Gene Simmons bass info site

gearHed289 · January 23, 2013, 09:41:44 AM

Some pretty cool pics and info here. Much of which I've never seen.

http://axeology.com/

OldManC · January 23, 2013, 03:49:44 PM

Great, there goes the next few hours of my life!

Thanks!

Hörnisse · January 23, 2013, 05:01:35 PM

Quote from: OldManC on January 23, 2013, 03:49:44 PM
Great, there goes the next few hours of my life! Thanks!

+1

godofthunder · January 23, 2013, 05:06:41 PM

I saw this over on tb. I book marked it

Nocturnal · January 23, 2013, 09:13:11 PM

Quote from: godofthunder on January 23, 2013, 05:06:41 PM
I saw this over on tb. I book marked it

Same here. It is interesting to see how the LoBue progressed over the years.

uwe · January 24, 2013, 07:54:33 AM

I can't even get to that site, it's blocked for security reasons (not content), $immon$ viruses lurking.

gearHed289 · January 24, 2013, 08:45:51 AM

Quote from: OldManC on January 23, 2013, 03:49:44 PM
Great, there goes the next few hours of my life! Thanks!

Happy to help George!

There still seems to be debate on the scale length of the Lobue. I always assumed short scale based mostly on the bridge location and the similarity to an EB-0. But then, realizing it's a 24 fret fingerboard sticking all the way out of the body, I started thinking maybe it is long? Whoever runs the web site says this about his customized EB-0 though - "It has a 30½" scale which matches that of the LoBue."

Nocturnal · January 24, 2013, 09:37:13 AM

Somewhere I have a link saved to a site dedicated to the man that made the Lobue. It claims 34" scale in the details on that site. It must be on one of my home pc's cause I can't find it on my work one.

Denis · January 24, 2013, 12:42:31 PM

That's a fun site to dig through!

Highlander · January 24, 2013, 01:47:48 PM

Quote from: uwe on January 24, 2013, 07:54:33 AM
... it's blocked for security reasons ...

Viewable from the UK...

Aussie Mark · January 24, 2013, 03:14:39 PM

I like that the only bass on the list that doesn't have a link and a photo is the Punisher.

Hörnisse · January 24, 2013, 04:14:17 PM

Quote from: Nokturnal on January 24, 2013, 09:37:13 AM
Somewhere I have a link saved to a site dedicated to the man that made the Lobue. It claims 34" scale in the details on that site. It must be on one of my home pc's cause I can't find it on my work one.

http://lobueguitars.com/index.asp

Nocturnal · January 24, 2013, 05:38:56 PM

Thats the link Hornisse! It doesn't give the scale length

I know it was on one of those damn KISS gear sites but now I can't find it. Maybe it was the Devil juice messing with my mind $:-\$

lowend1 · January 24, 2013, 06:26:01 PM

Missing from the list:

uwe · January 25, 2013, 07:04:20 AM

That Goin' Blind version goes to show how melodic (and cutely old-fashioned) Gene can play. Anything he plays immediately tells me that he learned to play bass in the (early) sixties. He plays faultlessly, but he never sounds nimble (even he says so and that the other guys sometimes ask him to play guitar parts in the studio because he makes them sound so beefy and archaic).