Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

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People here keep saying that, but just hasn't been my experience. My 2 sets have PLENTY of lows, and decent highs. Mids may be a tad soft in the alder body Jazz, but are fine in the mahogany P. A little TC Spark adds mids to the J. The ProBuckers are still in the Embassy I bought to put in the P, I have never considered for one second replacing the EYs. The P is my favorite bass in 52 years of playing., including Sadowskys, Roscoes, Lull T5, MTD, Fbasses, '66J, Sukop, Elrick, Nordstrom, Dingwalls, etc, etc.

Sorry, referenced the wrong post, I meant to reference the one about EYs being thin on the bottom.

My all-time favorite bass above

The posts I've seen have generally said the EYs are quite close, and only a bit thin when directly compared to some of the others. Have you got any samples with that bass? I think I played something with EYs at Veronica's, but there were so many great basses and nothing compared to the '64 and the Greco. Holy Grails.

 

[dagrev]

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People here keep saying that, but just hasn't been my experience. My 2 sets have PLENTY of lows, and decent highs. Mids may be a tad soft in the alder body Jazz, but are fine in the mahogany P. A little TC Spark adds mids to the J. The ProBuckers are still in the Embassy I bought to put in the P, I have never considered for one second replacing the EYs. The P is my favorite bass in 52 years of playing., including Sadowskys, Roscoes, Lull T5, MTD, Fbasses, '66J, Sukop, Elrick, Nordstrom, Dingwalls, etc, etc.

Sorry, referenced the wrong post, I meant to reference the one about EYs being thin on the bottom.

My all-time favorite bass above

You're just saying that to make yourself feel better. It doesn't look that good and likely doesn't sound much better. But I'll take it off you hands so you can get a better bass.

If it plays and sounds half as good as it looks, it's a keeper for sure!

 

[dagrev]

I jammed last night with the interim worship pastor at our new church, partly just to jam and partly to see about joining the worship team. Had a blast; we gelled really fast. (And yes, I'm in!) Played some new (to me) progressions, too. He loved the sound of my birds through the Rumble. When I asked if he had noticed a preference in the tone of the birds, he indicated the white one. "I wasn't really listening for tone, but I think that one [indicating the CP] had a bit more top end."

I started to disagree, since I'd played the VP first, but reached down to check the tone knob, and sure enough, it was up just a bit (vs off on the VP). He's got a good ear. We like a lot of the same styles, too, from Motown & classic rock through grunge and ska.

Man, it was good to actually play music with a human rather than just practice alone and with recordings! It's been waaaay too long.

That's fantastic Miles! So glad to hear that it went well and you get an opportunity to play. Life seems better when you get to play, even if it's not a couple 45 minute sets.

 

[Gaolee]

And where does one get such Sidewinders, other than trying to steal the Queen's and getting beheaded for it?

I think you scour eBay and Reverb and pretty much everywhere else. I haven't looked for them, so I'm not sure, but I suspect they won't be cheap when you find them. Beheading might start looking like an option.

 

[Gaolee]

The posts I've seen have generally said the EYs are quite close, and only a bit thin when directly compared to some of the others. Have you got any samples with that bass? I think I played something with EYs at Veronica's, but there were so many great basses and nothing compared to the '64 and the Greco. Holy Grails.

The Flamingo had EYs. And yes, you did play it. Next to the Greco, '64, and Lull, it didn't sound as full or as powerful.

 

[GBassNorth]

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People here keep saying that, but just hasn't been my experience. My 2 sets have PLENTY of lows, and decent highs. Mids may be a tad soft in the alder body Jazz, but are fine in the mahogany P. A little TC Spark adds mids to the J. The ProBuckers are still in the Embassy I bought to put in the P, I have never considered for one second replacing the EYs. The P is my favorite bass in 52 years of playing., including Sadowskys, Roscoes, Lull T5, MTD, Fbasses, '66J, Sukop, Elrick, Nordstrom, Dingwalls, etc, etc.

Sorry, referenced the wrong post, I meant to reference the one about EYs being thin on the bottom.

My all-time favorite bass above

That build looks great. I’d be interested in knowing what pot and cap values you used with your EY pups.

 

[Thumper]

That build looks great. I’d be interested in knowing what pot and cap values you used with your EY pups.

Pots are CTS 500s for volume/volume, 250 for tone with .047uf. Also, wired series/parallel. In series, with tone rolled off, real creamy lows, remind me of my '77 fretless P with flats. Sorry for all the errors, just getting over a nasty Neurovirus caught at a weekend barbecue, 10 of 17 came down with it.

 

[Thumper]

You're just saying that to make yourself feel better. It doesn't look that good and likely doesn't sound much better. But I'll take it off you hands so you can get a better bass.

If it plays and sounds half as good as it looks, it's a keeper for sure!

When Pigs fly, monkeys fly out of my a**, you might be able to pry it out of my cold dead hands! All that tone and comfort, only weighs 8 lbs 5 ozs, and approximately $1050 invested. Heck, my Dingwall was $4,700 and the T5 $2,700, Dingwall is wall art and T5 gone...

 

[GonePlaid]

When Pigs fly, monkeys fly out of my a**, you might be able to pry it out of my cold dead hands! All that tone and comfort, only weighs 8 lbs 5 ozs, and approximately $1050 invested. Heck, my Dingwall was $4,700 and the T5 $2,700, Dingwall is wall art and T5 gone...

Video or it doesn't happen.

 

[Thumper]

The posts I've seen have generally said the EYs are quite close, and only a bit thin when directly compared to some of the others. Have you got any samples with that bass? I think I played something with EYs at Veronica's, but there were so many great basses and nothing compared to the '64 and the Greco. Holy Grails.

We have a novice soundman and budding bassist. He is learning his craft, and recording some stuff, wants to get us on line. I'll find out if he has anything I can post, but missing practice tonite, still recovering/contagious from flu.

 

[Thumper]

That build looks great. I’d be interested in knowing what pot and cap values you used with your EY pups.

Similar pots/cap here. Lull gone

 

[dagrev]

When Pigs fly, monkeys fly out of my a**, you might be able to pry it out of my cold dead hands! All that tone and comfort, only weighs 8 lbs 5 ozs, and approximately $1050 invested. Heck, my Dingwall was $4,700 and the T5 $2,700, Dingwall is wall art and T5 gone...

If "Pigs fly, monkeys fly out of your....," I'll pay you twice what you paid for the Dingwall for it!

Sorry to hear about you being sick. Hope you and any family feel better soon.

 

[TBird1958]

After the past few whirlwind days The Pretenders "Back on the Chain Gang" was running through my brain as I rode the Sounder (heavy rail) in to downtown this AM. Hard to come back to Earth after such wonderful days. Love you guys.

White bird Wednesday still a thing?

 

[JJR58]

And where does one get such Sidewinders, other than trying to steal the Queen's and getting beheaded for it?

A question I cannot answer.
And I certainly wouldn’t wanna tangle with Queen V. when it comes to her basses.

 

[Stealth57]

After the past few whirlwind days The Pretenders "back on the Chain Gang" was running through my brain as I rode the Sounder (heavy rail) in to downtown this AM. Hard to come back to Earth after such wonderful days. Love you guys.

White bird Wednesday still a thing?

With you holding my bird

 

[WillyW]

With you holding my bird

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AHEM.....

 

[JJR58]

They get some negative comments, but I like how my '76 sounds. Roto 66s make it pop.

After hearing V’s, I only have good things to say about what I heard.
And still I think they’re the closest thing to Lulls.

 

[Stealth57]

AHEM.....

That didn't take long.

 

[JJR58]

Do you or @TBird1958 recall who made the sidewinders.
Remember, I put the Chinabuckers in the BlingBird as a place holder. They are ok and did provide proof of concept but someday I’ll replace them with better pups. The Lulls have always been high on the list as have been the thunderbuckers and thunder on the tundra pups. Hadn’t given much thought to sidewinders though. Of course the challenge will be to find something in gold.

Hey George, If I'm not mistaken. V’s side winders are original to that bass.

 

[Stealth57]

A friend of my wife is besties with Maria, Carlos’ sister. She’s checking if any update.

Word from Maria was dehydration. Released from hospital shortly after being checked out. Dude works way too hard for a 74-year old.