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#15,761
TBird1958 said:
How I spent my weekend........

Some of the crowd........
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Me and my '89.
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Nice pics) cool
 
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#15,762
TBird1958 said:
Just ass dragging back home from a four day trip with the band, we played Fri and Sat, sold out the bar and brought home 4K. I'm utterly exhausted. I used my white '89 for the first two sets each night and finished with the Jackson, used the Greco de-tuned a half step for the encores. Oh, I got flashed bewbs on Sat too, Pt Angeles takes drinking to a professional level.
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Did you flash back?
 
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Well I'm not going to run back over all the pages that have gone by since I last looked in-it's been days and we know how chatty you all Bird people are! But I have run into a nice sheet of brass, the kick plate for an old door from the building I've been working at. So that pickguard thing looks like it'll be coming around pretty soon... @Larry V ...
 
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#15,764
Haji said:
I'm gonna make instrument specific effects. I'll start with the Super Stratstortion, because gui****s will fall over themselves to buy effects pedals. Next up will be the Thunderpression because the graphics will be super cool.

I don't notice too much difference between compression on my various basses, but I don't smash my signal with it, either. I'm using the Zoom MS 60B "D Comp", their clone of the MXR Dyna Comp, but I don't notice a lot of difference between the four presets. I do notice a difference sometimes between a bass compressor and a guitar compressor, though, in that bass compressors typically have a fuller sound. I think to start with a bass specific comp from a company known for good sounding effects like Darkglass, MXR or EBS is a pretty foolproof solution.

That MS 60B is likely going to be replaced by a dedicated compressor in the near future. It's too unwieldy for live use in my hands so most of what it can do is wasted on me.
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I really like the Pigtronix Bass Compressor. I have it always on and I use it to help with sustain. May be worth a look....
 
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The more I look into it, the more the TC Electronics bass compressor appeals to me. I wouldn't necessarily want to start with that one, but the flexibility in such a tiny package really had me intrigued. I'm a set and forget guy for compressors, so for me it's a matter of finding a preset I like, tweaking it slightly and leaving it alone.

Friend of mine has the Pigtronix Philosopher and really likes it. That's a good choice as well.
 
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Now that I think about it, the Carvin MB12 combo I use with the upright has a compressor built into it. I don't use it with the upright, but I might start messing around with it a bit, since I'll probably be using it for a bit of enhanced stage volume when I'm playing through the big ol' ACC stack. Which is pretty much every time I'm in front of an audience. More stuff to lug around...
 
#15,769
JELLIS78 said:
I am looking at purchasing a '76 Bird and wondered if there is anything specific that I should watch out for? I noticed on the one I played that the 3 point bridge was much closer to the body than my modern birds and wondered if this was normal. Any help or advice appreciated!
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That's completely normal. '76s and early re-issue Post '88 do not have the neck pitched back and the bridge lays much flatter. I don't know what year Gibson changed this, my 2008 Nikki Sixx Mk. II has the pitched neck.
 
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Gaolee said:
My 2001 needs the bridge practically touching the body to have a decent string height, so the change must have happened sometime later. The odd thing is that I got it from a guy who didn't seem to understand how to set it up properly and thought there was some defect.
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The bridge on my 08 sit up off the body a bit- certainly much higher than my 74 Ripper which is almost on the body. So sometime between 01 and 08 it would seem.
 
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