Thunderbird Club

[godofthunder59]

Ok, I think I'm getting it. So a single pup version could be a cooler way to get a P bass equivalent I guess.

I personally like one pickup Thunderbird IIs so when I build that is what I make, not really thinking about P basses lol. The Cataldo Is a recreation of John's bass, I still don't use the bridge pickup .

 

[Korladis]

'Just got my Epi Classic Pro T-Bird done.
May I please join this outstanding, distinguished, & illustrious club?
As cool as this bass looks, it plays even better.
I got the bass here on TB, w/HSC.
I got the aluminum scratchplate from tolian_soran, in Germany, on eBay.
The scratchplate looks lighter, not as black in person, basically a mirrored finish.
I got the black metal skull knobs from AllParts.
The Hipshot Supertone bridge is available in lotsa places.
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Very nice. One of Ertmer's pickguards.

 

[marko57]

There is a way around this. Just order parts a bit at a time. What came in that package dear? Oh just some bass parts. Nothing makes my wife's eyes glaze over faster .

I know that look all too well! Being in two bands though, I'm always carrying a bass in or out so it's fairly easy to bring a new one in, "Oh this? I had it at work." (we have an informal band at work that performs at company functions). Now, mustering the $$'s to buy said new bass, that's another struggle altogether!

 

[Count Bassie]

Genuine question. What is the appeal of the Fenderbird? It's just a Tbird with a Fender neck, right? Or is there more to it?

John Entwhistle. Caché.

However...

View attachment 978036 My first "Fenderbird" is on the right built in 1981, to the left the more recent Cataldo JAEBIRD .

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Nice 'Birds. Love it esp in black w/ white pickguard. And this is the case for chrome.

 

[Count Bassie]

By the way, on the ride home from work yesterday I pushed on the radio just in time to hear "The Real Me" by the Who, from the beginning. Oh My God.

Oh my God... that is the standard. That is all.

 

[marko57]

Entwistle? 'nuff said?

 

[Christine]

How much practising (on top of raw talent) must someone do to become that good?

 

[marko57]

How much practising (on top of raw talent) must someone do to become that good?

Totally beyond my scope! He makes it look as easy as breathing!

 

[Dadagoboi]

By the way, on the ride home from work yesterday I pushed on the radio just in time to hear "The Real Me" by the Who, from the beginning. Oh My God.

Oh my God... that is the standard. That is all.

Recorded on a FenderBird.

How much practising (on top of raw talent) must someone do to become that good?

If you find Townshend's demos for Quadrophenia on Spotify HIS bass line is pretty much the same as Entwistle's...now THAT's scary.

Here's one of my customers, Jon Campagna, playing 'The Real Me' (live version). Early JAEbird 42 with ThunderBucker 66s.

 

[Klondike]

Ok, now I am perplexed! I changes my "look" of TB and dont really like it but cant find where I changed it!

 

[Haji]

How much practising (on top of raw talent) must someone do to become that good?

Billy Sheehan said "I'm 60 years old. There's nothing I can do that you can't. It may take you 60 years to get there, but..."

 

[vdub75]

Awesome, talented guy! @Dadagoboi

 

[Christine]

Billy Sheehan said "I'm 60 years old. There's nothing I can do that you can't. It may take you 60 years to get there, but..."

Along with 60 years of some serious dedication, more that I could ever have committed to in any aspect of my life. The thing about Entwistle was he was awesome when he was young too, head and shoulders above everyone, that may be a rose tinted view on my behalf of course

 

[Dadagoboi]

Ok, now I am perplexed! I changes my "look" of TB and dont really like it but cant find where I changed it!

Click your avatar at the top of the page, then preferences (the wheel thing). Then go to the dark side.

Jon Campagna, 20...one take

 

[hillerup]

Entwistle? 'nuff said?

How much practising (on top of raw talent) must someone do to become that good?

Totally beyond my scope! He makes it look as easy as breathing!

I don't know, and maybe it's just me... But as great as he was, that solo did absolutely nothing for me, and more often than not I think he had a tendency to "overplay" his basslines....

When watching the video above, I stumbled across this video with the John Entwistle Band doing a cover of Shakin' All Over - What a horrible mess they made out of it...

 

[Dadagoboi]

I don't know, and maybe it's just me... But as great as I he was, that solo did absolutely nothing for me, and more often than not I think he had a tendency to "overplay" his basslines....

When watching the video above, I stumbled across this video with the John Entwistle Band doing a cover of Shakin' All Over - What a horrible mess they made out of it...

Entwistle live in the later years didn't do much for me either. For me his true genius was playing Who songs. NOBODY was playing like this in '66.

 

[hillerup]

Entwistle live in the later years didn't do much for me either. For me his true genius was playing Who songs. NOBODY was playing like this in '66.

Now, that is SO much better....!

Used to have a copy of the old compilation "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bounce" with all the old hits, which I played extensively when I was young. Great songs and very inspiring basslines...

 

[Count Bassie]

I don't know, and maybe it's just me... But as great as he was, that solo did absolutely nothing for me, and more often than not I think he had a tendency to "overplay" his basslines....

When watching the video above, I stumbled across this video with the John Entwistle Band doing a cover of Shakin' All Over - What a horrible mess they made out of it...

Entwistle live in the later years didn't do much for me either. For me his true genius was playing Who songs. NOBODY was playing like this in '66.

Agreed all around. His best work was within the framework of the song, and The Who was the perfect venue for that. With the changes and frenetic drums swirling around him, he was melodically involved while still keeping it on the rails. No wonder so many borrowed from his influence.

 

[Dadagoboi]

On a F#%*in' Mosrite!

 

[hillerup]

Entwistle live in the later years didn't do much for me either. For me his true genius was playing Who songs. NOBODY was playing like this in '66.

On a F#%*in' Mosrite!

Watching Keith Moon playing is just hilarious.... Like watching Animal from The Muppet Show play.

What an amazing drummer he was, with a style all of his own.

A crying shame he passed away so soon - The Who was never quite the same without him.