New Spinal Tap axes for Live Earth

Doctor J

Ernie Ball guitar for Nigel, of course




and Lakland for Mr Derek Smalls





Build history of Nigel's one here

feylya

That bass is a bit nice actually... Still, can't go wrong with Tuf Temp!

Patricide

looks a bit under the top for spinal tap but still i like em.

feylya

Under the top? But the thermometer works!

Creamy Goodness

is that' six pickup's in the bass :eek:

Doctor J

More of Derek's Lakland

feylya

Christ, can you imagine the wiring job on that bass? :eek:

Creamy Goodness

i'd love to get more detailed shots of the lower end of the neck.

Doctor J

Looks like regular Lakland controls, so either they're coupled up in two batches or some of them aren't connected at all.

feylya

Two pairs of three eh? Hmm, that'd be an interesting sound. Don't think I'd like it.

Doctor J

Hmmm... apparently there should be switches to turn 5 of the pickups on and off but I don't see them. It's got the regular Lakland preamp and controls (vol, blend, bass, mid, treb).

feylya

Push pull pots?

Doctor J

That's be a royal pain in the arse

feylya

I can't see Derek Smalls using the bass too much...

Doctor J

...too much... perspective?

feylya

Just call me Captain Realistic

And now I'm suffering serious gas over an EB and a Lakland

Doctor J

Well, better to have GAS than no fingers, that's what I say.

feylya

And that is now the Instruments forum motto

When is this Live Earth thing anyway?

Doctor J

Saturday from noon, I think. Shame it clashes with the F1 qualifying and GP2 race, otherwise I might watch it

feylya

I'll probably tune in for Spinal Tap and Metallica.

So, who's gonna bet on another Marshall amp ****ting itself ala Freddie Mercury's tribute gig?

Doctor J

Nah, they've done that. My money is on the drummer going up in flames, global warming and all that

feylya

Just like in Guitar Hero

And just to keep it all nice and on topic, here's Nigel's old EB:

Doctor J

feylya

Eh, how come that one has different pickups?

Doctor J

No frets or gloss coat either. I'd say that was halfway through the build. The chromed pickups are Lakland's new ChiSonic pickups, so new they probably weren't made when that pic was taken.

feylya

Ah! Now that makes sense. Damn, he's gotten old!

Doctor J

It's a wig

feylya

You're a wig!


Ahem. Hope they play Big Bottom.

Doctor J

"Livin in a Hell Hooooole!"

It's got to be

The_g-man

Hope they play Big Bottom.

Expecting to see Lakland make a double neck of that bass?:rolleyes:

feylya

Or he could use more than one bass...

Gimme some money

Cool_CM

Hope they throw in a few bars of this!
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTPQVOWCiU

Patricide

o jesus only after noticing the thermomiter now and the snow globe thingy. That **** looks CLASS.

feylya

http://liveearth.msn.com/le/video

15 minute video about them reuniting. Love David's Satch guitar

Johnny Storm

The knobs are the Eiffel tower, The leaning tower of Pisa, Big Ben?, A pyramid and ???
Now that's class

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

you might ask what guitars are bettter than those, and there is none, none more better

Doctor J

Johnny Storm wrote:

The knobs are the Eiffel tower, The leaning tower of Pisa, Big Ben?, A pyramid and ???
Now that's class

A stray iceberg... and that's Al Gore with his presedential seal in the snow globe

Karl Hungus

Wow, those are nice!

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

Doctor J wrote:

presedential seal in the snow globe

nice!

Voodu Child

feylya wrote:

http://liveearth.msn.com/le/video

15 minute video about them reuniting. Love David's Satch guitar

Aye, hadnt a clue what you meant til I saw the vid, super rare Donnie, nice.

Killaqueen!!!

Wow

Sofaspud

The Tuf Temp is . . . beautiful.

Although, Out of respect for Nigel, I won't look at it anymore.

Doctor J

You've already looked at it too much

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

hope they play listen (to the flower people)!