The family that 'bursts together is cursed together

[Dandolin]

i think you're right - don't know why i never thought about one of them because looking at that one right now is givin' me idears that are not in line with my microeconomic reality

also, unless that thing is displaying a particular 40th anniversary fade, i think that type of burst has another name than "sunburst" tho i can't for the life of me right now think what it is - i do like it better than what i think of as a standard sunburst fer sure


edit: okayso, i see Gibson was calling that an "antique fireburst" at the time - that's not the term i was rummaging for, but i will accept it as a substitution for now

[Chankgeez]

Not sure I've ever seen one of this exact shape or configuration:



https://reverb.com/item/49847268-vintag ... o-bass-mij

[Dandolin]

yo

[Dandolin]

https://reverb.com/item/40332292-yamaha ... a-jan-2022

[qersty]

i love broad basses

[Dandolin]

yeah, i lurve that basic yammie shape - never suss'd that BB meant "broad bass"
but, yeah, Michael Anthony had Billy Sheehan and Nathan East beat in the looks dept.

i had one o'the cheepies way back - fine lookin' bass (BB614, looked 'er up)
i remember being disappointed that it was a natch finish instead of the Honda Element orange that was everywhere at the time (that and the original owner screwed a thumbrest in on the lower bout

in retrospect, dodg'd a bullet there on the orange or tangerine or whatever but a 'burst woulda been high class indeed

i actually really liked the blade bridge pup - they shoulda kept that, even gone full blade. i remember it being a really good rawk-sounding bass, but also a decent all-rounder, but it had to go since i had no clue back then what i really wanted. these days i'd take an early 8Ts Ibanez or a BB (or that Washburn hawtness you posted! ) over most anything that'd be hangin' in a pawn shop, if basses still hung in pawn shops.... That Gibson V.A. tho too bad they're so pricy now

bought it for peanuts, sold it for cashew halves and pieces
lookin' at the current used prices of yamaha basses overall, i started thinking if i'd held out i mighta been able to get almonds
then i looked at sold listings and, well, maybe there is an opportunity for a score there for someone interested in the broad bass i'd give it my seal of approval, but i can't find anything anymore....



and thus concludes my rambling overshare

[Dandolin]

daily doubl'd
https://reverb.com/item/42045989-all-or ... a-1655-70s





https://reverb.com/item/46318473-aria-d ... r-sunburst

[Dandolin]

I am most likey going to do something that is going to fuck up the rest of my gear buying year

and this is about two months after I got my cyclops

https://strumpdx.com/p/2020-dunable-yeti/

'burst'd fingerboard?

[Chankgeez]

https://reverb.com/item/50534784-sound- ... bass-02-09

[Dandolin]

cromulence (i'd nae have quibbled with more purple tho)

[Chankgeez]

Can't argue with that. (I'd ditch those Bartolinis too. )

Also:



https://reverb.com/item/50623337-anjo-electric-mandolin

[Dandolin]

classic

there used to be a street musician in South Philly named Anjo...

...not really

[Dandolin]

umm, i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it appears some miscreant made off with out beloved leader, Tom D.'s 'burst

https://reverb.com/item/50518786-gibson ... ural-burst

not, to be clear, the guitar - but the very 'burst itself

[Chankgeez]

Oh, you think so?

I almost posted this yesterday (they initially had it listed as "sunburst"):



https://reverb.com/item/50614767-gibson ... tural-1940

[Dandolin]

maybe if i cross my eyes in a Magic Eye play?

as for the guitar? i'll take it!