Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Never seen this one before, so just checked out a YouTube vid, I'd say there's a lot of good tones in this one, with all those tweaking options.

I'm hoping. I've never been a distortion (artificial buzzsaw sound) guy (though Mel S. did it right), but a little push and breakup I do like. Nothing that will stand out, just fill in is what I'm hoping for. I spent a lot of time listening to reviews of several overdrive pedals and this seemed the most flexible. It seems their goal wasn't distortion or fuzz but more pushing a tube amp. But it seems it will do that if you want. I'm looking for subtle. First gear is kind of like a fliptop, 2 a Vox, 3 more SVT. Four is different and more along the lines of an ACC 360. That's how they have been described in a few places.

 

[MCF]

Sounds like this could be a trick question, but I'm going with "yes."

Can you imagine a casual passerby reading the last ten or so pages? We’re all nuts.

 

[MCF]

She's got the voice. Beats me how old she is now. I hope she can still sound like that forever.

She’s 76. A year younger than Neil.

 

[MCF]

Patti Smith last Thurs.

God I love her. A treasure.

 

[Mike.C.]

They are guitar pickups.

I bought one from fellow member @LarryV and yes the pickups are small guitar ones that I ultimately replaced with Thunderbuckers.

Speaking of Thunderbucker Ranch, does anyone know if Steve Soar retired? His site has been down. Thanks!

 

[Gaolee]

This Friday nights set lists for Bond Girl - 2 sets, 23 songs, 10 Bond songs, 3 'spy' songs, 2 full instrumentals/two partial instruments, one Doors song, one Bowie song and one new drummer.

Weather sez' clear that day... 'Bomb Cyclone'-fueled atmospheric river arrives later today...

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Cherie must have a spectacular alto voice.

 

[MCF]

This Friday nights set lists for Bond Girl - 2 sets, 23 songs, 10 Bond songs, 3 'spy' songs, 2 full instrumentals/two partial instruments, one Doors song, one Bowie song and one new drummer.

Weather sez' clear that day... 'Bomb Cyclone'-fueled atmospheric river arrives later today...

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Great list. Only song missing is this.

 

[MCF]

2013 Epi IV in TV Silver. What pickups did they use? $399 at Reverb.

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They are said to be guitar pickups. One of these is on my list. Same as in my Silverburst. Great sounding. That’s a good price. Snag it Dave. I would, but I’m about to get another Tbird…

 

[Stealth57]

They are said to be guitar pickups. One of these is on my list. Same as in my Silverburst. Great sounding. That’s a good price. Snag it Dave. I would, but I’m about to get another Tbird…

Same here, got to get that VP if my travel schedule lets up.

 

[MCF]

Uuuggghhh I know I should keep my mouth shut but I just can't help myself. Y'all know the disdain I have for the pickguard on some Ernie Ball Basses. This hands down has to be one of the ugliest bass guitars ever !!! I don't care how great it sounds . Apologies in advance for any owners thereof
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Designed by guys at BMW. As my car designer brother said, “atrocious.”

 

[MCF]

Holding out for a VP in the near future.

Seriously. Those Limited Edition Custom Shop Epis are getting hard to find. VPs are a dime a dozen. Someone here needs to snag it.

 

[MCF]

Stock or modded?

Stock. Again, great sounding.

 

[Nocturnal]

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I bought one from fellow member @LarryV and yes the pickups are small guitar ones that I ultimately replaced with Thunderbuckers.

Speaking of Thunderbucker Ranch, does anyone know if Steve Soar retired? His site has been down. Thanks!

Yes, it appears that he has ceased production.

 

[MCF]

My friend Uwe ( Gibson Bass Book), has one of those and upon taking it apart found them to be a 6 pole guitar pickup - stock. I'm not saying it's a bad sounding bass, I think they used them in several of the custom color runs.

Yep. The Silverburst, a white and an Ebony.

 

[MCF]

Thanks G - since Cherie's resuming BG and getting a new drummer, we've been expanding beyond the Bond material with non-Bond more danceable songs. 'Never There' and 'Peter Gunn/Planet Claire' are examples.

The pride of Sacto!

 

[MCF]

Have you forgotten how ugly that discussion got last time??? I kid, but something tells me we could get a heated thread started on the topic with the GP.

Please don’t.

 

[MCF]

Ignorance void here. I'm guessing this was before Epi had Probuckers in some of their guitars? Those are supposedly really great sounding guitar pickups.

Trust me. They are.

 

[MCF]

Expecting an new one of these Thurs. Clicked "watch" on a Reverb listing and the seller that I've bought strings from before sent me an offer of $203 (from $239). Seems like it does mild breakup and pushing of a tube amp really well. We'll see... Minus a regular guitar right now I'm hoping this might add a little texture to fill in a bit.

From Bass Gear Mag:
Jeff Genzler has been a very busy guy. After arguably one of the worst years for the usage of – and thus desire for, ostensibly – products that communicate an electric musician’s musings to large groups of people in a live setting since music became amplified, Genzler Amplification came out swinging in 2021 with the release of not only a brand-new series of bass speaker cabinets and a new amp channel-switching pedal, but also a first for the company: a uniquely designed and fully-featured effect pedal. As an interesting and fun note, the project was the fruit of a professional reuniting of Jeff Genzler and Andy Field (TB member!); the latter being the principal engineer during the Genz-Benz days, having since moved on to designing for MESA/Boogie®.

The 4 ON THE FLOOR™ Classic Bass Overdrive is clearly marketed as an (all-analog, true-bypass) overdrive pedal, but I’ve found it can be used in so many ways as to want for a broader category of description.
Genzler Amplification: 4 ON THE FLOOR Classic Bass Overdrive

Genzler and Andy Field are doing a series of bass pedals. Andy has Mesa’s/Gibson’s blessing for this venture. And it looks like Mesa may be getting out of the pedal game altogether after the last production run of the Subway 800+ pedal is done in the next few months.

 

[MCF]

Never seen this one before, so just checked out a YouTube vid, I'd say there's a lot of good tones in this one, with all those tweaking options.

I don’t have one. But anecdotally, there is said to even be a fair ACC 360 tone in there.

 

[JIO]

Great list. Only song missing is this.

Thanks - I'll let Cherie know as she's the boss. There are a few songs in that category that we don't cover. At this point, we have 'enough' cool spy/Bond themed songs when people drink their 'shaken-not-stirred' vodka martini's - we are now wanting to become more danceable for obvious reasons ; people like to dance and have fun on a night out. We'll never be a full-on "party band", but more dance songs are the key to more shows.