Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Better than the alternative-AFAIK.

Yah, waking up dead sucks. (but who knows... maybe it's awesome!)

 

[JIO]

No basses with dead spots, Fender or otherwise. Those that had them have flown the coop

I know it occurs but I've yet to own a bass with a 'dead spot' or at least one that I notice playing. I don't look for them so maybe if I did I'd find one - better to let sleeping dogs lie.

 

[JIO]

Neil's great but Stills seems half crazy . Check it out, it's a GREAT flick. It also concentrated on the Buffalo Springfield so I bought a box set of their stuff, they only had three albums so it wasn't too expensive, it did have the first two albums in both mono and stereo. Tom Petty is also a big part of it, plays a 12 string Ric, the 12 string Ric is also a featured part, I've always wanted one of those.

Buffalo Springfield was one of my favorite bands as a pre-teen. I saw them on TV with Neil in the fringe jacket & western hats and I was sold! Neil was my fave but I also liked Steven Stills.

Great bass-line!

 

[bobyoung53]

Buffalo Springfield was one of my favorite bands as a pre-teen. I saw them on TV with Neil in the fringe jacket & western hats and I was sold! Neil was my fave but I also liked Steven Stills.

Great bass-line!

I was covering that tune in a band 5 or 6 years ago, yeah, great tune. We did several Neil Young tunes.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I just realized how unusual the fb position markers are on that bass... two (usually at the 12th fret) at the 9th fret... and 3 dots at the 12th fret. (22 fret neck) My 20 fret '63 Burns of London medium-scale Vista Sonic has three dots at the 12th fret (like yours) - but one dot everywhere else. Small detail... but odd, as in - either all the rest should be doubled, or all the rest single... why doubled only at the 9th, 15th & 17th fret?

If you have to ask, you won't understand.

Seriously, I suspect it's aesthetics.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Clearly not one of us. I'm going to have to stop reading anything you say. (Another rule all true cults have to avoid encountering truth that may not be the approved truth.) Next you'll be trying to talk me into moving to Tejas.

Rather have you than a lot of the folk moving here. Some crazy drivers, among other things. But the Cult'o'Texas demands we just espouse our awesomeness while acting just crazy enough to discourage influx. I'll stop there before I get banned.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Buffalo Springfield was one of my favorite bands as a pre-teen. I saw them on TV with Neil in the fringe jacket & western hats and I was sold! Neil was my fave but I also liked Steven Stills.

Great bass-line!

Great band.

 

[dagrev]

Thanks, maybe I'll check out a set.

(Not me, by the way.)

The evangelism is going well I see!

 

[dagrev]

"my left thumb" No I'm a righty, I think that was my incipient dementia sneaking through, I think I was thinking of my left digit which makes no sense, I know. . Sprains take a long time to heal, I think they take longer than a break.

Some sprains are worse than a break. Much less damage actually done. I was thinking once and did that.

 

[dagrev]

We ARE a cult. And a biker gang. And dorks. And proud of it.

I envision a great sitcom were the Thunderbird Club was stranded on a deserted island along the lines of Gilligan's Island. Everyone is too busy talking Thunderbirds and trying to make them from the trees on the island to build a craft or notice the ships going by that could effect a rescue. I think it would be better than the original. Clearly no laugh track would be needed.

 

[dagrev]

I have a '96 Am Jazz and a '13 Am Hot Rod P/J, the P/J especially has no dead spots which did surprise me, the J has a couple of slightly weaker notes from C to D on the G string but you have to be looking for them to find them. The TF fretless doesn't really have any noticeable dead notes either, it's 6 or 7 years old. I think the newer Fenders are a lot better in that regard than the old ones. I have Roto RS66 on them all. Neither the NR T-bird nor the EB4-L have dead spots, nor does the Ric. La Bella DTB Flats on the EB4-L.

I don't recall that on the Ric I had either. Has anyone every given an intelligent accounting for why those dead/weak spots almost always happen in the same locations on the D or G?

One (more) thing I like about neck-through is the B and C on the E string still sound normal. On a lot of bolt-ons they tend to start sounding flubby or indistinct.

 

[dagrev]

I know it occurs but I've yet to own a bass with a 'dead spot' or at least one that I notice playing. I don't look for them so maybe if I did I'd find one - better to let sleeping dogs lie.

Yes it is...

 

[bobyoung53]

I don't recall that on the Ric I had either. Has anyone every given an intelligent accounting for why those dead/weak spots almost always happen in the same locations on the D or G?

One (more) thing I like about neck-through is the B and C on the E string still sound normal. On a lot of bolt-ons they tend to start sounding flubby or indistinct.

I don't know, I do know they're the bass body resonating at that frequency. If you press the headstock against a wall or something they go away. I have fixed them at least partially in the past with set up, sometimes moving the truss rod(s) will help.

 

[JIO]

Rather have you than a lot of the folk moving here. Some crazy drivers, among other things. But the Cult'o'Texas demands we just espouse our awesomeness while acting just crazy enough to discourage influx. I'll stop there before I get banned.

I never considered that angle. More reason to let Texas succeed from the US - we'd save a lot of money & political grief.

 

[dagrev]

Rather have you than a lot of the folk moving here. Some crazy drivers, among other things. But the Cult'o'Texas demands we just espouse our awesomeness while acting just crazy enough to discourage influx. I'll stop there before I get banned.

Seems maybe the top place the people from Cali are fleeing to these days. Read a funny story the other day from Portugal where so many from Cali are moving there the nationals are about done with it.

 

[Engle]

I know it occurs but I've yet to own a bass with a 'dead spot' or at least one that I notice playing. I don't look for them so maybe if I did I'd find one - better to let sleeping dogs lie.

I had never heard of the issue before reading about it on TB

 

[bobyoung53]

I had never heard of the issue before reading about it on TB

I never knew a long of things before TB like weighing your bass or any head that weighs more than 4 lbs is too heavy.

 

[Thumper]

My first concert was Buffalo Springfield opening for Canned Heat circa 1968

 

[JIO]

Seems maybe the top place people from Cali are fleeing to these days. Read a funny story the other day from Portugal where so many from Cali are moving there the nationals are about done with it.

It's both good and bad news - good because less people, bad for various other reasons. I'll celebrate less people for now.

 

[bobyoung53]

My first concert was Buffalo Springfield opening for Canned Heat circa 1968

Love Canned Heat, both those bands but especially Canned Heat, my first was Ten Years After with The Stooges opening, Boston 1969.