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Thunderbird Club

#231,861
PhR75 said:
I made some comparison clips of these two basses:
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T-bird had the neck pickup on only. The settings were the same for both. Can you tell which bass is the first and which is the 2nd on both clips? I'd guess the clean sounding is pretty obvious, at least on this group.
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I can’t get either clip to play, so I’ll take a guess without hearing them (I got a 50/50 chance to be right on each one)…
Clean - Tbird first, P bass second
Dirty - P bass first, Tbird second
 
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JJR58 said:
I'm trying to scheme here on my end to make it happen.
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Did we discuss the selling of various organs as a means of financing such adventures?

JIO said:
Maybe in Seattle?
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Seattle would be awesome! Frank and I would love it, we can travel to California as well.
 
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@KaraQ
A most pleasant Birthday to you, young child…
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May your cats cuddle in peace…
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while your thunderbirds ring out in joy…
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Wishing everything that comes down the pike makes you smile…
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GBassNorth said:
I can’t get either clip to play, so I’ll take a guess without hearing them (I got a 50/50 chance to be right on each one)…
Clean - Tbird first, P bass second
Dirty - P bass first, Tbird second
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And we have a winner! Thunderbird player knows a Thunderbird sound even if he doesn't hear it! Did you smell it or just felt its presence?
 
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#231,866
PhR75 said:
I'm sure the boss will understand. Hey, he can try to guess it too! :D

Sorry...

And your clean clip answer was correct! @PaleAngel_90 's too.

EDIT: Actually you both were wrong! I had to check it again myself. T-Bird first, P-bass second. Sorry again, too much Monkey business.
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Well, my boss isn't that bright. (I'm the boss you might say.)

Interesting. I'll have to listen again with cans and notice the difference. Same strings?
 
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JIO said:
Nice - did the bridge have the same issue as the T-birds? (too shallow/positioned incorrectly for intonation) or was that only a T-bird issue? Is that the Embassy and is it a short-scale?
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Thanks. It's been a while since I checked it (as in setting it up after getting it), but don't recall intonation problems. (The Thunderbird does a little.) If it was, it didn't bother me enough to remember it. Yes, '64 Embassy, and it's long-scale. Neck through and the exact same neck at a Thunderbird.
 
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PhR75 said:
And we have a winner! Thunderbird player knows a Thunderbird sound even if he doesn't hear it! Did you smell it or just felt its presence?
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LOL - a few minutes after posting my response I converted the mp3 files to wav files and played them on my iPad (not exactly the best speakers for bass listening) but after I heard the clips I laughed, the order I guessed blindly is exactly the order I would have guessed after hearing the clips.

I will say, I had to listen to each one a couple of times (unfortunately at low volume) because the sound of the two basses was very close. To my ears, the clean Tbird sounded a hair smoother (as expected with the neck soloed). On the dirty recordings the Tbird sounded a bit deeper (as expected with the neck soloed).

Nice playing BTW, and just one more example of why a Tbird can easily be used in any situation than normally calls for a P bass.
 
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Thumper said:
I've seen them in the classifieds from $125 and up.
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That is still too expensive plus all the shipping costs to Finland plus taxes. I'm in a 50-100 euros region, the closer to 50 the better.

But I just scored a 2nd hand TC Electronic MojoMojo od, 40 euros. I'll let you know in a few days how does it work and does it take the Monkey off my back, so to speak.
Will be interesting to compare it to the Spark too.
 
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GBassNorth said:
LOL - a few minutes after posting my response I converted the mp3 files to wav files and played them on my iPad (not exactly the best speakers for bass listening) but after I heard the clips I laughed, the order I guessed blindly is exactly the order I would have guessed after hearing the clips.

I will say, I had to listen to each one a couple of times (unfortunately at low volume) because the sound of the two basses was very close. To my ears, the clean Tbird sounded a hair smoother (as expected with the neck soloed). On the dirty recordings the Tbird sounded a bit deeper (as expected with the neck soloed).

Nice playing BTW, and just one more example of why a Tbird can easily be used in any situation than normally calls for a P bass.
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Thanks. Good insights about the T-Bird sound.
It would be nice to compare T-Birds neck pickup to a '51 style P-bass (or '68 Telecaster). Especially if the T-Bird pickup had a coilsplit and one could use the coil closer to the neck (that would make them be approx in the same location).

The riff was Jan Hammer's, BTW. Sister Andrea.
 
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