I know ---she would kill me

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YEs--- My Wife tolerates a LOT of gear coming and going----

I think if she found out I ever paid this much for a guitar she would kill me....and honestly--- I would expect her too.......

but damn aint she purdy 8 String USA made KOA wood 1978 BITCH
B.C. Rich USA Bich 8 String Bass KOA 1978 Natural
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I am just looking Sp8ctre.......like the Ferrari Dealership drive by if you will lol --- never going to GET one--- but its nice looking at them ;)
 
naw... "A guy could kill himself on those horns." --Les Paul

AND there's too many switches and gizmos. Even though ol' Les was fond of
extra options and gizmos, he warn't a bass player.
I prefer this layout: (the original)
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or maybe this, which was my first bass, and is still the best.
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There is a virtue to keeping things simple, IMHO. Too many choices means too many things to
remember when yer trying to keep yer place in the music. I'd lose my way among all those
paths, I'm sure. When the keyboard player has three levels of keyboards with all kinds of stops
and presets, and when the guitarist has a paddle board four feet wide, with two levels of
f/x, such that he has to do the Irish Jig just to turn off the delay and stop the looper and get
Pastor Fuzz... and when the singer's got her own pedals with harmonies and doublers and "torch"
and "Pitch (fork)" presets, then SOMEBODY has to keep things solid as a rock, play clean and tight with the drummer, and bring the song home on the one. Guess who?

And anyway, that's not too much money for a bass, that's way too much.
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Col Mustard said:
naw... "A guy could kill himself on those horns." --Les Paul

AND there's too many switches and gizmos. Even though ol' Les was fond of
extra options and gizmos, he warn't a bass player.
I prefer this layout: (the original)
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or maybe this, which was my first bass, and is still the best.
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There is a virtue to keeping things simple, IMHO. Too many choices means too many things to
remember when yer trying to keep yer place in the music. I'd lose my way among all those
paths, I'm sure. When the keyboard player has three levels of keyboards with all kinds of stops
and presets, and when the guitarist has a paddle board four feet wide, with two levels of
f/x, such that he has to do the Irish Jig just to turn off the delay and stop the looper and get
Pastor Fuzz... and when the singer's got her own pedals with harmonies and doublers and "torch"
and "Pitch (fork)" presets, then SOMEBODY has to keep things solid as a rock, play clean and tight with the drummer, and bring the song home on the one. Guess who?

And anyway, that's not too much money for a bass, that's way too much.
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Indeed simple is good....but I can dig Adrian's appreciation for a really killer looking guitar.

Back in 1984, I had one of the first Ibanez Destroyer DT555's released to the public. It was $659.00 then and that was a lot of dough for a 19 year old.

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There was a big city called Visalia, about 30 miles from the farm. I took a job with a company called Cal-Perforating as a machine operator. We produced wire screen and mesh. I worked for them just long enough to pay for this guitar and a Marshall full stack - then quit and went back to playing music full time. :)

Nothing could beat the Destroyer for stage presence and the versatility of three humbuckers...and the bendability of a 24.7" scale.

Shoot, i even played that Destroyer with country and church groups LOL!!!! The thing could give you just about any sound you needed - probably a lot like a Gibson Black Beauty.

I have never been a pedal guy - I have owned the same 4 since the 80's/1990's - so the enormity of many people's pedal boards blows my little mind.

Les did indeed like switches and the like...and I understand why he did. Les was a brilliant studio engineer and musician. The versatile nature of his modifications allowed him a vast tonal palette in a recording environment.

I paid tribute to him, in some small way, with the truss rod cover on the Les Paul Custom Replica I put together for Mom...

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Mom loved watching Les Paul and Mary Ford.

My bass is a cheap Ibanez import I picked up used when I was hired as a bassist for a blues band - paid $60 for it.

Good intonation - quiet signal - just 4 strings!!!

I try to make up for the lack of goodies with a bass note you can feel...

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