pic of a solitary black TB at NAMM 2011. Are my eyes deceiving me or has the front jack returned, but the pickguard and the center block gone? Or has the Shavo Signature model seen a release after all, now that System of Down are reconvening for some summer gigs? This certainly looks like some metalist had a say in the look. And has the front pup edged forward a little?

None of us noticed. We all should be ashamed of ourselves.   It only dawned on me now   after reading that the new TB Shortscale won't have a pg and is satin black. Look how comparatively short that bass is hanging there beside those toy instruments they call guitars.   Take a look at how deep the neck is set into the body: Not as deep as on a longscale, they have put it a fret or two farther out. And finally: I only noticed now how overall stubby that neck looks and how the bridge has edged forward into the body just a little.

So now we know: This is the shortscale TB. It's obviously aimed at the beginners and budget market (cheap fin, doesn't come with a case). Supposedly only a limited run of 400, but frankly I can't see this bass make commercial inroads with a lot of people.

She just liked the cover of the first Strapps album me thinks ... That kind of appealed to her.

Love that name - you BOFs! 

Arcadia Fire sound like late eighties, early nineties Brit Pop to me, amazing they won!