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The Bass Zone / Re: Neck dive is OVER
« on: July 06, 2023, 04:47:38 AM »
Nah, I would'nt want to walk onstage with a slanted wedgie.
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Gibson Basses / Re: another reasonably priced Gibson collectible
« on: June 19, 2023, 07:58:07 PM »Is that a good screwdriver for playing heavy metal?
Or should I get this one instead?
And does it work on the two point Gibson bass bridges too? I've heard those are really, really difficult.
Nope, for Heavy Metal I'd recommend this one:
Approved by Lemmy the last months before his passing: https://consequence.net/2015/08/lemmy-whiskey-vodka/
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: June 19, 2023, 07:48:12 PM »
I've never had issues with ballads/'girlie songs' or overtly melodic stuff. I can listen to Black Sabbath and then switch to Beach Boys or Bee Gees, no problem. I have really hidden, deep and dark guilty pleasures!
Yup, guilty pleasures you have. Even listening to those girlie Black Sabbath guys:
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: June 10, 2023, 12:02:56 PM »Fogerty a few weeks ago, first talking about his rediscovered Rick, then showing his voice is still good.
And he recently turned 78. I'd like to have his vitality at that age.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Sitzpinkler
« on: May 26, 2023, 02:43:15 PM »
To me it's a rational thing. If you can't aim, please take a seat.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: May 03, 2023, 12:04:50 AM »
Exactly. Unique coloration it is. I did'nt realize until I found my perfect amp how much the previous amps colorised my sound. I want an amp/cab which does not put like the same rug on my sound. It should be noticed that I've plugged in a different bass but not to the degree a bass DI'd directly would sound. I always carried a D112 until I discovered that the amp's slave output actually taps the signal right off the output transformer (Orange AD200B) which eleminates (to my ears at least) the need for any cab simulation because the impulse response is reflected in the output transformer. Gigged last weekend and had yet another sound tech complimenting me on my bass sound. He actually wanted to mic the cab initially which is rare.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Guess who
« on: April 28, 2023, 02:39:55 PM »
Whenever you miss some new Seinfeld Coffee Shop debates look no further than to: https://bassoutpost.com/index.php?board=1.0 Yes it's a Café too.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Hey, I like it and I think it's art ...
« on: April 28, 2023, 01:52:18 PM »
Another sign of our present easily provoced times. Naked art has been around for thousands of years and we need to be provoced just now? Only because it is a recent piece of art or what? 
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Gibson Basses / Re: New Epiphone Newport Bass.
« on: April 19, 2023, 12:18:37 AM »Could be, but Epi often increases after an introductory price. Didn't they do that with the Vintage Pro TBird?
If so they're probably testing the market. Good sales offers an opportunity for increased prices.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Herr Trujillo with an 81 Gibson Flying V Bass ...
« on: March 29, 2023, 03:36:01 PM »I've said it before, but it deserves constant repetition: Your Brooks ThunderVee is the most beautiful Flying Arrow bass ever, period. And that dark-stained body wood extension is an effing brilliant design feature, I bow to you though you apparently largely listen to live albums recorded in the studio!
Did it sell or did you keep it?
Would you build another one? One that is perhaps called U-Vee?
And that ThunderGrabber is cool too.
Coincidentally The GrabBird is playing an excerpt from an album with such a Bad Reputation:
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Gibson Basses / Re: Thunderbird II 2023
« on: March 23, 2023, 10:21:53 AM »
Hey now!
I have a firm grip on myself, secondly the bass is finally the one most of us have wanted for decades! Gibson need to get this into production then you can assail them for a SPCB re-issue.
Let's not forget reclaiming the Continental V.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Herr Trujillo with an 81 Gibson Flying V Bass ...
« on: March 23, 2023, 10:16:47 AM »A smart choice with the Kramer, let me tell you.
Those things were (and are) awful. The worst sounding off the rack Gibson bass ever (and that includes the SB series). Close runner-up: the SG-Z.
https://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/2000gibsonSGZ.php
Put those humbucker coils in series, then wire up a push pull switch allowing for an additional both pickups in series (the only choice not provided using the mini switches) and it actually sounds really good, not as beefy as TB Plus pickups but beefy enough. I did that on my SG-Z.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Guess who
« on: March 14, 2023, 11:39:12 PM »She doesn't look well.
I agree. Maybe too much experimenting with youe body takes it's toll.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Ten Bands That Should Retire
« on: March 07, 2023, 09:32:28 AM »Because almost no one from the original band is still alive (just Gary Rossington if you leave Ricky Medlocke out who played drums - not guitar - early on with Skynyrd)? I never saw them with Ronnie, only with his sibling. One gig - as a double-headliner with Purple in 2003 - was great.Gary Rossington passed March 6 so now I'd guess they call it quits. R.I.P Gary.
The other, on the German leg of their more recent farewell tour, sounded a bit tired (but it might have been an off night) and they suffered from a way too small PA system in a too large hall, which they had to turn up beyond what it could reasonably take, sounding shrill and painful in consequence. My impression though is that they have concluded their touring life in any case, haven't they?
I'm always a bit surprised at how their political views changed. From a band that campaigned for Jimmy Carter (with Ronnie at the helm) to one that campaigned for George W Bush (fronted by Johnny). They did, however, balk at the inauguration of a more recent former President and also didn't like to be part of a campaign video.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lynyrd-skynyrd-reject-free-bird-video-trump-golf-course-8532917/
And they did away with the Confederate Battle Flag (still lavishly flaunted in 2003) 'already' in 2012 (deeming it to have been "hijacked by the wrong people"); on their farewell tour they performed before an oversize Stars & Stripes backdrop. Which I guess makes them by some people RINOs - REBELS IN NAME ONLY !!!