Thunderbird Club

[PaleAngel_90]

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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I agree, that's an ugly toilet seat...

 

[PaleAngel_90]

Cherie must have a spectacular alto voice.

What Cherie? Cherie Currie?

 

[RedVee]

What Cherie? Cherie Currie?

The singer BL in @JIO ‘s Bond Girl band. He posted the set lists for the band.

 

[GonePlaid]

I'm old, retired, and bored. Plus the hockey game(Lightning) just ended.
BTW, the hotel in the background is The "Fontainebleau"-scene of the card game in "Goldfinger".

ADDENDUM: If you were to ask how to get to the hotel, and pronounced it correctly, people would look at you funny. Around Miami, it's pronounced "Fountain-blow".

 

[dagrev]

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

I suppose it keeps all the sane riffraff out of this thread.

 

[dagrev]

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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!

I think he's been closed for a few years now.

 

[Bassmike62]

Just hearing on CNN about the cyclone in California...

 

[dagrev]

I would, but I’m about to get another Tbird…

Clearly you have unresolved issues that presents as a Thunderbird obsession. I've heard of such a thing, but you are the first person I've noticed that has all the classic indicators according to the DSM V.

Never mind, I forgot myself and where I was..... Carry Buy on!

 

[JJR58]

Just hearing on CNN about the cyclone in California...

Same here. Hang in there my west coast friends.

 

[BklynKen]

Firing up the balls for a TT band practice tonight.

 

[Instagator]

I would think the tug bar would sound fuller if installed and unused, that’s how I plan to use mine if installed. That way it is free to resonate with the rest of the bass. If used, I suspect it would be a lot like palm muting the strings, your fingers on the tug bar would in essence mute the effect.

If you install a tug bar and a thumb rest..would they cancel each other out?

 

[GonePlaid]

If you install a tug bar and a thumb rest..would they cancel each other out?

 

[Gaolee]

We transcribe where needed - very few songs played in the original key. Cherie is tall and has a deep voice. Not sure where it resides, but it ain't alto.

Looking at the set list I figured she sure isn't a soprano. I played with a singer who had a lower range, and it was fun to do harmonies above her at times. We would trade "boy" and "girl" parts back and forth.

 

[TBird1958]

thx! say the word……
trade for the Outlaw for a month or two?….

Hmmmmm...................Queen is thinking about that

 

[JJR58]

Right there with Ken.

 

[Stealth57]

Firing up the balls for a TT band practice tonight.

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Your balls are twisted

 

[Stealth57]

If you install a tug bar and a thumb rest..would they cancel each other out?

A test may conclude it’s actually constructive interference and blow out your speakers. Be careful.

 

[Stealth57]

We would trade "boy" and "girl" parts back and forth.

Ahem…

 

[Engle]

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.

I’d be interested in hearing how those pickups sound.

 

[Engle]

Some scenes from "battle"

Wow you take fret polishing seriously! I just run some 0000 steel wool over them until they are shiny
Careful with the truss rod cover. It’s easy to polish off the Epiphone logo.