GK is good stuff, if I were going to buy solid state again it would be GK.
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Thunderbird Club
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I am using an Orange OB-1 500 through an SWR 1x15 and an Earcandy 1x12. It is a solid state amp (which I prefer) and has a an overdrive channel. Great clean tone, cool distorted tone than can run anywhere from "lightly pushed" to "crazy overdrive".
Being solid state, it has a different overdrive tone that I like. Using the my T-bird, with Lollar pick-ups and adding overdrive when needed it sounds pretty good to my ears....
Here is a link to an online demo. Not for everyone but hey, if I wanted to be like everyone else, I would play a tort, P-Bass w/ flats..
I'm actually getting a custom amp built. For less than the Orange costs new.
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I wish I had the scratch for an Orange 4 Stroke; I love that sound. Since I'm poor, though, I have a super cheap used SVT-3 Pro (who buys them new? Mine was $300, not $1300) and my spare is a GK 800RB that I got for $289 out de do'. It eventually cost me another $99 in repairs, but still a solid value, and it runs like new now.
Don't fret! It'll get better.
I am using an Orange OB-1 500 through an SWR 1x15 and an Earcandy 1x12. It is a solid state amp (which I prefer) and has a an overdrive channel. Great clean tone, cool distorted tone than can run anywhere from "lightly pushed" to "crazy overdrive".
Being solid state, it has a different overdrive tone that I like. Using the my T-bird, with Lollar pick-ups and adding overdrive when needed it sounds pretty good to my ears....
Here is a link to an online demo. Not for everyone but hey, if I wanted to be like everyone else, I would play a tort, P-Bass w/ flats..
Jeez, that sounds amazing. Thanks for giving me GAS.
Read the book, it is wonderful. Sad as a mother, but wonderful. Bob Mould's biography is another must-read.
Holy crap! You people know Guadalcanal Diary? I love the "Walking with" album.
I recently put 2x4 on the turntable since I hadn't heard it in forever. Couldn't believe how much it sounded like REM.
Did you purchase your Earcandy cab directly from Tim? He seems like such a good guy. He reminds me a bit of "our very own" @Dadagoboi, a skilled craftsman who is good enough to share their expertise with folks because they like being a collegial member of a musical community (difference being that Tim makes amp cabs).
EarCandy Cabs – High End Guitar and Bass Pro Audio
I ordered a couple of wiring harnesses from him a while back, for a couple of my amps. It was less than a $30 purchase but he took time with me on the phone AND traded emails to boot. I was floored by the level of customer service for such a seemingly trivial purchase. He didn't speak to me like I was a nimrod afraid of frying expensive speakers (even though I was a nimrod afraid of frying expensive speakers). AND we even talked about cats!
Hope you like your cab.
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Something is worng in the world - look at the three posts above. More than 3 hours between posts! Nobody got anything to say?
Me -> New (to me) Bird Day!
Bought from TB'er @Toddbass65
Me -> New (to me) Bird Day!
Bought from TB'er @Toddbass65
And a good bird day, to you sir. Congrats!
I thought for sure it was going to be a pic of the 2015 Gibson model that you mentioned the other day. But this handsome Epi doesn't preclude you from another acquisition!
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The AntiThunderBird. Big Bottom Wavy Wally Fretless. One piece crotch black walnut, wenge/ebony neck, twin Aguilar Ps, DR Legend Flats (with silk)...and black hardware.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
Not yet. There are goals to accomplish. But, if things go well in the next couple of months, it could be mine. I am not too worried about it going anywhere. It has been hanging there for the better part of a year.
That's the spirit! And so principled too. Being the vacuous person that I am, hedonism and self-indulgence rule. So, satiating my GAS IS goal-oriented behavior.drool Maslow be damned.
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I was debating on picking that up it was a good price but that thumb rest really turned me off. Nice buy though.
There was also a chromed out Pelham blue non-reverse about the same time that I was eyeing. In the end, I had reservations on that. But a white reverse (as @TBird1958 points out) is just sexy. Even if it breaks my "not white, not black, not grey" rule. Come to think of it, half my basses break that rule, but the ones that do are really something special.
Both my thunderbirds break 1 of those rules each. A white Thunderbird is the most beautiful thing ever. I'm not big on the burst on tbirds
Did you go and pick that up or have it shipped. Noticed you're near me and I'm near where that was for sale, just curious.
You and me both man. I was fully prepared to buy a head today but something was wrong with it. Saved me from getting killed by my wife tho, so there is that "silver lining".
I picked it up. I have time and it wasn't too far to go.
You and me both man. I was fully prepared to buy a head today but something was wrong with it. Saved me from getting killed by my wife tho, so there is that "silver lining".
Every silver lining has a dark cloud...
