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When you get a chance pm me with how you migrated your Photobucket image to Imgur. I haven't had a chance to jump over to Imgur for a look see but will do so today. Regardless, Photobucket wet the bed, I ain't sleepin there no more!Let's see how this works................ Imgur
Much better, Photobucket can F -Off!
Max Webster is awesome, I did throw that one out there Fix.
Solid gear. Had a 410 XL, VX 215, way back had an 1155 combo. Good reliable stuff, reproduced an old Hofner bass very nicely. The cabs I had I would def recommend for working, haul-around use. HA line of heads too.
Love my Hamers!!I cant imagine what it sounds like hearing it for the first time, this song has stuck with me since I was like 5 or 6 years old and its one of the few songs from Trooper that I even like. Its not even closely related to the usual sounds I listen to.Jeez dude... I'm not sure what to do with that.
It's a strange amalgamation of the Birds, DEVO, and the "We Built This City" era Jefferson Starship. I honestly have know idea how to react.
It blows my mind that, with your amazing collection of basses... a Hamer Blitz with a waffle iron for a bridge receives the title of "best sounding bass"! Does the Blitz have the same "log" neck that their Thunderbird has?
I had two Blitzs but let one go to help finance my Cardinal Red Gibson nonreverse Thunderbird. Seems to be a 34 inch scale, I will have to go measure it !
Nah man... If you ever get to hear Victor Wooten speak, about anything really... you'll quickly understand his Yin Yang thang. Also... I've passed on a thousand Epiphones over the years because they were made in China (and beyond). Now, thanks to you guys, I own one... and now wonder what I might have missed out on before.Had to listen to that on my iPad (not the best device for listening to basslines) and only watched about half of the clip, but poor Victor was nearly buried in that mix.
As a side note, a couple of years ago I found a great deal on a Victor Wooten Fodera Yin Yang bass. I was all excited and ready to pull the trigger on the purchase but made the mistake of showing it to my wife first. She's very supportive of my bass acquisition habit, but after looking at the ying-yang design on the front and then the price tag she looked up at me and said, "Get it if you want it, but isn't that a lot of money to pay for a bass made in China?"
That completely ruined it for me - needless to say, I passed on the deal. To this day when I see a Wooten bass all I can think of is "Made in China".
1980's Hamer Blitz Bass White SparkleSuch a beauty!! I will trade you my Bach Bird for it
I have a lot of those kindsa songs in my collection too. I think it's important to hold on to those. They were among the first seeds to be planted, that made you who you are today!
LOG neck... not long neck. From what I've seen & heard, those old Hamers frequently had large, thick, rounded necks...
I am it's willing servant...You truly have been chosen by the mighty T-Bird...
*OOPS*... guess I missed it!
Ah! Wide at the nut 1.75 like a 60's P bass but a very Gibson like profile in general. The wide nut for me I can work around but if it was 1.5 I would dig it even more.
I have to be honest & say that I've always chuckled at Explorers and the likes, because coming up through the '80s, they were just so "metal". I'm old enough now to realize that, hey... if they have the sound & feel... who gives a crap? As I've said before... if you found the right neck, you could jam it into a rotting corpse, run a cord to it & I'd play it!
I've wanted to cover a tune or two with a standard power trio, but I like the "invention" (descriptive word here) of the guitars/drums thing. Very bluesy idea.Cool - something to play along with! -
