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[quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1473531156' post='3131063'] I like the thunderbird bass range but even then they have the flimsy 3 point bridge thing.You are defo not alone [/quote] Ahh, the three point bridge. Recalcitrant, awkward, inflexible, frustrating and doggedly determined not to die it may be, but flimsy is not a word I would use to describe it. I don't care for it either, and I'm a fan of the brand. If you want a Thunderbird with a different bridge, grab a 2015 model with the EB pickups and Babicz bridge. Or get a Hipshot Supertone/Babicz replacement and stick that on whichever Thunderbird you like. Given that there are direct replacements available, I hardly think it's fair to discount an entire manufacturer's output just because you don't like the stock bridge. Some people think the Fender BBOT is a POS but there are many replacement options out there so it's really (and quite rightly) a non issue, but that logic doesn't seem to carry across to Gibson.

Why do you have to "get it"? I don't get why people get fizzy knickers about Fenders, but I don't let it hold me back.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1472929240' post='3125447'] Tbh I was only vaguely aware that Gibson built basses [/quote] Have I not been posting enough?

£25 - 6 beers down the pub? Stay out of the pub for a weekend, job done?

My kind of publication for sure

We're in it. Electric bass has only been a thing for mere decades, we're all still pioneers.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1472569071' post='3122197'] Ah. I have an Android phone. [/quote] It's available on Android too

I have bought the vast majority of my basses at distance and it isn't just dumb luck that I haven't been scammed in the process. A liberal application of common sense laced with a possibly unhealthy amount of cynicism has worked well for me thus far.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1453292186' post='2958098'] My motto is, if I can't pick it up in person then I won't bother. It's just a shame more aren't like me. [/quote] I know this post is old, but that approach isn't much use if you live in Aberdeen and don't care about Fenders.

Well, I guess you don't need a nose.

Installing LAME first then Audacity really isn't as big a deal as you're making out - you'd think someone had asked you to sacrifice a goat before you can use the software I use Audacity for the exact process you describe and it's perfect for such a trifling little audio editing job - highlight track, ctrl-c, ctrl-n, ctrl-v and the cut out bit is there in a fresh new window waiting for you to further crop, fade in/out, normalise etc. before exporting as MP3. Bish bash bosh.

Press fit ferrules are the work of the devil, I really dislike them. If I'm build/upgrading something myself then it's screw fit all the way.

But don't you dare price it higher than the price police deem acceptable - you'll catch hell for your decadent capitalist ways

Gibson basses. If the month in question was an as yet undiscovered 13th month of the year, of course

No, I don't.

Great, I was just thinking to myself, "That's what the forum needs - another episode of 'Death to the Capitalist Pigdogs' - where's my popcorn?"

My wife is generally not that bothered about my basses, but she has definite ideas about what [i]shouldn't[/i] come into the house. Basically, anything that's a Flying V or pointier will result in divorce. Also, she bought me a Gibson RD Artist. Therefore, she's great.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1470817561' post='3108612'] Um, need a hollow body for am-dram pit work. Not sure cool feedback stuff is going to work in South Pacific....! [/quote] Heh, fair enough. ASAT semi hollow?

All hatred received will be interpreted as very poorly worded compliments.

Cool bass lines, fundamental to the sound of the band and didn't even like playing bass - what a guy! https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/12/interpol-carlos-d-bass

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1470657330' post='3107350'] Epiphone Jack Cassidy. Totally convinced it would be perfect hollow body territory, but for me it didn't do anything my regular bass can't. Looked cool in blue though. [/quote] You didn't go close enough to your amp to do any cool feedback-y things then

Cool, I'm not famous enough to be a hate figure.

Currently a couple of blue beauties in the stable: Sterling by Musicman SB14 Yamaha SBV500