Gaolee
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My brother hates prog. So there's that.
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Thunderbird Club
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You and everyone else here are welcome to come for a visit. The SVT is at the mountain place. There is a club pool, a golf course, good Mexican food in the village, a decent ribeye or burger at the clubhouse, or we can do BBQ here at the house. Clean air at 6000 feet and no neighbors to complain about the Thunderous sounds. I usually have seven or eight basses here, but I can bring many more up. Fly in to Burbank (preferred) or LAX.
Wait, did you just say yellow Porsche, loved mine in Speed yellow, not as fond of their race yellow or the pale yellow colors.
Sold this one back a couple of years ago, fun car, fantastic handling right up to the limit - then all hell breaks loose…
Congrats! The white VP’s are hard to find. You done good!
That at least looks more balanced. One lonely tuner stuck on the opposite side looks like an after-thought to me.
Note: I don't play a fiver and I realize it's an easy way to add that extra tuner.
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It's my own 5'r design - I don't play one either.
I was born in San Diego. My parents grew up in North Park and went to San Diego State. I attended Phoebe Hurst Elementary in Del Cerro through third grade. Would have gone to Patrick Henry HS had we not moved. Our family was mostly Navy. My Dad worked for Convair/General Dynamics. Once my uncle passed in ‘97, everyone left. Most have passed on now. I have a brother who is in Santee. He is the only one still down there.
Yes, please!
It was actually listed as "used/excellent", but I would call it "used/mint", and honestly if it had been sold to me as a new instrument I wouldn't have questioned it. As you can see, the plastics are still on the pickguard and pickups, and the only marks on it are two very slight marks near the headstock where it was on a hanger.
Possibly, but since I have all the basses I "need", there's little point. The Squire Vintage Modified Jaguar I had wasn't bad, but with the arthritis-or whatever-in my left thumb, playing a 3 hour gig on its neck profile was painful. Sold it and got an Epi EB-0-with a very familiar feeling neck. Both are my designated backup/tight spaces basses. BTW, the J pup was useless.
There was a mod for the pickup that reportedly improved it immensely. A bar magnet placed underneath.
I fully admit to being a bit weird. I buy a bass based on what it sounds like. Not what I'd hafta pay to modify to get it to-maybe-sound the way I want it to. Witness the EpiBird 5er: It played "OK" with its P/J setup, but. It wasn't mahogany(IMO the best tonewood); I would've had to put a lotta $ into new pups/installation(not something I have the ability-or interest-in doing)and it still wouldn't have been mahogany; IDK what pups would've given it/me the sound I wanted, but if I had to guess, it would've been a "mudbucker" in place of the P pup and maybe a mini-mudbucker in place of the J pup. And it still wouldn't have been mahogany.
It did look kinda cool, though.
And with its older mahogany brother.
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I think you just have to accept that some people don't like SVTs or prog rock.
An SVT VRV thru a NV610 is a different animal than a typical SVT CL thru an 810e. Still might not like it, but definitely a much different thing. Of course you could probably fart through an NV610 and it'd sound pretty good IMO.
Understood, but some people simply don't like that Ampeg tone.
I use one at the studio because it's my house amp, but direct into it I don't like it. It sounds good once I tighten up the tone with my dirt pedal and such. I'd use my GK any day over that.B-15
The B-18 I played through was terrific. The mid-70s Blue Line SVT/810, not so much.B-15
