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Many Just Don't Get IT, Gibson Thunderbird

#281
Nice, David!

I've wanted to chime in a bit more but I see no point to it. I'd rather enjoy the basses I own and hope everybody else does the same.
 
#282
TBird1958 said:
Nice, David!

I've wanted to chime in a bit more but I see no point to it. I'd rather enjoy the basses I own and hope everybody else does the same.
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ya, really! everyone is so quick to bum people out on here just because they don't like something someone else does. i have definite opinions and i speak them, but i'm down with whatever anyone wants to use.
 
#285
kwesi, i changed my mind. i think your caption was better as you wrote it.

tbird, thanks for the invite! haven't been to seattle for years but i loved it when i was there a few years ago, even though it rained the whole time.
 
#286
I never got it until a couple months ago, I finally got one to sound good. The neck isn't really my forte but I like it better than I used to. Now pretty mucht the only basses I'm attracted to is Pbasses, Rays, and Tbirds. My two main idols, Krist Novoselic and J.A.E., used one... just for added measure.
 
#287
Rob Martinez said:
The whole neck dive complaint is so over done. I mean, it's a bass. Play it, and hold on to it. I don't treat my T Bird any different than any other bass. I play it, you HAVE to hold the neck when you play, and between songs, I still hold the neck of the bass, regardless of the brand. It really is a non-issue, unless you wear your bass as a necklace! ;)

The T Bird, like the Rick, is a cool, stylish, iconic bass that is just plain one thousand times more fun and interesting than any boring Fender bass out there! ;) ;)
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Dude I don't know what kind of slow boring music you play where you have time to hold up the neck of a bass an entire show. I play mathy prog metal. My fretting hand is to busy doing finger gymnastics to spend time holding up a bass neck. For me it's not about some look (i'm not that shallow) it's about what I can play & sound quality.
 
#288
tbird36go said:
Dude I don't know what kind of slow boring music you play where you have time to hold up the neck of a bass an entire show. I play mathy prog metal. My fretting hand is to busy doing finger gymnastics to spend time holding up a bass neck. For me it's not about some look (i'm not that shallow) it's about what I can play & sound quality.
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Gee, you're so musically advanced, what will I ever do?:rolleyes:

Who the hell told you to go buy a T Bird and play "mathy prog metal" (whatever the **** that is) with it? Not me, that's fer sher. BUT....

if you played that music with a T Bird, you would be playing to chicks instead of dudes.
 
#290
I don't know what "mathy prog metal" is either, hope it's fun........


On the other hand here's my fave (and the original prog master) Chris Squire playing his Thunderbird.

 
#294
David's beautiful 'Bird has inspired me to play my distant japanese cousin........a customized refinned Orville before heading to work this morning. A little practice before work always makes for a better day.

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#298
I've never liked the sound or feel of a T-Bird, and only half the looks (The brightly colored ones with lots of chrome tend to hit my eye a little better)

I just always kinda looked at them as d*ck envy in bass form. See, I'm only 28, and I get it!
 
#300
davidprice said:
What bass (or guitar) ISN'T phallic?
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True, and some more than others (Waiting for the inevitable wangcaster pic).

With the 'bird its more the "I'm going to tolerate this inferior instrument for the sake of looking badass" attitude. Thats why thunderbirds are so prevalent in hard rock and metal, genres that are mostly testosterone-driven pissing contests to begin with.

And of course there are exceptions to every rule (Kings of Leon and ZZ Top leap to mind), but that doesn't change the fact that it is the rule.

As I think of it, Didn't Billy Gibbons play a P until ZZ Top became so much more image-oriented in the 80's?
 

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