oh... so like... yesterday?I believe you and I have had this very discussion about 150 pages back
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HOLY CRAP man!!! You must live on a steady diet of beans to have that much GAS!!!
If it were in the states & my Les Paul were sold, I'd be all over that like a stoner on a box of Cap'n Crunch! I don't really feel like dealing with a $300 customs charge OR a 3 month wait, so I guess you'll hafta buy that one!
HOLY CRAP man!!! You must live on a steady diet of beans to have that much GAS!!!
Haha kind off. I was afraid someone would snag it after it was hanging there for quite some times - they had a walnut and a Nikki Sixx, both were gone within 2 weeks upon arrival, the Cherry was there for some months, but anyday I prayed that it would stay. Had a new job and well went to the bank. They gave me the money and then I lived on beans for 3 months, got a newer, better job and fully paid it back within the first 2 salaries.
Poly definitely does yellow with time. I think it is the top clear coat that yellows, but I am no expert. Here's a shot of the back of my Telecaster basses.
1969 in nitro (four bolt) on the left as you look at the pic and 73 in poly (three bolt) on the right. Both were see through white originally.
Incidentally, you can see a little of the orange colour on the lower edge of the lower bout that the 73 picked up from it's case lining, that I referred to in an earlier post..
Nicely done, Sir! Well played
Actually pretty stupid in an ordinary working man's sense, but it had to be done and I would've regretted it if it was gone. Birds are so rare here.
Thomann is the only steady seller within reach, Gibson Birds still almost never came up and I'd have to buy stuff sight unseen, like the Allen Woody. Always keep my fingers crossed when I order there. Talking about thomann and the local store: Another guy told me the local store's Gibson contract already expired. Pretty bummed. Couldn't even order a case for the Woody.
Poly definitely does yellow with time. I think it is the top clear coat that yellows, but I am no expert. Here's a shot of the back of my Telecaster basses.
1969 in nitro (four bolt) on the left as you look at the pic and 73 in poly (three bolt) on the right. Both were see through white originally.
Incidentally, you can see a little of the orange colour on the lower edge of the lower bout that the 73 picked up from it's case lining, that I referred to in an earlier post..
See through white as in real white? Like fender olympic?
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That's how I feel about 7ender's "Fiesta Red". It's rare, but when I see it on a vintage piece, I hafta go change my pants
I actually like LPB and CAR aged or not, their best colours imo.
Second pic looks pretty cool.
Back when I started I wanted to have a Fiesta Jazz MIM. Was a nice bass, but little did I know back then.
I wanted something different for quite a while now(a 2x single coil bass actually), but never found another FSO like that one, so I guess it just wasn't ment for me.
The Woody definately is something different and I can comfortably live with that - single coils or not.
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Actually pretty stupid in an ordinary working man's sense, but it had to be done and I would've regretted it if it was gone. Birds are so rare here.
Thomann is the only steady seller within reach, Gibson Birds still almost never came up and I'd have to buy stuff sight unseen, like the Allen Woody. Always keep my fingers crossed when I order there. Talking about thomann and the local store: Another guy told me the local store's Gibson contract already expired. Pretty bummed. Couldn't even order a case for the Woody.
Surely you could order a case for the Woody, couldn't you? There's no rosewood in it... maybe it would arrive the same year you order it
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone/EAKCS-Allen-Woody-Bass-Case.gc
Maybe keep an ear open for a fairly local TB or Thunderbird Club GTG (Get together). Don't know if you guys do that, but I've enjoyed and learnt a bit at a couple of OzBass Sydney GTGs.
Surely you could order a case for the Woody, couldn't you? There's no rosewood in it... maybe it would arrive the same year you order it
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone/EAKCS-Allen-Woody-Bass-Case.gc
Haha, luckily thomann is getting some by the end of the month.
As kat pointed out...from thousands of kms away. Long live the internet.
GooooooooodHaha, luckily thomann is getting some by the end of the month.
As kat pointed out...from thousands of kms away. Long live the internet.
Ya can't have Allen Woody sittin' around the house naked!
Wow - but look at that RRP! Now selling for A$2000 less than RRP, which I humbly suggest is a 'real' price.
Also, what's up with the last line of the description?
All this and the Midtown Standard Bass is overflowing with pure Gibson class.
If it were in the states & my Les Paul were sold, I'd be all over that like a stoner on a box of Cap'n Crunch! I don't really feel like dealing with a $300 customs charge OR a 3 month wait, so I guess you'll hafta buy that one!
If it were chrome, possibly. But I have neither the space, nor the funds, having just spent that sort of money on my custom built 'dream' bass. There's only room for one and here she comes, here she comes - the white vintage-style one ... because Overend (even though it will be a IV not a II).
Once my mind is made up and I'm set on something, the distractions tend to get shut out. I decided I wanted an NR41 quite early in the piece, the hardest thing after that was deciding on the colour - midnight blue, some sort of pelham-ish blue, bright yellow or red, ummm errrrr, ummmmm, RED!
Not sure what they call the colour officially but as you can see the grain is visible in both basses and that is not the case with many Telecaster Basses I have seen.
A friend actually bought this particular 73 brand new and I bought it from someone else years later. I remember seeing it brand new and it was white and the grain was easily visible from new.
Yeah, the less said about that the better and their stock system is terrible - they can never find anything, even when it's supposed to be in stock.
Months ago, when I was still slightly confused about my future bass requirements and I was sniffing around an EB3L, maybe 5 seconds passed before they offered me the 'online' price.
You mean like this:
SOLD - F/S: Sadowsky Metro UV70 - Transparent White
Pretty crazy. Especially the left one.
