Thunderbird Club

[SubHuman]

2011 Gibson Short Scale. The top was finished in Silverburst and the silver headstock accent was added by a shop in Providence. The pickguard is original.
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That is nice! I like that SS too!

 

[SubHuman]

2011 Gibson Short Scale. The top was finished in Silverburst and the silver headstock accent was added by a shop in Providence. The pickguard is original.
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@Albert Ross was asking about the T-Bird logo on his Pickguard and it matches the one on your Short Scale. Did they use that logo on other years/models?

 

[TBird1958]

Demon n Wizards & Magician's Birthday... Big part of my life in high school...
Gary Thain's bass lines, STILL rent space in my head!!

He (Gary Thain) was an inspiration to me for sure, " Demons and Wizards" and "Live" got a lot of play at my house, growing up I liked English bands much more than most U.S. stuff during the early and mid '70s.

 

[WillyW]

are all of the Epimophoam PRO Thundernoids active?

is that summbich the battery compartment? 6 D-cells?

weird placement right where a string-thru would be...

 

[TBird1958]

@Albert Ross was asking about the T-Bird logo on his Pickguard and it matches the one on your Short Scale. Did they use that logo on other years/models?
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They've changed a few times over the years........Perhaps we should post some shots of various years.

Here's what it looked like in 1989.

 

[Stealth57]

are all of the Epimophoam PRO Thundernoids active?

is that summbich the battery compartment? 6 D-cells?

weird placement right where a string-thru would be...

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9v battery turned on its side. All active unless someone pulls a Willy and starts yanking stuff.

 

[SubHuman]

Yep. This one ain’t easy. But it sure is great.

I was surprised to see Thain only lived to be 27! If you read his biography he did a lot in those 27 years!

 

[Stealth57]

They've changed a few times over the years........Perhaps we should post some shots of various years.

Here's what it looked like in 1989.

Looks like someone punched that poor bird in the beak.

 

[Engle]

If you play a lot with other musicians, like in rehearsals/gigs/jam-sessions/recording sessions etc.., many factors of the endeavor need to align for an optimal experience and they are not always in your control. Like tonight at our weekly Bond Girl rehearsal - everything felt like it gelled. The overall sound in our space was good, our levels were good, we rested in the grooves fluidly - all & all a very productive rehearsal. But last Tuesday - it felt completely different. The room sound wasn't good, our playing was ok but not great - all & all it was more 'getting through' the material than playing it. Live shows can be like that too - as much as you try to control your sound/performance, sometimes it's out of your control and you have to make the best of it. Luckily as musicians we are our harshest critics - a sub-standard performance to us can be perceived as "you guys were great!" by our audience... I politely thank them, but know better. I guess it's just part of the deal - strive for excellence and stay critical (enough) to work to achieve something close to that "ideal".

Well put Geo!
I have a recorded a track with DJB that I’m on the fence about. It’s a little sloppy time wise at some points, but it works in the context. Some days it’s sounds great to me, and other days not so much. The other guys think it’s great

 

[SubHuman]

are all of the Epimophoam PRO Thundernoids active?

is that summbich the battery compartment? 6 D-cells?

weird placement right where a string-thru would be...

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Ha! One 9v but you’re right. It’s in the neck through stack! Let’s cut a hole where the most tension will be on the bass!

 

[Stealth57]

Looks like someone punched that poor bird in the beak.

My 2010 and 2017 Epis are similar. The beak is a little less rounded on the bottom of the 2017.

 

[Engle]

Interesting. Don't know that I've ever seen the underneath of a mudbucker. I wonder if all look similar to that?

That’s a big single coil, not a mudbucker.

 

[Stealth57]

That’s a big single coil, not a mudbucker.

So, a real mudbucker would be that actual size? Sidewinder? So, just making a single coil to look like a mudbucker externally? Might explain why it doesn't sound muddy, just very lows oriented.

 

[WillyW]

Looks like someone punched that poor bird in the beak.

stereo SVT's will do that

 

[BklynKen]

He (Gary Thain) was an inspiration to me for sure, " Demons and Wizards" and "Live" got a lot of play at my house, growing up I liked English bands much more than most U.S. stuff during the early and mid '70s.

I can listen to his bass lines on Sweet Lorraine and Traveller in Time over and over again and it never gets old. So good.

 

[BklynKen]

They've changed a few times over the years........Perhaps we should post some shots of various years.

Here's what it looked like in 1989.

That's an original Gibson pickguard? I thought that logo was only on Epiphones.

 

[TBird1958]

That's an original Gibson pickguard? I thought that logo was only on Epiphones.

Yes, it's original.

 

[SubHuman]

They've changed a few times over the years........Perhaps we should post some shots of various years.

Here's what it looked like in 1989.

It would be interesting to see how much the logo has changed. Just in a few examples there’s slight differences.

 

[dagrev]

are all of the Epimophoam PRO Thundernoids active?
is that summbich the battery compartment? 6 D-cells?

weird placement right where a string-thru would be...
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No, that's silly.

 

[SubHuman]

No, that's silly.

Don’t put that battery in backwards!