Recent content by 11th Street Kid

I’m a lucky man! It’s my birthday at the beginning of May and a mystery box arrived at the door early this morning. My wonderful wife said that as she had nowhere to hide it that I must open it now! Wow! 🤩 I’ve wanted a red Thunderbird for 30+ years and this is an absolute beauty, just like my...

Yes, Andertons was the next site I visited after Epiphone’s…

I just spotted these on the Epiphone site. Take my money now, I’ve always wanted a red one!

I love the red ones that show up from time to time but I agree, white is lovely too. I can’t believe that Epiphone have currently discontinued the white model in the Thunderbird 60’s bass line.

Much has been made here and elsewhere of the Ramones all downstroke style but where did Dee Dee and later CJ land their blows? It’s not always easy to see what their right hands were doing in old footage and at the speed their wrists are moving. Dee Dee, from what I can make out, played either...

I replaced the stock strings with them that came on the bass when I bought it new. The specific set I put on were the S.I.T. nickel Rock Brights 45-105. They’re branded as medium-light, so for my specific purposes with that particular bass can take a heavy downstroke attack and deliver a great...

Not immediately, no but changed to a set of SIT nickels within about 3 months, more because there was a specific sound I was shooting for, not because I had any particular issue with the stock strings.

Yeah, the “typical” EQ for my P-bass and my Thunderbird are quite different.

Don’t be surprised if you have to roll off a fair bit of low end with the Thunderbird when doing downstrokes. There’ll still be plenty there but you’ll be amazed at what an earth shaker it is!

Hello, brother! CJ’s solo stuff is absolutely top drawer, love it! I love jamming out some Ramones tunes on my P-bass and absolutely always use the authentic technique when doing so. I do it through a VT Bass DI or should I call it a VT Dee Dee in a Box? I’ve started using the triangular Tortex...

I have these ones. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B017DEH1HU/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1

I don’t have them on my Thunderbird but have a set on my P-bass. CJ Ramone uses them, they’re great for that aggressive, downstroke style and have a decent life.

I got my Thunderbird back from it's pro set up yesterday and it was really worth doing, even if I only ever do it once. He adjusted the nut, levelled and conditioned the frets, replaced the foam in the pickups, replaced the screws in the pickup covers, did the shielding in the pickups and back...

it was made in September 2017, so definitely a Vintage Pro and not the newer 60s Bass version. Looks like a rosewood fretboard to me, I have an Indian Laurel fretboard P Bass and it’s much lighter than that.

This could be down to Epiphone’s rebranding. They changed the name of the Vintage Pro to the Thunderbird 60s Bass fairly recently. The VP listings state rosewood fingerboard whilst the 60s Bass say Indian Laurel. It’s not impossible they might have an older model in stock that has a rosewood...