Bassmedic05 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Ok you asked for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BentonC Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Nice Jack Casady bass! That is hand's down one of the coolest, most unique bass tones you can get today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Thanks it really is a versatile bass, I have it strung with flats right now for that 60s style thump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 My '83 P-Bass: My 1940 Kay M-1: And here is a sad one, with quote from my site: "Below is something just a tad bit morbid. In early 2005, two people were browsing an outdoor tag sale when a drunk driver went off the road (after a hit and run of another vehicle) and plowed through the yard sale, running over the two people, continued on, crossing the road and finally hitting a tree. One person was killed instantly, the other lingered for days. The driver was charged with manslaughter but I have never been able to find out any additional information. This bass was in the yard sale. There are signs where the strings were ripped from it, bending the saddle screws into pretzels, shearing off the knobs, and leaving what appears to be scuff marks from a tire on the pickguard. There is one indentation of a string in the side of the body where it (the string) was likely caught on the car as it plowed through, and probably dragged the bass until the string let go. It's mounted on the ceiling of my shop." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Great,,,,, now I want a Bass again... Thanks fellas,,, ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Great' date=',,,, now I want a Bass [i']again[/i]... Thanks fellas,,, I really want to see a pic of that Beale Street Blue ES-335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customtobias Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Check out my Gibson Custom Shop Tobias. http://forums.gibson.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=35961 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyb Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My new Epi EB-3, just a few weeks in my hands: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 ..... The driver was charged with manslaughter ..... With a battered P-bass in one hand, or near to hand ... if I had been there, that driver would not have been arrested nor charged ... just toe-tagged. Leo knew his bassists weren't likely to play Symphony Hall, and so he built a seriously *multipurpose* machine. ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Boy Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 65 EBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dio-bass Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 I know they are not Gibsons but since you say so: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 I know they are not Gibsons but since you say so ..... How do you like the piezo with frets ? I loooove piezo for FL ... but it doesn't turn my crank with frets. What strings are on the piezo ? IIRC Gibby doesn't sell piezo basses. [snark, snark] ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dio-bass Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 How do you like the piezo with frets ? I loooove piezo for FL ... but it doesn't turn my crank with frets. What strings are on the piezo ? IIRC Gibby doesn't sell piezo basses. [snark, snark] ` super nice you can hear the sound of your finger in the strings as you move your hand. The strings are Super Slinky EB roundwounds. the sound is awesome when you combine both pickups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 super nice you can hear the sound of your finger in the strings as you move your hand. The strings are Super Slinky EB roundwounds. the sound is awesome when you combine both pickups ` It seems we both hear the same thing, but I'm too much of a klutz to get off on hearing *my* fingers in the strings. The fretted piezo MM I tried out was a new SR5, so it hadda be wearing OEM Slinkies. The mixed PU tone was rich but my finger and fret noise was competing with the tone. I do have some mag-piezo fretted basses, but all have flatwounds on them and don't get much play time anyway. AAMOF, I had three Fender AE-P's [mag-piezo chambered P-bass], and I recently parted with the lone fretted one. ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dio-bass Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 ` It seems we both hear the same thing, but I'm too much of a klutz to get off on hearing *my* fingers in the strings. The fretted piezo MM I tried out was a new SR5, so it hadda be wearing OEM Slinkies. The mixed PU tone was rich but my finger and fret noise was competing with the tone. I do have some mag-piezo fretted basses, but all have flatwounds on them and don't get much play time anyway. AAMOF, I had three Fender AE-P's [mag-piezo chambered P-bass], and I recently parted with the lone fretted one. ` it depends on what you are playing I definitely dont want that in every song but in a couple, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo2go Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 My '79 RD Artist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 ` I really dig hollow FL basses with piezo PU's. Add a mag PU to the piezo and I dig it even deeper. 1st and 2nd are mag-piezo hybrids [by Fender and Godin]. 3rd is mag-only, and is a one-off homebuilt [by Bill Roberts]. The last 3 are piezo-only [Washburn, Takamine, and Rick Turner]. All 6 hollow or semi-hollow. Most are 'Pix by Seller', as I'm too lazy, and my insurance company doesn't care either !! Coupla cooler notes: The Bill Roberts bass has a purple heart FB, and the Jazz PU on the Godin is not a factory original feature. ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 ` Much as I dig hollow bodies, nothing wrong with piezos on a solid body. I mean, anything that makes noise is acoustic when you get right down to it. OK "Acoustic-Electric" ... but that term also applies to the hollow bodies. Notice that these solid bodies tend to have lotsa knobs ... When you see a StingRay with 5 knobs, thazapiezo ! And likewise a basic Corvette normally has one less knob than this one [3rd pic]. All three are piezo-magnetic hybrids, thus the extra knobs. 4th pic is a mag-piezo hybrid by Ibnez. Lotsa knobs again. 5th pic is an optical-piezo hybrid by LightWave, so there's enuf knobs to cover the dual systems. Finally a piezo-only with just 3 knobs [by Zeta]. Fun details [at least I think so]: The Vett has EMGs, kinda rare on a Wick. The Ibnez [EDA905F] has a non-wooden body and FB ... altho the back of neck is the typical maple. The Zeta is a 34" EUB that can also be played horizontally on a strap ... altho the arco-enabling FB radius feels odd when played horizontally. Very playable but very strange, so it affects your speed and cadence in an uprighty way. -------------------------------- BTW, some folks set up their mag-PU solid body FL ax to sound more fretless, which tends to mean set up for more mwah. While it may sound "more fretless", it also gets to sounding like an over-done FX trick ... cuz in a way, it is. Another approach is to have a piezo-equipt FL solid body. The piezo tends to sound more woody and stringy, even if you set up for minimal mwah. Problem solved [by throwing money at it ... ]. ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaolee Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 EB-2DC through an Acoustic B320 head, an old Peavey 410, and a folded horn cabinet with a Cetec Gauss 15. It's pretty loud. I don't have pictures of the Epi Thunderbird in action, but I probably will one day pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 [re: piezo PU's on fretted basses] ....... super nice you can hear the sound of your finger in the strings as you move your hand. The strings are Super Slinky EB roundwounds. the sound is awesome when you combine both pickups Heeeyyyyy thar ! I got me one ! GC "gave" it to me ... $600, 2 yrs old, near mint for an SR4 piezo with case. How could I turn that down ? Agreed, it does sound sooper with both PU's mixed, one of the coolest sounds I have ever heard from a fretted bass .... but I keep dreaming of how it will sound with an ebony blank plank .... I mean, at $600 that leaves plenty of cash left over for a trip to the luthier shop .... and I don't know ANYBODY who's got an EBONY fretless Ray, especially with piezos ! I can't help it. I'm just incorrigibly fretless. ---------------- P.S. I've already put Chromes on it. Hearing my fingers in the strings, indeed. A little bit of that goes a loooong way ! ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 EB-2DC through an Acoustic B320 head, an old Peavey 410, and a folded horn cabinet with a Cetec Gauss 15. It's pretty loud. I don't have pictures of the Epi Thunderbird in action, but I probably will one day pretty soon. Very nice! The EB-2 is one of my favs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassballs Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 The EB 2 is a 1968 bought it in 1976, still in perfect condition The SG is a 2010, my main bass now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 ` Boooootyfull SG ! ! ! Could see even more of it if it had a clear PG ..... ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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