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Thunderbird Club
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And somehow I ended up winning a silent auction for an original poster from the 1966 Beatles show at Shea Stadium, signed by the promoter.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
It appears to be developing nicely. I don't even have any wise arse comments to add. That is a good/bad sign.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
What strings do you have on it? Strings may solve the problem.
But they are powered by electric, and if the water.....
That should be illegal. That's XXX+X bass porn.
But I can't stop looking.
I have Lollars, Gibson re-issues, Novaks, Thunderbuckers 66’s (unavailable now), and Gemini Devastators in various Gibson ‘birds.
I like the Gibson re-issues a lot but they are chrome, not nickel, so that was a factor in my case since I changed all the hardware on that bass from black, and I had to be sure the get chrome rings, Babicz, and Hipshots.
The Lollars are probably my first choice.
The Novaks are good, but the bass they are in is the only ‘bird with flats at the moment so I can’t quite compare.
The Thunderbuckers I have, which I do not know if they are 63’s or 66’s (and I don’t know if I can ever find out), are a bit bass heavy, but I wouldn’t say dark. Overall, really nice sounding, I just need to dial back the lows a touch when I use that one.
The Gemini Devastators are in my black VP and I really haven’t played that one much since I put them in, but my first impression was underwhelming. I’m not sure, it could be the bass, so far nothing I have put in that black VP has impressed me yet, and it could be that that black VP isn’t for me. My other, white, VP is excellent and it’s still running stock 760’s, so I’m not sure what magic is in the white one that the black one seems to be missing.
Again, Lollars! I have them in two ‘birds, one standard tune and one tuned D standard and both are good, well balanced and solid sounding basses.
I've mentioned before, I'm not into the Beatles--but that's just super cool! Even to me.
Wouldn’t that be just a few days before their final live show at Candlestick? 8/29/66 I think?
Really not sure. Like Donnie, I can't say I'm a huge Beatles fan. The only album I think I own is Let It Be Naked, which I really like.
I thought exactly the same thing looking at the bridge
But the person who made the truss rod cover needs to be demoted back to sweeping the floor.
What in the HEdoublehocketsticks?
So I've finally resolved the issue with that 2018 Thunderbird. It's back at Gibson, and this unexpectedly arrived yesterday.
Ooooh, let’s see, let’s see!
For a good cause. And a great score! That is so cool! Congratulations Ken.
Seems to be the way around here.
NGD! I never thought I'd go this route, but it became pretty obvious I'd be waiting indefinitely for another run of lefty basses. Watching the Johnny Marr interview on That Pedal Show inspired me to rethink guitar and relearn it. It's been ages. Gibson originally offered me a guitar, but I wasn't interested at the time. But now I'm excited. They were backordered until the Spring, but yesterday I was looking at something at the Gibson site and went over to this '61 Standard page and saw lefties in stock. I emailed my contact and he confirmed they did do an unexpected run and said I should be receiving this today and sent me a tracking number. I thought he meant the tracking number, but it was out for delivery. What a surprise.
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