And a better wig too! Plus, he'd look great with a butt bow.You have to admit, Mark has better legs
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Thanks for doing all you do to make this club the best on TB!
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Happy B'day @TBird1958
Thanks for doing all you do to make this club the best on TB!
Here, here! Yep, best thread in the site. And a real welcome relief from the regular TB traffic!
Ok, since we're all in a party mood (cake even!), Here's the post-pots-shot of my new-to-me-and-now-us -too Blackbird (Epi)...
Knurled brass barrel knobs, replete with surface scratches. The kill switch, and the girth of the CTS pots apparently necessitated the close spacing here. We'll see if I need to do something about it, probably not...
Ye olde LaBella 760Fls, tuned down to low "D"... a little floppy, but do-able...
... And one for the Harry Potter fans out there...
Pardon the edits!
At some point I'm going to do the fingerboard in a matte black finish, lose the Iron Cross theme. Nothing wrong with it, it's just not really my vibe. But I love playing it, esp in the lower tuning. Playing the same tunes on it is much like playing a 32" scale, with an extended range. Like a Kubicki, but without the lever.
Ok, sort of.
Knurled brass barrel knobs, replete with surface scratches. The kill switch, and the girth of the CTS pots apparently necessitated the close spacing here. We'll see if I need to do something about it, probably not...
Ye olde LaBella 760Fls, tuned down to low "D"... a little floppy, but do-able...
... And one for the Harry Potter fans out there...
Pardon the edits!
At some point I'm going to do the fingerboard in a matte black finish, lose the Iron Cross theme. Nothing wrong with it, it's just not really my vibe. But I love playing it, esp in the lower tuning. Playing the same tunes on it is much like playing a 32" scale, with an extended range. Like a Kubicki, but without the lever.
Ok, sort of.
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I'm in!I'll 3rd that!
P.s. Maybe we all chip in next year for a real nice butt bow?
Yeah I'm in!I'll 3rd that!
P.s. Maybe we all chip in next year for a real nice butt bow?
Take the flats off and slap some La Bella black tapes on that beautiful beast and you'll own the stealth world!
It's been 9 months since I bought a bass - You're givin me GAS man!
Ha... soon as I can afford a set I will. Maybe this weekend, I get to use gig money for my own mojo! Of course mojo includes gas and lunch during the week... so it's perfect!
And fine, so now I'm an enabler...
You've definitely got a thing about Mark and butt bows
Just curious, what kind of sound do you get with the La Bella black tapes? I put a set of DR Black Beauties on my Alpine white, to complement the black hardware/pups, just wondering
what the LB black tapes would get me sound-wise, do you still get a bright sound Ala round-wounds?
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No, they're the sound of old school thump, Jamerson on all those Motown hits.
I have a set of 30 year old ones on a Jazz bass, they sound the same as the 5 year old ones on one of my P basses sounded when they were new. Probably not what you're looking for.
Thanks Carlo! You're right, not what I'm looking for.
Was always a RotoSound person until I moved to DR (Neons and Hi Beams) a couple years ago. Nothing against Rotos but DR's tend to retain their sound longer. Sincerely appreciate the info!
I had a set on a 7ender Precision Plus years ago and liked them. But I've most often played an older school of rock N roll, from garage psychedelia, to hard thumpy rock, to finger funk, to blues, to reggae. Never have had a lot of call for heavy doses of zing, and you can still get a significant transient finger-hit from the tapes.
Gonna give em a shot with The Darkness here, as those Deep Sixx pups do have some "sting" to em.
Since you guys were posting about your Spector 4X/ Rex Birds I might as well post a shot of mine Spector Legend 4X and a Spector "Tribute" by Fernandes.
Spector Legend 4X and a Spector "Tribute" by Fernandes. 
Since you guys were posting about your Spector 4X/ Rex Birds I might as well post a shot of mine
That reverse Euro T-bird is amazing. Filled with so much envy. If you EVER begin to hate that thing shoot me a PM.
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Gentlemen and Ladies thank you very much for the Birthday Wishes. It's a pleasure to be the Queen here, you all make it the nice place that it is.
Here's a little Green on Green that I shot this morning.
Thunderbirds always!
Here's a little Green on Green that I shot this morning.
Thunderbirds always!
Hey, a nice lookin butt is a nice lookin butt regardless of who it's on! Besides, how can it get any better than wrapped up tightly and topped off with a bow.You've definitely got a thing about Mark and butt bows
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Hey, a nice lookin butt is a nice lookin butt regardless of who it's on! Besides, how can it get any better than wrapped up tightly and topped off with a bow.
I'm going to assume these sorts of conversations don't go on over in the Fender P-bass threads…
Ha! Love is a strange language over there, in the more "generalised population"!I'm going to assume these sorts of conversations don't go on over in the Fender P-bass threads…
We bird-loving folk are secure in our own hearts about who we are, see.
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