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Thunderbird Club
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- Jun 30, 2010
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As long as he doesn't push the "Suck" button...Except for the sound-man...
Never understood the smuggling?
Or the lack of catheters?
The smuggling was largely/allegedly because Coors:
a) didn't want to try and transport it that far (unpasteurized at the time), so they
b) didn't market it east of TX, and because of that,
c) hadn't gotten license(s) to sell it in those areas.
So, anybody that wanted it, had to get it from an area where it could be sold legally, and transport it quickly because:
1) being unpasteurized it expired quickly without refrigeration, and
2) like anything else where the local/state gov't don't get their cut (e.g., sales taxes and regulatory fees), law enforcement types could become a problem.
The catheters.......well, imo, that seems an in-advisable way to transport illegal booze?
I didn't know that beer had to be pasteurized, makes sense though.
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Not your everyday EB.....
My friend Uwe with a refin, I actually suggested the colors as a joke - Hetook me up on it!
My friend Uwe with a refin, I actually suggested the colors as a joke - Hetook me up on it!
I’d be a nervous wreck with that tripod leg that close to the door and walkway. Other than that - Knock ‘em dead!
I do like the Babicz. They’re built to last a lifetime, I’ve never had any problems with either of mine. I think this witness thing has only been an issue because of the minimal break angle, any other bridge most likely would have the same problem.
Sure looks to be in near perfect condition from what I could see. With current prices... I think it's reasonable/fair. But I would offer a little less anyway.
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It's my understanding that bottled beer is pasteurized, canned beer doesn't require it.
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Not your everyday EB.....
My friend Uwe with a refin, I actually suggested the colors as a joke - Hetook me up on it!
Pretty cool, especially the blue-burst
I'm a fan of 3 pu basses - although the 3 pu's being so close together on that bass probably offer a more bass-centric tone. I have two 3-pu basses with more of a north-south pu spread and love the wider range of sounds/tone they produce. (and can be mixed)
I’m certainly lovin mine…Pretty cool, especially the blue-burst
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I find that the dedicated tone and volume control for each individual pickup is the secret sauce. Maybe not the fastest bass to adjust on the fly when gigging, but then again I rarely ever messed with my tone settings on stage past the sound check anyway. The tonal flexibility of three independently controlled pickups does make for a fantastic studio bass.
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Having specific tone-blend control on each pu would be good. I'd like to try your bass someday in that regard. I'd favor more treble at the neck-hugger for sure. On both of my 3 pu basses, the neck-hugger is my least favored pu, although having that 'deep bass' option is something I've experimented with, especially with effects.
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I am still madly in love with that bass guitar.
I made it about a year ago. It was a Gluff Flame Maple cap on an Alder semi hollow body blank with a Fender flame maple and rosewood bolt on neck. The tuners are Hipshot ultra light lollipops and the bridge and hard tail are from Philadelphia Luthiers. I designed the control layout as three independent Vol/Tone stacks and custom built the pots. The pickups are thunderbird style EY Bass humbucker pickups with the bridge and center pickups in traditional P/J locations and the neck pickup in the Mudbucker location. Strings are Optima Gold round wounds. It has an incredibly broad palette of tones available and is a dream to play.
Here’s what the rest of the bass looks like…
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Somebody always does that when I play.As long as he doesn't push the "Suck" button...
Sweet, congrats! Maybe one day I’ll consider doing a build, but I’m pretty new to bass though I’ve decided the Thunderbird is the best fit for me, love mine.
Come on down, you can jam on all the basses in the house, plenty to choose from.
Now that I’ve had the BlingBird for about a year I’m finding that I go about dialing it in almost completely opposite from all my other birds. On my other Tbirds I have a tendency to solo the neck pup with the tone at half up or less and maybe tweak in a bit of the bridge pickup if needed for clarity or for the mix.
However, on this bird I usually dial the bridge pickup tone to full bright and vol near max, then blend in the neck pickup volume with tone full off to thicken it up nicely and add heft, finally I use the middle pickup volume and tone to fine tune the overall sound and add mid range richness and punch to the mix. The finished product is an exceptionally rich, complex and full sounding tone, more high fidelity than I’ve ever achieved with a passive bass.
I’d love to hear somebody else with more talent and skill than I have play it.
Thanks!
Tbirds are fantastic basses and come in many flavors. I can’t think of a genre that I wouldn’t use one in. You picked a great bass to start with.
I wish I had discovered them early on, it would have saved me a bunch of money chasing the tone in my head.
