Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

I have noticed rather a lot of flame in the mahogany neck of my new Les Paul Bass. The neck and back of the body appears to be untinted natural, so perhaps it is just more visible than with a dark tint. I have seen flame plenty of times in maple caps and maple necks/ fret boards, even the maple bodies of some Gibsons. I have never really noticed it in mahogany before.
I am not an expert on guitar making timbers. so I thought I would ask here, where we have people with plenty of mahogany experience.
Is this unusual or am I just seeing it because the neck is untinted?
It is quite beautiful but very difficult to photograph.

Honduras mahogany can have a stunningly irridescent quality if it's cut the right way with the grain. I always heard it called beeswing mahogany. You could call it flamey. If it's Honduras, it will darken to a deep, uh, mahogany red-brown eventually. If it's Phillipine mahogany aka luan, then I haven't seen flame in that. Don't know about the African variteties.

 

[Gaolee]

You need one of these Mike

Bass Strategy Eight:88 | MESA/Boogie®

That looks like inspired overkill.

 

[BklynKen]

That looks like inspired overkill.

The practice space we use has Mesa Subway D800 heads on 4x10 (I think) Ampegs. I can never get a sound I really like from that. And they had GKs. Standardizing all the studios with this setup and I'm not happy.

 

[BklynKen]

So I'm toying with an idea for a project and made a mockup in Pixelmator.

 

[kat888]

@BklynKen -- Subway D800 and Eight:88

One of those things is not like the other. Really don't know what I'd do if I was obliged to use Class D heads for any length of time.

 

[BklynKen]

@BklynKen -- Subway D800 and Eight:88

One of those things is not like the other. Really don't know what I'd do if I was obliged to use Class D heads for any length of time.

Well I love my GK MB500. It's this Mesa I can't stand.

 

[TheIndieKid]

Be careful or you will end up with one of those tuxedos with the really long arms and buckles in the back.

With some of the threads on TalkBass, I think I own one of them already.

On another matter, my bed has straps on it and these mysterious men in lab coats come and tuck me in at night. I wanna know why. Should that go in the miscellaneous forum?

 

[TheIndieKid]

Aye gan ti yiz pit bonny lad!

You're clearly not Australian if you know what that means and I don't

 

[TheIndieKid]

So I'm toying with an idea for a project and made a mockup in Pixelmator.

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That hurt my brain. It doesn't take a lot to confuse me, but hey ho. It's a great creation though.

 

[kat888]

You're clearly not Australian if you know what that means and I don't

Not a proper Australian and a Geordie by marriage.

 

[TheIndieKid]

Not a proper Australian and a Geordie by marriage.

Y aye, man.

Just looking at your profile pic, and remembering all the pics I've saw on the forum...how do NR T-Birds compare comfort wise to reverse ones?

 

[veebass]

Honduras mahogany can have a stunningly irridescent quality if it's cut the right way with the grain. I always heard it called beeswing mahogany. You could call it flamey. If it's Honduras, it will darken to a deep, uh, mahogany red-brown eventually. If it's Phillipine mahogany aka luan, then I haven't seen flame in that. Don't know about the African variteties.

Thanks.
Here's a couple of shots.

The table under it is Flooded Gum- closely related to Sydney Blue Gum.

 

[DerekW]

Sooo, hypothetically of course, if I were to know someone who is looking to sell a 2013 NR Bird but who doesn't have a supporting membership here, would it be in poor taste (or against forum rules) to inquire here about potentially interested parties? Hypothetically speaking, naturally.

Depends on if it's hypothetically Pelham blue or not.

 

[TheIndieKid]

Off topic, and I don't want to tarnish the T-Bird community with another bass, BUT IT IS GIBSON...so I hope that saves me from some kind of punishment at the hands of TBird1958!

Does anyone have a Gibson Memphis Les Paul Bass...I'd love to see one and hear opinions but I know that you have to sell a limb and have an accident at work that wasn't your fault to get the funds for one. Are they worth the price?

 

[veebass]

Off topic, and I don't want to tarnish the T-Bird community with another bass, BUT IT IS GIBSON...so I hope that saves me from some kind of punishment at the hands of TBird1958!

Does anyone have a Gibson Memphis Les Paul Bass...I'd love to see one and hear opinions but I know that you have to sell a limb and have an accident at work that wasn't your fault to get the funds for one. Are they worth the price?

We are quite open to discussing other Gibson Basses here.
Our Queen is unlikely to punish you for talking other Gibsons, but if you ask her nicely..............................

 

[hillerup]

Sans necks... that would be a badass end table! Exactly the kind of furniture I would expect to see at hillerup's crib

Oh no... That's way too organic looking to my Scandinavian furnitured apartment...

 

[RedVee]

I just counted - ten Gibson basses.

Wow. What's your Gibson Lucky Number ?

"I ain't got a 1 yet"*



*1960s Australian kids game TV ad reference. Think it was "Creepy Critters"? You had to throw a 1 to get the first piece.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Well I love my GK MB500. It's this Mesa I can't stand.

The Mesa D800 and the Mesa Strategy eight:88 are 2 completely different animals. Mesa is known for their tube amps.

 

[BklynKen]

The Mesa D800 and the Mesa Strategy eight:88 are 2 completely different animals. Mesa is known for their tube amps.

Good to know. They have the guitar half stack from them there. The Rectifier. That name always makes me laugh.

 

[Skerrvydog]

I don't want anybody to get lost in the ongoing conversation here, if any of you fine gentlemen would like to be on the club roster, let me know

Thanks, carry on!

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