It's his addiction. Took the place of alcohol according to an interview he did.
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Thunderbird Club
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It's his addiction. Took the place of alcohol according to an interview he did.
Alice makes Golf cool
NOTHING can make golf cool.
Wow page 1999 is an ugly one, we sure didnt party like it was 1999.
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YIKES! No way that dude is getting near me.
Just to be absolutely clear... I was posting the kooky, bedazzled, flash-in-the-pan pop star... not the sick, deranged, a-hole...
ah... ok. An intentional, and at least somewhat controlled thing... not a U.S. west coast style free for all...
It is difficult to understand the same way this is:
It isn't that I don't like golf or Christopher Lee metal, I just don't understand it.
That just plain ol' good decision making thereYIKES! No way that dude is getting near me.
Amazing actually. I won't bother to block, but if and that's a BIG IF- I had any interest in exploring his builds- There would be a snowball chance in Hades of that- i.e. "Nip" Basses- he edited it out, but no difference.
I have a bass built by Michael Stevens who is acknowledged as one of the World's best- For real.
http://www.stevensguitars.com/news/
During the build of my Slant 4, we communicated well, and despite his client roster, he treated me like a valued Customer. It took (2) years to get my bass, it was worth it.
This guy- Cataldo- I believe his "ire" and snark was instigated because he saw my pics of Japanese-built T-bird styles, which- by Atelier-Z, Kaminari, and Psychedelic- make his look like the parts basses they are. He felt threatened, Too bad.
Years back, I looked at his work, and the issues brought up in the thread here on TB were a big red flag. I'll pass.
I've had (2) Lull T-birds, they didn't work for me either, but the pups were great.
The Thunderbird body is a work of art, and a group like this that shares the love is very cool- But that type of nonsense from people who must be very disgruntled in their personal lives. Too damn bad.
Thanks for the heads-up; pretty obvious to me to stay away. After all, why wouldn't any builder say something of the sort like:
"Hey, please take a look at what I'm doing! I think you would like my approach, etc!"
Instead of....
What he said
Kat's response was more frightening than your video
They're later. Hence the controlled burn offs now
Been busy (playing golf today, hey I'm retired, gotta do somethin) and trying to catch up on this dang fast moving thread.
Anyway, my preference in basses is typically in fancy woods and finishes. I have dozens of top end fancy schmancy basses in my collection. But oddly enough, for some reason I can't explain, the TBird design just doesn't appeal to me in quilted or spalted or Burl or 5A Curley maple or a lot of other fancy options that look great on virtually every other bass design. YMMV, and that's cool, but for me a cool paint job maybe with some pinstriping or a subtle flamed maple visible thru a tinted gloss body stain would be perfect. So yes, I can imagine that bass in a nitro color and I'm sure it would rock.
Would it crush anything Gibson makes, quality/tone/or otherwise? Last I checked there wasn't any general consensus on which bass is the best bass in the world (well, maybe the mothman bass is near the top). So I kinda gotta disagree with you on the "crush any Gibson" comment.
Look at my tagline, it's there for a reason, it's a fundamental truth. A bass is a tool. Like any tool, some can be cheaper than others or built stronger than others or be more popular than others but at the end of the day it's still a tool. And all that really matters is having the right tool for the job. If that right tool for you is a Japanese bass, that's cool but don't assume that's the right tool for everybody. I can easily envision settings where a $300 Eppi Goth would be a better selection for me than a fancy top TUNE bass, or situations where a TUNE might be a better option than a much fancier and much better built and much more expensive Alembic TBird. Just sayin.
There's no reason to think they are/were not the same person. I remember my mother shuddering at the sight of him surrounded by 12 year olds at the time.
Maybe some new tone colors can be introduced, such as Magenta and Cyan.
Yeah, I get that.
But I just can't see or listen to anything by him without the revelations coming to mind.
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Take a breath.
I'm quoting your post, and you are the one that might do some growing up.
You stated that this particular Japanese bass would "crush" a Gibson yet offered nothing as proof or evidence, I simply called you on it, and you have nothing to back up your statement.
Evidently you're not actually going to buy the bass you seem to like so much so what exactly are you trying so hard to prove?
I see no point in comparing a mass builder bass to a boutique builder's one, Sadowsky vs. 7ender anyone?
Insulting other participants hardly helps your cause, which at best was thinly veiled antagonism. Which I take to be the real point of your recent posts here.
The TBird was designed by an automotive designer, that's why it looks better painted, you wouldn't want your Lincoln looking like a tree would you?
Much agreed overall though.
Au contraire, my southern hemispherical thunder goddess! Alcohol! Enough alcohol can make anything cool! If alcohol alone doesn't do it, the addition of a motorcycle will! It's a li'l game I like to call booze polo!
