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[Denis]

BFG = Big f***ing Guitar, I believe, a silly name if there ever was one.

That's no sillier than all the weird names for cars being marketed.

Carter had a 4 barrel carburetor they called the AFB. I always heard that it stood simply for "A Four Barrel". Coincidence, maybe, but I like it.

[bassvirtuoso]

Here's a cached version of the original page that they had up, no longer on their site, go figure:

http://search.gibson.com/search?q=cache:tALN67AN71kJ:10.1.243.211/Products/Electric-Guitars/Bass/Gibson-USA/BFG-Bass.aspx+BFG+Bass&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=GibsonUSA&site=Transition&proxystylesheet=transitionV2&oe=ISO-8859-1

Pretty interesting. Standard LP Bass nut width, three vol and a tone, 3 "Les Paul Bass" pickups (small TB+'s most likely), Grade C Rosewood board...

[uwe]

We have a volunteer: the inimitable Bassvirtuoso! Thanks, David!

Really curious how that three pup set-p will sound.

Uwe

[Hornisse]

Good news Uwe!  I was at work with no internet connection so I missed out.

[Highlander]

BFG...? but I always thought it was something to do with Roald Dahl... 

Uwe... there's room for at least another 2 more pups, too... 

[bassvirtuoso]

BFG...? but I always thought it was something to do with Roald Dahl... 

Roald Dahl, I knew there was a reason we kept you around Kenny 

[Blackbird]

I was thinking it meant "Barely Finished Guitar".  Awesome looking bass.

[uwe]

Don't laugh, but in a sudden attack of adolescence, I think I would put skull knobs on it! Is that very regressive?

[the mojo hobo]

No, skull knobs would look good on it.

[exiledarchangel]

Also dress like a pirate when playing, that would work too.

[lowend1]

That's no sillier than all the weird names for cars being marketed.

Carter had a 4 barrel carburetor they called the AFB. I always heard that it stood simply for "A Four Barrel". Coincidence, maybe, but I like it.

Carter Abbreviations (OCD kicking in again)
AFB=Aluminum Four Barrel
AVS=Air Valve Secondary
TQ=ThermoQuad
WCFB=Will Carter Four Barrel

[Deathshead]

neeeds pickup rings and covers, along with those knobs thrown in the trash, I see they went with the Korean tune o matic too.

Does anyone know why they changed the headstock shape in around 93-94 to the wierd fat on the bottom skinny on top?

the older Lp basses had alot nicer more traditional headstocks.

[Pilgrim]

Carter Abbreviations (OCD kicking in again)
AFB=Aluminum Four Barrel
AVS=Air Valve Secondary
TQ=ThermoQuad
WCFB=Will Carter Four Barrel

There were bigger 4-barrels around at the time, but in the case of my '66 GTO the AFB also translated as "flush toilet". The flow ratings on the AFB series went from around 400 to 750 CFM - I don't know the one on the GTO but vigorous around town driving netted perhaps 10 MPG.

[lowend1]

There were bigger 4-barrels around at the time, but in the case of my '66 GTO the AFB also translated as "flush toilet". The flow ratings on the AFB series went from around 400 to 750 CFM - I don't know the one on the GTO but vigorous around town driving netted perhaps 10 MPG.

The TQ on my Chrysler flows around 850cfm or so, but it's a spread bore carb - the primaries are like a small 2bbl, but the secondaries are gigantic. As long as I keep my foot out of the back two, MPG is palatable (well, for me, anyway).

[Pilgrim]

Yup...opening up the secondaries on a big-block with 4-BBL carb tells you why they call it "the loud pedal."  Even the noise under the hood is loud.