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Thunderbird Club
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R.I.P. Del Palmer, Kate Bush's bassist, engineer and former partner.
She had fantastic bassists on her records. Danny Thompson, Eberhard Weber, John Giblin, David Paton, Jimmy Bain and of course Del.
She had fantastic bassists on her records. Danny Thompson, Eberhard Weber, John Giblin, David Paton, Jimmy Bain and of course Del.
Could it be that Martin Turner added a bridge pickup to that bass? Or was it only on loan from Overend Watts?
He preferred to use only the neck pickup anyway but for a while his T-Bird was wired in stereo and had a fourth knob.
But that Midnight Special T-Bird II can't be the same since it's stripped (natural wasn't an original T-bird color until '76, right?).
I’ll be sending up two pgs and two tr covers soon. Irv did such amazing work for the Silverburst Epi, I want the same black pick guards with chrome decals for the TV Silver and Alpine White Epis.
I’m debating whether to go black pgs with gold decals on the amazing Sparkling Pelham Blue and Sparkling Red Epis. Thoughts? The tr covers are both gold.
But my Gibsons are just a little better overall.
Could it be that Martin Turner added a bridge pickup to that bass? Or was it only on loan from Overend Watts?
He preferred to use only the neck pickup anyway but for a while his T-Bird was wired in stereo and had a fourth knob.
But that Midnight Special T-Bird II can't be the same since it's stripped (natural wasn't an original T-bird color until '76, right?).
Hard to say. In the old Fly Guitars article I believe he only mentions the IV, so not sure where the II fits in. The sunburst IV has a white headstock, and in the article he mentions it was in shambles, had been shattered, so I think maybe the IV was refinished to sunburst after repairs? Maybe it was a II originally, was put back together in natural, and then had the bridge pickup added and was refinished to sunburst with a white headstock? Hard to say as he doesn't mention the pickup being added, just the Thunderbird pickups being rewired to have stereo out.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,588
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Could it be that Martin Turner added a bridge pickup to that bass? Or was it only on loan from Overend Watts?
He preferred to use only the neck pickup anyway but for a while his T-Bird was wired in stereo and had a fourth knob.
But that Midnight Special T-Bird II can't be the same since it's stripped (natural wasn't an original T-bird color until '76, right?).
Definitely stripped to natural - stripping and streaking then.
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Bass player MIA... (on camera)
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Brian Eno era (early) Roxy was such an 'out-there' band. Glam, prog, post Velvets, spacey, theatrical... groundbreakers.
Since we're posting pedal boards. My current one.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I am always low on blinker fluid, too.For the car geeks:
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Plus, there is the Basement of Bad Ideas and Blasphemy a bit north of downtown. Not that I have the same flock of birds to play with. I will make a point of hauling the Grexa reissue 360 down to V's place one of the days, just so it can disturb the neighbors. The 1968 original stays in the basement.
Did you ever try the truss rod?
Wicked sound it out of that Bird! He plays a lot of what would usually be guitar parts.
