Natural

Droombolus · December 05, 2011, 05:41:18 AM

To avoid "I don't do fins" meditations I convinced myself I needed a Natural SG Supreme to experiment with, string wise. So yesterday I scored a 2nd Supreme on evilBay .....

I haven't felt any guilt since I clicked the Buy Now button, so I must've done a sterling job on myself ....

drbassman · December 05, 2011, 05:44:20 AM

I can't help it, but I like the look of the maple and the overall SG styling. Nice score!

godofthunder · December 05, 2011, 06:03:16 AM

Nice bass! I like these to.If one is good two is better I always say

uwe · December 05, 2011, 06:13:32 AM

It shames me, but my Fireburst SG Supreme and my natural satin fin SG Supreme are one of those tragic incidents where I broke the law ...

Droombolus · December 05, 2011, 07:44:23 AM

Et tu Brute ?

Chris P. · December 05, 2011, 07:53:39 AM

Nice! And tell us about the outcome of the experiments!

OldManC · December 05, 2011, 08:18:51 AM

Quote from: uwe on December 05, 2011, 06:13:32 AM
It shames me, but my Fireburst SG Supreme and my natural satin fin SG Supreme are one of those tragic incidents where I broke the law ...

No Uwe, you were only being reasonably flexible. You wouldn't want people thinking you were unbending and uncompromising, would you?

Nice bass!

Droombolus · December 13, 2011, 07:31:43 AM

She's arrived yesterday. The weirdest thing happened when I tried to pull off the volume knobs, both shafts broke loose from the pots

Never ever happened to me in over 40 years ....

Has anyboby here got an idea where I can score some original Gibbie pots ?

Basvarken · December 13, 2011, 08:21:12 AM

Congrats Martin. Beautiful bass
Use CTS, that's what Gibson does.

uwe · December 13, 2011, 09:02:59 AM

Sounds to me like they had a severe ding. Where they pulled out of the pots or did they break off?

Dave W · December 13, 2011, 09:03:38 AM

That's really odd, I wonder if they put knobs with metric diameter holes on imperial shafts, or vice versa.

I blame the shameful lack of compatibility of US pots with the metric system.

Droombolus · December 14, 2011, 01:32:16 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on December 13, 2011, 08:21:12 AM
Congrats Martin. Beautiful bass
Use CTS, that's what Gibson does.

Thanks Rob !

Quote from: uwe on December 13, 2011, 09:02:59 AM
Sounds to me like they had a severe ding. Where they pulled out of the pots or did they break off?

They worked alright coming out of the case but when I tried to pull of the knobs the shafts came loose out of the pots. And yup, exactly my thoughts. Contacted the seller but he didn't recall having bumped the knobs into an immovable object

.... Anyway, it's no biggie ..... it was just a very weird experience

Barklessdog · December 14, 2011, 09:12:03 AM

Sweet looking bass.