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Thunderbird Club

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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
Finally something that's cheaper in Canada! (for obvious reasons)
Went to the L&M near my college after class yesterday, they had TWO used Traynor YBA200's. I only looked at the one for a couple seconds, it was $450ish but pretty sure it had KT88's. The other one was more of a rental, but available for purchase I believe, don't know the price or tubes. Unfortunately I was on my way out when I spotted them and didn't try them out, their used bass amps were out on the floor away from the bass section, kinda dumb if you ask me.

This leads to a rant about music stores. Every bass I picked up there was nearly unplayable, good amount of neck relief, and at least a 1/4 inch string action! You'd think they would at least setup the higher end/more common basses. I picked up a USA 7ender P bass, and if I were in the market for one, I would have walked away. The P was actually tort-ure to play, you'd think they'd try to push the $2000 instruments by having them play amazingly. They had an Epi bolt-on and a Pro-IV in natural that weren't terrible but not great either. They also had an EBMM StingRay that looked fairly new from the wall, seemed like the plastic was still on the pg... but the strings were COMPLETELY RUSTED! If it were a $200 bass that is one thing, not exactly acceptable but still a different story, but it was an actual USA EBMM! Sad thing is it's a nice store with nice people, but it seems like they don't know how to sell instruments.
Rant over, I got work to do.
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Sorry to hear about your local L&M; mine is excellent. Instruments are always playable and of course, they do a free set up on anything new or used. My only complaint is that fantastic deals don't last. On Tuesday I saw a Yamaha TRBX305 for $200. I gave it some thought that evening, but when I returned on Wednesday, it was sold.

There are also a couple of Traynor bass heads kicking around including a YBA 300. But, there is no need to rush as they always seem to have at least one YBA 200 and one YBA 300 in stock. I'm more in the market for one of these:
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Not so much to play loud, but to put the fear of god into the neighbors...
 
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PillO said:
Sorry to hear about your local L&M; mine is excellent. Instruments are always playable and of course, they do a free set up on anything new or used. My only complaint is that fantastic deals don't last. On Tuesday I saw a Yamaha TRBX305 for $200. I gave it some thought that evening, but when I returned on Wednesday, it was sold.

There are also a couple of Traynor bass heads kicking around including a YBA 300. But, there is no need to rush as they always seem to have at least one YBA 200 and one YBA 300 in stock. I'm more in the market for one of these:
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Not so much to play loud, but to put the fear of god into the neighbors...
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It wasn't my local one, the local one is a hole in the wall place.
They do have good deals, I got my Mesa head and cab at two different L&M's, it was a pretty good deal and with the exchange rate at the time, I would have paid a LOT more if I got either one in the states. But I don't like how L&M set their prices for used stuff. They put a firm price tag, instead of marking it up a little bit and then going down in price, which would make the customer feel like they got a better deal.
 
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Cardinal Fang said:
Groovy, I love the bit that starts at 4:00. Also, I really dig your drummer.

Sometimes I wish drummers were single celled organisms and could reproduce via mitosis, then there would never be such a terrible shortage.
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Thanks. That part we call the "Mexican metal" part. The drummer is great. Too bad they're all insane.

JJR58 said:
That is a great tone, Nice groove going there. Unfortunately, Roto's and i don't get along, or any SS rounds for that matter.
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Thanks. That tone is in part due to the Darkglass AO. I might have had it cranked up a little too high.
 
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Basvarken said:
Wow that is incredible!
The prototype Ripper bass is also featured in my book.
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But that six string RD Artist is unheard of! Is it legit?
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Figures... I don't have your book... Yet... So I didn't know it was already in the book. ;)

Regarding the 6-String RD - I don't know anymore than what's posted on the site. However there are two high resolution pictures there. Looks kinda prototype'ish to me...
 
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hillerup said:
Figures... I don't have your book... Yet... So I didn't know it was already in the book. ;)

Regarding the 6-String RD - I don't know anymore than what's posted on the site. However there are two high resolution pictures there. Looks kinda prototype'ish to me...
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Well, I would certainly want to see more documentation about this bass before I'd dare to say it is legit.
All the parts may be Gibson. But that doesn't make it an official Gibson.
But, nice nonetheless!
 
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Basvarken said:
Well, I would certainly want to see more documentation about this bass before I'd dare to say it is legit.
All the parts may be Gibson. But that doesn't make it an official Gibson.
But, nice nonetheless!
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Quite interesting that it has a bolt-on neck - Neither the RD Standard nor Artist had that...

Was thinking it may have been a Stadard, which had been converted to 6 strings - But the neck seems wider at the nut, the stringthrough ferules look original, and the headstock doesn't seem to have been plugged and repainted.

My guess it's either a proto or a fairly well made fake with original Gibson parts, though the pickguard seems a little rough on the edges.
 
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