Hilfe! Need quick idea how to save spending 8,500 bucks ...

[Highlander]

All will come to thee who waits... except the lottery win... and btw... thanks for the decent shot of that lovely EB... an inspiration for me...

[Chris P.]

Cool, Uwe! I can't wait!

[Denis]

Nuff said:


"BG1652 Gibson Thunderbird VI Prototype. In 1990 Phil built this "concept bass" as an extension of the Thunderbird Bass line, which had always been limited to the TB-II and TB-IV. Like the original Thunderbirds and Firebirds, this bass features 9-piece neck-thru-body construction, with walnut and korina neck and korina body wings. Pearl block inlays and gold-plated hardware complete the ultra-deluxe look. It is in Mint condition with its original hardshell case......$8500"
As usual, the culprit for this threat of unneccesary spending is kungfusheriff/Shawn aka The Alembickerer. This man embodies sinful waste.

Wow, that's beautiful!

[uwe]

It's gorgeous. Still haven't gotten round to photographing it though. I went all gold with it and in a moment of weakness even strung it with gold D'Addario Phosphour Wounds which are for acoustic basses but work fine on it.

[nofi]

lucky you. bronzes don't usually work very well with magnetic pickups. in fact some manufacturers state as much on the package.

[uwe]

I know they are not supposed to, but I've done it before. Volume is a bit lower sometimes, but they work in principle, at least steel core ones (like most of them have), not sure whether the TI's with their silk core actually would. The D'Addarios I now use don't seem any quieter than regular strings to me, but I was holding my breath when I tried it. Silver strings just looked wrong on that bass.

Many moons ago there was a now sadly deceased German bassplayer (Horst Stachelhaus of Satin Whale and Birth Control fame or non-fame) and he started stringing his Ovation Magnum II with Ernie Ball Bronze Wounds (made for the Ernie Ball acoustic basses of that time) and liking the sound, advocating them as "the best strings ever" for him.

That's him, albeit not with his Magnum and most likely not playing Ernie Ball Bronze strings:




That's where I picked it up from. IIRC, JE liked Maxima Gold Strings (until the company went defunct) and those weren't the loudest strings either, probably due to the gold coating. These days with amps having so much headroom, string volume really isn't an issue.

[Barklessdog]

I certainly hope that you get all these in the Gibson Bass book.

[Dave W]

As long as the core is steel they'll work.

I'm just wondering why someone who claims he's not hung up on color would go crazy and match string color.

[uwe]

How decidedly vicious you can be, David!  Good thing rattlesnakes are a protected species where you live.

Would you believe that I've strung some of my blue, black and red basses color matching with DR color coated strings? 



To quote Marc Bolan: "I've got a Rolly Royce 'cause it's good for my voice!"

[Dave W]

I think I've found the proper suit coat and hair color to match your new bass and strings.

You probably had this in mind when you bought it.

[Dave W]

Would you believe that I've strung some of my blue, black and red basses color matching with DR color coated strings? 

Looks perfect on a Monkey Bass. 

[gearHed289]

Looks perfect on a Monkey Bass. 

LOL! That blue one is mighty purdy though.

[Highlander]

Colour coded strings...? nope, that's just a step too far...!!! 

[Freuds_Cat]

Sorry Uwe, Blue strings on a Blue bass just looks wrong.

[TBird1958]

You know, German is such a beautiful language to sing in 

Thank you, Heino