Thunderbird Club

[bobyoung53]

I only have a copy, but the bridge PU is where the magic lives. Disconnecting the cap released it.

I've gone back and forth over the years. Hook it, bypass it, I usually end up with it bypassed, it is now. You can get that really old cool Ric sound with them in the circuit though at least with the old 4001's.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I hear a bit more grind in the ‘21 than from the Tbird+ pickups in the ‘13NR with the same eq setting on the Ampeg. Both have stainless steel rounds.

Pickups the same distance from strings?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Glen Campbell made Ovations popular for a few years. He played them a lot on his TV show.

Then Nancy Wilson started playing one.

 

[JIO]

Nitro.

Good to know - if I ever score one for cheap, I want to spray it with Stew Mac's amber clear nitro, and do some creative distressing.

...like this actual late '60s aged Pelham blue example - (modded with a Stingray style bucker)

THUNDERBIRD -

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I don’t know if that’s it, but one funny thing: many think it’s very important to keep the “Made in USA” sticker on. Willy made a bunch of copies and plastered a bass with them.

Might it matter for resale value?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I’d rock that if it had a nice neck and wasn’t too heavy. You can always throw a humbucker in there:
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I love the fretboard coloring.

 

[bobyoung53]

Might it matter for resale value?

No. I have no idea where or why that started. Any stickers on any bass I buy gets ripped off right away.

 

[JIO]

Glen Campbell was one of a number of guitarists who used their acoustics, and I think the electric version. Maybe not this one. I'm ignorant about how many models they may have had.
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He also played a Teisco T-60 Del Rey baritone early on -

- this one was actually his.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Im in South Carolina right now.
But repacking and headed your way.

What part of SC? Why?

 

[bobyoung53]

He also played a Teisco T-60 Del Rey baritone early on -

View attachment 4852464 - this one was actually his.

When I first started coming out to Lima I joined a band and used a 100 watt Teisco lead head they had for bass, it sounded pretty good.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Agreed re EH Geo. I like my Big Muff Pi to get some truly gritty dirt. And their stuff is well made and reasonably priced.

I always loved EH. I still have a rams head BMP for guitar. But both my (purchased new) bass pedals started doing feedback howling tricks about the time the warranty ran out. 8^(

 

[Miles_ONeal]

…
It would be cool to have a sticky for this club listing every different type of Tbird shaped object in the club along with some pics. We have Spector, Hamer, Jackson, Greco, Orville, Lull, Epiphone, Gibson, Homemade, Warmoth, and countless others.

Either a sticky or a wiki

 

[godofthunder59]

Good to know - if I ever score one for cheap, I want to spray it with Stew Mac's amber clear nitro, and do some creative distressing.

...like this actual late '60s aged Pelham blue example - (modded with a Stingray style bucker)

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THUNDERBIRD -
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That's a modded Bach Nonreverse not a Gibson.

 

[JIO]

That's a modded Bach Nonreverse not a Gibson.

ok... still dig it

 

[MCF]

Good to know - if I ever score one for cheap, I want to spray it with Stew Mac's amber clear nitro, and do some creative distressing.

...like this actual late '60s aged Pelham blue example - (modded with a Stingray style bucker)

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THUNDERBIRD -
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I stupidly passed on a LPB +or- 70 Mustang that a Sacto music store had in 2016. It had a very similar look. They wanted 1K for it. In hindsight, that was a great price.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Likely gave him one of these...

We accept him because he's not right like the rest of us.

When I first moved to Austin, a common bumper sticker was “We’re all here because we’re not all there.” That could be one of the TC mottos.

 

[MCF]

Good to know - if I ever score one for cheap, I want to spray it with Stew Mac's amber clear nitro, and do some creative distressing.

...like this actual late '60s aged Pelham blue example - (modded with a Stingray style bucker)

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THUNDERBIRD -
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The Debutantes were an underrated pioneering all female band. They changed players often, but had a great sound. Little Steven pays tribute to them on his LSUG channel. And deservedly so. They influenced the Go Gos and the Bangles, just to name a couple.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

thanks man…like a Rhodes, in a class by themselves due to their timbre generating method….with respect to Hammonds, you’d be surprised how “modifiable” they can be…..
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They have enough parts to build just about anything from one.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Ah, to have a B3

Installed permanently in your home. They’re a bear to move.

 

[MCF]

I always loved EH. I still have a rams head BMP for guitar. But both my (purchased new) bass pedals started doing feedback howling tricks about the time the warranty ran out. 8^(

Huh. I really like my Pi.