Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

What's wrong with the self-closing ears? The ones on my Hercules stands work great.

The ones on Ultimates get balky and don't work smoothly after a bit. It doesn't bother me much, but there it is.

 

[Gaolee]

I've carefully kept the packages of the strings on each bass so I know what's on them. Prolly woulda been really smart to've put the date installed on the packages.

I don't do that, and I don't have an inkling about what strings are on what bass if they aren't flats (always EBCFs) or black (DR Black Beauties). The only other strings I can identify are the tapes on the '15, but I don't remember what brand of tapes they are. Whatever strings are on the EB right now need to be replaced. I may go to Ken Smith Bass Burners on that one, just to keep everything consistent. The Flamingo and '01 will have those in a month or so.

Funny thing about Bass Burners is that I thought they sounded awful right away, but then they broke in and sounded great for a very long time. They were a 50-115 set, as I recall. I'll be putting 10-105s on this time around. I never set up the nut to deal with the bigger E and A strings and just dealt with the higher action.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Messed that up. If you had only bought one of his Porsches he would given you the BaCH. Maybe.

all this talk of BaCHs….thought you didn’t like them?……posted a pic jic….threw in a half naked SVT as well….TT..

 

[Bent77]

I worked with a redhead who had serious back. She met Sir-Mix-a-Lot. He liked her a whole lot.



We called her Nature's Danger Signal for her almost fluorescent red hair.

Guy needs a place to set his drink

 

[Gaolee]

I don't care for angry piano when I play. I live in the "no clank zone." Interesting when others do it, but just never interested me or fit what I played. I've got 66s on the '76 and the '64 Epi Embassy. Big, fat and punchy. I tried them on the '64 Thunderbird, didn't sound angry piano through my heads and cabs, but they are generally warm by nature. Oddly enough, I found them uninteresting on the '64. Go figure. The SIT Power Wounds/D. Ellefsons on the other had sound fantastic--95-98% as good as the much more expensive (and shorter) Infelds. Fat and punchy with nice clarity. Just ordered two sets of SIT Power Wounds. Just in case. They have become my go-to string, and "fixer" string for basses that seem to be missing something.

Proof that Thunderbirds do all kinds of things. Don't tell anybody.

 

[Gaolee]

Do these have silks?

This will sound ridiculous to everyone I’m sure, but I kinda hate when strings don’t have silks.

I don't believe Bass Burners do either.

 

[BklynKen]

all this talk of BaCHs….thought you didn’t like them?……posted a pic jic….threw in a half naked SVT as well….TT..
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Cover that up! Remember this site has to be child-friendly.

 

[BklynKen]

The ones on Ultimates get balky and don't work smoothly after a bit. It doesn't bother me much, but there it is.

I have Hercules wall hangers now, and will install the diamondLife panel in the new place. When I play out, I tend to just slide the bass into the open Gator case. More stable than any stand they might have on stage and even folded, one of these floor stands is too much to lug around with me.

 

[JJR58]

Proof that Thunderbirds do all kinds of things. Don't tell anybody.

I’m super happy i modded mine the way I did, covers way more tonal possibilities then I had anticipated.
Covers it all from angry to polite.

 

[BklynKen]

I don't believe Bass Burners do either.

Last time I used Bass Burners they had orange silks. Rock Masters have purple.

 

[Ringhammer]

I don't believe Bass Burners do either.

The burners I have have orange at the headstock and blue at the bridge.

 

[Gaolee]

Last time I used Bass Burners they had orange silks. Rock Masters have purple.

I'll have to look to see what the Bass Burners I just got have as far as silks. Orange may offend my shallowness on a Burgundy Mist Metallic bass. As I recall, Veronica's sublime Lull has Rock Masters on it.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Cover that up! Remember this site has to be child-friendly.

no geek porn? c’mon!…

 

[Gaolee]

no geek porn? c’mon!…
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What is that?

[failure at geekness. I must just be a nerd.]

 

[Stealth57]

no geek porn? c’mon!…
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Straight from UCSB...or at least next door.

 

[TBird1958]

I'll have to look to see what the Bass Burners I just got have as far as silks. Orange may offend my shallowness on a Burgundy Mist Metallic bass. As I recall, Veronica's sublime Lull has Rock Masters on it.

It's had Rock Masters on it quite a few times, at the moment it has some SITs, can't recall if they're Nickel or Stainless - senility is setting in.

 

[GonePlaid]

Do these have silks?

This will sound ridiculous to everyone I’m sure, but I kinda hate when strings don’t have silks.

SIT Power Flats on my Epi Embassy-purple silks. That's what gives it its tone.

 

[Stealth57]

SIT Power Flats on my Epi Embassy-purple silks. That's what gives it its tone.

EBCF
Power Flats
La Bella black tapes

The purple silk power players.

 

[GonePlaid]

yeah, I lose track quick…

Yeah, and I only have 5; one of which has (?)brand tapes; and the 5er has EBCFs. When did I put them on?
Previously...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Oh, they work (open/close) fine. I'm just not sure what problem they actually solve. If they are not utilized on the stand, if you hit an instrument hard enough to dislodge it from the "ears," it's almost certainly going to be hard enough to just knock the whole thing over, center of gravity or not. I'm sure there is some scenario where they might help, but I've yet to encounter it or even imagine it. Just doesn't seem needed on those IMO. Wall hanger, I get, just not on those.

Us klutzes like all the support we can get. It's saved one of mine from falling a couple of times.