I had doubt about that suggestion when it was first posted. Was Lull building his own basses as far back as the mid-80s?
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What bass is this? WARNING: Go Gos content.
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I had doubt about that suggestion when it was first posted. Was Lull building his own basses as far back as the mid-80s?
This.
And Mike Lull just stared production of Tbirds, so that rules that out big time.
Krügmeister;7430745 said:Looks like a custom red painted Thunderbird.. Thanks now I have MAD gas for Belinda again
I too gas for Belinda...
She couldn't have, as the Fender Jag bass never appeared in the U.S. until the 2006 NAAM show, if my memory serves me right. The bass that Fender introduced back in 1961, that came out of the Jaguar/Jazzmaster body style camp, was the Fender Bass VI which had six strings and was tuned an octave below standard guitar tuning. The Jaguar Bass is a recent model, born in the 21'st century, despite it's retro design theme.
Damn! I thought she was cute back in the day but I've gotta say that she got better with age. Too bad that doesn't happen with most of us as we get older.
How many here remember the mock-album by "The Bozos" featuring the song "We've got big feet"?
It was identical to this album cover and all the members had big red noses.
I mean really?
The Go-Go's?
I guess people DO hear with their eyes.
I dunno man, I've always dug their sound, and I think a lot of folks would agree. There's something to be said for good, straight-forward pop-songs.
I mean really?
The Go-Go's?
I guess people DO hear with their eyes.
Hey- we're not so much talking about an 80s pop-punk-ish band as about a sweet old bass.
RedLeg
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thought it was a fenderbird, but headstock was not right, and missing a pickup. I am going to say mid 70's japanese knockoff. And I was always a fan of the little guitar player, but I have a thing for geeky girls \m/
I mean really?
The Go-Go's?
I guess people DO hear with their eyes.
OK so they're not your cup of tea but they wrote great pop tunes.
I mean really?
The Go-Go's?
I guess people DO hear with their eyes.
Seriously?
How many of YOUR songs are as perfectly crafted as "Head Over Heels?"
Really.
Great pop/rock songwriting; competent, if not good performance; good production; easy on the eyes. Also, if I'm not mistaken- the first "girl group" to write and perform their own material in the big leagues.
I love those first 3 Go-Go's records. I hated them at the time, I think it took 10 years for it to sink in about how good those songs are. I've also had a crush on Jane Wiedlin for 25 years.
But what's with the apostrophe? "The Go-Go's what?"
That made me giggle.
For those of you not aware, that's a play off the Black Flag My War album cover. That was one of (if not) my first punk rock t-shirts in the mid 80s. It disappeared in the washer- I think it disintegrated because it was so threadbare cuz I wore it so much. I ordered another one from SST around 10 years ago along with a couple of Big Drill Car CDs. They sent me a bunch of Black Flag stickers and a couple of other CDs free with my order.
