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[uwe]

I figured that all your insecurities would unnecessarily focus on this particular aspect. Horn envy is a scourge.

[Chris P.]

 

Of course I play bass. All as compensation.

[Ken]

But the million dollar question: is the upper horn shorter?

It didn't look shorter to me.  Which one looked shorter to you?

[Chris P.]

I think some pics are a little deceiving. It looks shorter on some pics, but some times it's the angle or colour.

[Ken]

I think some pics are a little deceiving. It looks shorter on some pics, but some times it's the angle or colour.

I guess it's like the thought that black is slimming on people?

[Chris P.]

Or vertical versus horizontal stripes. But I think it's true. Basses really can look different in different colours. As in: smaller or bigger or better.

[gearHed289]

I figured that all your insecurities would unnecessarily focus on this particular aspect. Horn envy is a scourge.

It DOES have an imitation bone nut, so there's that.

[Granny Gremlin]

German rhyming is almost as bad as their humor. But at least you tried.

You need to read it with an accent, and a hint of nationalism:

It ain't a thing
without the furry bat's wing!

But otherweisse
   they're kinda nice.

[planetgaffnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojnbIEgkR0M&ab_channel=Britain%27sRareGuitars

Dick Knight lived local to me.  Yonks ago (80s) he did a refret on my old Travis Bean and a neck shave/middle pickup install on our guitarist's Les Paul.  He had a load of Billy Bremner and Nick Lowe's kit in when we visited.

*Point of trivia?  Dick Knight only had one good hand and was missing half of the other.

[uwe]

You need to read it with an accent, and a hint of nationalism:

It ain't a thing
without the furry bat's wing!

But otherweisse
   they're kinda nice.

WTF Canuck!

[TBird1958]

WTF Canuck!

No sense of humor here....Nope, none. 

[Alanko]

Dick Knight lived local to me.  Yonks ago (80s) he did a refret on my old Travis Bean and a neck shave/middle pickup install on our guitarist's Les Paul.  He had a load of Billy Bremner and Nick Lowe's kit in when we visited.

*Point of trivia?  Dick Knight only had one good hand and was missing half of the other.

That's cool! From what I've found out, Dick Knight did a lot of Les Paul re-topping in the '70s which tricked a few players. He would take late '60s or early '70s Les Pauls and stick a flamey maple top (and bogus '50s serial number) on them. His work isn't as widely documented as John Birch's for whatever reason, which is a shame. You don't roll out of bed and make a bespoke double-neck guitar like that without a lot of experience along the way. He made a white Les Paul-style guitar for Dave Brock of Hawkwind, and a mahogany double-neck Strat body for David Gilmour, but beyond that I've not seen his work mentioned much outside of 'Les Paul faker' infamy.

[Basvarken]

EB-0 and EB-3 have disappeared off the Epiphone site. I expect some news this week...

[OldManC]

With all the NAMM posts I'm seeing online, I was excited to come to this thread and see an update.  I guess I'll still have to wait a little bit.

[godofthunder]

   I have some none Gene news. I've seen pictures but I have been sworn to secrecy. I spoke with my source today and I still have to be quite hopefully soon.