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There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Ok... The reality shows can be quite funny though... Incredible what people think they can get away with, getting through customs...
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Ok... The reality shows can be quite funny though... Incredible what people think they can get away with, getting through customs...
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Hiller - looks like a fantastic high energy show, and you look as cool and collected playing the guitar as you do on the bass!
That first photo is crackin me up, looks like you lead singer just got goosed in the arse by the guy with the mic behind him. LOL
Thanks, G!
Yeah, that would be epic, but I think I'm just fine right here...
I've never seen a 6 string bass with such a narrow neck and light gauge strings...
Could be a fun project for an alternative Bass VI... But not my Explorer, though...
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Anyone, by chance, happen to know exactly what color Epiphone uses for their flat black poly finishes used on their Gothic guitars/basses?
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All this talk about the MusicMan amps, made me want to try my Sunn front end into the power section of the Traynor. Pretty dang cool, actually
All this talk about the MusicMan amps, made me want to try my Sunn front end into the power section of the Traynor. Pretty dang cool, actually
Most people stack cabinets, Mark stacks heads.
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A band called Whitesnake is too serious? David Coverdale introduced Slide It In at the San Diego Sports Aroma with the quote "Don't be daft, don't be silly. Wrap a snakeskin on your willy."
Man, that band could shred, though.
Man, that band could shred, though.
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I just cleaned my music room and there’s only one cab in there.
I’ve been working with bleeps and blips on analog synths for the past two days. The girl comes less unraveled when I just mess around with basses in the music room.
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Country music is sounding different these days for sure.
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Really is!
I did experimental stuff many years before I ever played any country stuff, though country music can be a beautiful thing too
I have noticed the Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage Pro basses have varying weights, mostly in the 9 lb range, though I have heard some get one that is 8 lbs. I get there will be varying weights, but I saw one at 10 lbs 10oz what could account for an almost 2 lb difference between what is essentially the same instrument?
I have a Pro in sunburst that is easily a pound heavier than my Classic Pro in white.
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Same species of wood, different densities. happens all the time.
e.g. American ash. ' Northern ash' has dense grain because it's slow growing. 'Swamp' ash has wide grain pattern because it grows fast.
Top, northern, weight almost six lbs.
Bottom, swamp, weight right at four lbs.
Honduras Mahogany is similar. Lighter the color, lighter the wood. Raw it varies from golden to almost chocolate brown. That's why '60's TBirds are so light, plenty of the good stuff back then.
Weight of my VP : 9,47lbs
I wonder what weight will it do when the PU varnish will be replaced by nitro finish
I also know that my Classic, which weighs 8.8lbs, has a thick layer of varnish (we can see the thickness with a rather powerful light on the edge of the body)
Too bad that it's expensive to refinish bass...
I wonder what weight will it do when the PU varnish will be replaced by nitro finish
I also know that my Classic, which weighs 8.8lbs, has a thick layer of varnish (we can see the thickness with a rather powerful light on the edge of the body)
Too bad that it's expensive to refinish bass...
This Whitenake…
… and THIS Whitesnake…
… were totally different bands. By the time the latter of the 2 was released, Coverdale had decided that Aqua-Net and sequins gave him magic powers...
You mean, favoring the three point?
Variations in the weight of the wood account for nearly all that weight difference. Mine is nine pounds even but when I bought it from sweetwater they had some listed that weighed nearly 10 pounds and one that was under 9 pounds. I read on TB somewhere that someone purchased the heaviest one they had thinking it would eliminate neck dive. Turns out all the extra weight was in the neck and headstock and it suffered from massive dive. Mine is pretty well balanced, with no dive.
Edit: I just remembered that Eppi has changed up on the VP tuners, so there could be a bit of weight difference there but it wouldn't be much.
You can probably drop weight quicker and easier by switching to light weight tuners and a light weight bridge. Then there's always alumatone pickups, which I think are also lighter than stock pups. If you did all that you might drop a pound or two.
