Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

We'll do more than merely existing my friend!
So many basses!

 

[SubHuman]

There's a time and place of course! I.E. South of France

Meantime, a very rare Bird.

Is that Beauty yours? Sharp color and Super Duty 455 too!

 

[TBird1958]

Is that Beauty yours? Sharp color and Super Duty 455 too!

No, it belongs to my model train bestie, Bill. We've been friends for 35 years now, great guy. If you want to see it and several very nice GTO's the GTG will likely make a short trip for a visit, you're welcome to come along!

 

[SubHuman]

I had to clean up my act.

Clean up your act? Oh that means you changed it to a Cookie Duster Ha!

 

[TBird1958]

Ament with his Lull and friends jamming with Neil.

Some of Jeff's JAXT's at the shop.

The one on the left in your video....

 

[5StringBlues]

Spell check never works when it's supposed to.

Clean up your act? Oh that means you changed it to a Cookie Duster Ha!

 

[TBird1958]

Four hours. Wow. Just wow.

We'll get two 20 min. breaks in there - I'm a geezer!

 

[SubHuman]

Some of Jeff's JAXT's at the shop.

The one on the left in your video....

That color combination is a real knock out!

 

[GBassNorth]

Did you run both tubes with the same settings? In that, I agree you can hear the difference, but the lower grain tube will sound the same as the higher grain tube if you just push it a little harder, or push the other a little less.

Hmmm, maybe I should switch from high grain alcohol to high grain tubes.

 

[GBassNorth]

tried EBCF and they’re nothing like rounds imho…

I’d agree they don’t sound like rounds, but I’d also note they are one of the least traditional flatwound sound strings out there.

Mirror Mon…
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OMG, the dreaded MXA!

At first thought for rounds, maybe something round core Boomer RCs, Sunbeams, etc. Pure nickels of some kind also might be the opposite of the aggressiveness of the EBCFs. All the above would have great lows, some soft highs but subtle mids, in my experience.

I find the EBCF to be strong in the bottom and mids with adequate defined top end. So probably a bit too close to boomers.

The only setting is the gain knob. On both it was adjusted to read an average LUFS of -15 on my WMS plug-in.
That being said, there's absolutely no way you'll get a 12au7 to break up….

Neil Sedaka would agree with you…

 

[Cirrubass]

I know there was a run of lefties, but I've never seen one come up used. I'd be interested.

GC still has new lefty T-Birds listed for sale as a backorder. At $1499.00 with a case it's a good deal. No charge to your credit card until it ships. I think GC commissioned a special run of the lefties.

 

[SubHuman]

Mirror Mon…
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I see an apparition in that mirror! Ohhhhhhh...

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Some of Jeff's JAXT's at the shop.

The one on the left in your video....

I've got one of Jeff's cases at my house for that big blue thang.

 

[Stealth57]

The Cobalt Flats are surprising if you haven't tried them before. They do not sound like a traditional flat.

V played my CP with EBCF at the first GTG.

 

[Stealth57]

Bottling day.

 

[JIO]

This is some thinking outside of the box -

Bass of the Week: Ruokangas Guitars Steam Classic "Puma"

 

[TBird1958]

I really meant to catch the date and missed it, this thread started on February 18, 2014, so it's 10 year anniversary was a few days back..............Shall we rock on?

 

[Engle]

It's in part a tactile thing for me too, I have pretty good calouses and enjoy the feeling of Rounds, Flats, not at all.
With the assistance of our good Mr. Ken in guiding me to SITs and Ken Smith, I'm pretty happy with my strings.

Is it the Ken Smith Rockmasters you use?

 

[TBird1958]

Is it the Ken Smith Rockmasters you use?

On some basses, yes. The '89 has SIT Power Steels - Thank you, Ken!

 

[BklynKen]

On some basses, yes. The '89 has SIT Power Steels - Thank you, Ken!

We're a great bunch of enablers! Fortunately, in this case, the strings are pretty inexpensive.