Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

SIT 50-105 Flats arrived, installed, tuned. Feel a lot different from the EBCFs. Not unhappy, just not too certain-yet. Gig Saturday, report after.

 

[WillyW]

SIT 50-105 Flats arrived, installed, tuned. Feel a lot different from the EBCFs. Not unhappy, just not too certain-yet. Gig Saturday, report after.

stiff or squishy?

 

[GonePlaid]

stiff or squishy?

Not squishy. Gotta give 'em time to s-t-r-e-t-c-h in.

 

[BklynKen]

SIT 50-105 Flats arrived, installed, tuned. Feel a lot different from the EBCFs. Not unhappy, just not too certain-yet. Gig Saturday, report after.

What kind of difference in feel? And what about tone?

 

[WillyW]

Not squishy. Gotta give 'em time to s-t-r-e-t-c-h in.

cool, I call TI flats squishy and 7ender flats stiff.

cobalts maybe stiff side of middle

pyramids squishy side of middle

 

[BklynKen]

Here's a 2013 PB NR with Lollars in it.

Gibson Thunderbird 2013 Pelham Blue | Reverb

 

[GonePlaid]

What kind of difference in feel? And what about tone?

IDK yet. I played on 'em for a few minutes through my practice amp(which is very different from my gigging amps). I get a bit of 'squeak' that I didn't get with the EBCFs. Tone is comparable; feel is not as smooth. We'll see after a gig or 2. E has major cojones, but less sustain than the EBs. Again, I gotta give them-and me-time to get used to each other.
[practice amp]

 

[WillyW]

IDK yet. I played on 'em for a few minutes through my practice amp(which is very different from my gigging amps). I get a bit of 'squeak' that I didn't get with the EBCFs. Tone is comparable; feel is not as smooth. We'll see after a gig or 2. E has major cojones, but less sustain than the EBs. Again, I gotta give them-and me-time to get used to each other.

the SIT nickle roundworms I tried impressed me enough that I’d try the flats, but I’ll need to buy another bass…

Here's a 2013 PB NR with Lollars in it.

Gibson Thunderbird 2013 Pelham Blue | Reverb

 

[PillO]

I wish someone would make an older '70s Freightliner Conventional in HO!

Have you seen this nice Kenworth and the Peterblit 359 from Brekina?

Sorry, model train dork here.

It's early Thursday.

The comedy geek in me wants to see a box car for the Susquehanna Hat Company... The logo can be a boater with a fist punching out the top.

 

[PillO]

There's enough clank for my taste when I play with a pick and changing where you place your fingers obviously gives different tone as well.

Well, I suppose where you place your fingers does change the tone or the semitone. Some people call them notes...

 

[PillO]

SIT 50-105 Flats arrived, installed, tuned. Feel a lot different from the EBCFs. Not unhappy, just not too certain-yet. Gig Saturday, report after.

Feel different from EBCF!

 

[BklynKen]

TT Part II

 

[TBird1958]

Happy Thunderbird Thursday!

Spent some of the day getting the tidy as we'll have Thunderbird club guests soon.

 

[Gaolee]

No need. This is naturally occuring.

 

[Gaolee]

Here's a 2013 PB NR with Lollars in it.

Gibson Thunderbird 2013 Pelham Blue | Reverb

He's open to offers. It's still more than $500 more than I ever paid for a Thunderbird. Now excuse me, please, I have some clouds to shout at.

 

[Gaolee]

TT Part II

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One of the few Ampegs I would ever want.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Here's a 2013 PB NR with Lollars in it.

Gibson Thunderbird 2013 Pelham Blue | Reverb

nice bass…too bad TB+ pups are wider than 60’s making one have to get a new pg to look right…irony is, the innards are probably close in dimension…..

 

[Butcherboy]

TT…
…cat Aldo was out on rehearsal tonight…here with it’s lightweight sister Suzie (both about 3,7 kg)…

 

[Nocturnal]

Fraternal twins for Thunderbird Thursday.

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Nice pair!!!

from what I understand, BaCH built the NRs from requests from folks in the club……I swapped the claw for a more vintage looking
one from Scott but always wondered about the saddle section….does anyone know if that design was specifically designed for this effort or, was it repurposed from another bass (can’t think of one)?….great bridge…
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I don't remember seeing those bridges available on the parts market prior to the Bach basses being released. A while after the Bach's were released I saw the bridges at Philadelphia Luthier Supply, but that doesn't mean they weren't available there before. I remember seeing a lot of Tune-O-Matic bass bridges on the market, but not any like the Bach bridge. In the back of my brain I feel like there is a memory of Bach sourcing the bridges specifically for the Bird project. Of course I am crazy so take all of this with a grain of salt.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Nice pair!!!



I don't remember seeing those bridges available on the parts market prior to the Bach basses being released. A while after the Bach's were released I saw the bridges at Philadelphia Luthier Supply, but that doesn't mean they weren't available there before. I remember seeing a lot of Tune-O-Matic bass bridges on the market, but not any like the Bach bridge. In the back of my brain I feel like there is a memory of Bach sourcing the bridges specifically for the Bird project. Of course I am crazy so take all of this with a grain of salt.

and of course, not wanting to put you on the spot I asked an open question; knowing it would be you coming back with the insight…..
thanks