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Post by Rick Knight on May 10, 2020 7:21:14 GMT -5
Eight Miles High by The Byrds. Hillman is playing a bass with a 2 per side headstock that appears to say Fender. There is a decent view at 3:24 if you don't care to watch the entire video.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 10, 2020 10:08:06 GMT -5
It was a mongrel; it's a P-bass with a Gibson EB neck that has a Fender logo stuck on it. From the vid:  From a publicity shot:  |
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Post by Rick Knight on May 10, 2020 10:29:21 GMT -5
Thanks, Peegoo. I'm no tech but it seems like that would have been a difficult arrangement to set up properly.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 10, 2020 10:58:42 GMT -5
You're correct about the setup; but it's all wood, so nudging the bridge and pickups' locations is a relatively simple thing.
Back then, guitars were not revered like some kind of religious relic like they are today. You did what you wanted and it was no big deal. Nowadays, mess with a guitar and it's like you just slapped someone's mama. I really don't get it.
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Post by LTB on May 10, 2020 23:29:45 GMT -5
You're correct about the setup; but it's all wood, so nudging the bridge and pickups' locations is a relatively simple thing. Back then, guitars were not revered like some kind of religious relic like they are today. You did what you wanted and it was no big deal. Nowadays, mess with a guitar and it's like you just slapped someone's mama. I really don't get it. Yeah, but some of the Atracious things people did to them back them were horrendous. I wouldn't have taken them for free as they were just too hard to behold |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 12, 2020 10:01:07 GMT -5
Oh yeah. And it wasn't just guitars. Furniture, cars, houses...lots of stuff gets butchered by their owners, usually followed by mucho regret for having done so. It still goes on today; browse through used guitar parts on fleabay and you'll see all kinds of misadventures in luthiery. Today: "Check this out. I modernized the look of my SG." A year from now: "Crap crap crap crap."  |
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Post by Leftee on May 12, 2020 13:31:04 GMT -5
^ That is awesomes
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Post by LTB on May 12, 2020 19:57:25 GMT -5
Oh yeah. And it wasn't just guitars. Furniture, cars, houses...lots of stuff gets butchered by their owners, usually followed by mucho regret for having done so. Yes, your right. I remember in the late 70's my parents were given a solid wood end table someone painted red, white and blue. I totally stripped it to bare wood, sanded and refinished and it turned a frog into a princess. |
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Post by LTB on May 12, 2020 19:58:48 GMT -5
Today: "Check this out. I modernized the look of my SG." A year from now: "Crap crap crap crap." Well, at least it makes me smile when I look at it LOL  |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 12, 2020 20:25:26 GMT -5
So it DOES have some redeeming social value then! For my next trick...  |
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Post by LTB on May 13, 2020 2:57:28 GMT -5
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Post by HenryJ on May 13, 2020 7:49:09 GMT -5
Peegoo, I think the SG owner was trying to resolve the "neck dive" issue by removing some weight. And in my mind's eye, that Les Paul actually has 6 pickups, with 6 each of volume and tone. There are 4 single coil pickups and two pairs that make up humbuckers.  |
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