Trade one of these for a shower? (Navy version of B-25)
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yeah too bad about that 17 (Nine-0-Nine) that just ate it in Connecticut...saw that bad boy at the Boeing museum in Sea last...
That looks like a bear to tune, much less intonate. But you should get some deep, deep thunder out of that. Fingers or pick?
I just want to go on record that I posted the bridge as THUNDERBIRD questions before seeing this.
IIRC in my initial experiments with the single pickup configuration there was a little more 'throat' when the second pickup was removed entirely from the circuit. That and the fact I couldn't find any combination of the two pickups which did not sound (to my ears) in some way 'lacking' compared to the single pickup, cemented my liking/obssession/need for single pickup basses.
[UPDATE] Obviously this is all largely subjective.
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One of these day, sigh.
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yeah too bad about that 17 (Nine-0-Nine) that just ate it in Connecticut...saw that bad boy at the Boeing museum in Sea last...
Really sad, they lost some people in the crash, I've walked aboard the 909 twice - Flying in those planes must have taken some Major Brass.
godofthunder59
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A few pictures of the new Vintage Pro. I did a quarter turn on the truss rod and lowered the bridge, it plays lightning fast. I probably can drop the bridge a wee bit more. The bass was sold as a demo, still looking for the scratches in the description lol.
The bass is very similar to my first two in build quality and sound. The fret dressing is top notch not a buzz or dead note to be found. I love the fingerboard it has some stunning grain figure at the 18th/19th fret, pretty sure it is Pao Fero not rosewood as listed in the specs. Whatever it is I like it much more than the dark stained boards on my other two. I removed the added spacer the bridge pickup, it put the pickup way to close the strings and in general just gets in my way, I have done this on my other two as well. The serial number is laser etched into the wood, nice touch I like it. The pickups sound just great, no change there. Epiphone has kept the quality up over the past two years I am happy to say, now if we can get some custom colors and a II. P.S. I'd pay a premium for real mother of pearl dots.
The bass is very similar to my first two in build quality and sound. The fret dressing is top notch not a buzz or dead note to be found. I love the fingerboard it has some stunning grain figure at the 18th/19th fret, pretty sure it is Pao Fero not rosewood as listed in the specs. Whatever it is I like it much more than the dark stained boards on my other two. I removed the added spacer the bridge pickup, it put the pickup way to close the strings and in general just gets in my way, I have done this on my other two as well. The serial number is laser etched into the wood, nice touch I like it. The pickups sound just great, no change there. Epiphone has kept the quality up over the past two years I am happy to say, now if we can get some custom colors and a II. P.S. I'd pay a premium for real mother of pearl dots.
godofthunder59
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Really sad, they lost some people in the crash, I've walked aboard the 909 twice - Flying in those planes must have taken some Major Brass.
A tragedy, such loss of life. A reminder that warbirds are inherently dangerous.
that finger board looks beautiful.
Saw it and their B-24 at a coupla different airshows down here.yeah too bad about that 17 (Nine-0-Nine) that just ate it in Connecticut...saw that bad boy at the Boeing museum in Sea last...
Nice! MOP dots wouldn’t be very difficult to install. Just drill out the plastic ones with a Brad point bit. The trick would be getting the depth right so you don’t have to trim down the new dots a lot.
flew on “Sentimental Journey” years ago outta Cape Cod....definitely a highlight..Really sad, they lost some people in the crash, I've walked aboard the 909 twice - Flying in those planes must have taken some Major Brass.
G’day Kat,
I’m thinking a switch would do that in a less obvious fashion than a pickupectomy.
I think that is the consensus.
(Just thinking about mucking around with the Goth “one day”)
Really sad, they lost some people in the crash, I've walked aboard the 909 twice - Flying in those planes must have taken some Major Brass.
Back in 2015 or 2016 I wanted to go up in a Spitfire at a local air show but unfortunately it's a one seater...
...but did go up in FiFi a B-29 Super Fortress, awesome ride in the bombardier seat
there’s a modified 2 seater 51D giving rides out there...2500 for 45 mins...a friend went on and said it was worth every penny...apparently the guy strafes the ground at 50 feet doing 400 knots....stuff of dreams...Back in 2015 or 2016 I wanted to go up in a Spitfire at a local air show but unfortunately it's a one seater...
...but did go up in FiFi a B-29 Super Fortress, awesome ride in the bombardier seat
Back in 2015 or 2016 I wanted to go up in a Spitfire at a local air show but unfortunately it's a one seater...
...but did go up in FiFi a B-29 Super Fortress, awesome ride in the bombardier seat
I had a bucket list item of flying in the Concorde. Left that too late.
SWEET! The tuners on Phoenix(White VP bird that will return from the dead) have tuners that are exactly like the tuners on VP and the tuners on BaCHMan.
Having grown up in Alaska I totally understand those tremors, I never ever got used to them. Even the "small" 4's that shook me awake in the morning put a nervous scare in me I could never shake even to this day. I can't even imagine the one in 1964 shortly before I was born, registered at 9.2.
