MacDaddy Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, MacDaddy said: Can't remember if it's that bass or the tobacco sauce bass, but I've seen it on the wall of the Louisville Hard Rock Cafe! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 On 16/04/2021 at 11:55, Crusoe said: I wonder how this would go down in the tonewood thread... 🤣 Let's find out... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritBass 2 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Although from the 70’s it was in the 80’s where this design really took off. Edited July 14, 2021 by BritBass 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Gibson Victory Gibson Q80/Q90 Gibson 20/20 Gibson IV/V Each less successful than the one before. I'm on my phone, so if you want pics, look 'em up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 None more '80s. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 17/04/2021 at 11:15, PlungerModerno said: A real understated look - I think this is a different custom, probably a BC Rich judging by the headstock. Pretty sure that’s a John Birch. Look at the pickup and shape. He did play a B C Rich Eagle on Heaven and Hell (and on tour when I saw them) and possibly Mob Rules though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 7 hours ago, 4000 said: Pretty sure that’s a John Birch. Look at the pickup and shape. He did play a B C Rich Eagle on Heaven and Hell (and on tour when I saw them) and possibly Mob Rules though. John Diggins/Jaydee made some too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Ahem… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: None more '80s. If I was right handed that would be an image of heaven for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 In the 80's there was a guitar - IIRC Lita Ford briefly endorsed it - which had a chunk of the body missing in front of where the neck joined the body. The ads gave a lot of blurb about how this was better for sustain etc, but after the company folded it was admitted that the body shape was due to a lathing accident. Anyone else remember this? I've tried searching but can't find any pics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Alvarez 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 18 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: Anyone else remember this? I've tried searching but can't find any pics. The Alverez Dana Scoop? Oh, the horror. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Just now, NancyJohnson said: The Alverez Dana Scoop? Oh, the horror. that's the fella! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) I thought they looked cool, always wanted one Edited July 15, 2021 by Doctor J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 You can own a prototype! https://reverb.com/item/1357779-lita-ford-1992-alvarez-dana-scoop-prototype-0001-guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, bartelby said: You can own a prototype! https://reverb.com/item/1357779-lita-ford-1992-alvarez-dana-scoop-prototype-0001-guitar You know what? Nah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 The Alvarez Dana bass looks like something Betty would have endorsed rather than Lita, however 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterMute Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Doctor J said: The Alvarez Dana bass looks like something Betty would have endorsed rather than Lita, however Did someone leave it on a radiator? It seems to have melted... One fugly bass. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 22/04/2021 at 13:28, MacDaddy said: 'Look at me, I love Jack! I'd have it on me fecking cornflakes, me!' The obsession with bourbon is about as 80s as the pointy basses here. Oh, and I can't stand Michael Anthony either; he's like the 80s metal equivalent of Adam Clayton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, bartelby said: You can own a prototype! https://reverb.com/item/1357779-lita-ford-1992-alvarez-dana-scoop-prototype-0001-guitar "Even though the design was to have better access to the strings at the base of the neck, the true function of the Scoop was that it improved the instrument’s sustain and resonance properties. It eliminated phase cancellation between the neck and body resonance." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, WinterMute said: Did someone leave it on a radiator? It seems to have melted... One fugly bass. Glad somebody else said what I was thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 28 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: 'Look at me, I love Jack! I'd have it on me fecking cornflakes, me!' The obsession with bourbon is about as 80s as the pointy basses here. Oh, and I can't stand Michael Anthony either; he's like the 80s metal equivalent of Adam Clayton. A bit harsh I think. I’ve always had a lot of time for him. Any particular reason he’s not on your Christmas card list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Yeah, solid player, great singer, always comes across as a genuine guy who just loves playing music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: A bit harsh I think. I’ve always had a lot of time for him. Any particular reason he’s not on your Christmas card list? I saw the Van Halen a couple of times early on (Rainbow, Finsbury Park) and then again at Donington in 1984. Obviously, it was the Dave'n'Eddie show, but Michael Anthony always struck me as a square peg in a round hole. That he was also disrespectful of DLR was just odd, given that it was Roth (coming from an affluent Pasadena family) was effectively the driving force of Anthony's mealticket out of cover band mediocrity and baseball. Perhaps (as he was a salaried member), DLR and da-brudders just saw him as someone non-threatening. I suppose all my rawk brethren considered him to be wholly underwhelming in the band too; don't know what they would have sounded with Billy Sheehan, for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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