I played one that look just like that ten or so years ago, one of the best guitars I've ever played. Sadly... at the time I did not have the money... but unsadly I got a tele that day... Still "have" it but it is in the middle of getting modded... again
tuffteef wrote:the ones ive played are brighter in sound jangly even compared to normal gibson buckers kravitz used them i think hes pretty rock and roll [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmc7Ic9m3tc[/youtube]
Do you have the Gibson 495R and 495T mini-humbucker (ceramic magnets) in this Firebird? Or do you have Alnico magnet pickups?
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." --John Cage
i sorta have a love-hate relationship with firebirds, because they're so blatantly "lets chase Fender" and they don't really seem to do anything particularly "firebird" other than have the shape.
having said that, i do like thunderbird basses, so whatever.
Gearmond wrote:i sorta have a love-hate relationship with firebirds, because they're so blatantly "lets chase Fender" and they don't really seem to do anything particularly "firebird" other than have the shape.
having said that, i do like thunderbird basses, so whatever.
No they do their own thing but I think it is more those kickass pickups more then anything else.. yeah T-birds ROCK First time I saw Watt he played this bass and still I think it is the best tone he ever had.
And yeah you can be right that that bass was the inspiration for both of my P-bird basses I built.
bob the r0bot wrote:dear gibson, silver burst is kinda gay sincerely, bob the robot
tru dat.
all *bursts are fugly. EVEN SUNBURST! but especially those aquabursts and randomcolorbusts danelectro likes to use.
mathias wrote:I heard that Tom Dalton read a book on how to grow online communities around your business. But he thought it was too much work so he just created a forum full of alts. You and I are the only real people.