Uwe's Shortie T-Bird

[Chris P.]

Sometimes I think bass players are or very long or very short, while guitar players are mostly average size. Am I right?

But still: Everybody's looking good with a Tele, but a friend of mine is very long and quite big. I think he looks best with bigger guitars as ES335s, Rickenbacker 330s, Gretsches and and Jaguars. I'm quite big to. An EB3 or an Epiphone Rivoli is as long as a Fender P cos the bridge is places more to the middle of the body. The Gretsch Billy-Bo is extremely long, but a Musicmaster has its bridge to the back of the body, making it a very short bass...

[Droombolus]

Good point. Think about Leslie West and his LP Juniors back when he weighed 400-500 lbs. or so. I can't remember anyone saying they looked too small for him.

You didn't hear me laugh in the 70s than ? One of my fave record shops in the day had a poster of the Great Fatsby with a LP jr which completely floored me with laughter the 1st time I laid eyes on it. He looked completely ridiculous 

a Musicmaster has its bridge to the back of the body, making it a very short bass...

And it'll fit in a Jaguar guit*r case, but it still ain't the shortest cause a Longhorn will fit in a slightly oversized Strat case ..... I remember arriving at band practise with the Musicmaster while the guitarist arrived with a Firebird....... You should have seen his face when I asked if he'd finally come to his senses and had started to play the bass

[Chris P.]

My Longhorn fits in a Gibson Melody Maker guitar gigbag:)

[Dave W]

You didn't hear me laugh in the 70s than ? One of my fave record shops in the day had a poster of the Great Fatsby with a LP jr which completely floored me with laughter the 1st time I laid eyes on it. He looked completely ridiculous 

He looked ridiculous with or without a guitar. 

[Basvarken]

+1 

[Droombolus]

He looked ridiculous with or without a guitar. 

True  But I still don't understand how he could play like that with those huge hands of his ........

[sniper]

Ok got it! fat boys need fat guitars, GOT didn't like his shorty, UWE likes his, Marks still okay setting up taking nuourishment and Pinheads a bassit am I close so far or do I need to go back to the corner?

[uwe]

That's the way threads work out here.

[TBird1958]

Nourishment................A customer gave me this as a tip last week - yummy!

[godofthunder]

Ok got it! fat boys need fat guitars, GOT didn't like his shorty, UWE likes his, Marks still okay setting up taking nuourishment and Pinheads a bassit am I close so far or do I need to go back to the corner?

I liked it but not enough to keep it, unique and well made, it was a turning point for me just cause it's cool doesn't mean I should buy it. Thunderbirds are my thing especially NRs I'll try and stick to that.

[sniper]

Scott, you and Uwe are to Thunderbirds what Siskel and Ebert were to movies. Love it!

[uwe]

Just plugged it in for some doodling in the office before I leave for home: It has a beautifully responsive warmth. Notes really jump at you, more so than on most of my short scales. They must have done something right with it.

[exiledarchangel]

They must have done something right with it.

Are we still talking about Gibson?