NancyJohnson

Can I make a little suggestion? At last years Bash, there were a few attendees who were selling gear. Would it be possible to get some kind of listing together ahead of this? Obviously, don't post who is selling here, just list what, an anticipated price and preferred payment method?

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1464245037' post='3057798'] Not wanting to derail the thread but THAT was a blast from the past. Whatever happened to him? [/quote] He always had great basses for sale! I had a few conversations with him online; he said he used to trawl eBay every day for every bass for sale on the .com site to accumulate vintage guitars and basses. Last contact I had, he was putting together a large format coffee table book full of hi-resolution photos of the stuff he'd sold. On the upside, he was wholly responsible for the Dudepit editions at Lakland; I think a lot of people were pretty much barking, 'Take my money!' at him. Later, things soured...he allegedly had a mahoosive drug problem and after taking deposits for another special edition of some sort, money went missing and things went south for him very quickly. I think he was responsible for the Thunderbird shaped prototype Lakland built (you'll find photos online). That's pretty much it as far as I know. I might have a trawl on Google later today as this has picqued my interest in him.

Didn't you have noodle on my Jax last bash, my carpal-tunnelled comrade?

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1464191272' post='3057395'] Funny you should mention that... 2 pickups but here you go anyway: [url="http://www.mikelull.com/site/instruments/signature/signature-ament.html"]http://www.mikelull....ture-ament.html[/url] The red one at Bass Direct is £3K though! [/quote] I've got a black JAXT4. It is amaaaaaazing. Whether it's worth £3K is debatable, but did I say it's amaaaaaazing? P

Hubba bubba. At least credit to Epiphone...they have done red, blue, silver ones. Honestly believe Gibson are missing a trick here. If they did do some new colours, I'd probably buy a couple of them.

Stop getting over excited you chrome-fetishers. Let's see whether [they're] actually up for this. Steve Barr/Dudepit did some limited action with Lakland and of course the Lakland Owners Group carried that on. I think for a Lakland the special order numbers were a minimum of twenty or something. It was ridiculously small. Given that some Gibson bass runs barely hit 200, you'd thing something was doable. P

UPDATE I've contacted Thomann to see what the situation would be to do a 'Thomann Run' of Thunderbirds in different colours. To support this, I did mention the Sapphire Blue Yamano model they did for the Japanese market about fifteen years ago. They have actually come back to me and said that while they work with Gibson for guitars and specials, they've never done basses and they're going to enquire, so haven't shut the door on it. Could be interesting...

I think the issue with most drummers is that they only play the drums when they're in a band environment. The very nature of the instrument determines that home practice is impractical. The drummer in my band is a nightmare during rehearsal but it always comes together at gigs. It's the journey to the destination that's the rollercoaster ride. We've suggested clicks etc. but nothing seems to work...he arrives at every jam/gig like an excitable hyperactive kid.

My band (Who Killed Nancy Johnson?) got picked up by Alan McGee's MAH project and we've organised two shows in support of this worthy cause. The first one is on SUNDAY 25/9/16 at Sanctuary, Basingstoke and the second one at The Star Inn, Guildford on SATURDAY 1/10/16. We've played with all these bands and they're all good. None of them gave a second thought to having a think about giving their time to do these; it was an instant, 'f*** it, yeah!' from all concerned. While it would be great to get a full house at both, the gigs are part of a national thing and there's dozens of events going on over a two week period. Try and get involved and please support one of them wherever you are. Cheers Paul

I've posted here and there that the big manufacturers are pretty much in a fug...Les Pauls and SGs, Strats, Teles, Precisions and Jazzes. If Fender and Gibson were automotive companies, it would be akin to them making the same vehicles for 50+ years and they'd have ceased trading decades ago. They're simply sticking with the core models and will continue doing so while people either keep buying them or finally decide not to!

It was about double what Thomann are selling it for now. Sean, you know me and Thunderbirds...I played the 2015 model in America last year, it was nice, but I honestly couldnt see the point of the switches; they didn't actually seem to do anything. That said, if Gibson would start painting these basses different colours, I might buy a few more.

While Gibson's bass 2016 production is pretty much zero, a post on another site hinted at Gibson's wholesale dumping of [i]unsold [/i]2015 models into European online sites. Thomann are offering the 2015 Thunderbird (vintage sunburst with the coil toggle switching, EB pickups and Babicz bridge) for £875 and the 2015 SG Standard (chrome hardware/Babicz) is £650. P

[quote name='bluesparky' timestamp='1462831011' post='3046167'] I also had a VERY long to-and-fro battle with someone in crew catering at a gig once, about pun-based food shops and kebab houses we'd encountered. I won with Jason's Doner Van and Kebabestan (it's in Vienna). It turns out it was James Dean Bradfield [/quote] My mate Phil is JDBs brother in law.

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1463306595' post='3050279'] They look great! Thanks for posting. Gonna get one when, less skint. I hope they Will fit the Epi classic pro? Gonna do some research. [/quote] I just read a short thread on Talkbass. It looks like the bridge anchor fixing flanges on Epiphone Thunderbirds aren't flush to the guitar body like the Gibson. You'd need to pop out the anchors, drill the fixing holes a couple of mm deeper, countersink the body to accommodate the flange and re-fit the anchors with something to ensure they're solid (woodglue/sawdust mix). Really shouldn't be too much of a bother for someone with a drill-press.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1463305470' post='3050268'] Think they look better than the Hipshot [/quote] It's a decent solution, I think. The original three point is a monstrosity...my personal belief is that Gibson should just dump the three-point and either trial a revised two-part bridge system (like the Badbird) or just go with Babicz units, but for retrofitment, these are peachy. *I will add in closing that the Hipshots are perfectly fine, they're great bridges, but these ones IMO are just better. P

Good grief, don't get your panties in a twist, Sean! P

Just a quick answer...I like the bridges. Installation was quick, adjustment - while a little quirky - is simple, I haven't had to adjust them since they've been on, they're easy under the palm and they look pretty nice. Really don't want to be drawn about whether the basses sound different at all or whether sustain is better; it's so subjective and hey, I play in a punk band. They sound and ring just fine; superficially I think I just prefer them over the Hipshot from a visual aesthetic more than anything else.

Quick question...Why would MM have actually sold their first production model in the first place, or at least let it out of their hands? I know it's just business, but nonetheless you'd like to think they might have hung on to #0001.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1463084553' post='3048514'] Yeah don't buy these they're crap... [/quote] Where's the like button?

I'll need to get some uploaded...

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1462885113' post='3046613'] What did you start using after rationing ended? [/quote] That's really quite funny.

I used to use those little square things that were on the end of sliced bread packs. When I got my first Warwick (early-mid 90s), it had flush mount Dunlops fitted as standard, so I've pretty much stuck with that brand for the last 20-odd years, never failed me. I had a Rickenbacker 4003 for a while too and that had factory fitted Schallers which did the job just as well, but ultimately I just prefer the Dunlop design.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1462612364' post='3044326'] It wasn't a budget guitar by any means. [/quote] I found it online. And yikes! It's a beauty though!

Just saw a short video of a young Indian (female) bass player called Mohini Dey on one of my Facebook feeds. Really quite good, well worth a share. P http://youtu.be/BDqeLbPoAEs