Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

I left him off because he hasn't spent much time here, and none of his formative years.
Likewise Flea as he has spent most of his time in the US, and RHCP is a very LA band.

Maurice and the Gibbs spent their childhood here and the Bee Gee's formed and started their recording career here.

I threw Anthony Field in as a wildcard. But The Wiggles have had some serious cashflow over a long period of time. Plus there are photo's of him using a Epi Thunderbird (and a Maton JB4).

Athol Guy because The Seekers were seriously successful in their time. They kept The Beatles and Stones out the UK no 1 singles spot at times. Georgy Girl was even a hit in the US (No 1 Cashbox No 2 Billboard).
Plus their return concert at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl drew a then record crowd reportedly of 200k. As @JIO suggested he has had a successful post music career.

Tal is great and I follow her on Instagram.

No real answer to the question. Surprisingly good field of entrants though.

You bring balance to the Force. In a good way.

 

[Count Bassie]

Love that white bass!

That's the Heckinhecker! Chopped Hamer Cruisebass with Rickenbacker p'ups (thanks Jeff!) and Ric-spec'd harness.
That was a deep drop into disaster territory, but came up with its own personality when all was done, thanks to an artist friend and a helping of desperation. That one brings it too, but it's got a bad ground-buzz I need to eliminate...
Thanks for the good word.

 

[JIO]

Ooh! Red velour curtains! Classy.

Yes, that's a stretch... while there I studied the ceiling - hard to make-out details in the pic, but it is... shall we say.., gnarly?

TSC played there right before the Covid shutdown - Feb 2020

 

[JIO]

That's the Heckinhecker! Chopped Hamer Cruisebass with Rickenbacker p'ups (thanks Jeff!) and Ric-spec'd harness.
That was a deep drop into disaster territory, but came up with its own personality when all was done, thanks to an artist friend and a helping of desperation. That one brings it too, but it's got a bad ground-buzz I need to eliminate...
Thanks for the good word.

I'm all for making a bass your own.

 

[JIO]

I left him off because he hasn't spent much time here, and none of his formative years.
Likewise Flea as he has spent most of his time in the US, and RHCP is a very LA band.

Maurice and the Gibbs spent their childhood here and the Bee Gee's formed and started their recording career here.

I threw Anthony Field in as a wildcard. But The Wiggles have had some serious cashflow over a long period of time. Plus there are photo's of him using a Epi Thunderbird (and a Maton JB4).

Athol Guy because The Seekers were seriously successful in their time. They kept The Beatles and Stones out the UK no 1 singles spot at times. Georgy Girl was even a hit in the US (No 1 Cashbox No 2 Billboard).
Plus their return concert at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl drew a then record crowd reportedly of 200k. As @JIO suggested he has had a successful post music career.

Tal is great and I follow her on Instagram.

No real answer to the question. Surprisingly good field of entrants though.

I'm an unashamed Brothers Gibb fan from way back.

 

[dagrev]

you mean this clown? coffee break jic you were wondering…..
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That ain't no coffee break. Somebody needs to fire that cat! He's clearly goofing off when she should be working. At least you took the shirt, tie and jacket off before taking the plunge.

 

[dagrev]

NBD

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Those look great. I'm too stupid to get them sounding good or I'd have one.

 

[dagrev]

Come on Miles. Willy tossed in a pair of socks. The least you could do is put them on.

I don't buy it. We all know Willy has no socks. Empirically demonstrated in virtually every pic he posts. Possibly because he gives them all away. That's the only possibility.

 

[Count Bassie]

I don't buy it. We all know Willy has no socks. Empirically demonstrated in virtually every pic he posts. Possibly because he gives them all away. That's the only possibility.

Dude's a minimalist. No frets, no socks...
If I didn't live in New England I might be ditching the socks too...
Fretless, that I'm starting to relate to. My path started talking to me earlier this year... Finally on it.

 

[Camaro69]

Those look great. I'm too stupid to get them sounding good or I'd have one.

If ever there was a bass with more sound and ergonomic complaints than a Thunderbird…

 

[dagrev]

Yeah these are better, or the nice one Mike has on his

Kinda feeling like a set of Chromes and a white PG may be the correct matching flavors for this

Chromes have never worked for me, but some kind of thick, thumpy sounding flat might be a great idea. Might do the trick even for me. Plenty of great flat options.

 

[dagrev]

Chucky is a TV newsreader!

Oh no, don't say that. We had a funny situation here where one cable news person/legal analyst was doing some "personal things" while Zooming.

 

[dagrev]

If ever there was a bass with more sound and ergonomic complaints than a Thunderbird…

Word!

 

[Engle]

If ever there was a bass with more sound and ergonomic complaints than a Thunderbird…

If I got an Epi EB3, I'd cut down the headstock to Gibson size/shape, put on GB350s, and a tailpiece.

 

[dagrev]

Dude's a minimalist. No frets, no socks...
If I didn't live in New England I might be ditching the socks too...
Fretless, that I'm starting to relate to. My path started talking to me earlier this year... Finally on it.

Now I'm scared you're onto something and maybe his minimalist tendencies extends to clothes as well....

No pics needed to confirm if this is even occasionally true.

 

[Gaolee]

That's perfect. And then there's this.

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My wife bought a string of lights to put in a tree outside our house. We haven't put them up yet. Oh, well.

The band I just joined seems to be getting pretty serious in a hurry. I'm firehose learning new songs and it sounds like they have gigs lined up for about every other month starting in February. That's about all the shows I want to play in a year. I got really tired of playing out all the time a few years ago.

 

[BklynKen]

The band I just joined seems to be getting pretty serious in a hurry. I'm firehose learning new songs and it sounds like they have gigs lined up for about every other month starting in February. That's about all the shows I want to play in a year. I got really tired of playing out all the time a few years ago.

That's great news. Please pass through NYC on your world tour.

 

[dagrev]

My wife bought a string of lights to put in a tree outside our house. We haven't put them up yet. Oh, well.

The band I just joined seems to be getting pretty serious in a hurry. I'm firehose learning new songs and it sounds like they have gigs lined up for about every other month starting in February. That's about all the shows I want to play in a year. I got really tired of playing out all the time a few years ago.

Sounds great. Don't forget to be working on your wardrobe.

 

[JJR58]

My wife bought a string of lights to put in a tree outside our house. We haven't put them up yet. Oh, well.

The band I just joined seems to be getting pretty serious in a hurry. I'm firehose learning new songs and it sounds like they have gigs lined up for about every other month starting in February. That's about all the shows I want to play in a year. I got really tired of playing out all the time a few years ago.

I'm gonna buy a dead Christmas tree and put 2 broken ornaments on it.

And congrats on the new band Will!

 

[Stealth57]

I'm gonna buy a dead Christmas tree and put 2 broken ornaments on it.

And congrats on the new band Will!

Thanks Charlie Brown.