I had a bit of a bad day yesterday; so I took the bass at night and started working on it, to unburden myself
It wasn't my intention to use these Rotosound now, but the ones that came with it were bad.
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I had a bit of a bad day yesterday; so I took the bass at night and started working on it, to unburden myself
It wasn't my intention to use these Rotosound now, but the ones that came with it were bad.
My kind of 'going plaid'.Gail Greenwood.
I read that the new NRs are pleked, I can get the action very low on mine with no fret buzz. Not sure if that's true because I forget where I read it.
Um it's black or ebony as Gibson calls it. Man you must be more color blind than me
I knew it was black. It's a lighting thing.
Nikki or her Thunderbird (nevermind Nikki and her Thunderbird) will always do!
I never thought I'd sell my '64, but I may consider offers around a discounted $11,000. Maybe. And it even has both pickups.
Gotta discount it half that, as the new owner has to dispose of the superfluous pickup.
Or just turn it to "0" like I do.
I have two G&Ls that are PLECK-ED. Both play well, but so do all the rest of my basses (15), so I can't say I notice a difference. I think if great if done new, but unless a bass has some issues and would benefit from it I doubt it's worth the money. Wouldn't be for me unless I was clearly fixing a problem. Do it for the heck of it? No way. But that's just me.
Those sound great on a '05 Pbass I have.I had a bit of a bad day yesterday; so I took the bass at night and started working on it, to unburden myself
It wasn't my intention to use these Rotosound now, but the ones that came with it were bad.
Well, we can't wait to see the pics from your next gig with some plaid down below.My kind of 'going plaid'.
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Wow! First class enabler at that price. Have you no shame?
He's got two kidneys, giving one up for a Thunderbird is a no-brainer!
Won't happen-we wear either khaki(ugh!)or black(YAY!)pants/shorts.
Love the flame on the neck! Beautiful bass, and an excellent choice of pickups.
I had one of my Alembics PLEK-ED and another one just serviced by a good luthier. To be honest I really can’t tell the difference. I think a good luthier can do just as good a job as a PLEK machine, except that with a good luthier you also get somebody that is well versed in spotting other things that may be going on with the neck or other parts of the bass, so it’s kind of an added bonus to have gifted well trained eyes and hands on your bass.
If the PLEK job is less cost or more convenient than going to a good luthier then go for it. But I certainly would not pay a premium for the PLEK job over what a good luthier would cost.
I believe Gibson pleks as part of their production process. My ‘15 and ‘21 are very nice. I don’t know anyone who has taken a bass to a shop to have it done. If you have it done, it will be interesting to hear what you think.
Good points. I don’t know if the machine will recognize a loosening fret.Love the flame on the neck! Beautiful bass, and an excellent choice of pickups.
I had one of my Alembics PLEK-ED and another one just serviced by a good luthier. To be honest I really can’t tell the difference. I think a good luthier can do just as good a job as a PLEK machine, except that with a good luthier you also get somebody that is well versed in spotting other things that may be going on with the neck or other parts of the bass, so it’s kind of an added bonus to have gifted well trained eyes and hands on your bass.
If the PLEK job is less cost or more convenient than going to a good luthier then go for it. But I certainly would not pay a premium for the PLEK job over what a good luthier would cost.
When did "tone shaping" become a thing ? There's loud , window rattling loud and neighbors call the cops loud. I mean once I set the eq on the amp I may adjust the tone on the instrument but as far as shape goes I pretty much still look like a hairy barrel.
Ssshhh! Trying to get the prices back down!
I'm sorta pair[sic] shaped(looks like there's 2 o' me).
Plaid leggings beneath the shorts!
