Nevermind... (Ping John Fertig!!!!!!!!!)

[Basvarken]

You're right Uwe. I'll throw the pics and design in the bin.
Can't keep up with Gibson's break neck pace 

[uwe]

You two will have to make the way once more, that's all, and be our welcome guests! Holländers are cute even without their own TV shows.

[godofthunder]

 Lucky you don't collect for finishes............................... Gibson has a Thunderbird coming out in Cherry 

[Barklessdog]

Sure I would be happy to. It might come to you with a Kahler & Gizmotron though

[Denis]

Say, isn't Gibson supposed to be working on a Non reverse Thunderbird...?

[Basvarken]

Maybe they're being built in Czechia. You know how long that takes

[Barklessdog]

Sound test- very Fenderish (surprise)

[Dave W]

Obeche is a largely unprotected wood and even if it wasn't, hey, it's from Nigeria, a most corruption-free country, so everything will be alright I'm sure.

A specialized use of obeche wood is the construction of sauna interior parts that touch skin, where the wood is prized for its lack of splinters or resin, and most importantly its low heat retention.[citation needed]

Excellent. But before you sit on the neck while naked, make sure those fret ends are smooth.

[uwe]

Sure I would be happy to. It might come to you with a Kahler & Gizmotron though

I accepted my fate when I asked you, danke! Everyone keep a lookout please when this crops up with the usual suspects.

[uwe]

Sound test- very Fenderish (surprise)

With a fresh set of rounds and the gain on the SVT up higher than I usually have I could reproduce that sound with my RD Sauna no sweat. Bit of Ric in there too, but the RDs were always closer in sound to a Fender or Ric than to a TBird. Their looks belied.

So is that the way of the future for Gibson then, bringing out lots of new bass models - this would be number 5 (Hobbitbird, Junior, pregnant LP, Explorer and now this here, Shavo Signature and possibly coming Flying V bass not yet counted) within a year - in smaller numbers to gratify collectors and niche people? I wouldn't have thought I'd see the day. Let's face it, Gibson essentially lost the bass battle as early as the fifties, regained some ground in the sixties and early seventies and by the eighties, nineties, noughties and today was back to being a niche and esoteric producer of basses again. If they now highlight exact that image they at least flaunt what they've already got.

[uwe]

Excellent. But before you sit on the neck while naked, make sure those fret ends are smooth.

You mean it's sat neck then?  

Well, in a sauna, sap neck more likely.

[Basvarken]

Well, there is also the new Explorer

Do you mean the Baritone Explorer?

[TBird1958]

RD's AND Homoerotic banter all in one thread.................My girlie parts are all tingly 

[uwe]

That's a misnomer, Rob, it's a real bass (with a wrong pic, Gibson site, need I say more?   ), did you miss this thread here:


http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=6020.0

[uwe]

RD's AND Homoerotic banter all in one thread.................My girlie parts are all tingly  

Hey, it was Dave who started writing about splinter free butts in saunas and I wood chip in only!