Gibson pickup flaw

[uwe]

I'll run a little inspection of the premises this summer!

[TBird1958]

These are some quickie phone pics I shot here in the house underneath a Halogen PAR lamp, as you can see, it's beautiful!
We may hay a bit of low winter sun over the weekend, best for the all important Subaru shot 

[uwe]

OMG ...



a Saturday Night Fever bass ...



That bass will do to my musicianly credibilty what the Rock Me Tonight vid did to Billy Squier ...

I only waived claims re accidental damage, not for garish fins!!!

[Granny Gremlin]

Tell me that is just phone cam artifacts and not actual rainbow sparkle, because, I mean, I knew he was German, but I didn't know he was, like, Madam von Reacharundt in the mid-70s German.

[uwe]

I said SPLINTER camouflage, Mark,



... not SPRINKLE!!!

[TBird1958]

Tell me that is just phone cam artifacts and not actual rainbow sparkle, because, I mean, I knew he was German, but I didn't know he was, like, Madam von Reacharundt in the mid-70s German.

Nope! The finish really does that as you move it thru a light source!

[TBird1958]

I said SPLINTER camouflage, Mark,



... not SPRINKLE!!!

How about some lozenges like what's his name (From Jethro Tull) Thunderbird 

[uwe]

Just like May 8, 1945, I'll get used to it, sigh! 

I bet it's radioactive too.

[Granny Gremlin]

It's a new era in bunker busting. Gone are the days of brute force; now it's all about the subterfuge.

Hello Franz
Hello Deutschland
D-d-d-d-d-d-d-dirty bomb!

[drbassman]

Kinda blows the charcoal gray theory!!!

[Basvarken]

Every pic that I've seen of this bass it looks to me as if the lower side of the body is slightly too large in comparison to the upper side.
It's not just the smaller lower horn that makes it look this way. I think it is actually the entire body that is asymmetrical.
And I don't think I like that for this kind of bass. Looks like a mistake on the drawing board to me...   

Nice sparkly finish though 

[Dave W]

Wow, that is bizarre.

The finish name is graphite pearl, not charcoal gray. Still, it's bizarre. That's not what I think of when I see "pearl" attached to a finish name.

Considering this pic Mark posted in the other thread, it doesn't look garish under normal light.



And if you look at the other three in stock at Sweetwater, you can barely see the pearling. Must be the light.

[Dave W]

Every pic that I've seen of this bass it looks to me as if the lower side of the body is slightly too large in comparison to the upper side.
It's not just the smaller lower horn that makes it look this way. I think it is actually the entire body that is asymmetrical.
And I don't think I like that for this kind of bass. Looks like a mistake on the drawing board to me...   

Nice sparkly finish though 

Now that you mention it, the lower side does look bigger. That's odd.

[Granny Gremlin]

Yeah.... never noticed until he pointed that out.  In one pic I though it could be optical illusion due to not being sighted straight down the neck, but the other pic looks like it's pretty dead on.

Ergonomically it makes sense.

[copacetic]

I noticed that from the first pic I saw and you know you might be right about the ergonomics. The one thing about the LP Sig and the Epi JC that always bothered me a bit was that it did not sit well on my knee and a few others including my daughter mentioned that as well. So could Gibson actually thought that deeply about this? Mark, how does it sit on your knee? And what is the neck profile like. I know you like slimmer necks as I do and that is one of the saving graces of the TBIV's.