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........'65 Thunderbird IV, usual neck repair and oversprayed. Just the best playing and sounding bass I've ever owned.
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Glad to see some Gibson love going on here; after many years of whoring around with any old bass they're the marque I've finally come around to, in particular the "reverse" models for the reasons given here; [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=74502&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=74502&st=0[/url]
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[quote name='Clarky' post='739501' date='Feb 8 2010, 10:33 PM']Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias ... if I am not mistaken
But yeah, agreed![/quote]
Of course - my first thought was Half Man Half Biscuit, but you're right.
My room mate in Uni used to play this continually, when he wasn't listening to taped radio repeats of "Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" -
Nothing that I can add to the legend that is Beedster that's not already said!
We've been threatening to trade since the days of Bassworld, and finally did at a soggy services on the M11; my P for his Ric.
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[quote name='retroman' post='734136' date='Feb 3 2010, 03:17 PM']There's a link to my issues with "The Thunderturd" as I now call it earlier in this thread.[/quote]
Must have the "Dirty fingers" pickups Gibson used to make! -
What a hugely cool old bass!
It's a damn shame Hoyer aren't better known; if this was released as a Warwick "Jack Bruce" signature special you could add another grand to that price and it wouldn't be as good.
Have a skint bump! -
Bought a Ric strap off tredders; smooth deal, great communication, good guy
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Sold Chris a custom bitza Sabre; top bloke - genuine, friendly, great communicator, real bass enthusiast
Ta for a smooth deal! (Just hope you won't need a chiropractor after playing the Sabre, Chris...... .) -
Went quite cheap, considering what these can fetch
Been after one for ages, but they only turn up when I'm skint! -
Lovelier than a very lovely thing
If only.... -
I'll have the Ric strap please - PM'd
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[quote name='Dom in Somerset' post='721944' date='Jan 23 2010, 09:25 AM']The T bird is all about the triumph of style over practicality. It's the bass that says "wake up , it's time to rock!"[/quote]
Personally I think this is one of those myths that gets handed down to each successive generation of bassists. (second statement agreed with, of course!)
I like to rest my right hand on the top body bout so you can really dig in hard and fast against the strings - like Thunderfingers (pic) - only wish I had an ounce of the talent!
That's what makes my '65 T'bird IV the most ergonomic bass I've ever played, by a big margin. The well-known strap button re-position mod sorts out the balance issue. -
Stephen broke into my house, stole my beautiful Trace Elliot Twin Valve head that I love more than my children, molested the cat, then made me write this feedback at gunpoint.
Oh all right then, I sold it to him. Great guy, great communicator, fastest payer in the West, deal with in confidence. -
I'll have 'em both if still available please - PM'd
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About to be traded for somehing newer....(sniff )
staying in the BC family though! -
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On fretless a subtle amount adds a bit of acoustic quality; wouldn't use it otherwise
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Definitely, especially those three in the OP title, also Ian Curtis (Joy Division) who I'd seen play Eric's in Liverpool just a couple of months earlier, and John McGeogh (Magazine, Banshees)
The night George Harrison died (was it the night?) I woke up with "My sweet Lord" running through my head. Spooky. -
[quote name='lonestar' post='703208' date='Jan 6 2010, 06:09 PM']assumes weasly man with a small Hitler moustache and clipboard type voice:
" I think that if one checks the rules and guidelines for posting on the marketplace thread..."
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Did Hitler have a clipboard?
Possibly to compensate for having one testicle
Don't know about the guitars, but the bass version (Rivoli) used to be made at the Korean Peerless factory, and very highly regarded -
No, but having recently bought a bright red Explorer bass on impulse I'm going for the ZZ Top "propellor spin"..........
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[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='702628' date='Jan 6 2010, 11:30 AM']Can't we leave this fella to sell his guitar? I'd buy it if I had any folding! [/quote]
+1
That Gibson case is worth at least a ton on its own. I've been looking for an EB-2 fit one for bloomin' ages! -
I’m a big fan of DI: conceded defeat on the “power race” within the band a couple of years back when we bought a 2.5kW PA with full mixer, crossover etc, and got a volunteer sound guy at the same time. My Ampeg SVT-2 / Mesa 2x15 rig could cope with it, but the sound guy was pushing hard for me to DI so he could control the mix, so I grudgingly gave it a go. Everything else miked; drums (x3 mics), guitar amps (x2).
I wanted to keep valves at the front end at least; so initially used an all-valve Retrospec Juice Box active DI also feeding into a small digital head (Yamaha BBT-500H) / 2x10 cab on an amp stand acting as a stage monitor; pumps out enough for the whole band to hear it on stage, which is crucial. Now using Molan’s old Eden VT-40 with built-in Demeter preamp; nice fat DI sound, bags of on-stage power (still with the 2x10 / amp stand), and almost as compact as the digital head. I probably get more good comments about the bass sound now than when backline-only – the PA definitely throws it deep into the audience and the crossover helps keep it defined.
Biggest beneficiary has definitely been my back! Transport easier too – all fits in the back of the crappy small family hatchback. The 2 guitarists are still using their 4x12 full stacks though even though they’re miked up, as it “looks right”! -
Lindy Fralins are [b]really [/b]nice: got a J model in my '73 P/J fretless. SD Antiquity II's also highly recommended and look the business in an old Jazz. Neither cheap, but they do pop up on the 'bay and here now and again.
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Some info on this recent thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71270"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71270[/url] and I guess the mods will probably move this to the amps section too.
I'd say around £300 in good nick (what I'm selling mine for if anyone's interested!). These cope with the average pub gig fine, but I guess would be underpowered for anything much bigger. Plus points are the tone - gives me a gorgeous buttery tone on fretless I can't get with any other amp; it's really compact and portable for an all-valve head, and of course it's vintage Trace.
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......'77 RD Artist. Huge heavy bar-room brawler of a bass