Thunderbird Club Pt 6
 

Continued from http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/thu...pt-5-a-923476/

First!

Lookin' good!

Haven't posted my baby in a long time.

Need to get a gold bridge and bridge cover.

A big Thank You to our moderator Mr. SMPerry for starting a new thread, I'll bring the list over later today, hard to belive we're over 5,000 post and who knows how many views - Rock on Thunderbird brothers and sisters ;)

Me and my best '76!

Replay of me on my Bird at The Taphouse in Virginia Beach last fall...

To get back on the straplock issue from the previous thread.
I use rubber washers (from the dutch Grolsch beers) only disadvantage is that you can't take the strap off easily. The advantage (imho) is that it doesn't make the strapthingy bigger (seeing with my Tbird pro it's on the back of the body, if I screw in some strap locks, they poke in my stomach xD)

Besides great reviews, this is a big reason I got the LOXX. Very low profile.

Another action shot:

Well I can be the first to join the club in the new thread! Just picked up this bird today for $197 bucks...was supposed to be 200, but I bought a drink on the way there! :)

Came with the case...though it's a little beat up and smells like cats. Not sure if I can even keep the case as I'm allergic to cats, but I'll try febreezing it and cleaning it as best I can. I think the bass could use a good cleaning too. I want all the POs slime off it! :)

It's not quite a Subaru, but I thought I'd have to have my first photo of the bird be in the true fashion of the Subey post!


This was my previous car...the original crossover 4wheel drive car! :)


Some Subey love too!


And back on topic. Here are a couple more pics of my bird.




Look forward to getting some playing time with this bass. From what the PO said I believe it's like a 2010. China made. No blemishes in the body really. Tried the strap on it and the neck pointed at like a 45 degree angle toward the ground. I've seen how some of you have relocated the strap location. Hope that helps.

Well if everyone else is posting a picture.......

The roster
 

Okay,
Here's our updated roster, I wanted to be sure and catch blackest frank #347 who posted near the end of the last thread. Welcome and beautiful your Thunderbird!
I'd also like to welcome and thank prafeston #348 for the great pics and laugh, you guys with the cars and bass are all the best!
And a big welcome to snaverb #349 on our roster with two gorgeous 'Birds :bassist:

As always post up pictures of your shows, or just of your Thunderbirds - We love it! Questions? thoughts......ask away!


TBird1958 #1
Godof Thunder59 #2
Funkster#3
Gibenbackerbass #4
Sidd Laroy #5
Jazzbo58 #6
Tender Prey #7
Showdown #8
The Mojo Hobo #9
Doctorpunch #10
Stiles72 #11
Brenner182 #12
Baird6869 #13
Poorbassist15 #14
PWV #15
Mr Typhus #16
Tracii #17
Aditya #18
amimbari #19
knifedge #20
Nitrofix #21
Atoz #22
bassphreak #23
Seydlitz #24
bassclef112 #25
bassplayer8953 #26
D.M.N. #27
Edhunter #28
kruno maestro #29
Tombowlus #30
Kalik #31
winterburn69 #32
Walter Vega 33
Carlos 840 #34
Shadowtippy #35
Saltymonkey #36
lel95 #37
gaffster787 #38
mc2ny #39
Low Sound Love #40
BrianKrashpad #41
Deep Six #42
BenEd #43
Bassmachine2112 #44
ponkoponk #45
Heatheroo #46
darkside 88 #47
GCool#48
TedhHernstorm #49
Darbo #50
uncletupelo #51
Vaider #52
Rip Topaz #53
bmb73 #54
Badfish #55
Afireinside #56
Redstrand #57
reptyls #58
dabido #59
96tbird #60
whilke #61
JIO #63
thebrain #64
Rob Martinez #65
bazzandeson #66
PhR #67
Dr.Eagle #68
lowend1 #69 Mopar or no car!
Basvarken #70
s mcsleazy #71
Burruss #72
Matty H #73
moonshinegtrs #74
bass lord mutha #75
jumbodbassman #76
davidprice #77
A-Step-Towards #78
birdman14 #79
Quadzilla #80
jbalou02 #81
johnk 10 #82
electrocoyote #83
ih8law #84
muzukman7 #85
3rdcurve #86
rdwil191 #87
BluesBear #88
JAF #89
Swin #90
TBirdie #91
bassplayerbob #92
trevorguns #93
Clammy #94
jammi_fool #95
Molochnik #96
Rocker47 #97
Shark1 #98
BlueTalon #99
Fab Superlative #100
Doragon #5150
ThumpsAlot #102
Doelle #103
AllyDetours #104
Southway #105
mav #106
tw63 #107
Casperrobo #108
Killa #109
roffe #110
SOB H.R.MC #111
icks #112
thepunisher #113
PatQ #114
Venom of God #115
Jirishman #116
Midas #117
GibsonBassCAZ #118
snowblinder #119
Tilli #120
3l3phantstomp #121
Thrust Meatnozl #122
gaudenti #123
Birdbrain #124
CBTB #125
greghol #126
DV6 #127
marlond #128
DWest1981 #129
Shinji #130
jaibeau #131
Warrioralex #132
jonesn4bass #133
Rono7003 #134
hillerup #135
Dadagoboi #136
MRDOOM #137
secretsound5 #138
trevorguns #139
J Sinister #140
Capitian Bob #141
guitarded #142
Fullback32 #143
Johnny78 #144
jelenko #145
Jools4001 #146
Porkbun #147
Lucas G #148
NOT #149
JtheB #150
Andii Syckz #151
sj bass #152
FrankenIbanez70 #153
Nosgoth #154
Artyom76 #155
D Bopp #156
CDRhom #157
Mark4 #158
thepest #159
TheCush #160
Pure eVal #161
iamthebassman #162
juankidiaz #163
Wilbur88 #164
WillMuderface #165
Evsm73 #166
JB66#167
brettsto #168
TheProphet #169
mikeowen17 #170
Pharaohamps #171
dial666 #172
faivy #173
HAVOK #174
Astroburn #175
aLLard #176
MissionTbird #177
Thebassman2011 #178
DaM13N # 179
LanOsb133 #180
Lowner #181
Frankiebass59 #182
Justice #183
tiger rich #184
spunkadizzle #185
quadrogong #186
Wolf C Red #187
guitarded #188
ledzep5296 #189
aussiebasshero #190
trackskinz#191
guns N rosesguy #192
Jamyi #193
Thunderbird90 #194
Cobra314 #195
Ric5 #196
ApocalypseDream #197
Gougedeye #198
okc-zee #199
NOLA Bass #200
AdamR #201
bassmaniac72 #202
pudge #203
BWileyTally #204
poomwah #205
chibfarm2001 #206
thisSNsucks #207
mr.mow #208
4005 #209
seansv #210
BassDoc51 #211
ben0099 #212
Trooper1911 #213
mordor #214
brotondo #215
HIaWATTha #216
Zerstorte Zelle #217
MrNecroVol #218
Freddy-G #219
Regininblood #220
ejaggers #221
gregoire1 #222
thundereagle #223
Geezer79 #224
cubanbass #225
Silverwolf1 #226
Mikaelbass #227
BruceBass3901 #228
Chris V #229
Mikaelbass #230
JayBassD #231
JMPeat #232
Phildogger #233
beebassdude #234
MrGotBass #235
2nd Wind #236
butter_fingers #237
Chumbly #238
roycroft 88 #239
finlover #240
recycled rocker #241
wolfmancharlie #242
balton4 #243
GregBummer #244
penguineman #245
TheOnlyJuan #246
nubs #247
Gringo Starr #248
PhR #249
georgestrings #250
cajunbass1985 #251
Wagz #252
armedmonkey #253
RedNeckBBQ #254
faviobarrio #255
PhantomApex #256
cmassa #257
vbass_2000 #258
MrMcHaggis #259
Linchpin72 #260
whitee96 #261
edpal #262
Ibanez Bassist #263
21petro #264
CiceroProfundo #265
Willncarolina #266
theweirdoid #267
Gaolee #268
TheLarch #269
Castagnier #270
diskovolos #271
fordkisskrazy #272
woodski #273
chipter #274
Unclejackrock #275
Bass173 #276
tbird99 #277
tore00 #278
lepreconbass13 #279
Junk420 #280
Tx Basser #281
epirokker #282
sugarsand #283
thebbconspiracy #284
Dionioann #285
LumberjackTBird #286
MikeyB5 #287
Thunders #288
anonparrot #289
darren1970 #290
Egbert89 #291
seBASStien #292
Figas #293
Vikerlane #294
ps10black #295
eldo #296
GGirl #297
FenderLove #298
quite_angry #299
hover #300
bdkthunder #301
MoSlevin #302
Gbass75 #303
rocknroll mouse #304
hillerup #305
GBassNorth #306
KPJ #307
fjadams #308
Nino D #309
Ecko #310
Peepaleep #311
DethByDoom #312
wvbass #313
rockscott #314
CDHawkins #315
scourge #316
Astreaux #317
pedrodelawasp #318
66Atlas #319
YOU LAND #320
Hilton Marsh #321
lfbassguy #322
Wolfpack #323
jayceofbass #324
ZombieSpacebat #325
Rotwang#326
Instagator#327
NWOBHM Kid # 328
Puisher 911 #329
Gunner 77 # 330
shadven #331
Guiness20 #332
dukey donkey #333
Bassco #334
chnapz #335
marq1965 #336
1stnamebassist #337
Electric Wizard #338
Ces art #339
liquorsbass #340
MarkusBass #341
BigH #342
Tonyxtiger #343
jnumme #344
BklynKen #345 - First Gibson lefty!
HofnerVox #346
blackest frank #347
prafeston #348
snaverb #349


This one hangs by the dinner table :smug:

37 years of playing Thunderbirds:

TBird1958 - I only have 1 Gibson Thunderbird, that's the same bass, just different pickguard.

My dream is to have 3 - black, white, and sunburst.

Anyone here use a gig/hybrid bag for their Thunderbird? All due respect, I'm not asking why you would never use one, just who is. Living in NYC means that either I use one or nothing. But I'm not thrilled with my options. I got a Mono M80 and I can fit the Thunderbird, but feel uneasy about the headstock pushing the top. But I know that if that's not a problem, it's well-protected. Any other options I've found seem like they'll fall apart or offer little protection. There's one on Amazon that's probably crap, and then the Ritter which I could get sent over from the UK. But everything I've seen about Ritter is that they're not very good. Things rip. So is it a sub-standard bag that actually fits the bass properly, or a fantastic bag that can take it but the bass seems a little too snug?

Thanks.

There are two TBird bags on Ebay. The 30mm thick one was pretty nice imo. I bought one to use when shipping a Bird to Germany and the owner was very happy with it as well. There are others that come up, but they tend to be from the UK so it costs a bit more when you factor in shipping.

I have the Ritter, which I have on occasion used when ease of transport was important, but I was very, very careful with it. It is a well made gig bag, despite what you have heard (at least mine is), but I worry about the headstock and neck without any protection. The bass fits well, and it is well padded. If you need to use a gig bag the Ritter will do you well (assuming they haven't changed them since I bought mine).