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[uwe]

 

You guys are a pest!!!

[Nocturnal]

I think you should buy one Uwe. It would be a nice show piece in your museum. If you "need" something to make it "different", the fretboard is rosewood instead of ebony, the pickguard has engraving on it that no other TBird will ever have, and the hardware is gold. Those three items make it different from a typical modern Bird. It takes a LOT less than that to convince me to do almost anything 

[TBird1958]

I agree, the half-Noah's Ark of Gibson Basses isn't complete! 

[copacetic]

Uwe, Mark has laid down the blanket...I meant gauntlet!

[uwe]

This place is a cesspool/snake-pit of sin.

[Granny Gremlin]

I think you mean C.Y.N.   

[uwe]

Huh? My acronym knowledge is poor ...

[Granny Gremlin]

Cover Yer Nuts!

(more ginko biloba for you, my friend)

[gearHed289]

Well, I made it through the big Gibson blowout unscathed. No new Gibbys for me. No white birds. No interest in overgrown Les Pauls or NR 'birds. 335 is still too pricey. Midtown was tempting. I'm holding out for a korina Epi Explorer.  
Congrats to everyone on their new acquisitions! You all got awesome deals!

[Dave W]

Nothing new for me...yet. If I do, it will be a guitar.

[gweimer]

This place is a cesspool/snake-pit of sin.

Sayeth one of our co-founders.  Job well done!

[TBird1958]

This place is a cesspool/snake-pit of sin.

Less talk, more trigger pulling!

[4stringer77]

I came close on a TV silver Epi bird. Heard clips of one and thought it sounded pretty good despite what people think about the epiphone version of the tb+. Thankfully I came to my senses, realized I have more basses than I need and have a custom bass being built.



The TV silver Epi is at the end of the above clip

Sounds better than the new non rev, at least the way it was recorded in the next clip (jump to 2:30) also in this clip there is a side by side comparison of two Japanese T-bird copies. One has Lulls and the other Kaminari Yardbirds come equipped with Lollars as stock according to this website full of excellent translations.
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/pedalmania/item/kaminari-bass/?siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-9RpbvrrCBZ53a4Qg.NqfDw

[planetgaffnet]

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/pedalmania/item/kaminari-bass/?siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-9RpbvrrCBZ53a4Qg.NqfDw

This is what I just don't get about guitars/basses...my interest piqued when I saw the red NR, but clicking on the that link gives me a dollar price on the instrument of $2.3K. 

I have never understood how someone can throw out what is ultimately - in this case - a Gibson copy and charge double/treble the regular retail and expect it to sell.  Is it actually three times better than the Gibson versions?  (Don't answer that, but you should get my point.)  I dunno...I suppose it works OK for Lakland and to a lesser degree Lull, but FFS, wouldn't Kaminari - who I've never heard of until a few minutes ago - be better off trying to come up with something new/original, much as Frank Deimel did with his Firestar bass?

Sheesh.  Have a good weekend.
P

[4stringer77]

The red NR is a vintage Gibson. These clips should be taken with a grain of salt due to the player's technique and the overall shoddy eq. Not to mention, who the hell knows what he's saying. All things being equal, there is nothing extraordinary about the vintage Gibsons and nothing glaringly repulsive about the other basses. As for Kaminari's business strategy, perhaps they are more concerned with selling in their domestic market instead of exporting mass produced instruments. I bet a kaminari is a better buy in Japan when compared to a US Gibson, which is probably the point of the clips.