dwdude102 Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 When is it going to be released??? I've been waiting around to buy it, but cant find it
Cruznolfart Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Here's what Gibson sez: Nikki Sixx Bass
dwdude102 Posted December 25, 2008 Author Posted December 25, 2008 Here's what Gibson sez: Nikki Sixx Bass yea, any of the links that it takes me to says product unavailable.
Cruznolfart Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 yea' date=' any of the links that it takes me to says product unavailable. [/quote'] Yeah, totally. I didn't check 'em before I posted it.
deepblue Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Yet another mediocre musician gets a signature model.
deepblue Posted December 26, 2008 Posted December 26, 2008 Do you think he even rates that with that solid E String playing, although he didn't cop out and tune to D Yes, mediocre was a kind evaluation of his skills. Hey!...Its Christmas I felt like being a giver.
VA_siCkBoy Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 "one of rock's most iconic bass players"........really?
Thundergod Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 I have one of the nikkis sixx basses... the one made by epiphone (nikki sixx blackbird or something like that). It is a very good instrument, specially for the price. I moded mine... (being an epi) and it ended up being a great instrument (not just good as it was). I took out the stuppid kill switch and installed 2 vol, 1 tone controls. Very nice. The pickups sound better at full vol. anyway, so maybe it would have been better to only add a tone control and leave the kill switch as it was. I havo to note tho, I didnt buy it because it was a signature bass... I was looking for a goth thunderbird and noticed this one, I liked it better because of the fret markers... I hate things with no fret markers... that's why I didnt buy a bfg. I am thinking about changing the pickguard to white... it just looks better IMO, but all black is fine too, just too dark... people will think I am an overaged EMO when I play it onstage... (soon, very soon).
myspace.com/jessenoah Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 ive always thought of nikki sixx, as the sir paul of glam rock both where major songwriters, both where run of the mill bass players, both played recognizeable bass guitars i think paul mccartney was a better bass player, but nikki was way cooler yawn*
raven1844 Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 I own an original Gibson Blackbird Bass (Nikki Sixx model) and I didn't buy it because it was the "Nikki Sixx" version - in fact - it doesn't have his name anywhere on th ebass or the case. Instead - it only references "Blackbird". I bought mine because it is one of the best sounding basses I've ever played. Maybe I got lucky, and happened to get one of those one in a million "good ones" - but the acoustic tone of this bass is slightly louder than most regular Thunderbird IV's I have played, and the acoustic tone is much deeper and warmer. Mine actually can produce an eerie "upright " tone as well. I bought mine from a Gibson tech who had installed (2) vol and (2) tone plus a 3 way selector (Like a Les Paul) and plugged in - the output is about the same as my other birds - but again - the tone is much richer and deeper. Possibly because of the thin satin finish thats now wearing off? Don't know... but I will never part with it, even though it is a Nikki Sixx model. And I am certainly not a Motley Crue fan...
solacematt Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 You can talk all the crap you want about Nikki, but he's not as useless and mediocre as you think. He wrote a great deal of the band's music, as well as the lyrics and is a pretty influential musician. Just because he doesn't do insane solos and stuff doesn't make him a bad player or, unworthy of a signature instrument. So many on this board complain about how many signature models a player like Slash gets and he's a reputable player who does play with some technicality.
Thundergod Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 You can talk all the crap you want about Nikki' date=' but he's not as useless and mediocre as you think. He wrote a great deal of the band's music, as well as the lyrics and is a pretty influential musician. Just because he doesn't do insane solos and stuff doesn't make him a bad player or, unworthy of a signature instrument. So many on this board complain about how many signature models a player like Slash gets and he's a reputable player who does play with some technicality. [/quote'] +1
deepblue Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 You can talk all the crap you want about Nikki, but he's not as useless and mediocre as you think. He wrote a great deal of the band's music, as well as the lyrics and is a pretty influential musician. Just because he doesn't do insane solos and stuff doesn't make him a bad player or, unworthy of a signature instrument. So many on this board complain about how many signature models a player like Slash gets and he's a reputable player who does play with some technicality. I can hold a Bass in my hands....doesnt make me a Bass player.
buddy light Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 You can talk all the crap you want about Nikki' date=' but he's not as useless and mediocre as you think. He wrote a great deal of the band's music, as well as the lyrics and is a pretty influential musician. Just because he doesn't do insane solos and stuff doesn't make him a bad player or, unworthy of a signature instrument. [/quote'] i agree.
DamienAzrael Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 I can hold a Bass in my hands....doesnt make me a Bass player. He writes songs...The bass is just a tool used to help create his ideas...Not that you care judging by your stupid remarks about him, but if you compare his playing from album to album it always gets better...I'm not saying he's as good as Geezer Butler or anybody like that, but he certainly does more than just play on the low E string.
deepblue Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 He writes songs...The bass is just a tool used to help create his ideas...Not that you care judging by your stupid remarks about him, but if you compare his playing from album to album it always gets better...I'm not saying he's as good as Geezer Butler or anybody like that, but he certainly does more than just play on the low E string. Yes, I was wrong. Hes a musical genius. *yawn*
DamienAzrael Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Yes' date=' I was wrong. Hes a musical genius. *yawn*[/quote'] I didn't say that either, but coming from some pompous old man with no music of his own that's pretty funny.
deepblue Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 I didn't say that either, but coming from some pompous old man with no music of his own that's pretty funny. Youre breaking my heart
DamienAzrael Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Youre breaking my heart Ummm....Yeah....Whatever old man....Just go back to your room with your guitars you're probably too scared to play a show with for fear they might get a scratch on them and continue talking down to a younger generation because you seem to think that your idols are any better than somebody else's...Your comments are that of a failed musician anyways.
deepblue Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Ummm....Yeah....Whatever old man....Just go back to your room with your guitars you're probably too scared to play a show with for fear they might get a scratch on them and continue talking down to a younger generation because you seem to think that your idols are any better than somebody else's...Your comments are that of a failed musician anyways. ohhh so Nikki Sixx is your idol!!.......that statement alone speaks volumes. dont worry kid, puberty doesnt last long.
DamienAzrael Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 ohhh so Nikki Sixx is your idol!!.......that statement alone speaks volumes. dont worry kid' date=' puberty doesnt last long.[/quote'] One of them....Seeing as how I'm 25 that really doesn't apply.
deepblue Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 One of them....Seeing as how I'm 25 that really doesn't apply. nite nite Damien.
DamienAzrael Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 nite nite Damien. Nite...Time for all the good little geezers to go to sleep.
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