He’s been gone so long he forgot what a Thunderbird looks like!
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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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- club thunderbird
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Let do this!
No thunderbird, tiny stage(?), well floor actually.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Frank and I are off to The Museum of Flight for an aviation/space theme evening with food trucks, drinks and dancing - He's going as an Army Air Force officer, I'm his pin up girl.
oh my...
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,588
- 221,963
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Is that a J w/a mud-bucker in the standard neck pu location?
Frank and I are off to The Museum of Flight for an aviation/space theme evening with food trucks, drinks and dancing - He's going as an Army Air Force officer, I'm his pin up girl.
And you said no naughty photo ops while i’m there.
I’m very disappointed.
Mister? He’s not in the navy!
By function, a stage. Interesting gear mix.
Hard to tell from the pic if the finish is gooched. They’re great basses. And that is the original bridge. The finish on mine was really soft from years of sitting in the case. It hardened up after sitting out a few months and polished up to a decent shine. But yeah, around 1k is more like it.
Bigger than most of the "band areas" we've played in, but if I'm to the drummer's high hat side, I can't use my TBird 'cos it'll hit the wall.
Anything special about the Nikki six epis? One for 6 at a nearby GC
I was in the Navy, but when someone calls me sir, I tell them "not necessary-I was an enlisted swine"*
*A Commander referred to us enlisted guys who worked in that office by that term-jokingly. We all 'got it'. He was one of the finest Officers I ever worked under. When no 'outsiders' were around, we called him by his first name.
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Haji
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I'm the anti-hobbit. I make uprights look small. I'm classified as a large animal at 6'6" and a lotta pounds.
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,894
- 142,211
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
That doesn't look all that good, 900.00 at most.
Haji
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To me Gibson are worth quite a bit less than they are to everyone else. I was spoiled by working at Taylor Guitars for a short while in the 90s, in the finish department. From that time on, finish flaws have been glaring to me, and Gibson is the king of poor finish prep sanding, and has been for a LONG time.
They look bad ass.
Pickups are wired straight to an on off switch. No pots or caps. Unless it’s been modded. My guess is that the “Deep Sixx” labeled pickups are just the stock Epi pickups. Any difference in tone from a regular Epi IV or a Goth is the absence of the tone pot and cap (I’ve not been able to substantiate that theory). It also has the Optigrab pinkie anchor.
I have one that someone modded to add a volume pot. I like it, more for the fact that it’s different than for any other reason.
Here’s a “review” by the mad Scot, Madmalko.
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That's quite possibly true, but when I'm playing mine, I can't see it. Therefore...
Check this out from Rob:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/brooks-fv-12-a-short-scale-twelve-string-bass.1647373/
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/brooks-fv-12-a-short-scale-twelve-string-bass.1647373/
