Yamaha went shopping for more than just Gibson!

Started by Psycho Bass Guy, May 10, 2018, 10:43:56 PM

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Dave W

#15
July 20, 2018, 02:53:05 PM
Quote from: Psycho Bass Guy on July 19, 2018, 11:20:16 PM
The Ibanez basses were luthite, a soft composite material with the consistency of pencil graphite whose structural stability was a hard outer finish/shell. Lucite is the see-through colored plastic, similar to lexan. Different stuff.

Quote from: gearHed289 on July 20, 2018, 08:30:57 AM
I heard those Ibanez basses smelled weird. No joke! It was mentioned in a BP magazine review.

I remember that stuff! It was on the Ibanez Ergodyne and those hideously ugly Cort Curbow basses. IIRC someone at FDP had a luthite Ibanez, removed the neck, and a chunk of the body came off, it was pretty soft under its outer shell. And it smelled. 

chromium

#16
July 25, 2018, 08:57:07 AM
Tried to exercise restraint, but this discussion of lucite/luthite just brings it out of me...  :)

Pilgrim

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July 25, 2018, 09:58:51 AM
Quote from: chromium on July 25, 2018, 08:57:07 AM
Tried to exercise restraint, but this discussion of lucite/luthite just brings it out of me...  :)



I think the anther ith yeth.
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

Dave W

#18
July 25, 2018, 12:40:56 PM
Quote from: chromium on July 25, 2018, 08:57:07 AM
Tried to exercise restraint, but this discussion of lucite/luthite just brings it out of me...  :)



Have you noticed that the bellowing jackass from the Arby's commercial has a lisp that slips out here and there? "Two for thix buckth!" "Thmoky barbecue thauth!" Any day now I expect his spittle to come out of my TV screen.

gearHed289

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July 26, 2018, 07:57:17 AM
Quote from: chromium on July 25, 2018, 08:57:07 AM
Tried to exercise restraint, but this discussion of lucite/luthite just brings it out of me...  :)



Thanks for saving me the trouble!  ;D

Pilgrim

#20
July 26, 2018, 04:20:00 PM
Quote from: gearHed289 on July 26, 2018, 07:57:17 AM
Thanks for saving me the trouble!  ;D

Do you mean thankth?
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

Pilgrim

#22
July 27, 2018, 10:21:37 AM
Quote from: gearHed289 on July 27, 2018, 08:40:34 AM
;D Killin me...

Thoitanly!  Ith a pleathure.
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

lowend1

#23
August 07, 2018, 07:23:43 AM
Quote from: Granny Gremlin on May 12, 2018, 09:28:39 AM
Lucite comeback?  ;D
They were reissued once already in 1998, not only in clear Lucite, but also the scarce black Lucite version and regular old wood - both basses and guitars. I seem to recall that the wood versions were ultimately showing up in the catalogs, heavily discounted. Still listed on the ampeg website, though:
https://ampeg.com/products/daplexi/ada4/
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