Thunderbird Club

[icefly]

Would love to hear a soundclip!

Soon... maybe ´till next weekend.

 

[JJR58]

We have family over tomorrow and not sure when I will get to the interwebs, but wish everyone a great Thanksgiving. One of the many things I'm thankful for is this club and the members that make life a little bit more full, and dare I say a lot more interesting.

And yes, the same from me to all the gang as well.
Happy and healthy holidays friends.

 

[Count Bassie]

Another track from my "alter ego" project. I almost played it with the VP but ended up using my friend's 1977 Fender Jazz. Suited for the zeuhl-ish bass thing I was after. One friend helped out with the drums, other wrote the melody and played the solo synth.

Well that is interesting! I finally got to this... You're a Prog-Hippie!
Great bass playing, concise but nimble, good sounds. And yes I get all the Yes references, a little old Genesis in there too. Allman-esque guitars here and there.
That's very listenable, I'm finding it in the stack with all the aforementioned groups in my mental vinyl collection (take that the right way...).

 

[godofthunder59]

Happy Thanksgiving my bird brethren! Gooble gooble hey!

 

[Count Bassie]

Happy day everybody, have an excellent weekend, whatever you do.

 

[Nocturnal]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I hope that you all have a great day with your families and enjoy a different type of Bird today.

 

[PhR75]

Well that is interesting! I finally got to this... You're a Prog-Hippie!
Great bass playing, concise but nimble, good sounds. And yes I get all the Yes references, a little old Genesis in there too. Allman-esque guitars here and there.
That's very listenable, I'm finding it in the stack with all the aforementioned groups in my mental vinyl collection (take that the right way...).

I admit the prog part but deny the hippiedom. Visually I admit it but the philosophy has always felt strange even 'though the peace thing is a good thing. I'm too uptight to be a hippie and use wrong drugs anyway (caffeine and chocolate).

 

[Count Bassie]

I admit the prog part but deny the hippiedom. Visually I admit it but the philosophy has always felt strange even 'though the peace thing is a good thing. I'm too uptight to be a hippie and use wrong drugs anyway (caffeine and chocolate).

I only use that as a loose, fun reference... I've come to use it also as a musical reference to indicate a style informed by a cultural element. It's not a personal label, I'm just giving a friendly poke there, all in good fun.
But I hear you, it's not my culture so much, I relate more to a scope including Mountain, Small Faces, Thin Lizzy, FEAR... And then there's Yes, Crimson...
Anyway I enjoyed your sounds. Engaging, and it goes places.

 

[bobyoung53]

I've had four Js over the years and never liked them as much as a Pbass and certainly not a Thunderbird. Single coils never really hit the magic zone for me. That is until I put some SIT Dave Elffeson strings on the '62. For my tastes it's the best sound I've ever had our of a Jazz. Everything else has been OK to kind of good, but I love playing this bass now and look forward to it. I'm trying different strings on the '71 and the SIT Power Steels sound very good and may be the string. All that to say, possibly more string experiments may yield better results than you are currently experiencing. I honestly resigned myself to having two Js that were rare and cool, but just sounded OK. I got the Dave Elffeson's on a fluke for $14 and so glad I took a chance on them.

I grew up with P basses and Rics and it took me a long time to get used to Jazzes as it did Thunderbirds, if fact I'm still getting used to Thunderbirds. I know I sound like a broken record but I think they key for me for both was putting Roto Swing 66 SS's on them. I like the dirtiness of Rotos, I'm just an old rocker I guess. Those are like my home base for round wound strings, except for old Gibsons which I usually put La Bella DTF's on which are my home base for flats. By the way:



HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Edit: I promise to more diligently reread my posts to find my excessive typos.

 

[Gaolee]

I take your point and the concern. Fair question and one many of us have wondered about as well. I doubt the fake aspect as the most probable explanation, however. (China would be another matter and they would almost certainly be fakes.) I suspect that there are buyers who were/are smart enough to get their hands on US instruments. It may (or may not) be more complicated than that, but I don't think anyone really knows for sure, I sure don't. As for Gibson serial numbers...that's just a mess. Gibson at times reused them and had different systems so there is overlap at times. Sometimes showing different years or even instrument: your bass may be a 2005 or a 1956 Acoustic, for example. I have a bass that could be a guitar of a very different decade. It's clearly not a guitar, so you have to go with the year for the bass. I hope you get some good possible suggestions.

The serial number on my EB-2 means it could have been built a number of different years. 1968 is my best guess based on the bridge and tuners, but it could be a 1967, 1969, 1972, or who knows. I am 100% sure it is real, because I got it in 1982 when nobody wanted a Gibson bass and it was dirt cheap.

 

[bobyoung53]

The serial number on my EB-2 means it could have been built a number of different years. 1968 is my best guess based on the bridge and tuners, but it could be a 1967, 1969, 1972, or who knows. I am 100% sure it is real, because I got it in 1982 when nobody wanted a Gibson bass and it was dirt cheap.

I have a cherry '66, it's got the bar bridge which actually intonates perfectly on this bass, I love that bass but I've been afraid to take it on a plane even thought it's built like tank.

 

[Engle]

Think of the Grateful Dead as a Trippy version of the Allman Brothers Band. Long rambling free form jams that sometimes turn into a structured song, sometimes not, sometimes relaxing, sometimes frantic but always fitting for the drugs at hand. Prime example…

Now combine that with the perfect lock step high energy progressive rock style of the early Yes years (think Fragile album) and you have your band (at least on that one song). I love the style and the sound!

I like the Allman Brothers, but just can’t grok the Dead, even though I’ve tried multiple times.

 

[TBird1958]

Last night's Thanksgiving pre funk......

Gin from British Columbia...............

Makes a great Negroni, and a happy Mr. Liver.

Off to the Family, we're having German food today, Queen is cooking - Happy Thanksgiving All!

 

[Instagator]

Happy Thanksgiving Bird lovers.
We are doing the southern thing with birds today.

The kids bring their “ extra” birds to
insure premium left overs to go.
One for the table and two to go.
Cheers everyone!

 

[bobyoung53]

I like the Allman Brothers, but just can’t grok the Dead, even though I’ve tried multiple times.

I love the Allman Brothers, the Dead were an acquired taste for me. I liked their hits during the 70's riding that train etc. but couldn't get into their albums and especially the live stuff I had heard. I've had SiriusXM since 2008 and there's a Dead channel so started gradually putting that on here and there and realized that there were times when they were actually very good live and even Phil sometimes played it straight but that he excelled in jazzy type material. I think this is the tune that made me realize that they were actually really good musicians and just like to jam whether they knew the tune or not :

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Rosa does the turkey I do the rib…..
HAPPY THANKSGIVING Y’all!!!

 

[Stealth57]

Happy Thanksgiving Bird lovers.
We are doing the southern thing with birds today.View attachment 4883790
The kids bring their “ extra” birds to
insure premium left overs to go.
One for the table and two to go.
Cheers everyone!

Turducken?

 

[GBassNorth]

I like the Allman Brothers, but just can’t grok the Dead, even though I’ve tried multiple times.

The Dead is certainly an acquired taste. You have to be in the proper state of mind to enjoy most of it. Much more laid back, drawn out and trippy than most people like. More of an experience than pure entertainment.

 

[Gaolee]

I have a cherry '66, it's got the bar bridge which actually intonates perfectly on this bass, I love that bass but I've been afraid to take it on a plane even thought it's built like tank.

My EB-2 is also cherry. It is the two pickup model and has an adjustable bridge. Both came along in late '67 so far as I know. There was never a mud button on mine. It has a metal filler plug that I have seen on one other EB-2 listed as all original somewhere. Unlike that one, mine has a Model One instead of a mudbucker and the wiring is all butchered up. I never made any changes because it sounds way too good as-is.

And, like yours, it will never go on a plane. None of my instruments is likely to ever go on a plane.

 

[PhR75]

I only use that as a loose, fun reference... I've come to use it also as a musical reference to indicate a style informed by a cultural element. It's not a personal label, I'm just giving a friendly poke there, all in good fun.
But I hear you, it's not my culture so much, I relate more to a scope including Mountain, Small Faces, Thin Lizzy, FEAR... And then there's Yes, Crimson...
Anyway I enjoyed your sounds. Engaging, and it goes places.

No offense taken and I'm very used to being called a hippie. My own fault of course. And I could be called worse.

Thanks for the compliments too, very appreciated.