Thunderbird Club

[cyberhawk]

As far as fretless Jazzes, Fender is very slow to adapt for some reason. You would think they would have been using ebony for years so many people used to epoxy the necks for round wounds, Fender still doesn't offer an ebony fretless Jazz neck for some reason.[/QUOTE]

You haven't seen this? (P Bass)

Fender Artist Series Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass 3-Color Sunburst, Ebony - US21008220-9.70 lbs | Reverb

 

[dagrev]

Exactly!!! And you having the experience that you have, I’ve got a lot of respect for.

PillO has experience in "Film"? What kind of exposure are we talking about here?

 

[dagrev]

I only more recently noticed it at all. When I got it in '78, it wasn't "like new", but it could have been considered a "closet classic". I put most all dings in it since then.

Mine has had "the repair" so the finish is all good there.

 

[dagrev]

I guess you can’t mention weapons or you get scolded…I thought exploding headstock’s qualified?

Hummm. I need to find rules again to be reminded of what I don't remember.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Like all rounds they lose some brightness. But they gain some nice thick punch with more low mids than most rounds, at least in my applications. Some think they go dead quick, but I'm never looking for really bright so they work well on one of the VPs and a G&L.

hey, no complaints from me, they’re still on there and will stay there…..

 

[JIO]

Watching the movie Summer of Soul and came across the Chambers Brothers set...
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For sure - he was a T-bird player from the beginning -

 

[DJ Bebop]

Greetings from the North,

I just watched it last weekend. It got me wondering if he used that TBird in the studio on Chambers Brothers hit tracks like 'Time' and 'Lets Get Funky'.

Rezdog

According to this post, probably yes...

Thunderbird Club

 

[Nocturnal]

Apparently Duck Dunn had a Thunderbird as well.

Donald “Duck” Dunn | Vintage Guitar® magazine

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Apparently Duck Dunn had a Thunderbird as well.

Donald “Duck” Dunn | Vintage Guitar® magazine

that’s gotta be the one from the AC/DC video…

 

[Nocturnal]

Since it was a gift from Cliff, it seems pretty likely that is the same one.

 

[JIO]

Apparently Duck Dunn had a Thunderbird as well.

Donald “Duck” Dunn | Vintage Guitar® magazine

Love this piece of (vid) history - as the T-bird was a gift.., I doubt he played it much.

The B3 was such an important part of late '60s-early/mid '70s music.

 

[TBird1958]

Nicely modded Bird on Reverb - No affiliation.

Gibson Thunderbird 2013 Ebony | Reverb

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I've never seen a band go on with grass skirts, I'm sure it has happened, maybe with watermelon helmets. Nothing would surprise me. In the event anu band did, I would hope they have sox on just incase.

I have worn a grass skirt and coconut bra to dance behind a ~10 y/o singing "All I Want for Christmas is a Hippopotamus" in a talent show at church.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I recently picked up my first Thunderbird, an Epiphone T-Bird Pro 4 string in transparent black. Love the multi laminate neck and the stealthy appearance.

Post a photo if you want a membership number. Or even if you don't, please!

 

[rumblesaust]

How are youse guys getting pix of my "67"*?

*or whatever year it is. Folks at Gibson said prolly 65. WT7?

Bridge looks the same as my 65.
I thought that changed bridges by 67

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I strongly dislike all of the Fender & Fender-ish headstock & body shapes

It's why I don’t have any, don't want any.

Well, that, and the ergos are atrocious, imo....

It's funny. I love, love, love playing Strats[1]. And I get along well enough with a couple of other Fenders. But Teles are marginal, and their acoustics and basses mostly leave me feeling "Meh!" at best.

[1] And looking at, and hearing, and snuggling, and ...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Greetings from the North,

I just watched it last weekend. It got me wondering if he used that TBird in the studio on Chambers Brothers hit tracks like 'Time' and 'Lets Get Funky'.

Rezdog

"Time" sure sounds like it. The vids I can recall all show him with a Thunderbird.

 

[PhR75]

Telecaster headstock is my favourite Fender headstock. There, I've said it. And not reversed. Looks best on Tele or P style basses, not much on a Jazz or a T-bird body ('though that Brooks' TeleBird is an exception).

With them being so fragile I should except these popping off soon:

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Hummm. I need to find rules again to be reminded of what I don't remember.
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As our daughter says, "You can't forget what you can't remember." -Esther

 

[Engle]

In August 2018 I had a Bilateral Lung Transplant. The 9 hour surgery had my arms bent into a bad position that often results in ulnar nerve damage. I couldn't even spread the fingers on my right hand, and my pinkie on that hand felt like it was bring cut open if you touched it with a string. I couldn't write, and could barely hold a fork. Here's a picture of me two weeks later in the hospital playing my uke bass. It took me at least a year to get close to the speed and accuracy that I used to be able to play sixteenth notes with alternating fingers. I started dabbling with pick playing but I'm still a hack at that. Don't lose hope. I'm back to full strength playing-wise.
Unfortunately, I'm writing this from my hospital bed. I spent 19 day in the hospital with pneumonia and a possible fungalinfection, only to be discharged then bounce back in 10 days later with low blood pressure induced fainting and a different infection in my lungs.
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Keep on keepin on. We want to see a photo of you with a Tbird when you get past this!