Thunderbird Club

[Klondike]

Has anyone heard a recording of the new Epi Bird that's due later this year?

 

[Gaolee]

If there's any justice in the world, the first person to have one will be our own esteemed monarch. And there will be no trace of the new ones until Mark's gets delivered.

 

[Gaolee]

Or a p bass with flats and tort

Got a P-bass with flats. No tort. Tort makes you an awful person, makes bacon taste like tofu, and makes your dog run off with strange women. Tort is bad. My P-bass has an anodized pickguard. I don't play it much, though.

 

[Count Bassie]

I have no opinion on silk or no silk other than to say it's the least of my worries when I play bass.

You should take a little time to search your soul about this, Larry. I mean, really?

(Shakes head with an inaudible sigh, turns to open fridge...)

 

[Count Bassie]

So Ive been off for a few weeks and have a LOT of reading to catch up on . Hows everyone doing ? I have a gig on Thursday night at a high school with a stage ! Itll be the first time Ive really had the chance to have the amp cranked with the bird through it . Weve played there before on a live rehearsal and the sound was great . Really looking forward to making some noise .

Pix and a good story!

 

[kat888]

You should take a little time to search your soul about this, Larry. I mean, really?

(Shakes head with an inaudible sigh, turns to open fridge...)

Well I have no interest either way either, apart from the opportunity it may afford me to be a pain in the arse on the interwebz - all in good humour of course.

 

[Klondike]

If there's any justice in the world, the first person to have one will be our own esteemed monarch. And there will be no trace of the new ones until Mark's gets delivered.

Yes this is true. I've been going through NAMM 17 photos and cideos but alas not one simgle viewing of any TB

 

[TBird1958]

If there's any justice in the world, the first person to have one will be our own esteemed monarch. And there will be no trace of the new ones until Mark's gets delivered.

All I can say is that I was first to place an order with Sweetwater, I will of course share pics ASAP, but it'll be at least July, meantime I need to figure out which dress to wear to the Seattle GTG, I need some polka dot booty shorts too

 

[Count Bassie]

Well I have no interest either way either, apart from the opportunity it may afford me to be a pain in the arse on the interwebz - all in good humour of course.

Opportunity always knocks. It's about being awake enough to answer.

 

[RedVee]

Well I have no interest either way either, apart from the opportunity it may afford me to be a pain in the arse on the interwebz - all in good humour of course.

I'm suffering from 'silk envy'...

 

[Gaolee]

You should take a little time to search your soul about this, Larry. I mean, really?

(Shakes head with an inaudible sigh, turns to open fridge...)

Silk? Er... Mind can't "go" there when it's there already.

 

[Gaolee]

Yes this is true. I've been going through NAMM 17 photos and cideos but alas not one simgle viewing of any TB

Exactly. They know where the first one needs to go. It's only fitting.

 

[Count Bassie]

Well I have no interest either way either, apart from the opportunity it may afford me to be a pain in the arse on the interwebz - all in good humour of course.

Opportunity always knocks. It's about being awake enough to answer.

And you, our dear @kat888 , are always awake enough.

And now for this public service presentation:

 

[BklynKen]

I haven't had colored string silks for so many years that's it's just weird for me now. Plus the blue looks weird on a Vintage Sunburst Thunderbird.

 

[Haji]

The Dunlop Heavy Core come in "Heavy" (.110) "Heavier" (.115, which are what I use) and "Heaviest" (.120 or .130...I can't remember which). They're matched to the desired tuning, although I've got a set of "Heaviest" on my Goff Bird and they work fine in drop C. I didn't see an advantage to that guage in that timing so I went a little lighter and got very similar results.

 

[Basshappi]

My first computer was the TI 99-4A. It's stored away somewhere, in a pole barn I have out in the country I think. Nothing like programming in BASIC on a 16K machine.

Ha! I spent 9 months of my life on the TI assembly line building 99-4A's. I've never worked on an assembly since and never will!

 

[Korladis]

Still reading those glassdoor posts.

Someone needs to rescue Gibson from Henry J.

 

[Korladis]

I haven't had colored string silks for so many years that's it's just weird for me now. Plus the blue looks weird on a Vintage Sunburst Thunderbird.

Exactly. Maybe I'm influenced by how much the red silks of the strings I used when I was just starting out clashed with the dark purple finish of my Peavey bass.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

I haven't had colored string silks for so many years that's it's just weird for me now. Plus the blue looks weird on a Vintage Sunburst Thunderbird.

Granted I have black silks on my white tbird so that helps in that sense

 

[Korladis]

Granted I have black silks on my white tbird so that helps in that sense

Black silks at least wouldn't be a color clash.