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signature bass fail...
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Got this shirt for Jimmy M to wear out on the road.... Never know, there is a chance Bono might see it and experience "ye aulde moment of clarity..."
Worse case scenario, Jimmy M gets a nice shirt out of it.....
Worse case scenario, Jimmy M gets a nice shirt out of it.....
Seventeen sheets in on the topic of Adam Clayton's signature basses.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
Dude, signature basses are where it's at. Wait until you see yourself in the mirror playing a Bob Glaub. You'll feel like you're on stage with Jackson Brown all hopped up on coke.
Eh - same as it ever was. I like to have a little fun - and this has turned out to be a pretty fun thread (despite all the hostility!)
They dropped Bob as an endorser a couple years ago.
So Adam wasn't filthy rich before he got sig models? You've gotta be kidding me.
I'm kinda liking the suggestion to change your handle to SanDiegoHater
Pfffffftttt!!!!
And you've known me nearly 40 years - you know I like to rile the natives!
I want a Christopher Walken signature .38 after seeing that pic.
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No less then four companies have or have had a "Nikki Sixx" signature bass, the most recent being Schecter. All are T-Bird like models with that pinkie hook thingy. But, in the end, they are all T-Birds or clones. I was lucky enough a couple of years ago to have his first signature Spector in my house and play it (known as the F___K bass) which was essentially a T-Bird body with Spector headstock. Then of course he wandered back to Gibson, who still sells that model, then he wandered to Schecter. As far as I know, the Gibson, Epiphone and Schecters are all still signature. The Spector of course is now called the Legend4X or Euro4X.
LOL! If there's anything AC needs less than prestige, it's the pittance he's getting from Fender and Warwick.
Lakland is one of the manufacturers that works with the signature artists and makes changes based of input -- like electronics and in the Bob Glaub case some neck changes. Their Daryl Jones has some pickup differences and a different sculpted body shape. Is someone really going to buy that primarily because of the Daryl Jones name?
Some people are more attracted to the design changes a signature bass may integrate into a product line.
I bought a Zon RTK used. It's a signature bass. I'm not really familiar with Robert Trujillo. Mr Trujillo may not even play his signature bass these days. I read where he wasn't. I don't know. I've never heard or seen him play. I don't care. What I do care about is how that bass sounds and plays. That bass had a lot of features I was looking for. What premium there may have been for his name got rubbed away with the offshore build and the used depreciation.
The original post seemed to be about the quick flip with two manufacturers claiming the same signature for a bass model. But it is possible and apparently more than one bass is getting played on stage. That may be confusing to buyers attracted primarily to a name.
Some people are more attracted to the design changes a signature bass may integrate into a product line.
I bought a Zon RTK used. It's a signature bass. I'm not really familiar with Robert Trujillo. Mr Trujillo may not even play his signature bass these days. I read where he wasn't. I don't know. I've never heard or seen him play. I don't care. What I do care about is how that bass sounds and plays. That bass had a lot of features I was looking for. What premium there may have been for his name got rubbed away with the offshore build and the used depreciation.
The original post seemed to be about the quick flip with two manufacturers claiming the same signature for a bass model. But it is possible and apparently more than one bass is getting played on stage. That may be confusing to buyers attracted primarily to a name.
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Note they say "formerly the Bob Glaub Signature.
The Lakin.
Also note, that when Dan's non-compete was over, he launched TWO signature basses, the Joe Osborn and the Bob Glaub. So Lakland had the same issue with two basses.
I forgot one. If there's ever a bassist who has totally copped Joe Osborn's style, it's Tim Commerford.Yeah, they're all suckers and losers. Especially George Porter.
I know a bluegrass (non-bass) player who has a deal where he doesn't get any cash, but buys instruments at cost. Plays them on one gig, autographs and sells them for a $1000 profit to his fans. With a letter saying when/where he played them. That's becoming more common. I think there was a Premier Guitar video where Gene Simmons' tech said he does that. For a much larger profit.
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