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    Gibson Gene Simmons EBO

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    Posted

    On 20/09/2023 at 20:15, Thump said:

    I wonder what led them to put the price point as high as it is? greed? Or just that they know some mug with too much money will pay whatever they ask?

     

    I just don't get where some of these companies get their pricing structure from. 

     

    Are the components , wood of this one of incredibly high value? Or is it just the name at the end of the neck?

     

    I'd like to know their justification for such a price, it just doesn't seem anything like good value to me. Maybe its me and my cheapskateness , but for 7k it better bloody play itself and make me look good (no small feat)

    GENE.

    NBD - my first Rickenbacker

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    Posted

    On 22/09/2023 at 19:37, AndyTravis said:

    Ah how I love the look of ric’s.

     

    I had one for a couple of years.

     

    I was so scared of damaging it, I sold it. How ridiculous.

     

    I didn’t think I got on with the sound, but I listen to a track on an album I did with it and it’s instant regret each time.

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    Exactly what I did with my 4001CS and my 660-12 Tom Petty.

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    When did you realise….. you weren’t going to “make it”?

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    11 hours ago, Linus27 said:

     

    Yep, absolutely and so many fabulous memories and life experiences. Waiting at Dover to cross into France, challenging the girls British Netball team to a game of netball and then football and being totally destroyed by them 😁 Being in France playing at a huge international music festival and getting into a huge food fight in the food hall with a Spanish trad band 😂 Miming in Dundee shopping centre to promote our latest single and coming out to perform to find our roadies had set all our gear up back to front and upside down 😂 Getting a visit from the Welsh Police in the early hours of the morning whilst recording an album due to our drummer get very drunk and walking back to the studio from the pub the night before with a gate which in turn let all the sheep out to roam around the village the following morning 😂 Playing at a festival in Reigate on a beautiful sunny day being buzzed by the Red Arrows mid set and everyone coming up to us afterwards asking if we'd arranged that which we took credit for 😂 

     

    So many more amazing memories, loved every minute of it.

    Sounds like Festival Interceltique in Lorient? Did that a few times on technical production.

    When did you realise….. you weren’t going to “make it”?

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    6 hours ago, BigRedX said:

    IME having just about any kind of job (or a family for that matter) is almost totally incompatible with being in a band that has any hopes of success. If you can't drop everything to do that last minute gig then you put the band at a disadvantage compared with all those are prepared to make these "sacrifices". Perhaps there will be time for a family once you are established as a musician. You also need to be one of the band's songwriters or at least have negotiated a share of the songwriting royalties in order to still have some money coming in after the band is over.

     

    The only time I have been able to put in something approaching the time and effort that is required to be more than just a weekend warrior, was in the 80s when I was unemployed, and more recently now I am self-employed and can be more flexible about how I allocate my time.

    I was certainly prepared to do that: drop everything and go. My GF/Wife had talked about this and she could handle the mortgage, but an income from being a musician simply had to raise its head at some point. otherwise it would have been unfair. Security was more important to me, I must admit. Being an artist living in penury wasn't an attraction to me. But I knew guys who packed their jobs in, went on the dole and got housing support (in those days you got 70% of your rent paid) and got some level of success and recognition, albeit short-lived. Or found nothing beyond the local and Uni circuit.

     

    Proficiency aside, I understood the need to make contacts to get a call if I was between bands but there was a feeling of treading water. As for moving to London, it took one visit (for an audition) to convince me that city was not for me. My audition (for a signed, male singer guitarist) time was attenuated by other bassists still doing 'the sell' as they were leaving the rehearsal room. One even brought along his keyboard-playing pal and did 'the sell' in front of me, which reeked of desperation, as with the guy who turned up in full Confederate uniform at the end of my audition: he had already had his time but returned for another attempt at 'the sell'. The audition went well but they asked me to come back next week for another one but I really couldn't afford it, and the knowledge that I'd have to get digs quick in London if I got the gig came into sharp focus. I refused the second audition. If I couldn't make it up north, so be it.

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    When did you realise….. you weren’t going to “make it”?

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    '86. Couldn't seem to find the right mix of musicians. Plus, the beaching and sniping that went on in bands and between bands became a drag. I remember going over to Glasgow to a Joe Hubbard clinic with our guitarist and my heart just wasn't in it anymore. The singer left, then the guitarist starting missing rehearsals and being a c***, so the drummer and I began playing bars with a female singer to keep our hand in, but my heart wasn't in it. Wrapped it up in '88 and the following year went out on the road learning production ropes and guitar teching (not the breeze some folk think it is). Spent 30 years at that, now an in-house video guy at a college. But from age 16 to 28 I was totally convinced I'd make a living as bassist. Well done to those who have.

     

    EDIT: Actually, in the early '80s, a band I was in were offered a deal by Phonogram, on the strength of a demo. They put us back into the studio and arranged a showcase gig. But, during a short tour beforehand, several band members developed attitudes, and one - a lentil-munching Hippie -  I'm convinced to this day sabotaged the showcase gig. The band were shid that night, through nerves, tension, and a technical mishap. At the end, in the dressing room, there were massive verbals been us. It was the last gig we ever played. The label rep went back to London and stopped answering the 'phone. The self-appointed band leader eventually got through to him saying the label weren't taking up the option. That was gutting. Then again, maybe it was for the best, because I wouldn't have liked working with the c**ts some of the members suddenly became.

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    Guitar Guitar … very impressed

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    Posted

    On 11/09/2023 at 19:09, johnDeereJack said:

    Yep, I regularly go to the Edinburgh store and buy stuff from them - basses, amps, pedals, leads etc... and I've traded some gear in too. They're a good crowd, they stock a wide variety of products from a pretty varied array of manufacturers, they don't bug you, there's no hard sell, and the manager knows I regularly spend decent sums of cash with them so he never refuses a discount if I smile and ask him for his "best price" on any given item! 😉

     

    I like 'em! 🙂

    GG Edinburgh are great. More friendlier than their Weegie colleagues. 😆

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    Atilla Balogh Odyssey Basses and Guitars

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    Posted

    On 31/01/2021 at 14:36, Bassassin said:

    It's an Odyssey, this double A logo appears to have been used on the revised range of basses & guitars made by Attila Balogh. No idea if there's any significance to the AA or if it was just a pleasingly symmetrical design.

    Going by the book, this is one of the Attilas that had core model attributes. There are probably many oddities (see what I did there?) out there that have high-end appointments on budget instruments.

    Atilla Balogh Odyssey Basses and Guitars

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    I've got to the point in the book where AB had the accident. Good hear the true account, as I had heard he got caught up in working machinery.

     

    Looking at the photos of the B series basses, I now remember one thing I didn't like about the B100 I had: the proximity of the rear pickup to the bridge. This gave it a really tight sound that I felt only worked well with both pups on. That said, I remember that bass with fondness.

    Atilla Balogh Odyssey Basses and Guitars

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    14 hours ago, Longhairedhippyfreak said:

    Chiming in from British Columbia , Canada. I was at the authors house a few weeks ago buying a Mesa Boogie Mark II and we got to talking about Odyssey an Attila guitars. I used to visit Iron Music on Granville Street downtown Vancouver in the late 70's and 80-81, just down the street from one of my favourite strip clubs. I think I longed for one of the Odyssey basses far more than the beautiful girls I would see that same day. I remember that you could basically order your guitar optioned the way you wanted it, pickups, finish, binding etc so there are a lot of one offs out there. Highly thought of by the local music crowd at the time. Unfortunately as a musician I could not afford to buy the one I wanted, about $1000 CAD at the time. I bought a 1973 Rickenbacker 4001 instead for $450! Very recently I have acquired 3 Odyssey basses. Not sure how to submit photos. Does anyone have advice for cleaning up the old brass hardware?

    Cheers

    There you go.

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    Bass Bros feedback

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    I bought a bass off him. When it arrived, the colour was nothing like the bass that was advertised; the hue/saturation was totally different. And, no, it wasn't any of my computer monitors.

     

    I later discovered a couple of tall frets. which weren't mentioned.

     

    There has also been an issue where I added a bass to my basket, only to be told it had been sold. 

     

    The above are enough for me to pass in future,

     

     

    What do you think of this?

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    9 hours ago, jrixn1 said:

    The 'Do Not Track' idea failed years ago.  "DNT is not widely adopted by the industry" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

     

    Hardly any websites pay attention to it.  In fact here is a list... (it's very short!): https://allaboutdnt.com/companies/

     

    You can read about your right to erasure here: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/your-right-to-get-your-data-deleted/

    I have heard of this. But ABB isn't even giving you the option to reject cookies. Anyway, moan over.

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