Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

I read that also Jeff. Not sure which book as I have a few, but thinking maybe Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick - their engineer. Possibly in Beatles Gear or Beatles Encyclopaedia.
I don’t remember why they did it either. But it was a band request. It sounds like a Lennon request to me. I can imagine “you’re so clever, turn my speaker into a microphone”. But that’s just my imagination.

Beats me what I would do with one of these, since I already get a pretty good kick drum recorded sound with what I already have. But, nothing exceeds like excess.

 

[bobyoung53]

I’ve dinged every bass I’ve owned.
And i don’t care.

I’ll smash them all.

I was brutal with basses when I was a kid, I've gotten much better. My first bass was a 1970 P bought brand new, sold it two years later and then saw it for sale a few weeks later as a Pre CBS (it was so beat) Surprising that Pre CBS Fenders were even sought after in 1972.

 

[dagrev]

Beats me what I would do with one of these, since I already get a pretty good kick drum recorded sound with what I already have. But, nothing exceeds like excess.

What you said makes me feel better as I was wondering they same thing. Tape sticks to your knees....

 

[bobyoung53]

Can't believe I forgot Mel... who used a pick.
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You know he used a Jazz on his first two or three albums with an EB0 pickup right? So that righteous BIG sound he got on the Red album was like a long scale EB0.

 

[Gaolee]

But which came first? I have my hunches.

I'm absolutely sure that my IQ is significantly lower than it would have been if I hadn't played football and rugby and done a lot of other things like that. All the stitches I ever got are in the noggin. My skull is plenty thick, so that's a bonus. It's probably why I finally took up drums. The sinking IQ meant it was a no-brainer.

 

[bobyoung53]

Some time ago I was thinking of selling my -67 EB3. Sooo happy I didn’t
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Nice, I've got a '65, a '70, and a long scale '70 that got shipped to me with a broken headstock and I implored the mor....er seller to please be careful with how he packed it. I've got to get it fixed next time I'm in the states.

 

[bobyoung53]

Mine was Cherry. If it had looked like yours(walnut?), it'd never have been sold.

I like the cherry better and sold a slothead at one time because it was walnut.

 

[dagrev]

You know he used a Jazz on his first two or three albums with an EB0 pickup right? So that righteous BIG sound he got on the Red album was like a long scale EB0.

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Yeah, I just love that P with the mirror guard. He is about the only person I liked how their distortion sounded for bass. The second live album was tame compared to the first. Love both. I didn't know when he used what. That's interesting.

 

[Gaolee]

I’ve dinged every bass I’ve owned.
And i don’t care.

I’ll smash them all.

I thought you corroded them all.

 

[Gaolee]

Every bass or guitar for me. Big Headstock Todd on the VP has whacked the ceiling at least twice in the Room of Requirement. One of them - I think the basic IV and my heavily modded Hagstrom I, ran into a ceiling fan in another room.

The ceiling in the Basement Of Bad Ideas is not quite 7 feet. Everyone who has ever played there has left a ding in the ceiling. It's a rite of passage. Since I live upstairs, every headstock I own has met the ceiling at least once. The doghouse has a constellation of ceiling dents above where it lives on its stand, and the top of the scroll has corresponding dings. It is an occupational hazard in the basement.

 

[Gaolee]

If it makes you feel any better......


....my 2020 Vintage Pro

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My VP is a 2017, and it had a big bash in the finish on the lower bout when I got it. It's black, and I'm not a huge fan of black instruments. It may get refinished one day, although I don't play it that much. That's probably a sin.

 

[Gaolee]

Looks like the wear on the finish at the end of the neck is normal/expected on these basses? Mine has the same.

Yep.

 

[WillyW]

fedshag says wednesday....

I'm hoping by saturday....

 

[bobyoung53]

Yeah, I just love that P with the mirror guard. He is about the only person I liked how their distortion sounded for bass. The second live album was tame compared to the first. Love both. I didn't know when he used what. That's interesting.

He got that distortion from cranking 200 watt tube West amps with the Jazz with EB0 pickup:

He switched to the P bass for the Closer to Home album, he's a monster and one of my favorite bassists of all time. THAT BONG RATTLING SOUND.
Crank it up!

 

[MCF]

It’s actually an 1991 Orville, with the wrong trc. I bought it in Stockholm some years ago, and stupidly sold it in the end of last year. It used to belong to Ulf ”Rockis” Ivarsson (solo artist, bassist and producer for Thåström and much more).
The reason I sold it was my 1990 Gibson TB, that just got all the playing time… but as always, the day after selling it, I was banging my head in the wall for beeing so stupid

Repeat after me. Never sell a Thunderbird.

 

[MCF]

Stop it!

Yes, without doubt. Professionals no less.

I'm holding out for a used Burgundy NR one day. If I get one, it's going to be a super deal (almost theft), or exactly the color I want at a great price. May even need to think about selling something first, but shipping is crazy now and not likely to get better. I really don't need another bass. (Stop laughing. I'm serious. Mostly. Kind of.)

But the one on Facebook is in Kentucky!

 

[MCF]

We have a few hundred freakin' turkeys in the 50 acres around our property. My wife hates guns, but I am allowed to break out my air gun and pop them in the butts (no damage, just a bit of Pavlov) to get them off the landscaping. Talk about poop machines.

Free fertilizer.

 

[JJR58]

I thought you corroded them all.

That too!

 

[JJR58]

I was brutal with basses when I was a kid, I've gotten much better. My first bass was a 1970 P bought brand new, sold it two years later and then saw it for sale a few weeks later as a Pre CBS (it was so beat) Surprising that Pre CBS Fenders were even sought after in 1972.

I had a few Pre CBS’s in my day.
Wish I knew then what I know now, as the saying goes.

 

[Stealth57]

Free fertilizer.

Yes, on the grassland 50 acres, but my landscaping is Southwestern using California Gold Fines (think coarse sand). So you end up with poop sitting on top of a hard surface. No way to scoop it up as it is more like jello