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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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We dodged another storm so wound up doing the jam on Sunday. Tried a different combination: Squire VM Jag SS >R200c. Sounded good but the 7ender neck-as opposed to the Gibsons I normally play-left my fretting hand in pain. 'Course playing 4 hours w/o a break prolly contributed to that, but that's kinda normal. Back to the TBird or LP 5er next time.
 
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GonePlaid said:
We dodged another storm so wound up doing the jam on Sunday. Tried a different combination: Squire VM Jag SS >R200c. Sounded good but the 7ender neck-as opposed to the Gibsons I normally play-left my fretting hand in pain. 'Course playing 4 hours w/o a break prolly contributed to that, but that's kinda normal. Back to the TBird or LP 5er next time.
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How do the necks differ in terms of scale and chunkiness?
 
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beans-on-toast said:
How do the necks differ in terms of scale and chunkiness?
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The Jag is a short scale at 30"; the TBird and LP 5er are both 34". The neck profile is what threw me. Gibby's have 'skinny' necks and, since I started with an EB-3, that's what I'm used to playing. The VM Jag is normally my backup/tight space bass, but I'd recently made a modification to it(thumbrest)and wanted to test it out in a gig situation. I'll continue to mess with it, but it really felt awkward.
 
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GonePlaid said:
The Jag is a short scale at 30"; the TBird and LP 5er are both 34". The neck profile is what threw me. Gibby's have 'skinny' necks and, since I started with an EB-3, that's what I'm used to playing. The VM Jag is normally my backup/tight space bass, but I'd recently made a modification to it(thumbrest)and wanted to test it out in a gig situation. I'll continue to mess with it, but it really felt awkward.
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I find that Gibson necks can vary based on the era. An early 60's SG has a thin slender neck. A couple of years later it was chunky. I have a Les Paul with a chunky neck that's also very heavy. The idea at the time was heavy weight offered more sustain. Another Gibson I have has a very comfortable and playable neck.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
I find that Gibson necks can vary based on the era. An early 60's SG has a thin slender neck. A couple of years later it was chunky. I have a Les Paul with a chunky neck that's also very heavy. The idea at the time was heavy weight offered more sustain. Another Gibson I have has a very comfortable and playable neck.
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My TBird is a 67. Very skinny neck. The Les Paul 5 string's neck is pretty narrow for a 5er, but the bass is kinda heavy.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
My contribution to Blues Monday. Early ZZ Top.

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Went into it expecting a Rolling Stones Brown Sugar, what a pleasant surprise. Wonder how it is I never saw them live.

Did see The Cars in concert in Boston, guessing 79, no later than 80. Hometown crowd. Boston was a very happening music center at the time .... What it always seems to me is Boston and Dublin feel very much like two sides of the same coin. Bought a plushy dragon in Boston's North Shore, last seen the dragon was doing well in Co Clare.

Yeah The Cars, that scene was vibrant then, Boston still feels vibrant to me but in a different way.
 
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Baseball bat necks turn me off right away. And said as much to good friends who ask me to try their pride and joy. And a little sorry having said that. Out loud. Yet feels better than fishing for some reason (what an awesome finish!) to say something nice.
 
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BassmanPaul said:
Thanks folks I'll get it done in a few days. I'm off to the boys time at the cottage with three of my neigbours Yea! :)
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There's this :smug:
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GwenOnBass said:
Went into it expecting a Rolling Stones Brown Sugar, what a pleasant surprise. Wonder how it is I never saw them live.

Did see The Cars in concert in Boston, guessing 79, no later than 80. Hometown crowd. Boston was a very happening music center at the time .... What it always seems to me is Boston and Dublin feel very much like two sides of the same coin. Bought a plushy dragon in Boston's North Shore, last seen the dragon was doing well in Co Clare.

Yeah The Cars, that scene was vibrant then, Boston still feels vibrant to me but in a different way.
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Saw ZZ Top as the opener for BadCo. They blew Bad Company away.
 
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GonePlaid said:
Saw ZZ Top as the opener for BadCo. They blew Bad Company away.
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Lucked out and got to see ZZ Top's first So Cal appearance c.1969/70.

KNAC 105.5 FM put on a concert at a movie theater in Long Beach, CA. Radio DJ Frank Jolle hosted. Our manager's brother hung out with Jim Ladd, one of the popular DJs at the station, so we got first hand info as to what was happening.

My guitar player and I went because we were told Johnny Winter was headlining. We got there about 9p. I don't remember any of the opening acts. Frank kept saying that Johnny was on the way.

So, about 1:30am I made my way backstage and was checking out some empty drum cases that had "ZZ Top" stenciled on them. A girl came up to me and said they just got in from Dallas and the group would be going on shortly.

Made it back to my seat and the curtains opened! Ahhh...not Johnny Winter but man, ZZ brought down the house. I turned to my buddy and said "these guy are going to make it". And the rest is history.:thumbsup:
 
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