Thunderbird Club

[Engle]

This is what was in my Orville when I got it, TB Plus in cans.

Mine are different from those.
Is yours an Orville by Gibson?

 

[GonePlaid]

Gretsch? Guild?….
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Guild.

 

[Engle]

If it is a thin metal cover like on many pu's... possibly not. I'm not familiar with sound comparisons (sonic or output) of exposed pu's compared to those covered with plastic or metal covers.

I think I should try it in a test bass before routing the Casady. But that means getting another transformer and weird value pots. They are hard to find.

 

[WillyW]

Larry has joined Lorrie (2018)… RIP Collins Kids…

 

[GBassNorth]

From what I can see these didn't come in black did they? Looks like only white and burst. Specifically looking for black.
Thats an E1, which is the bolt on version.
Yeah I thought that would be the way to go, but I don't think I what I want exists lol.

If you want black the CP won’t get you there without a refin. When buying a CP (if that’s what you’re looking for) you’ll find the best deals when the seller has listed the bass incorrectly as a bolt on E1 not a CP, which is basically an Eppi copy of the Gibson Tbird.

The CP did. This could be NOS. More likely the photo is just wrong, but who knows?
A couple months ago, Epi support looked into the E1 bit for me and said they could find no evidence Epi was currently manufacturing and selling those. Yet New E1s continue to be listed and presumably sold.

I suspect the sale is actually an E1. That said, the picture is absolutely a CP, which is the reason I said if the bass being sold is the one in the picture then it’s a good deal.

 

[D.M.N.]

I could never have thought I'd see some live Quatermass footage.


That's a pretty big Orange cab John Gustafson is playing thru.

IIRC, those are Orange/Matamp 4x15s

 

[GonePlaid]

IIRC, those are Orange/Matamp 4x15s

Shoot!(sp?) They wouldn't even fit in my current gigmobile.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Very cool!

this showed up too….

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My MXR M85 Bass Distortion (designed in conjunction with the Cat Tail designer) is for sale in the classifieds. TC members in ConUS don’t pay shipping and I’ll knock up to $15 off shipping elsewhere.

 

[GonePlaid]

Generally I don't get too wound up about Football, but our locals are playing for the National Championship to night.
So, as the say "Bow down to Washington"

Purple is one of our colors.

TBH, I didn't care who won*, but I woulda liked to've seen a closer game.

* I mean, I live in FL. MI and WA are a long ways away.

 

[PhR75]

one of my favorites…. love Glover’s intro….if I recall the sleeve shows him playing a P….believe he got the Rick for MH where it sounds like he (at least for some stuff) left the flats on….wonder what bass/strings/amp (if any) he used to record that track…….he used a Peavey when I saw him on the Perfect Strangers tour…..remember the house (20k at Hollywood Sportatorium) exploding when they broke into Stange Kind of Woman…. gosh I miss those days….

Many pics from "Fireball" sessions show him playing a Mustang. I'd guess he used his Marshalls.
Precision on stage until the Ric came along.

 

[TBird1958]

Mine are different from those.
Is yours an Orville by Gibson?

Yes, but mine's not original in terms of color or bridge, I don't recall the seller saying anything about the pickups other than what they are - TB Plus with chrome covers. At some point I'll have you do a new TRC for it since you have one to pattern, mine has a Gibson TRC and I'd prefer the correct one.

 

[PhR75]

this showed up too….

Yeah, saw that too. Peter Robinson was a great organ player and it's a shame the band folded since at least I haven't heard him playing in that style after Quatermass. He moved to the States in 1971 and has played a lot of sessions including a stint with Brand X and later Phil Collins. Soundtrack composing too.

Now I wish the footage of Quatermass backing up Shawn Phillips in 1974 will emerge. It was a different beast then as Barry De Souza was in drums and there was also Janne Schaffer on guitar. "Furthermore" is an excellent prog-folk-fusion -hybrid.

 

[PhR75]

IIRC, those are Orange/Matamp 4x15s

You're right. I recall reading a Gustafson interview where he said he had 4 x 15's and I thought that the interviewee had heard wrong etc. I was wrong...
He also said that he used a Jazz Bass and I thought that was wrong too since I always pictured him playing a P-Bass he did in the IGB days before getting the Wal JG model. But apparently the Jazz Bass was his main weapon in the early seventies.

And of course everybody knows that Gustafson played a reverse IV when he was with the Merseybeats in '64 or '65.

 

[JIO]

Gretsch? Guild?….
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Cheryl Crow?

 

[PhR75]

Somehow I expected you to know them. Sadly, I didn’t buy the vinyl back in the day. I had a buddy who thought they would be bigger than Yes, Genesis, ELP, etc. Wrong. But good stuff all the same.

You mean your buddy thought Quatermass would be bigger? 'Cause Purple definitely got big or actually already were at that time (1970).
Who knows, if they (Quatermass) hadn't split up. They had the talent, good material (especially the songs provided by Paul Hammond had some hit potential, "Black Sheep Of The Family" especially) and compared to ELP they knew how to rock. ELP's rock playing was always a bit awkward and I mostly blame Carl Palmer for that. Greg Lake could have been a good rock screamer for any hard rock band but think of Carl in Deep Purple for example....

 

[JIO]

Today is Scott (Engel) Walkers B-day ... long live Scott Walker

1959 -

1969 -

2012 -

 

[Stealth57]

Blue rice anyone?

 

[MCF]

I tried out a couple of pedals at the local GC tonight. The walls were covered with guitars and basses, which made me happy after a couple years of supply chain deficit. They had no Thunderbirds, which did not make me happy. They did, however, have two Jack Cassidy basses- one red, one blue. I grabbed the red, of course, as they sound better. You can get a ridiculous variety of tones out of that pickup! The neck’s a bit bigger than I like, but that was my only complaint. I may have to get one later. Sounded and played great. I played through a Rumble, so one less variable in the equation. I took one pedal home and the other was ordered. I’d planned to buy the second from Sweetwater because the website said they didn’t have any in stock. But one of the employees had bought their last one today, and let me try it out, so I bought it there.

As I’ve noted before, I really like our GC. Staffed by friendly, helpful musicians who care.

The Hollywood, West L.A., Orange and Pasadena GCs can be OK.

 

[MCF]

Gretsch? Guild?….
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Hot.

She plays a Guild.