Thunderbird Club

[ubernator]

I've partied with Poles in Poland and they do know how to have a good time! The people from the region in and around Krakow(where this band is from) are some of the nicest most unassuming folks you'd ever want to meet. Friendly, polite and really fun when you add vodka. I do like the traditional garb too, it just adds to the fun factor.



I can't believe you missed the opportunity to say, "None more black".



I totally was thinking spinal tap, just forgot the actual quote.




The TV Silver is a cool Thunderbird though I never felt a connection with it and ended up selling it to our very own, @Mike.C.

You can see it in his avatar that it's been modded just a bit with a full lower side PG. I'm sure he's rockin' the f*#@ out of it so I'm happy it went to a "family member" and is being enjoyed.

I totally was thinking spinal tap, just forgot the actual quote.

Well I've had my eye on an overpriced one (silver) for a while. I am eventually going to try to trade my sunburst for it, but first I need to get a stewmac gripper wrench to take some relief out of the neck, maybe return it to standard tuning first (if anything just to keep my heavy custom guage strings, only have a few of those, and would need them for the silver if I was able to make that happen.

 

[Larry V]

Good luck, @ubernator . Hope you get it!

 

[ubernator]

Good luck, @ubernator . Hope you get it!

Need money first, can't expect a straight trade, even with the fender bag I will include. Perhaps when my peavey milestone, metal muff, and soundtank auto wah sells... And/or pending paying gig next month becomes reality.

 

[Gluvhand]

Being a tremendous Gary Moore fan I view Bonamassa as Gary Moore "light". I prefer both their work in a hard rock context to their blues but much prefer Moore's Blues to JB's.

 

[kat888]

Talking of Joe B, something just caught my eye in the Reverb.com adverts at the bottom of the page: a 112 combo for AUD155,334 *plus* shipping. A boutique amp hitherto entirely unknown to me but apparently Joe B owns three (thanks Wikipedia).

Remember the days when you could go to the local guitar shop and actually buy the gear your idols used for not too much money, to get you started on you musical adventures?

 

[PillO]

Out in the general population there is this discussion going on:
The phenomenon of the basses that means business.
The premise is that certain basses create an audience reaction of the bass player really knowing their stuff. Of course, there is the greek chorus of protestors that only a 7ender P means business.

 

[Count Bassie]

Out in the general population there is this discussion going on:
The phenomenon of the basses that means business.
The premise is that certain basses create an audience reaction of the bass player really knowing their stuff. Of course, there is the greek chorus of protestors that only a 7ender P means business.

I have an awful time with this kind of thinking. Image as cred, esp concerning what you "choose to buy" as a barometer of your importance or believability as a music-can.

 

[Count Bassie]

I have an awful time with this kind of thinking. Image as cred, esp concerning what you "choose to buy" as a barometer of your importance or believability as a music-can.

Ha. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had an Alembic Series-I, Stanley Clark modeled 32" scale with Ebony 'board and dual skunk stripes...

But no, I'm sure I wouldn't. I'd probably be too embarrassed to be seen with it. So conspicuous.

 

[kat888]

Out in the general population there is this discussion going on:
The phenomenon of the basses that means business.
The premise is that certain basses create an audience reaction of the bass player really knowing their stuff. Of course, there is the greek chorus of protestors that only a 7ender P means business.

Yeah, and apparently Rics too. In my experience no one really cares what bass/amp you have as long as it's in tune. Audience members wouldn't have a clue about basses, except maybe they'll know what a Fender looks like, but not whether it's a P or J ... or a copy.

 

[hillerup]

Yeah, and apparently Rics too. In my experience no one really cares what bass/amp you have as long as it's in tune. Audience members wouldn't have a clue about basses, except maybe they'll know what a Fender looks like, but not whether it's a P or J ... or a copy.

...or a 4-stringed guitar...

 

[DerekW]

@wolfkeller See the lefty Schecter Nikki bass for sale on Craigslist?

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Edit: wait.... I'm guessing it yours, lol

 

[kat888]

...or a 4-stringed guitar...

Funny you should say that, because there are definitely two 'schools' of bass, ie 'electric bass' vs 'bass guitar'.

 

[RedVee]

Do Thunderbirds "mean business"?

I say yes.

 

[GBassNorth]

Do Thunderbirds "mean business"?

I say yes.

+1
To me (and it's just my stinkin opinion so take it with a grain of salt) nothing says Rock like a Gibson, be it bass or guitar. And nothing says hard rock like a Thunderbird bass and a Les Paul guitar. If I'm playing rock from the late sixties on, I'm most likely holding my TBird or SG.

Now, with all due respect to the Fender fan club (yes, I play Fenders also) nothing says Country, Motown or Jazz like Fender, be it bass or guitar. If I'm playing 50's to early 60's rock or anything Country, I'm most likely holding my Jazz, Precision or Tele bass.

And of course there's all the hybrids out there (Ric, Warwick, Spector, Stingray, 335, Coronado, etc) and the top shelf stuff (Alembic, Fodera, Ritter, etc) that are great to use for specific tasks.

But at the end of the day, as long as I have something with 4 or 5 strings in my hand I'll do my best to make it work for the music I'm playing. Ask me about the time I had to finish a hard rock set using a Kala Uke Bass (good grief, I pulled it off).

 

[PillO]

Yeah, and apparently Rics too. In my experience no one really cares what bass/amp you have as long as it's in tune. Audience members wouldn't have a clue about basses, except maybe they'll know what a Fender looks like, but not whether it's a P or J ... or a copy.

I'm pretty sure that a meaningful portion of the audience won't notice if you are in tune or not.

 

[PillO]

@wolfkeller See the lefty Schecter Nikki bass for sale on Craigslist?

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Edit: wait.... I'm guessing it yours, lol

Actually, I think it is in the classifieds here too. I saw it and had a passing thought of making a right-handed reverse reverse T bird. But it would be a lot of work; work in which I am not skilled.

 

[PillO]

+1
To me (and it's just my stinkin opinion so take it with a grain of salt) nothing says Rock like a Gibson, be it bass or guitar. And nothing says hard rock like a Thunderbird bass and a Les Paul guitar. If I'm playing rock from the late sixties on, I'm most likely holding my TBird or SG.

Now, with all due respect to the Fender fan club (yes, I play Fenders also) nothing says Country, Motown or Jazz like Fender, be it bass or guitar. If I'm playing 50's to early 60's rock or anything Country, I'm most likely holding my Jazz, Precision or Tele bass.

And of course there's all the hybrids out there (Ric, Warwick, Spector, Stingray, 335, Coronado, etc) and the top shelf stuff (Alembic, Fodera, Ritter, etc) that are great to use for specific tasks.

But at the end of the day, as long as I have something with 4 or 5 strings in my hand I'll do my best to make it work for the music I'm playing. Ask me about the time I had to finish a hard rock set using a Kala Uke Bass (good grief, I pulled it off).

I agree about Gibson (especially Les Paul) being hard rock (Slash, Buckethead, et al). But nothing says 80s shred machine like a strat (Ywingie).

 

[wolfkeller]

@wolfkeller See the lefty Schecter Nikki bass for sale on Craigslist?

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Edit: wait.... I'm guessing it yours, lol

Lol thats me!

 

[wolfkeller]

Actually, I think it is in the classifieds here too. I saw it and had a passing thought of making a right-handed reverse reverse T bird. But it would be a lot of work; work in which I am not skilled.

I'm wouldn't be that hard actually. I did not that with my skull bass which was a Spector legend x and did it with an epi Nikki Sixx once. Fill in holes, have new control cavity routed and drill holes, fresh coat of flat black, new nut and set up.

 

[GBassNorth]

I agree about Gibson (especially Les Paul) being hard rock (Slash, Buckethead, et al). But nothing says 80s shred machine like a strat (Ywingie).

Yep, that 80's shread stuff was strat and Ibanez and 7 string guitar stuff for sure. For that type of music I'd be pulling out my Spector basses. In fact the whole glam rock, shread and power ballad scene to me was a series of hybrid type basses - Spector, Stingray, G&L, Ibanez, Yamaha, Peavey, etc. From a bass standpoint it was almost like a rebellion against Fender.