Thunderbird Club

[bobyoung53]

Dealing with my left hand/wrist carpal-tunnel issue has opened up space in my playing - a bit of a silver lining. We're recording 4 songs (3 originals, one late '60s French Ye'Ye') on April 2nd and I'm ready.

It's funny, I was just posting about P basses today and the big necks slow me down and makes me think about the notes I'm going to play before I play them.

 

[dagrev]

Andy Fraser and his EB-3, I love this band, they're loose, they're tight - there's "air" between the notes, somehow the audience is unmoved, bizarre.

So right! Andy had a very unique style....that was fantastic.

I've noticed that as well with this clip and a few others. One is Johnny Winter vid. every once in a while you see a head bobbing, but mostly they look like they had to be paid to be there.

 

[JIO]

So right! Andy had a very unique style....that was fantastic.

I've noticed that as well with this clip and a few others. One is Johnny Winter vid. every once in a while you see a head bobbing, but mostly they look like they had to be paid to be there.

Hah! And this is before all becoming zombies staring at their iPhones!

 

[Loretta]

If there was enuff demand, they would-right after they make some NR's.

I think building lefties isn't a question of demand. You DO just because there ARE left handed bass players and you want to attract them - and then there will be talk.

 

[PhR75]

Free was one of the best bands ever. My fav album is "Highway" but all the albums were great.

 

[dagrev]

It's really too bad that Epiphone doesn't do any left-handed basses.

I can only imagine how frustrating that is. I recall being in school with all right hand desks. I think there might have been two or three lefties in each school. Like other lefties, I was regularly disenfranchised and traumatized, but like all lefties, we have to be tough to live in this world. I guess that may be why lefties are far more likely to be ambidextrous than "those other people." Apparently we have a significantly larger bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two sides of the brain than right-handers do.

 

[dagrev]

It's funny, I was just posting about P basses today and the big necks slow me down and makes me think about the notes I'm going to play before I play them.

I play poorly equally well on all sizes of necks.

 

[JIO]

It's funny, I was just posting about P basses today and the big necks slow me down and makes me think about the notes I'm going to play before I play them.

I agree, I have a number of basses with different necks/fb's - narrow, wide, shallow, baseball-bat and different lengths (30", 32", 34") Whenever I play them, they each dictate how I play. I've always like that because it opens up new avenues to expression. I don't have a favorite, but prefer ones over others.

 

[dagrev]

Hah! And this is before all becoming zombies staring at their iPhones!

So true.

Person A: "There was Paul McCartney."
Person B: "What?"
Person A: "Paul McCartney. He was right here. You didn't see him?"
Person B: "No, I had to take a selfie of my unique experience of me eating McDonald's fries."

 

[KaraQ]

I wonder how they measure demand.

 

[PhR75]

Did a short comparison between the M77 and Ibanez STL. Both sound good to me so it's more of a visual thing. I love those mid-80's Ibanez pedals which is funny since some of the L series stuff is very plain looking (usually the non-digital pedals).
The first example in both variations is the M77.
There's clean sound mixed in with a low pass filter in about 300 hz.

 

[BklynKen]

Did a short comparison between the M77 and Ibanez STL. Both sound good to me so it's more of a visual thing. I love those mid-80's Ibanez pedals which is funny since some of the L series stuff is very plain looking (usually the non-digital pedals).
The first example in both variations is the M77.
There's clean sound mixed in with a low pass filter in about 300 hz.
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At least the Ibanez has top jacks.

 

[bobyoung53]

We have lamb several times a month in this household. Love me a seared and slow cooked shank served bone in on a bed of rosemary mashed potatoes, or lamb chops fresh off the grill with mint sauce (not mint jelly) and herb infused baby potatoes, or even a lamb roast slowly cooked on the rotisserie with a large side of fresh lightly cooked garlic and rosemary infused asparagus, or having a big helping of shepherds pie made with ground lamb on a cold or rainy day. Yep, we love our lamb, please keep importing it!

Your post just made me hungry

 

[PhR75]

At least the Ibanez has top jacks.

That's a very good point and one of the more practical reasons why I like the L- and 10 series. The nostalgic one is that my first pedal was the Ibanez Bass Compressor BC10 which I didn't really understand at all but could aqcuire a volume boost with it. My second pedal was the DCF10 Chorus/Flanger which I still have and use and judge every other chorus against to.

 

[Engle]

Singing Blitzkrieg Bop last night. Half the audience weren’t sure what to make of it!

 

[dagrev]

Did a short comparison between the M77 and Ibanez STL. Both sound good to me so it's more of a visual thing. I love those mid-80's Ibanez pedals which is funny since some of the L series stuff is very plain looking (usually the non-digital pedals).
The first example in both variations is the M77.
There's clean sound mixed in with a low pass filter in about 300 hz.
View attachment 5004826

Quick listen, but I would prefer the M77 of the two, but that's just what I would personally want--being more of a "some overdrive" person. But the Ibanez sounds good for a more aggressive sound.

 

[TheBogart]

So guys. Help me out. How much better is the Classic Pro than the bolt on neck Thunderbirds? And the Vintage Pro?

I play in a post rock band and want to tune my bass to CGCF to go along the two guitars.

what do you think of the Classic vs Vintage for this genre is music and with this Drop C tuning?

 

[PillO]

Orrrh...what's a CP?

Please tell, I got no idea...custom parts maybe...?

What constitutes "custom parts"? Tattoos? Piercings?

Ahem.

 

[TheBogart]

And how much close is the sound of the Classic Pro to the real deal Gibson? They have the same pickups as I can tell. And the specs? Are they the same?
Two birds. One (the standart bolt on neck) in regular tuning and other (the Classic Pro) in Drop C. If they sound right it will be my to go bass for this band I have.

I love the neck and how confortable I can play with my small hands. So I think I found my thing.
15 years ago I had a Goth Epi Thunderbird. I regret selling it. But now I have again a 2012 Epi Thunderbird standard.

 

[PillO]

Dealing with my left hand/wrist carpal-tunnel issue has opened up space in my playing - a bit of a silver lining. We're recording 4 songs (3 originals, one late '60s French Ye'Ye') on April 2nd and I'm ready.

Have you tried playing lefty during recovery? It is... Weird and difficult. Whole new respect for those backwards players after trying.