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Now sold pending I'm selling this one-off Custom built non-reverse Thunderbird, bought from @silverfoxnik back in the summer. This bass has something of a history among the BC community as it was built by the Bass Doc using a Bachbird mahogany body blank, with a rosewood board, two-part Bach bridge, Gotoh GB528 res-o-lite tuners and Thunderbucker '66 pickups. The finish is a matt off-white which is nicely going 'ivory' with age The neck is slim and fast and the pick ups are wonderfully punchy and deep - somewhere between a stingray and a p bass with a touch of grand piano thrown in. It comes in a very well fitting TKL hard case As usual, I'm gassing for a something else and as this isn't my gigging bass I'm putting up for sale I'm in Nottingham, so meet up within reasonable distance is possible. I'll be in High Wycombe on the weekend of the 16/17/18 Feb so could meet within a reasonable distance of there if that helps. It would be possible to deliver but I'd prefer to use the delivery guy @walshy uses and recommends. Delivery costs to be covered by the buyer Here is the original build thread
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This guy's an optimist https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225941573994?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Eln7_daoTtG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_IZf9qi7SWa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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Run Run Rudolph Fast, fun, fabulous
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What to buy a bass player for his 18th
ricksterphil replied to GrimUpNorth's topic in General Discussion
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Nothin wrong with a Cowboy hat imo
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It's not and no, not very likely to out awesome the Lull's
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The actual bass and my Dad was well off enough to buy it for me.
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Some great advice, thanks everyone. I'm probably going to leave it...... probably
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I've spotted a bass for sale that I owned as a teenager. It's a hefty chunk of change so I'm unsure whether to sell a kidney* and go for it or not. Anyone else been faced with this dilemma and gone for it? If so, was it better or worse than you imagined when you finally bought it. Did you hold it lovingly to your bosom and make it your go to bass or leave it in its case and play it occasionally and sigh? I'm not giving a brand, but @silverfoxnik can probably work it out. *For kidney, read both of my Mike Lulls
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Many moons ago (I had hair and a much smaller belly) I played a gig in a pub in Nottingham which, before we started, began to fill up with Sheffield Utd fans after their match at Notts County. All was well-ish, until one or two of the braver/more whizzed fans started trying to get up on stage and use the mics. Pete, our roadie, took obvious exception to such loutish behaviour and threw the perpetrators back into the crowd. Things got very very tense very quickly as said bunch of fans tried to decide whether they could take on Pete the roadie and the rest of the band and give us a whipping. We were backed into a large bay window so no handy exit stage left (or right, or anywhere) was available and I was just considering taking off my bass and wielding it like Thor's hammer when, rather like the dorsal fin of a shark on a calm sea, two pointed blue helmets with nice shiny silver badges appeared at the back of the room. The landlord, bless him, had anticipated that these footie fellows might cause a ruck(lol) so had sent out his lad to fetch plod from the beat (yes, it was a loooong time ago). Sighs of relief all round, a quick trip to the loo to change soiled underwear and we played the gig to rapturous applause.
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Robert Plant's Saving Grace Tour in Stoke. "I'd like to say it's great to be back.....but I can't furbing remember" Plant's opening line to the audience set the tone for a fabulous gig of chilled country/folk/roots music interspersed with the occasional Led Zep song. His vocal partner Suzie Dain was excellent and a perfect foil to Plant. Does the Golden (now silver) God still have it? You bet he does although he blended his vocals with Suzie and the rest of the band rather than trying to dominate. I usually cringe a bit when I see banjos and accordions on stage but they worked, even on Zep tunes. They did The Rain Song which was magical and mystical....even with an accordion 😊 Catch this tour if you can, you won't be disappointed. There's no merch, not much on YouTube....you have to go and watch. "This is one of the best musical experiences of my life....and it's great not having to compete with that racket" Plant said at the end. Turns out he's a bassist too...
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When did you join your first band?
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early 1970's when I was about 13 - bass looked easier than guitar so went for that. Band is called Phoenix. We played at a school reunion gig this year so technically still going. -
Music for the heart -> Lovesongs through all time
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This one's not about love.......'kin epic choon though and great fun to play -
Lawsuit era?