Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

Where you shoulda made a left turn at.

No, that’s Albuquerque. Rio Rancho is 16 miles north.

 

[MCF]

Imbeciles. Or imbecilic “AI”.

5 Best Flatwound Bass Strings You'll Love - Guitar Space

Well that was…about as useless a piece about strings I’ve ever read.

 

[MCF]

I was not aware of David Lee Roth doing this song, but it doesn't surprise me.

Remember when MTV still had music videos? His version came out. The video was terrible. It was soon after that they stopped playing videos.

 

[JIO]

Remember when MTV still had music videos? His version came out. The video was terrible. It was soon after that they stopped playing videos.

Because it was overtly sexist? (just a guess...)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

No, that’s Albuquerque. Rio Rancho is 16 miles north.

proximity was all I was going for.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well that was…about as useless a piece about strings I’ve ever read.

Worse than useless as it started with RS66s as flatwounds.

 

[RedVee]

That is very cool!

Yeah, I thought so too.
They are a married couple, he is a comedian and TV host and she is a singer, opera I think. They met when she came on his Spicks n Specks tv music quiz show as a contestant.

BTW I saw a skit of his and he said he had difficulty with a piece he was doing for the US as he has an artificial foot and ankle. The different words that they (US show producer) wouldn’t let him use about his disability. Oh, he also said the US producer had an issue with the Aussie show having Spicks in the title (after the Bee Gees song).
What do they say? Divided by a common language? Something like that.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

to-be ur not to-be…

 

[MCF]

Uh oh.............. I did a bad thing.

sweet! And that color is to die for. But Mike wants his flip phone camera back.

 

[MCF]

In the TB Classifieds:

For Sale - 2006 Gibson Thunderbird - Babicz/Loller/Hipshot

Wow. Someone here please get this one.

 

[MCF]

Had a great time Saturday night with my new-to-me Lull. Dance floor was active all night long. View attachment 4930213

Congratulations!

 

[Stealth57]

proximity was all I was going for.

You crazy wabbit

 

[Engle]

Short version: strings wouldn't hold tune, kept going flat. I'd tune it and a few hours later it was flat again. Turned out the claw/tailpiece was pulling outta the body. Not good.

Must have been a punky piece of wood. Good call returning it.

 

[MCF]

nice colour -

Totally agree, of course.

 

[MCF]

A little background first: 1, at 70, I'm no spring chicken. 2, due to genetics my L5 disc is thinner than normal. 3, after 35 years playing soccer, my L5 is half as thick as my other discs and is also bulging. The bottom line is I'm no stranger to back issues and only have so many Bend-overs left in my back.

The best tone I've ever had was when I was running an Eden WT 300, which ran a Tube pre-amp (never cared for my 16 tube Mesa 400+). While I've always liked my Markbass (since 2005), it never sounded the same since I removed the Markbass Compressore (also tube driven) due to its large footprint and 15v power requirements.

Enter SushiBox, tube pedals that add that tube grit, sheen, sparkle, but need a boost to really shine. Enter TC Sparks, they drive the SushiBox pedals wonderfully. The Sparks have a mini toggle with 3 settings, fat, mids, and clean and I use all 3 (fat for EB-O/P with flats tone, mid for Pbass with rounds/Jazz bass, Clean for Tbird). I use all 3 running both PUPs at 10, tone wide open. Using the SushiBox pedals I can also get pick tones, wenge neck Warwick vibe, or Stingrayish tones. By running 3, I can toggle the tones I want without having to bend over or mess with my bass settings.

If you still have that 400+ hanging around, I’ll take it. Although a set of tubes for it are now about the price of a Thunderbird.

 

[MCF]

FWIW, that Reverb seller with the Bach NR will take $650…I like to help spend other people’s $$$$$!

I’m committed to a black one that’s in excellent condition. Just trying to arrange to pick it up! Happy Birthday to me. And I’m excited to be getting it! It’ll be my fourth black Thunderbird. I’m slacking since I only have three blue ones. Maybe Veronica and I need to have a talk…

 

[Thumper]

If you still have that 400+ hanging around, I’ll take it. Although a set of tubes for it are now about the price of a Thunderbird.

It's been gone quite a while...

 

[BklynKen]

I’m committed to a black one that’s in excellent condition. Just trying to arrange to pick it up! Happy Birthday to me. And I’m excited to be getting it! It’ll be my fourth black Thunderbird. I’m slacking since I only have three blue ones. Maybe Veronica and I need to have a talk…

Wait, what? Happy birthday, Marshall!

 

[TBird1958]

Something Purple.

 

[JJR58]

I’m committed to a black one that’s in excellent condition. Just trying to arrange to pick it up! Happy Birthday to me. And I’m excited to be getting it! It’ll be my fourth black Thunderbird. I’m slacking since I only have three blue ones. Maybe Veronica and I need to have a talk…

Well, well. Another birthday boy.
Now go get 3 TBirds!

Happy Birthday Marshall.