Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

In the same boat with you. Just not my cuppa tea from a sound standpoint. Although I do like the sound sometimes when others play them, just not when I do.

SIT Power Wounds on my '62 and Power Steels on the '71 fixed that for me. Now I enjoy playing an hearing them.

 

[dagrev]

The HPF will make a difference. I’m kinda surprised you haven’t tried that yet. I didn’t realize just how much a HPF can help until I got the Mesa with the built in Variable HPF. That is a reason Andy and Jeff included the filters in the 4 On the Floor.

1. I'm slow some times.
2. I'm apparently and admittedly not good at knob tweaking and EQing. I hardly ever touch my amp for EQ. When I do, I'm having real problems.

That said, I'm looking forward to rehearsal Wednesday. Adjusting the filters on the Genzler will be easy in between songs. I have the '06 sounding great, and I love the bass and really want to get it sounding good and not need to move it along.

 

[dagrev]

Yeah well- as Rod Stewart once sang- “The attraction is purely physical…”

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I'm a sucker for CAR or the Candy Cola.

 

[dagrev]

That is so sweet! Congrats on the baby and all of the positive changes in your life. My Son and Daughter in law are expecting July 3rd. Life doesn’t slow down when you retire!

Pre congrats!

 

[dagrev]

I love semi para Eq’s.
Tons of flexibility and you can dial out unwanted frequencies, or add as needed.
Overlapping frequencies, plus having control over each bandwidth, and a bypass switch for each.
This particular unit is quite handy.

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So with you. I miss the old Peavey head for that reason. And with the other "normal" eq channel and slider EQ, if you couldn't get close with that it was because it was impossible. That head had lots of options, but was easy to use and figure out. I'd be lost with your rig!

 

[MCF]

Where tf is all the Thunderbird content?

It’s all here, several times over. Got a question? Just ask. We’re a friendly group that discusses a lot of subjects. Planes, trains, automobiles, basses, amps, you name it. But no politics. Thunderbirds are the ties that bind.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Where tf is all the Thunderbird content?

I'd say you might have to search for it, but we don't really do that around here.

 

[JJR58]

So with you. I miss the old Peavey head for that reason. And with the other "normal" eq channel and slider EQ, if you couldn't get close with that it was because it was impossible. That head had lots of options, but was easy to use and figure out. I'd be lost with your rig!

Those Peavy’s have such great eq and tone.
That Ashly looks complicated, but it really isn’t.

 

[Count Bassie]

Where tf is all the Thunderbird content?

This IS Thunderbird content!

 

[Ringhammer]

No one commented on my tone (I am shocked! )

As my guitarist occasionally remind me, “no one listens to the bass”

I have throughout my life tried to get people the put a little effort into following the bass line when listening to music, (mostly referring to hard rock and metal), since in most cases, the drums guitar and vox are always up in the mix, you can’t “not” hear those, but bass sometimes requires a little effort to pull out of the mix. Once you’ve tuned into the bass, then you are hearing everything.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

You know full well clients don't listen to counsel. That's why they inevitably need more legal advice....

Heck, I would love to try a T40 again. Built like a tank. Same weight as well. Peavey was ahead of of the game with the T40s, they were just so heavy and country guys went for them which meant many rock guys tended to ignore them. Other than Ross Valery. But he's played about everything over the years.

I loved my T40, but even in my 20s a 13 lb bass was just too much.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

As my guitarist occasionally remind me, “no one listens to the bass”

I have throughout my life tried to get people the put a little effort into following the bass line when listening to music, (mostly referring to hard rock and metal), since in most cases, the drums guitar and vox are always up in the mix, you can’t “not” hear those, but bass sometimes requires a little effort to pull out of the mix. Once you’ve tuned into the bass, then you are hearing everything.

I always say, "if nobody is talking about the bass, that's a good thing. If they're saying good things about the bass, that's a great thing." Most people don't notice the bass unless it's not there or it's messing up.

 

[Stealth57]

You know full well clients don't listen to counsel. That's why they inevitably need more legal advice....

Heck, I would love to try a T40 again. Built like a tank. Same weight as well. Peavey was ahead of of the game with the T40s, they were just so heavy and country guys went for them which meant many rock guys tended to ignore them. Other than Ross Valery. But he's played about everything over the years.

As you wish.
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[Stealth57]

As my guitarist occasionally remind me, “no one listens to the bass”

I have throughout my life tried to get people the put a little effort into following the bass line when listening to music, (mostly referring to hard rock and metal), since in most cases, the drums guitar and vox are always up in the mix, you can’t “not” hear those, but bass sometimes requires a little effort to pull out of the mix. Once you’ve tuned into the bass, then you are hearing everything.

It's all I do when Chuck's playing. OK, I listen to Becca too.

 

[Engle]

Ric sells the whole thing.

00003-PICKUP ASSY 4003 BRIDGE

Take the pickup out and sell the xtra stuff in the classifieds here to offset the cost.

I need a surround!

 

[TBird1958]

I love semi para Eq’s.
Tons of flexibility and you can dial out unwanted frequencies, or add as needed.
Overlapping frequencies, plus having control over each bandwidth, and a bypass switch for each.
This particular unit is quite handy.

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I am such a dinosaur.
Anything more than this and I'm in trouble!

 

[Engle]

Where tf is all the Thunderbird content?

Valid question!
Here’s my main players:

 

[dagrev]

This IS Thunderbird content!

Post of the day!

 

[TBird1958]

No Thunderbirds here..............

 

[MCF]

As you wish.
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That’s about $300 to $350 more than they went for three or four years ago. I passed on a nice one in ‘18 for around $450 because of the weight. It and the case were in really good shape. It was a tone monster.