Members fuzzface71 Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 Nice! Does it stay in tune? When you use the vibrola? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 I have a few questions... What is offset and non offset referring to? Offset means the top part of the body sticks out to one side and the bottom part to the other. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Offset means the top part of the body sticks out to one side and the bottom part to the other. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Correct. The waist is offset. Technically, a non-reverse Firebird isn't an offset, although they do somewhat look like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Player99 Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 So my Variax is an offset? [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 So my Variax is an offset? yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 I have been an open admirer of them for ages. Paul Raymond of UFO, Gatemouth Brown, Dave Gregory of XTC... {censored}ing love those guitars. [video=youtube;PVK_nSrxhiQ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Lou-Dog Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 i wish i was bawb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 {censored} you bob My thoughts exactly. Mother {censored}er. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 So my Variax is an offset? [ Doesn't look like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarSlim101 Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 That is a sexy guitar, Bob. I've always liked the non-reverse Firebirds. And the reverse Firebirds. Maybe I'll build a non-reverse to go along with the reverse I built a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 dollar cars Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 i will get into an altercation over offset awareness. rambo style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hiwatt Bob Posted August 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 Thanks broas. Definitely some offset learnin happening up in hurr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 way {censored}ing cooler than that travvy bean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 i would think a short vibrola would look better on it. i am bothered that the base of it doesn't extend all the way to the end of the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hiwatt Bob Posted August 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 do you have ocd honk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 maybe a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 So my Variax is an offset? [ No, not really. There may be some slight offset of a degree or two, but compare it to the guitar juri posted. That's a true offset waist. Nice Gatemouth Brown clip Mike. That man was such a bad-@$$ player. :phil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 way {censored}ing cooler than that travvy bean It's not even close IMO. I'd much rather have the 'bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 Nice Gatemouth Brown clip Mike. That man was such a bad-@$$ player. :phil: He was incredible to see live. I had no idea who he was when I saw him back in '88 and he comes up on stage smoking a pipe and carrying a fiddle under his arm and I'm all 'WTF' this is gonna suck. Then he puts the fiddle down, picks up the Firebird and rips into 'Pressure Cooker' first song without saying a word. I was blown away at how good he was. He was a contemporary of T-Bone Walker who is much more famous because of 'Stormy Monday', but Gate was a much cooler guitarist, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arthurdent'd Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 the sound of one hand fapping..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 He was incredible to see live. I had no idea who he was when I saw him back in '88 and he comes up on stage smoking a pipe and carrying a fiddle under his arm and I'm all 'WTF' this is gonna suck. Then he puts the fiddle down, picks up the Firebird and rips into 'Pressure Cooker' first song without saying a word. I was blown away at how good he was.He was a contemporary of T-Bone Walker who is much more famous because of 'Stormy Monday', but Gate was a much cooler guitarist, IMO. the canned heat at montreal thing was the first i'd heard of him. he stole the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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