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You nailed it! Marquee Moon is kind of its own sub-genre. The only other recording I've heard that taps into it is the menacing and much more obscure "Moonhead" by Thin White Rope, the title track being a masterpiece of rock guitar interplay that slowly builds tension to a glorious climax. All wrapped in a weird Tex-Mex gothic horror movie soundtrack vibe. Sticking with this topic, their "Exploring the Axis" debut album is pretty wonderful, too.

Same here, even though I haven't used a Fender amp for years. My son (a composer and bassist in a regularly gigging local band) laughs at me when I get a new guitar rig (amp based, stomps, plugins, whatever) and spend hours and hours recreating my same old favorite tones.

That's one of the few 70s CBGB/New Wave/Punk adjacent albums I love. There is a moodiness to it that is so unique to that album - I can only listen to it in the right mindset because it taps on that so hard. It's the same feeling I'd get as a teenager driving around late at night by myself feeling like both everything is happening and that nothing will ever happen, just chain smoking the ennui and listlessness away in my old Chevelle. I didn't really listen to it until I taught a Rock and Society class when I was a doc student at Florida in my 30s, so it's not a nostalgia thing. I'm also not generally into music from that scene, so it doesn't really touch on anything else I was listening to back in the 90s. I think when an album does that, it really has achieved something artistically perfect. I also find it very rare in the genres Television gets most associated with.

Just a reminder that we will be gathering to celebrate John Saturday Sept 26th in Mt Carmel Cincinnati. George will be in town for couple of days and we look forward to seeing old friends. If you would like to join us please let me know so I can send directions. Sadly my sister lost her husband of 55 years last weekend and as many of us have loved ones who are among the dearly departed, we'd like this to be a celebration and a remembrance of all those we all loved. - With joy, together we can give thanks for what we shared with them in this earthly life - with hope, together we can wish them all the fullness of life and happiness in Heaven - with blessed anticipation, together we can look forward to the time when, with God's grace, we are united with them again. Bring pictures. Bring stories. John's fondest memories were of the band, the pit orchestra, Come Alive, making all that music with so many others. I know it will please him to share this special time as well. Blessing to you all.

My guess is that they're BB1/BB2's with PAF stickers, but I'm no expert. @murkat What say you almighty former Gibson guy?

I've attached a photo of the pickups.

This has a pretty good claim:

I hadn't known I wanted this guitar and wasn't aware it existed, but when I saw this ad earlier this week I decided to act quickly. The guitar arrived safely this evening and is in brand new condition. Dave called it "special." It sure is, and is equally beautiful. Immaculate is also an apt description, and Dave's handling of the entire process sets the standard for prompt professionalism. New strings, no fingerprints, nothing other than a perfect (ok, special) guitar. It arrived this evening packed beautifully in a box-within-a box, cushioned to withstand the most careless baggage handler at any airport or on any truck, or any rainstorm between here and there. If you are wondering whether his other descriptions are accurate, stop. Everything with this guitar is "as described," including the first fret inlay, which doesn't bother me a bit - sorry Chris. I couldn't be more pleased with every aspect of this transaction or with the guitar. Thanks Dave. Best, Bill

that's fantastic!

Oh Shit! It's right there in the description. Silly me.

Cool Silvertones, crazy pedal board. Yes, he does the cow bell. If only he could sing like Jack White. A different sort of Rig Rundown.

NO Way! I did not recognize him. I should have recognized the guitar too.

Philip Sayce. A monster.

I resemble that remark.

He's damn good.

I use a piece of 2” aluminum angle with two 1/4” jacks mounted in it. Harbor Freight magnetic parts dish keeps the tiny screws from getting lost.

I was able to see your 2023 Gibson Custom Shop '57 RI Les Paul Custom Black Beauty posting clearly... 🤷‍♂️

It looks like you have your settings on Bravo (dark mode). If you switch to default, you should be able to see the text clearly.

I bought this used Squier with Carvin AP11 pickups for $24.95 + $16.00 shipping to satisfy my modifying urges

I'm going to guess that the Gosila pictured above has the same electronics as the IYV. I really like that the IYV has a pull-switch on the volume knob that bypasses the preamp, and you don't even need a battery in it to play. I do most of my 'tone shaping' ("groan..." ) in an outboard preamp anyway (bass fly rig), and it is nice to not worry about how fresh your battery is. Most of my active basses have 'always on' preamps and it would be nice to have the passive option. The only bad thing about the IYV is that there is a slight audible "whoosh" in the volume knob when the preamp is engaged, I replaced the volume knob/switch and it's still there, so it's got to be somewhere in the preamp, - but not an issue at all if you use it passive. It seems I have s snip of the ad from when I bought the IYV, - they did used to be even cheaper.

^^^ The 5-stringer is only $20 more than the 4-stringer. That's 25% more bass for only 6.08% more money. That's a deal.

yes, there are some very playable guitars for low cost, I had a Harley Benton HSS that I thought was quite good, I think I paid $110 and sold it for $200. I had a good experience with Eart headless (great neck, primitive body, decent pickups but with kind of low output), sold it to a local gigging jazz guy who bought it for a travel guitar. I have a fan fret multi scale IYV 5 string bass that is really good, I think it was $300 ish. I'd love to try that other 5 string multi scale on Amazon (below), but I have plenty of basses at the moment and I'm mostly playing guitar right now. - If I was bass shopping, I'd certainly give this one a try. https://www.amazon.com/Gosila-String-Headless-Electric-Guitar/dp/B0CZZX9YB9/ref=sr_1_4?crid=CVHWWYAHRAQB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Q5VXXGMmTULSs-ID9VClEHkeoE0woZiqnUs3J2r_fodYtaPSp0WLS_nkMdLeEErSWwGkV02-HtohYteZcgT06f6bsyVtZGw-UfOn4iiWFY6ETUvkhBi2dymFuvmqgvcdpoMtPUJKT6Qb6nCNcO6nU_P1rE9iLtJ04X0RnMJQqhLp9kBfO-Sn5mNDnbVMUjqElVYTsqfjaCaLSolZJhuvLZBnypQMlQQ1IB2PSlJ34g6nbyumVHWUZcx2geu4wg-0aBCnXqjCZoPkOOM2l6Q1X_jvWPcni2ogBAJ9yHrTZ3U.vloRqNdUxprt8CBbHXTJEfLraB3VO4PA_FonJOwg0EY&dib_tag=se&keywords=headless%2Bbass%2Bguitar&qid=1789574975&sprefix=headless%2Bbass%2Caps%2C358&sr=8-4&th=1

Bump $2,500