NancyJohnson

I played in Hackney years ago. A fight broke out at the bar and within seconds the whole place kicked off. I had two guys beating the poop out of each other. The landlord jumped the bar ans was swinging a pool cue, shouting 'Not in myyyyy puuuuuuub!', at the top of his lungs. All the fighters exited and it carried on out in the street. I hate to make this sound like a horrible cliché, but honestly, we never missed a note.

Just wanted to share this. Started life as a cheap Squier Bronco Badtz Maru bass. To be honest, I bought it for two reasons, I wanted a cheap shortscale and I liked the scratchplate. OK, so let's see. I broke the top of the original headstock trying to rout bigger holes for better machines, so sourced a 70s Mustang neck/machines from the US - on arrival it was clear the truss rod was maxxed out (so sold on here as a project for someone). The body sat in the spare bedroom for a while. Obtained a Squier Mustang neck/machines from the US, which was peachy. Changed the stock (strat) pickup for an unused hotrails unit and last week, in an attempt to resolve intonation issues from the original bridge, I fitted a full on Mustang unit with through body stringing. Dunlop Straploks and DR Neons (the Neons because these were the only spare strings I had). Despite the quantity/quality of the more premium basses I own, it's quite nice really. As Norm Abram would say, 'This has been a fun project.' P

Ive always thought Paul Stanley of Kiss did a great job. I don't profess to being much of a fan nowadays but he always seemed in the pocket and yhat it was Ace Frehley who had the real ability.

[quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1413217999' post='2575973'] Hmm, Nancy Johnson you can't be that big of a fan....the singer is called Rivers Cuomo, not Miles! [/quote] Do you know that's not the first time I've done that!

I saw an interview in AP with Code Orange Kids (as they were then) a year or so back, so I had a listen. I honestly couldn't believe a nice bunch of kids could create something like that. P

I like the two EB2 styled basses that link off that page. £153? Crazy.

I liked Buddy Holly, but come on, who wouldn't like it? The singles have, by and large, been ok, it's just everything else! There's so much fill on all the albums. It doesn't help either when the artist disowns some of their output. In a recent interview for Alternative Press, they pretty much said that the last three or four albums were awful. Well I'm sorry, a lot of people bought those (me!). If they're crap, you should know it at the time and don't release them. Anyhow, that's me done.

Just to steal something from another thread, the purple sparkly job on the right. That's what Gibson need to do on a Thunderbird. I'd be tempted to get my old '97 refinished like that. Lovely. P

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1409169221' post='2537122'] Just for you Pete here is my friends new pink FU4 next to my purple FB4...shocking pair indeed [/quote] The purple sparkly is nice. Gibson should do that finish on a Thunderbird. P

I've been following this band since Blue...20 years of just buying CDs and reissues, Miles Cuomo solo efforts, official bootlegs and video and you know, it's taken until this afternoon for me to actually realise that I don't really like them that much, if at all. Well, maybe a few songs, but then I could say that about Dream Theater. Oh, I've tried, don't get me wrong; I'm sure there's an [i]all killer, no filla[/i] greatest hits playlist to be had from what they've released to date (including the new one), but they leave me stone cold. For the last hour or so, I've just kept asking myself 'Why?' and 'Why did I persist for so long?' Bleurgh. Message ends. P

I wouldn't be surprised if the layout works like the old Landmark heads...one input but with current Tech21 stuff behind the facade. I read - on Talkbass I think - that prices would be comparable to the recent VT Bass head, so you're looking at somewhere south of £2k.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9I2qvIS4bw

dUg Pinnick just posted this on his Facebook page. It's a prototype...no idea what the specs are, but I've been kind of like this since I saw it:

[quote name='Cairobill' timestamp='1412762716' post='2571673'] It's interesting - I've been playing for decades and have never used a Gibson bass apart from once on a weird SG shaped thing (an EBO?) which was a bit odd if I remember correctly. What are the attractions? The Thunderbird is a great shape - what's it like to play? [/quote] Mine are dated late 90s on. They all weigh next to nothing, the necks on mine are all pretty skinny, the stock bridge is poop. Tonally, and in all honesty they sound okay straight into an amp, but dreamy when I use a Sansamp as my front end. I really don't see balance issues as a problem. It's all pretty good. If you're local to me (Reading) you're most welcome to pop over and have a go. P

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB0wi5-5wNU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB0wi5-5wNU[/url]

I just cannot understand how they can just stand there, straight-faced, and say 'Hi...we're from [i]Behold The Octopus[/i] and we're going to play [i]Alcoholocaust[/i] from [i]Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning[/i].' Each to their own.

My old shortscale Squier Badtz Maru Bronco is fast turning into something akin to Trigger's Broom. I just bought a Mustang bridge for it (so at least it will intonate), but it requires through the body stringing...went on evilBay and bought some ferrules for the back of the body, so a question...do I drill the same size hole(s) right through the body to align with the hole in the bridge? Do I need to do anything under the bridge? Thanks P

[url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/gibson-thunderbird-bass-2012/1082851407"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/gibson-thunderbird-bass-2012/1082851407[/url]

I've used Hartke HyDrives for five years or so. Chance meeting with LH in New York and I was offered an artist deal. They sound great. The only reason I'd change is if I could get the same handling out of a smaller enclosure and less weight.

...as is this limited edition Japan-only blue Thunderbird owned by my mate Crem (from Milan based punksters The Full Treble). And no, he is not Jim Carrey. P

[quote name='gadgie' timestamp='1411906519' post='2563716'] Over recent years it has surprised me why Gibson have made so many different models of what is basically the same 2-3 guitars. [/quote] Every manufacturer is sooooooo guilty of rehashing their core models. Fender and Gibson have been doing it for 50+ years. Ultimately the whole guitar gene pool can be broken down into a handful of models/configurations and no one is really doing anything new. It's just shapes and colours. No innovation. Again, as I've posted previously, Gibson are guilty as hell of providing a fraction of the choice to bass players that they do to guitarists and I doubt they really give a damn about that. I posted a couple of weeks back that I trawl through a lot of forums/ebay/online stores and see nothing that really excites me, and put it down to my overall contentment with the gear I run...in my heart it's the lack of innovation that is at the root of this. P

I'm a recent Ric owner...the strings on mine sit pretty much dead centre of the mute cavities (as PigBass's photo). Do the strings align over the pickup pole pieces? P