Quite breaking news - Gibson Bass Line Up 2016

[TBird1958]

Dear God! That's a lucid moment for Henry?!?

[Dave W]

Dear God! That's a lucid moment for Henry?!?

Creepy enough for you? Those are stills from that video I posted a while back. At least it doesn't show his eyeballs rolling around.

[Dave W]

Uwe's mention of something I said elsewhere about a dozen years ago was meant as a humorous poke at me. It wasn't an opening to start a political rant. Not gonna happen here. We have members of just about every different view you can imagine, and we respect that.

[the mojo hobo]

As for Al's complaint about the Gibson basses, consider that the lowest priced US-made Precision is $1349; lowest priced US-made Jazz is $50 more.  Lowest priced MM Sting Ray is $1540. Compared to the 2015 SG Standard Bass at $1427 (now that it has been reduced 15%), I'd say that's right in line. And roughly the same or better than 60s-70s Gibson prices adjusted for inflation.

And the lowest priced Carvin bass is $999 ($899 on sale today) and can be had in a plethora of finishes. Oh, it is also neck-through

[slinkp]

I am seriously tempted to buy one of those EBs.

[uwe]

Uwe's mention of something I said elsewhere about a dozen years ago was meant as a humorous poke at me. It wasn't an opening to start a political rant. Not gonna happen here. We have members of just about every different view you can imagine, and we respect that.

I'm programmed to never forget anything you say or write, Dave, and you know that. I read you.

[gearHed289]

I am seriously tempted to buy one of those EBs.

This reads suspiciously like a cry for encouragement. 

[uwe]

Which we never do here. Doubleplusnotgood.

[TBird1958]

I need to squirt some polish into a rag..........

[uwe]

I've tried. Protective fluid or not - it does stain the finish (with no sound influence of course). An acquired taste.

[4stringer77]

Uwe's mention of something I said elsewhere about a dozen years ago was meant as a humorous poke at me. It wasn't an opening to start a political rant. Not gonna happen here. We have members of just about every different view you can imagine, and we respect that.

I understand. Difficult subjects draw strong emotional responses and can raise the ire of those holding the opposing views. I'm trying to resist being tiresome yet what I recently read in the liner notes to the film biopic of Edvard Munch by director Peter Watkins rings true. He wrote, and you'll have to excuse me because I must paraphrase, that separating the political from out of  the artistic is an impossibility. I would personally go further and exclaim that the reality we all endure is inexorably linked to the political circumstances in which we are subjected to. Please excuse my ranting and I'm sorry it has driven anyone's hand into feeling forced to exercise censorship.

[Highlander]

Never thought about Dave and 2001 before...

Good morning, Dave... oh... so many possibilities...

[patman]

Dave is Hal?

[Dave W]

Uwe thinks he's Hal.

In reality, he only remembers the things I've said that amuse him. For example, that's why he keeps bringing up Gwyneth Paltrow, all because many years ago he called her boring (or something like that) and I disagreed. Naturally, the discussion was in the Gibson forum at the Pit. It drove Dude crazy how we went off topic. Not that we ever do that here. 

[Highlander]

UWE (Unter Würdig Ermächtigung) 9000

Best I could do at short notice...

I wonder what the letter-slip would produce - HAL+1 = IBM

UWE+1 - VXF

Von X-ray Frieherr...?