Butcherboy
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NBD for my fridge....
...every fridge should have one...
...every fridge should have one...
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Thunderbird Club
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I agree that evaluation and testing is an important part of education. And I get that competition can be a part of that.
I just don’t see value in talent competions.
I guess it depends on how it's all handled. Judged competitions can be flawed because the judges will have their own biases and preferences one way or the other.
my fridge does....
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Anyone have any insider info on those rumored NR Epi VPs? Are they a real possibility?
Plotting for a second VP.
Plotting for a second VP.
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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- Endorsing Cataldo Basses, Whirlwind products, Thunderbucker pickups
Playing around with options, looks better already 
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Mine was already butchered when I acquired it back in 1989 (it had already been hogged out and EMG P/Js stuck in it), so I sort of did my own thing....Playing around with options, looks better already
Always enjoy seeing another one of these in the wild.
I wish I could find a set of the original pickups.
Just to help out with this (assuming it still has the stock neck plate), the serial number format is -
M (singe digit for month of production) YY (two digits for year) XXXX (production number).
Mine is an '85.
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
- 9,057
- 38,405
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Cataldo Basses, Whirlwind products, Thunderbucker pickups
Love yours! Parts for these are scarce! I count myself very lucky, scored a original bridge pickup of ebay, should be here in a few days I am seriously considering a Dimarzio XN2 for the neck position.Mine was already butchered when I acquired it back in 1989 (it had already been hogged out and EMG P/Js stuck in it), so I sort of did my own thing....
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Always enjoy seeing another one of these in the wild.
I wish I could find a set of the original pickups.
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what's the switch do?Playing around with options, looks better already
Mine was already butchered when I acquired it back in 1989 (it had already been hogged out and EMG P/Js stuck in it), so I sort of did my own thing....
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Always enjoy seeing another one of these in the wild.
I wish I could find a set of the original pickups.
God da-um son.... that's hot
Yeah, mine has been with me a long time. I bought it back in 1989 out of a guy's trunk with the OHSC which I still have. It had been modified with a set of EMGs and had been sprayed with that rock texture paint, which was literally just falling off. So the guy had taken a razor blade and scraped it all back off, leaving scratches all over the body. I played it back in my gigging days as my daily driver. At some point one of the pickup wires fell off and then the pot for the other pickup broke, so it wouldn't make sound any more. After it sat in my closet for well over a decade I finally decided to give it a make over a couple years ago and since I could not find any parts for it I just went with a brand new set of EMG P/Js like it had and then did the repaint. this was literally my very first swirl paint attempt and I think it came out great.
Looking back on it, I probably should have put a soapbar or humbucker of some sort in that neck slot.
Luckily the headstock is still original, I really didn't want to have to reproduce that logo and such. I still need to restore the original bridge, it's looking rough.
I'll be looking forward to seeing yours resurrected as well!
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
- 9,057
- 38,405
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- Endorsing Cataldo Basses, Whirlwind products, Thunderbucker pickups
Sure, take the high road!
Clips like that make me wish I had someone in my life to get me playing early on. I had an influence but it was late High School years.
The peviously mentioned The Warning, their most recent single (first in Spanish), I think the bassist is either 14 or 15 in this vid...
...wish this is what I was doing at that age
I wish I was doing that at my age!
Michael played a Lull for 3, maybe 4 songs when I saw them a couple of years ago. He played an old Epi Embassy the rest of the time. The mix was so loud and awful that I couldn't tell one from another. But they should sound mostly the same. He was blasting out through Ashdown tube heads and cabs. I could tell he was driving the crap out of them.
