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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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- Jun 30, 2010
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You would expect different from Gibson?
That's a first - I've never heard of painting a brass nut before. However, a T-bird with a brass nut is a good thing.
- Jun 30, 2010
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So wait... is this something you bought at More Music in SC and dropped off at Chucky's?
Yes, and now back home as the Chuckmeister gave it the double thumbs up.
Looks like a 1965 and supposedly owned by Jess Oliver.
I've been using the Damnation Audio MBD for years and it sounds great with everything I throw it at. GKs, B-15, club amps-du-jour....Scott's demo of the Bugera Marshall 1960 Plexi clone was a little too good........
I don't use any effects normally so I just want something to "color" the tone for the "fly rig.
Well congratulations then! I was thinking either your wife doesn’t pay attention, she’s a saint, or both.
My wife didn’t say anything for several days about the Carbine in the bedroom until the other night when she asked me to please turn it off before I got into bed. She’s a coming around.
I almost got one of these as my first good bass when I was 16. I believe it was a translucent burgundy(?) and probably two pickups. I went through a bunch if crap to get the $$ from my dad (as a loan), then went to the pawn shop to buy it and attempted to haggle. They went in back and discovered they mis-priced it and they told me it’s gonna have to go for a couple hundred more minimum, based on what they paid for it. My 16year old soul was crushed. I ended up buying some P-Bass copy (Electra) that tuned out to such a piece of junk even my dumb inexperienced hands could tell.
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Most excellent - it is thee bass rig. Well... maybe Jaco used it too...
And have Erik’s SVT. Freakin’ heavy. Just holding it for him until he picks it up. Productive day.
Chuck made it sound like Jaco.
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I'm certain Jaco played through one along the way (as all top-tier bass players have) - before choosing his beloved Acoustic 360 rig.
Speaking of brass-things, I couldn't remember since it'd been a while since it was off, but I thought the bridge on my Pro 5 was brass too?, so while I had it out, figured I'd check & see....
.....from what I can tell, looks like it is?
.....from what I can tell, looks like it is?
- Jun 30, 2010
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This 'modern' 30watt interpretation of the B15 is pretty darn sweet too.
- Jun 30, 2010
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Speaking of brass-things, I couldn't remember since it'd been a while since it was off, but I thought the bridge on my Pro 5 was brass too?, so while I had it out, figured I'd check & see....
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.....from what I can tell, looks like it is?
Bridges can be chrome-plated brass which is fairly common, so black-coated isn't surprising.
I like the way that's put together.
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This guy is getting nervous
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who says Rickys are a thing of the past?…..
Steve Hackett at Golden State Theater in Monterey…….
Steve Hackett at Golden State Theater in Monterey…….
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who says Rickys are a thing of the past?…..
Steve Hackett at Golden State Theater in Monterey…….
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So if I am correct, amps on stage are for the player to hear their sound directly/physically and what's heard in the audience is entirely FOH. Or a bit of both for the player... which is what I'm familiar with. Or.., were they wearing in-ear monitors where what the player "hears" is the mix in their ears?
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