Recent content by Bunderthird

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    Oh, nice :) I live near Montabaur. That is right in the middle between Frankfurt and Cologne. My office is in Frankfurt. My band is based in Alzenau, between Aschaffenburg and Hanau. That area is known by many Americans. The US Army used to have troops there, but moved away mostly
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    Whoah… don‘t tell me I need another one and leave the red one as it is I agree it looks somewhat nice… But then again, it doesn‘t look right. Ok, need to think it over. Man, all I want is the one that I already bought and got refunded because it was already sold Now I have two others...
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    Thx milady Yours truly #857 :D
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    This is something I was thinking about. The ‘15 is going to get played live on stage. Not sure if it’s value will actually rise tbh. But I am currently thinking of dressing the red Epi up like I want it to be and use this one on stage instead of the ‘15… Hmmm, but that’s not the reason I spent...
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    Hmm, need to compare them again, now that I have the red one here. Ordered it because on the pics it did not look that red. I have another week to decide if I want to keep it or send it back. Normally they are not sold anymore in stores. But this one is a showroom instrument, the last one sold...
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    Very beautiful indeed! What I mean with red is this: I love the wood grain and burst effect. But this is not mahogany red, this is overdone. Nice in its own right. But what I want is a TB where the body looks like on the images you shared :)
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    Ok, let‘s go for it then :) Aaalright… almost everybody recommends to not change the finish. I think I’ll leave it as it is for now. It does not look terrible and the pic was taken under daylight conditions. The brown tone looks warmer with artificial light. Does anybody know of Epi Classic...
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    Hey there, I am new to this forum…. and actually joined because of your TB club :) I am Alex, a German guy in the mid 40s. Saw a white Epi bird in a guitar mag ad, back in the mid 2Ks (the cheap standard one). Picked one up a few weeks later and it has become my main bass for live gigs for...