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I recently adopted a well-loved, though non-original 1973 Gibson L6-S, which had these two pickups in it: Dimarzio "dual sound" super distortion (which I believe were actually stock on Guild S-300 guitars?) and Seymour Duncan "DD" which I understand is nowadays called the the "Distortion"...

Really looking forward to Taylor breathing new life into Workingman's Dead! https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/taylor-swift-re-recording-grateful-dead-workingmans-dead-taylors-version/

I've been really enjoying the music of Mikaela Davis for a couple of years now, since seeing her perform on KEXP with Bob Weir and the Wolf Brothers. I was excited to see this performance pop up on my recommended videos... and sure enough... a Newark Street Starfire II bass! Other videos I've...

Hello, LTG tech shop friends! My beloved 1962 Gibson EB-0 had a neck repair decades before I owned it. It was never a pretty repair, but seemed totally solid, smooth, and stable.... however, a few months ago I noticed slight hairline finish cracks developing on either end of the old repair...

Heavily modified vintage Starfire bass with Bisonics apparently sold for $200 at an estate auction last week. Hard to look at, but even with nothing but the photos to go by, $200 was a steal no matter what. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/estate-auction-basses.1606622/

A few years back, I acquired a 1976 Hagstrom Swede bass through another forum's classifieds section. The main reason I went for it was that it had been fitted with dual DarkStar pickups. Since Day 1 I was floored by the neck. The playability, set-up, stability, fretwork, neck carve/depth, etc...

If you own a Starfire bass (or any other that has 2x2 tuner configuration & takes strings that fall into the short/medium scale length ballpark), here's a bundle of 7 sets of strings to try out. All have been trimmed and installed on at least one of my Starfires or similar scale length basses...

Lots of complaints about the bridge and neck dive, which unfortunately seem to be fully justified with that particular specimen. That said, he mentions series wiring? I would expect a much more mid-forward sound with both pickups engaged. That would also require a mechanically different switch...

Sometime around early 2009, I bought a 1968 Guild Thunderstar Bass amp head. I wasn't quite as picky when it came to tone then, but I knew I wanted a tube bass amp and I realized pretty quickly that this one sounded fantastic with any bass I plugged into it. The problem was that at around...

That was the question posed to me when my wife saw on our front door camera, a large UPS man dropping off a box that could easily have contained him. Not a new fridge though, it was my newly acquired 1992 Guild B30e. Of course, the hardshell case adds a few inches around the entire instrument...

Just discovered this band on a random playlist late last night. Admittedly, I was tired and had had a little smoke, but man oh man did this hit just right! With my nice studio headphones on, I probably listened to it 10 times in a row. Digging a bit deeper, this is a current trio out of Paris...

Wow.

On the block is my 1985 Alembic Spoiler bass. Quite the featherweight as far as Alembics go, at 9 lbs even! 32" scale, koa top, with stunning flamed headstock veneers on front and back. Plays and sounds exactly as a fine Alembic should. Frets just got a professional crown and level at my go-to...

Happened to see the thumbnail for this new performance video and the dual-Bisonic Starfire immediately caught my eye. Looks like '67-'69, going by the harp bridge, suck-switch, and the smaller pre-1970 headstock. I believe Johnny Greenwood (guitar guy here and also in Radiohead with Thom) has...

Hello all, This is one amazing sounding bucket-list guitar for me, that I really wanted to gel with, put a ton of money into restoration, but ultimately can't get along with the 25.5" scale and rather chunky neck. My hands are spoiled by the shorter scale and slim nut of my Rickenbacker 330, so...

One of my favorite contemporary songwriters, seen here with his T-50, in a very powerful 2012 performance in Vancouver. If you're unfamiliar with his material, I highly recommend checking him out. His 2020 self-titled album is probably my favorite, but it's all good stuff!

As some of you may know, I'm a huge fan of these strings on my Starfires. I was lucky enough to find a source last year. From what I gather, these must have come from a luthier or builder in CA, who had them left over after closing up shop. Once I spotted them, I realized a lot of parallels with...

Hello all, I was hoping that maybe someone who has experience with this kind of device (possibly having worked on some before?) might have a suggestion for trouble-shooting. About 3 years ago I picked up a Furman M-8x AR voltage regulator, with the intention of protecting my valuable bass rig...

Somebody shared this guy's music on the Jefferson Airplane fan group on facebook the other day. I've been really enjoying it. Good acoustic and electric fingerpicking, with some of it more folky and some of it more rocky. Would love to catch him live sometime! Thought a number of my fellow...

This one sold over on the talkbass forum Though she may not be a Guild, she's a cool oddball that just doesn't get the deserved play-time. Only letting this one go because I have officially hit the too-many-basses level, play my Starfires & Gibson 98% of the time, and have had less and less...