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Thunderbird Club

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have not posted in a while. My one and only
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hillerup said:
She's pretty... Nice job on the vintage modification. :)

She needs company, though - Birds usually tend to flock together... ;)
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You know, this is the first Gibson bass I've owned. Always played that other brand. Had a friend who only played Gibsons, mostly EB 3's, but also an old TBird. Loved his sound on that and never forgot it. Finally got this one after following the club. This bass plays and feels great, and sounds AWESOME!
 
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hillerup said:
I think the Ironbird is the most uncomfortable looking of those two - Also not forgetting the Widow bass...

That being said, I do however think the Mockingbird is a gorgeous looking instrument... :)
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Agree 100% with you on that Hillerup! Been a mock fan (guitar and bass, have one of each) since the 70's. The guy who originally designed it is a TB member too!
 
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tomshepp said:
You know, this is the first Gibson bass I've owned. Always played that other brand. Had a friend who only played Gibsons, mostly EB 3's, but also an old TBird. Loved his sound on that and never forgot it. Finally got this one after following the club. This bass plays and feels great, and sounds AWESOME!
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When I think back to my first getting Bass ( that was 1974, 40 years ago!) my mother took me to the local Mom n' Pop music store to choose - There were all the usual suspects, a few real Fenders and Gibsons ( my parents weren't going to spring for those!) and quite a few Japanese copies of those two brands. I chose an EB-0 copy because even then I just knew I wasn't a "Fender" person, no slight intended. All these years later I have tried to own a Fender on at least 3 separate occasions (once it was just because I thought I "had" to just to be considered a "serious" bassist) and every time I ended up selling them off, so anymore, I can walk past them in the music store like they're not even there, I'm resistant to their charms! Gibson's when I can find them are quite difficult to resist, last year I had a G-3 reissue to review for a couple months, fantastic bass!
 
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TBird1958 said:
When I think back to my first getting Bass ( that was 1974, 40 years ago!) my mother took me to the local Mom n' Pop music store to choose - There were all the usual suspects, a few real Fenders and Gibsons ( my parents weren't going to spring for those!) and quite a few Japanese copies of those two brands. I chose an EB-0 copy because even then I just knew I wasn't a "Fender" person, no slight intended. All these years later I have tried to own a Fender on at least 3 separate occasions (once it was just because I thought I "had" to just to be considered a "serious" bassist) and every time I ended up selling them off, so anymore, I can walk past them in the music store like they're not even there, I'm resistant to their charms! Gibson's when I can find them are quite difficult to resist, last year I had a G-3 reissue to review for a couple months, fantastic bass!
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See, I'm the opposite. I've TRIED to like Gibson basses (and I love the shapes), but the tones just never do it for me. :( I really with there was a passive P-bass p-up that could go into a T-bird. I'd probably keep mine, instead of trying to sell it. I have thought about potting my own p-ups into T-bird housings, but it would still be about $300 for all the supplies necessary.
 
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awilkie84 said:
I thought about those...but an active P doesn't sound like a P. It's very sterile, by comparison. I'm trying to dial in an 80s/90s punk sound, and just can't do it with the TB.
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I can't argue with that. Someday, though, I hope I decide to spend on a couple of these active EMG TB pickups. I suspect they'd be a nice upgrade for my Pro-IV. (I have no plans to modify my Classive IV Pro or my NR reissue.
 
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awilkie84 said:
I thought about those...but an active P doesn't sound like a P. It's very sterile, by comparison. I'm trying to dial in an 80s/90s punk sound, and just can't do it with the TB.
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I know you're really considering selling that Epi, put it aside for a week or so first - come back to it with a clean slate, zero out the amp and no effects in the chain, it it's still a no go, let it go.
 
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TBird1958 said:
I know you're really considering selling that Epi, put it aside for a week or so first - come back to it with a clean slate, zero out the amp and no effects in the chain, it it's still a no go, let it go.
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I'll second that. Since finally getting my bitsa precision back together with all it's issues sorted I've had to do the same with my tbird as my epi has a set of passive gibson pickups and the precision has an active 80's EMG, such a difference in sound between the two I just made a new set of tones on jamup for the p bass and started from scratch again with the tbird. The result I have two different sets of sounds which are all different but all work with the band :) one benefit of using your iPad as your tone shaping tool I guess ;)
 

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