WHUFC BASS

I love the looks of them but for me, Mahogany just isn't a great wood to use on basses. The attack is dulled somewhat with the mahogany through neck construction. Great concept for guitars but I don't think it really works (for rock anyway). The neck-dive is also an issue (easily resolved I know) but for the price of them, you shouldn't need to start buggering about with strap pins straight out of the box. Why Gibson haven't addressed this properly I will never know. The sound is OK, but for the money you spend, there are so much more versatile and confortable basses out there. I won't even start to go into Gibson's crap QC department which again, for the money they charge, should really try harder. IMO to a certain degree Gibson are a company living off their name.

[quote name='RhysP' post='888936' date='Jul 7 2010, 09:05 PM']Try before you buy! A Rickenbacker 4001 was always my dream bass........until I got one. I still think they look awesome but I just cannot get on with them at all.[/quote] Same with me regarding the Gibson Thunderbird. Loved the look and sound of them until I got one. Not nice basses to play at all.

I'm regretting even more now selling my Spector...

I always found there to be a significant dearth of drummers - good or bad. Especially in London.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='883097' date='Jul 1 2010, 03:49 PM']Oh dear, have I just made a racist bass?[/quote] As long as you don't mention the war. Mentioned it once, think I got away with it!

Seriously though - a Chinese journalist once told me that even now in China and Korea, that Japanese Imperial flag is a hated symbol and viewed with much disdain after what went on there with the Japanese during World War Two.

errr.... there's an abundance of Chinese or Korean people there ??

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='880028' date='Jun 28 2010, 04:30 PM']Oh I made my own see through plate with a bit of perspex and a lot of time. [/quote] make sure you don't do any Chinese or Korean gigs with that guitar. You'd be likely to be lynched by an angry mob.

[i][b]"I used to use this cab with an Ampeg SVT Classic, and it was an unbeatable sound!"[/b][/i] I can well imagine !!

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