NancyJohnson

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1383439664' post='2264583'] Superb. Built the right way round, but that headstock... [/quote] First, I salute your wood working skills; I barely have the capacity to make shelves. I don't know whether Steve's comment echoes my feeling when I saw the headstock design for the first time, that it was just a bit, umm, [i]understated[/i]? I don't know...you have a really quite beautiful body built there in a kind of offset EB/SG style, but as I was reading the thread (literally ten minutes ago) in my minds eye, I just got this vision of the headstock being something squarer and offset, like a Reverend/ESP. P

Answers. 1) - Unaffected. It's just uncoloured throughput. 2) - When you plug into the front, it overrides the back input. 3) - I used to have a Landmark head and left the mid at the 12 o'clock position or less. Personal taste. P

The VT Bass is a different monster to the BDDI, I like both, but at the moment the BDDI [i]slightly [/i]edges it. Peas and carrots. I can get a similar clank out of the VT Bass, but with the BDDI it's just easier. I was going to move the BDDI on, but I will be keeping it for a bit of variety. I might actually buy an RBI at some stage and just swap them over once in while. P

Arrived this morning. Had a quick session getting it in the rack and firing it up. Not bad! I'm jamming this evening and will post a better review tomorrow. P

Mine has shipped. Should have it tomorrow. Woop.

...sorry, I should add that right click/view image shows a much bigger image. Cheers

Are there any members here who can read/translate Japanese? A while back I picked up an Aria ProII Primary Bass...I've been trying to find out a bit about it and earlier today discovered mine (from the 1978 catalogue page below) is either a model PB400 or PB500; I'm trying to determine which. The neck is definitely the PB 400 (close dots on the 12th fret), however the sunburst body colour/plate is more representative of the PB500. I'd just be grateful whether anyone could translate the right hand page on the image below. Cheers P

[quote name='Walker' timestamp='1381483350' post='2239617'] I have the only VT Rack that GAK is getting in reserved, deposit paid. [/quote] Hmmm. GAK told me about two weeks ago they're getting two VT Bass Racks and I put down a deposit there and then. Maybe it's just a sales pitch line. P

I was at this one...Hammersmith Odeon. P

I've got an Epiphone Phant-o-matic. Lovely and weighs next to nothing. P

That red Greco TB is a beaut. Stunning. P

Honestly, it's a completely different bass and a Thunderbird in name only! It's a bit heavier and the neck is chunkier than any of my reverse Thunderbirds and whilst it shares the same pickups as the reverse models, tonally it's somewhat different, in all probability because of the extra wood in the body. I've found it's easy enough to get a similar tone out of both models by tweaking things amp-side. I really didn't get on with it initially - the reasons are documented elsewhere - but now things are sorted, I'm pretty happy. I've used it for about three songs live so far. Next Tuesday will be the proof of the pudding. P

I feel compelled to post this up (again). I bought this bass earlier in the year...if you know me, you'll know my love of Gibson Thunderbirds and this was a natural addition to the flock. Despite it being a new purchase, I fully intended a handful of mods; I'm no fan of the Gibson three-point bridge, so replaced that with a Hipshot Supertone and added Dunlop Straploks. There's posts elsewhere about the lack of dynamism of the tone, so the Gibson pots got replaced and are now lined up in a tidy row rather than the triangular shipping configuration. The only thing I really didn't like was the gleaming white scratchplate - by the time the original white guard will have faded to something off white, I fear I may already be in the ground - so today a lovely creamy pickguard arrived courtesy of Howard the Bass Doc. Even my wife said it looks good, and that's saying something. Anyhow, here it is. Ta-daaar! P

[color="#000000"]I posted a little complaint on the Tech21 Facebook page about the lack of data on their website about this unit; just don’t get how they can go through the whole rigmarole of designing, producing and shipping a unit like this and just sticking up a static image of the front panel. It's a great pity they can't do a dedicated video for each product rtaher than ahving to trawl You Tube for snippets of data.[/color]

One of the guys I went to school with was the guitarist on the Tom jones/Art Of Noise version. P

My band is playing the above venue on the 26th. Free entry I think. Cheers P

'Late October' now. No worry. P

Bob Rock producing.

I'm surpised this has generated so many replies! Let me say I adored Too Fast For Love (I still do) and my Crue-going gig credentials weren't too poor early on either; I saw them at the aforementioned Donington (I actually saw the Andy Kershaw interview being filmed for OGWT too, although we had no idea who Kershaw was at the time), London's Dominion Theatre, Hammersmith (two nights with Cheap Trick), Wembley, but something [on vinyl for me at least], was missing after this. SATD is one of those albums that I have very fond memories of, but retrospectively (Looks That Kill aside) doesn't stand the test of time. I would cite the John Corabi period 'Motley Crue' album as my favourite one...it's a wonderful, mature, gritty album and it's a pity that they didn't get the chance to develop the line up further. Gone was Vince's whiney vocal and everything is just huge. If you haven't listened to it, give it a punt. P

I'm a user and think the goldie is hideous!

As I'm a paid up member of Spotify, I've decided to locate and listen to a bunch of stuff that I will openly declare I [i]loved [/i]when it was released, none of which I presently own. The experiment has been going pretty well to be honest until I hit upon SATD. Don't get me wrong, I adored Motley Crue, well, at the time. Happy memories of being bitten on the arm by Tommy Lee at Donington (and well, Donington generally), but it's thirty years later and I'm struggling to see the attraction. It's a truly [i]awful [/i]album; there's nothing to redeem it. Oh, well, next stop Polytown. P

[quote name='Westie9' timestamp='1379661385' post='2215270'] Whoever managed to get their paws on the P Bass, how far do you reckon they managed to get home in one piece? [/quote] He gave it to photographer Ross Halfin. It's on his blog. They gave him a case as well! P

Great that it went well...I really hope to make it next year (Nik knows the reasons behind my absence). Would love to see some more pics! Best Paul