Mod Shop Non Reverse

[TBird1958]

 I dig this.

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Guitar/DMO8GH244/Non-Reverse-Thunderbird-Bass/Sparkling-Burgundy

[uwe]

And diggable it is, amen!

[gearHed289]

Does he who doesn't collect for fins collect for pickup placement?

[BTL]

It's sold. The pickguard shape on the upper horn is a bit peculiar.

[TBird1958]

 Ja, the PG was probably what kept me from buying it..........My flesh is damn weak 

[Basvarken]

It's sold. The pickguard shape on the upper horn is a bit peculiar.

Yeah. Wonder what happened there

[uwe]

Does he who doesn't collect for fins collect for pickup placement?

He who withstood the garish lure of collecting for fins is currently without space for ze colleckshün (it's been in storage for a year now) and hasn't touched a bass string for the last half year due to the breakup of his last band. I'm in bass menopause and totally frustrated about it. 

If you're 61, don't want to play covers or be a tribute, but do your own stuff in a vein that is somewhere between Be-Bop Deluxe, The Cars and Tin Machine, you're royally f***ed in Germany.

[Ken]

If you're 61, don't want to play covers or be a tribute, but do your own stuff in a vein that is somewhere between Be-Bop Deluxe and The Cars and Tin Machine, you're royally f***ed in Germany.

Same in the US, or at least in NYC. Young people do originals but we're too old for them.  People around our age mostly just want to do covers.  Over the summer I lucked out and found a group around our ages who does all originals.  It's really hard to find, though.

[ilan]

If you're 61, don't want to play covers or be a tribute, but do your own stuff in a vein that is somewhere between Be-Bop Deluxe, The Cars and Tin Machine, you're royally f***ed in Germany.

It isn't much better here. I'll turn 60 in May. At least I still have my jazzier side, with a dixieland group and a swing-era style big band, and a weird mideastern-influenced surf band, so that's 3 weekly rehearsals to keep me in shape. But I'd like to be in an original material rock band and that's almost impossible now.

[ilan]

And diggable it is, amen!

And affordable, at $100 below standard NR. I could be tempted, had it not been sold already. The guard looks chipped but I assume I could warm up to it.

[BTL]

Originals are wasted on the young...or, perhaps not. YMMV.

[Basvarken]

If you're 61, don't want to play covers or be a tribute, but do your own stuff in a vein that is somewhere between Be-Bop Deluxe, The Cars and Tin Machine, you're royally f***ed in Germany.

Not just in Germany. And also if you're ten years younger.

Tribute bands have become a plague among live bands.

[Granny Gremlin]

Not just in Germany. And also if you're ten years younger.

Tribute bands have become a plague among live bands.

Nobody cares about your art - they wanna hear the new Drake Collab.  And as a musician ages they tend to want a steadier paycheque - some of those tribute bands make good cake.

[Basvarken]

Nobody cares about your art - they wanna hear the new Drake Collab.  And as a musician ages they tend to want a steadier paycheque - some of those tribute bands make good cake.

I never made music to make money. I just wanted to make music with people I like. And try to be a good as possible within the limits of my talent.
Most of the tribute bands are just proof of poverty of creativity. And lots of them just plain suck. (wearing a tophat and a curly wig doesn't give you the talent/skills of Slash for example)

[Pilgrim]

I never made music to make money. I just wanted to make music with people I like. And try to be a good as possible within the limits of my talent.

Seldom has my thought been put more accurately. I like surf, classic rock, and most recently have played country.  All covers, all fun. I'd love to get back to doing that.