Thinned the herd...

Denis · October 05, 2011, 08:26:21 AM

Now that I've been at this a while I decided a few weeks ago to thin the herd and keep the things I most like. It kind of surprises me how much stuff you can pick up without even thinking about it.
Gone are:
Ampeg 4x10 cab
Ampeg 1x15 cab
Fender Bassman 10
Univox Coily bass project
2 Epiphone Thunderbirds
Jerry Jones Longhorn (not by choice)
2 Gibson Thunderbird pickups.

This leaves me with only 2 projects: the Sunn 200S and the Smurf Ripper (mostly needs wiring work at this point).

ack1961 · October 05, 2011, 08:58:52 AM

Hey Denis,

If you have any other thinning to do, you can bring stuff to the swap meet at 2112 on Saturday (11AM-5PM).
It's funny to see 2112 Percussion open before 1PM - those drummers sure do like to sleep in.

Steve

gearHed289 · October 05, 2011, 10:06:37 AM

I just unloaded a bunch of stuff myself, including, a white Bach TH-1, flight case for the Bach, '74 Ampeg V-4B, and flight case for the Ampeg. I keep forgetting to get my '73 Guild up on the 'bay, but that's leaving too!

Denis · October 05, 2011, 10:21:41 AM

Quote from: gearHed289 on October 05, 2011, 10:06:37 AM
I just unloaded a bunch of stuff myself, including, a white Bach TH-1, flight case for the Bach, '74 Ampeg V-4B, and flight case for the Ampeg. I keep forgetting to get my '73 Guild up on the 'bay, but that's leaving too!

Was your BaCH one of the first ones?

Denis · October 05, 2011, 10:24:37 AM

Quote from: ack1961 on October 05, 2011, 08:58:52 AM
Hey Denis,
If you have any other thinning to do, you can bring stuff to the swap meet at 2112 on Saturday (11AM-5PM).
It's funny to see 2112 Percussion open before 1PM - those drummers sure do like to sleep in.
Steve

Right now, I'm out of gear I want to unload so I'll go empty-handed.
Motorcycle projects are next on the block...

chromium · October 05, 2011, 10:44:05 AM

I've shed some basses too over the last 1-2 years...
Gibson EB-0
Guild JSII
Ovation Magnum I
Ampeg Scroll
Roland G-88

All of them were nice instruments, but I have my favorites and just can't justify keeping the ones I'm not playing regularly.

dadagoboi · October 05, 2011, 11:59:54 AM

Quote from: Denis on October 05, 2011, 10:21:41 AM
Was your BaCH one of the first ones?

Denis, I have a white first run TH-1 if you're looking...with or without ThunderBucker.

gweimer · October 05, 2011, 12:55:24 PM

Quote from: dadagoboi on October 05, 2011, 11:59:54 AM
Denis, I have a white first run TH-1 if you're looking...with or without ThunderBucker.

Ahhh...my old one. It really was nice, but I didn't need it after I got the Embassy back.

I may be looking at thinning the herd again before too long, myself. I'm contemplating selling:

Johnson Scroll AEB-1 #66
Magnatone Hurricane (I'm wrestling with this one)
Epiphone ET-288M (The Holy Crap bass)
and maybe one more that I can't mention. No, it's not the Embassy....

gearHed289 · October 05, 2011, 02:50:47 PM

Quote from: Denis on October 05, 2011, 10:21:41 AM
Was your BaCH one of the first ones?

Not one of the FIRST first ones. It was from the run of 50 with the thin body that replacement pickguards fit properly.

Denis · October 05, 2011, 08:13:22 PM

Quote from: gearHed289 on October 05, 2011, 02:50:47 PM
Not one of the FIRST first ones. It was from the run of 50 with the thin body that replacement pickguards fit properly.

Hm, maybe you can clarify. I hadn't heard of the pickguard problem!
My understanding of the runs were like this:
First run (all white, thick body, no belly cuts). 20 or 30 of these?
Second run (30 of them: 10 Sonic blue, 10 black, 10 white, all thin body with belly cuts)
Third run (thick bodies with out the belly cuts, all either transparent red or honeyburst).

I came in late so I'm probably wrong on these.

gweimer · October 05, 2011, 08:26:45 PM

Quote from: Denis on October 05, 2011, 08:13:22 PM
Hm, maybe you can clarify. I hadn't heard of the pickguard problem!
My understanding of the runs were like this:
First run (all white, thick body, no belly cuts). 20 or 30 of these?
Second run (30 of them: 10 Sonic blue, 10 black, 10 white, all thin body with belly cuts)
Third run (thick bodies with out the belly cuts, all either transparent red or honeyburst).

I came in late so I'm probably wrong on these.

Now that I think of it, you may be right. I got mine AFTER the initial run, and it has the belly cut.

Highlander · October 06, 2011, 01:47:17 AM

Gary... why the Scroll...? you waited quite a while for that Lady...

gearHed289 · October 06, 2011, 10:11:12 AM

Quote from: Denis on October 05, 2011, 08:13:22 PM
Hm, maybe you can clarify. I hadn't heard of the pickguard problem!
My understanding of the runs were like this:
First run (all white, thick body, no belly cuts). 20 or 30 of these?
Second run (30 of them: 10 Sonic blue, 10 black, 10 white, all thin body with belly cuts)
Third run (thick bodies with out the belly cuts, all either transparent red or honeyburst).

I came in late so I'm probably wrong on these.

Mine is thin with belly cut. Wait... it's not "mine" anymore!

After this run, they changed the way the neck sits into the body - it doesn't go quite as far in, so there are a few guys with replacement pickguards that sit too close to the leading edge of the upper horn.

chromium · October 06, 2011, 04:32:37 PM

Mine was from that same (second) run I think... white finish, single pickup, skinny body w/tummy cut. I hadn't realized that about the necks being set differently. The replacement guard fit great on this one:

We had gotten two from that run, actually.. Nokturnal has the black-finish one. Great basses!

Nocturnal · October 06, 2011, 06:43:11 PM

Yep! Joe was nice enough to let me buy one of the two that he had purchased

I'm really glad he did too. It's a great player, and it does have the tummy cut and the thin body. Very comfortable neck as well.

I haven't been thinning the herd tho. I have bought two basses recently so I really should stop now. My wife does not find it amusing.