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Thunderbird Club

#269,001
Who’s in the house?

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#269,005
1st FenderBird Friday for the TrippleThunderTagTeam at la Casa de Mike .

Haven't really AB'd them and probably not gonna dive extensively into that, but I can say I'm hearing 3 slightly different flavors of the Thunderbird tone. The VS and WhiteGoth sound sensibly the same, with the WG being a tad darker (both have original plck-ups). The SilverBird comes out even louder than the 2 others with those active EMGs and I can get it to sound very clanky, that bass would be very comfortable in a harder-edged setlist. It's volume/blend/treble/bass knob config offers a few good tonal possibilities for sure, but I'm happy with it sounding close to the 2 others, whose usual settings are neck pup full on, bridge pup and tone around 80% each. All of them come out loud and well balanced through the headphones (not sure when I'll get to use them in live or rehearsal situations). Really happy with all of them and of course, I don't plan to add another one...

EDIT: WG coaxes more dirt out of the VT Bass than the others.


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#269,006
The EDP said:
All this talk of punky fun makes me wonder if these guys made much of a splash outside the UK? If they made any music you enjoyed raise a glass to Geordie who passed away last Sunday. I loved them, could've been my friends and I in the vid (tho it wasn't, was some other fans). If these guys are new to you there's a whole catalogue of fun for you to unearth.
This riff sound reminiscent of anything?

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We worked on this earlier in the year, had to let it go as we really weren't getting it to sound right, and it's repetitive so it ended up sounding like we were lost - Shame, it's cool.
 
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The EDP said:
All this talk of punky fun makes me wonder if these guys made much of a splash outside the UK? If they made any music you enjoyed raise a glass to Geordie who passed away last Sunday. I loved them, could've been my friends and I in the vid (tho it wasn't, was some other fans). If these guys are new to you there's a whole catalogue of fun for you to unearth.
This riff sound reminiscent of anything?

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Great band and I have always liked this song. Shame about Geordie.
 
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#269,011
Bassmike62 said:
1st FenderBird Friday for the TrippleThunderTagTeam at la Casa de Mike .

Haven't really AB'd them and probably not gonna dive extensively into that, but I can say I'm hearing 3 slightly different flavors of the Thunderbird tone. The VS and WhiteGoth sound sensibly the same, with the WG being a tad darker (both have original plck-ups). The SilverBird comes out even louder than the 2 others with those active EMGs and I can get it to sound very clanky, that bass would be very comfortable in a harder-edged setlist. It's volume/blend/treble/bass knob config offers a few good tonal possibilities for sure, but I'm happy with it sounding close to the 2 others, whose usual settings are neck pup full on, bridge pup and tone around 80% each. All of them come out loud and well balanced through the headphones (not sure when I'll get to use them in live or rehearsal situations). Really happy with all of them and of course, I don't plan to add another one...



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