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There's a sunbursts t-40 on evilbay that's giving me serious gas...

Wow... it does kind of have that Brian May thing going on... really cool

Very classy looking bass.

I can't seem to find any pictures of me with my first bass... but this is pretty close. Cruise by VMI (as if being by VMI would be impressive). It looked the part of a rock bass but just sounded like a rock. Mine was missing a strap button on the horn, so I used to strap it to the E...

Well let us know when it arrives and how you like it.

Great find! I love the look of a pure, white bass. I have a red Foundy and really think it's a great bass. The luthier that set her up was really impressed with the tone and playability.

Can you imagine doing all that sanding and painting without wearing a mask these days?

Beautiful!

Man those look so great with the sunburst finish.

for me it's just fun to talk it through... I don't really care if we come to any correct conclusions.

I remember that ad in Bass Player with Rudy Sarzo, "The man behind the bass, the bass behind the man" and I think I stopped subscribing sometime around '92... so I'd think that bass had to be introduced before then.

Interesting... the patriot I played years ago had a single super ferrite and I presumed that pickup hadn't changed much from generation to generation. I was currious about the mounting angle, how much affect that had on tone. @kjpollo - That would be a great collection and with the whole...

Beautiful basses. I'm currious how similar the t-20 and Patriot might sound.

"Smoke On The Water", "25 or 6 to 4" and "Rocky Mountain Way" were probably the first things I slugged through. The set list for my first gig in high school was: "Supernova" - an "original" instrumental that began with a melodic intro we'd start playing off stage and walk in to. Zeppelin's...

He's played Carvin basses for some time... I seem to remember him having a signature model at some point.