Shaggy

Been looking for a nice but cheap Les Paul....... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Les-Paul-25-50-one-of-100-Flame-Tops-1978-NEW-OS_W0QQitemZ230425796171QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item35a6729e4b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Les-Paul-25-5...=item35a6729e4b[/url] ..........I don't think this is the one

I'm sure there was a thread recently on these. They're cracking basses, I had one new in '79 (as did a certain Mr Sting). Body wings are stained ash, and they had tuned rods in the neck to eliminate dead spots. I think the last one on here went around the £300 mark so for a scruffy one that'd be your baseline, but good ones can go for £800 on the 'bay. Pics are always good!

Thanks guys, some cracking Gibbos on here ( I r[i]eally[/i] want EvilLordJuju's CMT RD Artist! And his non-reverse 'bird :wub: ) Retroman, re the EB-2 mud; the bridge p/up definitely helps add some bite but I was surprised how articulate it is even on neck p/up only - DR roundwounds and some high mids boost on the amp helps!

.......lastly '69 EB-2DC. Very different beast to the '58, a total blues- machine with the deep switch on. Again, no mud; deep, rich and growly, lovely fast neck

.......'58 EB2 - shabby but all-original. No mud here (bakelite pup is single coil), a lovely very acoustic sound - awesome to play a bass from the dawn of rock n' roll "Banjo" Kluson tuners interesting but crap.

........'85 Explorer: yes it's the most radical, the most flawed, but actually a simple, robust and honest bass that's very nearly as ergonomic to play as the T'bird, and sounds nearly as good too. Lookin' for a ZZ Top tribute band...

......'77 RD Artist. Huge heavy bar-room brawler of a bass

........'65 Thunderbird IV, usual neck repair and oversprayed. Just the best playing and sounding bass I've ever owned.

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] Here's my Kalamazoo Kuties :

[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. ........might even buy it back when the inevitable sale thread appears

[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!

Bought a Ric strap off tredders; smooth deal, great communication, good guy

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!

[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.

On fretless a subtle amount adds a bit of acoustic quality; wouldn't use it otherwise

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.