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Many Just Don't Get IT, Gibson Thunderbird
- Thread starter bluewine
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Indeed. Buncha old ladies. Ooh neck dive...
I have 2 of em, have never observed any tendency to dip. I guess that makes us better balanced bass players... eh?
Listen to Tom Petersson on Cheap Trick's first album from 1977. Gee, with all that "neck dive" he sure plays some amazing stuff on a Gibson Thunderbird that is clearly beyond just root notes.
Tom is incredible, saw him playing at a local rock club about 12 years ago with Cheap Trick. Watched him playing that 12 string bass... it was great!
Yeah, Tom is amazing. And those 12 string basses, they have "neck dive" but Tom is able to play some really cool stuff on them!
I totally agree. Imagine what he could play without that neck dive though! That would be like...WOW.
Neck dive doesn't effect how you play when you are actually playing. It only dives when you let go of the neck to drink your beer!
Neck dive doesn't effect how you play when you are actually playing. It only dives when you let go of the neck to drink your beer!
My grandma gave me two pearls of wisdom before she died. One, if granddad asks you to pull his finger, don't. and two, never get into an argument with an alcoholic.
Yeah, it's one of the many fringe benefits of playing a T Bird! Pissing off all the haters!
Me pissing off the haters at the hawthorne in portland Oregon, and thats a gibson not a epiphone.
Our singer is playing a gibson les paul , hope it pissed off some strat fans......oh and she is my lovely girl friend
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Our singer is playing a gibson les paul , hope it pissed off some strat fans......oh and she is my lovely girl friend
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When a CEO's quoted business model is to "raise the prices on everything so people think they're getting what they pay for" I sort of don't want to buy from them.
He's basically saying that all consumers are idiots and it doesn't matter what sort of crap they put out. If they charge more than the consumer will think that they're getting a better product. His first move as CEO was to double prices across the board.
Gibson Guitars has also been voted one of the worse companies to work for in the USA as well.
Also, FWIW, TBird is a great rock bass player and (IIRC) he himself has admitted that he does play a lot of root note rock. He just does a lot better job of it than most.
er and (IIRC) he himself has admitted that he does play a lot of root note rock. He just does a lot better job of it than most.
John Entwistle certainly didn't play the root notes.
I wouldn't defend Gibson as a company. They've taken great companies, bought them and basically ruined them. Like the analogy of Pre-CBS applied to Fender the "Pre-Gibson" might apply to Tobias, Trace Elliot and others. But I think my Gibson T Bird and Epiphone T Birds sound and play amazing. Both are great basses. And its not like Fender didn't buy and ruin companies... remember SUNN?
