CME limited edition SGs - collecting for fins and pickguards

[uwe]

Tort has its place in nature.



On a bass, it can look just right, but it's not a fetish to me.

[Pilgrim]

I like tort on white colors and earth tones. Not on red or blue, and not on most greens.

[Dave W]

Tort has its place in nature.



On a bass, it can look just right, but it's not a fetish to me.

Those look like turtles, not tortoises.

Tortoises don't do well underwater.

[uwe]

Lieber Herr Professor Dr. Nitpicker:

duh, I know they're (sea) turtles and not terrestrial tortoises, godneptunedammit!    Not that there is a difference in German where we refer to both as "Schildkröten" (literally: shield toads) which of course confuses amphibians and reptiles (in zoology, the differentiation wasn't always clear in the past, though by now we know that reptiles are much closer to birds than to amphibians like toads).

Still, the origin material (before it was produced artificially) of tort came from sea turtles not land tortoises, "tortoise shell" was a misnomer (see, it not only happens in Germany!). Real tort was won from two species, the hawksbill sea turtle



and the (less valuable and hence less decimated) loggerhead sea turtle



Both critters are committed underwater f***ers, Dave!



You feel a bit dry, hon, mind crawling to the pool?!




Now wasn't that a great Smart Alec post?! I've sure done Jake proud.

[Grog]

Reminds me of an old t-shirt from my youth...........

[uwe]

This forum has been good for many things such as the introduction of the descriptive term donut bumper - decorated with the David Westheimer mark of excellence, no less - into my vocabulary (my protected upbringing had shielded me from this). Now I can add helmet humper, vielen lieben Dank.

Which reminds me:

My daughter Teresa had a group of tortoises as pets, these were sexually quite active all year round. Even at an early age, she was thus no stranger to the inner workings of nature. You know us, we were liberal parents.

When on an African vacation we visited a park located on one of the Seychelles islands that kept a group of (rather large) tortoises it became obvious that something (neck-biting, heavy breathing and hissing, the bumping of shells - really an orgy of reptilian scale) was afoot. A middle-aged couple, coincidentally German, did however misconstrue the scene and the wife said:

"Look at these two, they are fighting!"

To which my daughter, at that time seven or eight years old, helpfully conveyed:

"Naw, don't think so, they're screwing more like."

Her little brother Leon, back then about four to five years (and himself sexually active from a disturbingly early age), added his biological expertise:

"Definitely screwing, these people have no idea."

In stern silence, the German couple left the scene of our despicable failure as parents in a hurry.

[TBird1958]

Reptile Orgy -  Now that's a band name   

FWIW I did the blue, the O.D. a little less (even though my husband has an Epi Firebird in that color) , love the bound neck and the trapezoid markers - the Tort not so much on these basses. 

Gibson could do so much more with their basses, but I think we all know that.

[uwe]

Reptile Orgy -  Now that's a band name   

You disappoint, Mark. I thought you'd go for Committed Underwater F***ers.


And I hate it how you drag everything down to your own swampy level. (Warning: NSFWM ... mammals)

[TBird1958]

Whoa! 

That's a damn pervy cartoon - you must be working from home, I think your firm's Firewall wouldn't allow such sexy reptiles!

And dammit I just bought this '64 II. 

[Alanko]

Why don't Gibson reissue the TB II?!?!? Lovely bass btw!

[uwe]

"That's a damn pervy cartoon - you must be working from home, I think your firm's Firewall wouldn't allow such sexy reptiles!"

Nope, it was from my office computer, but my firm's firewall hasn't really grasped the concept of AI yet. It cannot fathom that a colorful cartoon with fantasy reptile creatures could involve graphic depictions of oral sex. Computers are dumb and only recognize the evident. But I cannot access anything on Facebook with it, go figure. And if you guys link anything to Facebook, I can't see it here, not even that there is a link, I just draw a blank.

Anyway, it was Dave who got us on this slippery slope of copulating reptiles! I'm innocent and all of this happened against my will. I had no idea that being invited to flights across the Pacific and the Atlantic plus to the Caribbean in private jets with famous rich people I had never met before might somehow involve expectations of physical gratitude from my side. How unlikely is that!

PS: That 64 is a lovely specimen, much like mine. I dare you to string it with anything but flats!!!

[TBird1958]

  I'll have to see if my work computer lets me see that 'toon - I'm doubtful, Lighting Industry types are a bit stodgy. 

I didn't get to see your '64 last visit, it was not at the office. Yours is likely better, this one has a headstock repair and will need a new repro PG and TRC to be presentable. Surprisingly it has both covers.
I really doubt I'll flats on it, I honestly detest them -  they do not feel good to my fingers, and I still play with a pick, I need to order a set of Ken Smith Rock Masters and possibly some SITs.   

[uwe]

But you have enough basses with roundwounds!

Besides flats & pick is a great combination. Try D'Addario Chromes, they still have enough zing and don't sound muddy at all, just focused.

[Pilgrim]

Whoa! 

That's a damn pervy cartoon - you must be working from home, I think your firm's Firewall wouldn't allow such sexy reptiles!

And dammit I just bought this '64 II. 

That looks like a good one.  Exceptionally cushy case, too!

[TBird1958]

But you have enough basses with roundwounds!

Besides flats & pick is a great combination. Try D'Addario Chromes, they still have enough zing and don't sound muddy at all, just focused.

I just can't stand touching flats.....Ugh. Not trying to dog anyone that likes them, just not for me!  FWIW I think it has a set of flats on it and of course i will try it out that wat.....For a short while.