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#172,881
Thunderbird Thursday.....


For those interested in the looks comparison between the Neon Reds & Black Beauties....

Red!
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Black!
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As for the sound comparison....from what I can tell so far, I feel like the Black Beauties are slightly brighter. I'll play them for a bit to get a better feel for the sound, before I try the Nexus set :)
 
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KaraQ said:
Thunderbird Thursday.....


For those interested in the looks comparison between the Neon Reds & Black Beauties....

Red!
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Black!
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As for the sound comparison....from what I can tell so far, I feel like the Black Beauties are slightly brighter. I'll play them for a bit to get a better feel for the sound, before I try the Nexus set :)
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Funny, in the light the blacks look kinda silver.
 
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KaraQ said:
Thunderbird Thursday.....


For those interested in the looks comparison between the Neon Reds & Black Beauties....

Red!
View attachment 4224981

Black!
View attachment 4224982



As for the sound comparison....from what I can tell so far, I feel like the Black Beauties are slightly brighter. I'll play them for a bit to get a better feel for the sound, before I try the Nexus set :)
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Reds are nice....
 
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#172,887
Engle said:
Funny, I have a white J with a tort guard and a bridge cover, but no pu cover...
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I usually remove covers, but make an exception on this bass. ('66) I normally play over the bridge pu so it's never in the way. On my other J's, no covers.

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JIO said:
I usually remove covers, but make an exception on this bass. ('66) I normally play over the bridge pu so it's never in the way. On my other J's, no covers.

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Obviously, I live in the wrong neighborhood. No matter how much I water my plants, I never see a Jazz poppin' out.
Is it the pic angle or the purple Jazz is one of'em longhorns ?
 
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Bassmike62 said:
Obviously, I live in the wrong neighborhood. No matter how much I water my plants, I never see a Jazz poppin' out.
Is the pic angle or the purple Jazz is one of'em longhorns ?
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California baby!

Yes, initially an (alder bodied) '93 American Standard... but heavily modded; Schaller Deluxe sculpted F-tuners (it came with a standard set), "relic'd" Burgundy Mist Metallic re-fin by MJT, lightened/chambered body (under the pg), custom-cut mint pearl pg, '93 FCS/Kubicki 9v pre, Schaller 3D bridge, Nordy NJ4 (passive) pu's. Killer tone/sound. The J I most grab. "cutting through" is an understatement.

And to stay in line (on Thunderbird Thursday) - I have a T-bird shaped object with the same FCS/Kubicki 9v pre - again - killer.

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^^^^^^
this bass
 
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MCF said:
That does it. Live Dates tonight for me. I love Wishbone Ash.
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When I got my '63 II in '74, I saw Wishbone Ash shortly after that. I learned the bass solo on one of their albums... can't find it now. Was it Handy? ...

 
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#172,895
TBird1958 said:
If ever there was a guy that could play a Strat - Robin Trower, with the late James Dewar on the Gibson EB and Reg Isidore on the drums.

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Yah, Robin Trower ran with the ball that Jimi dropped - until Stevie Ray Vaughn came along...

Can't fake a Strat - it's an indelible sound in rock history.
 
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JIO said:
Yah, Robin Trower ran with the ball that Jimi dropped - until Stevie Ray Vaughn came along...

Can't fake a Strat - it's an indelible sound in rock history.
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Robin's first two albums, esp "Bridge of Sighs"....ethereal, SRV never quite got there for me.
 
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JIO said:
California baby!

Yes, initially an (alder bodied) '93 American Standard... but heavily modded; Schaller Deluxe sculpted F-tuners (it came with a standard set), "relic'd" Burgundy Mist Metallic re-fin by MJT, lightened/chambered body (under the pg), custom-cut mint pearl pg, '93 FCS/Kubicki 9v pre, Schaller 3D bridge, Nordy NJ4 (passive) pu's. Killer tone/sound. The J I most grab. "cutting through" is an understatement.

And to stay in line (on Thunderbird Thursday) - I have a T-bird shaped object with the same FCS/Kubicki 9v pre - again - killer.

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this bass
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Cool Tribute.
 
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TBird1958 said:
If ever there was a guy that could play a Strat - Robin Trower, with the late James Dewar on the Gibson EB and Reg Isidore on the drums.

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These echo-y, dirge-y songs/performances were very characteristic of that period. You just don't hear that anymore. It's very emotive/introspective (yah, I know - pot helped in this respect) but honestly - it's like modern audiences can't handle "deep" music anymore. sad
 
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TBird1958 said:
Robin's first two albums, esp "Bridge of Sighs"....ethereal, SRV never quite got there for me.
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Stevie Ray stayed with blues, which Jimi was based (and both from Texas) - but Robin pushed the medium into a different space being British.
 
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