Nice. How old does it be?
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Nice. How old does it be?
2009 according to the serial #. Was listed as a 2010, but that's normal for Epi/Gibby basses.
Prefer the red to the black.
Is the strap button located on the neck plate? Is this comfortable? The button on my Horner is on the neck heel, I don’t find it a problem but I worry about it coming undone back there cuz I can’t see it.
Any mods that you’re considering?
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Yeh that's the thing, everyone wants to know just how playable the Epi is! Okay, I want to know 
What I'm given to understand is the Epi Thunderbird pickups on the Vintage Pro get a lot of thumbs up. And far be it that I know anything about winding, overwinding, too deep a rabbit hole for me. Yet I'm fascinated by the sidewinder.
Probably all because of my Stingray "in the day". A big honking humbucker like that felt so different to me, sure as heck sounded different and I joined the latter day apostle of humbucking basses. And parallel my own ear's likely faulty memory, the Epi sounds like a Gibson? For a few hundred spacebucks?
What I'm given to understand is the Epi Thunderbird pickups on the Vintage Pro get a lot of thumbs up. And far be it that I know anything about winding, overwinding, too deep a rabbit hole for me. Yet I'm fascinated by the sidewinder. Probably all because of my Stingray "in the day". A big honking humbucker like that felt so different to me, sure as heck sounded different and I joined the latter day apostle of humbucking basses. And parallel my own ear's likely faulty memory, the Epi sounds like a Gibson? For a few hundred spacebucks?
There seems to be two groups, those that like and those that hate the mudbucker.
There are third party pickups, some have coil tapping so the coils can be connected with options or a switch. Some take out the router to place a second pickup closer to the bridge for more tonal variety.
Instruments are meant to be toyed with.
There are third party pickups, some have coil tapping so the coils can be connected with options or a switch. Some take out the router to place a second pickup closer to the bridge for more tonal variety.
Instruments are meant to be toyed with.
Yes, the button's on the neck plate. Because of my shape[somewhat rounded], I don't notice it one way or another. All 4 of my basses have the button in that area, none on the upper horn. I use strap locks of different kinds on all of them. I might change the bridge if I can't get the action lower. It came without a TRC and I've found a very nice custom one that matches the fingerboard that will add a nice touch.
Which bridge are you considering?
If I could get a 760 pro bucker, I might change it, but(A)Epi doesn't sell them, and (2) I like the Mudbucker.Yeh that's the thing, everyone wants to know just how playable the Epi is! Okay, I want to know
Probably all because of my Stingray "in the day". A big honking humbucker like that felt so different to me, sure as heck sounded different and I joined the latter day apostle of humbucking basses. And parallel my own ear's likely faulty memory, the Epi sounds like a Gibson? For a few hundred spacebucks?
Dunno-yet. I gotta see if I actually need to change it. Whichever one fits an Epi(as opposed to Gibby)EB-0. I don't need[=care about]bells and whistles. This ain't gonna be my numero uno.
I have one in Brooklyn that I would consider selling.
Nah. Now if it was the Calcasieu................
That one has some boat damage.
But now you can start that Cream tribute band.
Gimme the Williamsburg
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The right tool for the right job. It’ll be there when you need it.
Did it come with a case or gig bag?
No, but I'm using the generic case I used for the Squier. More than enuff room.
D
Funny where our old stuff can end up.
I was walking through a parking lot in Madison, WI in the late '70s, when I saw a brown '74 Buick Gran Sport with a 455. Looked like the one I traded in on a VW (not kidding). I looked in the passenger window for a nick in the hard plastic seat backing of the front passenger seat, and there it was.
Then the current owner walked up.
"Um, can I help you?"
"No. I was just checking if this was the car I traded in. It is."
"Why'd you trade it? It was like-new."
"7 MPG"
"Ah. Found that out."
I've been known to do that to a couple of 1973 Telecaster Basses............ But, IIRC, there was no router in sight, it was more like the Fred Flintstone method......................
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