Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

Limba - my guess also.

Looks like white limba (korina).

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Isn't Nintendo Japanese for bacon?

Nintendo bacon will eat you.
And not in a good way.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I would suggest that it is a partly accurate characterization of his music. He was doing garage band rock in the late 60s & 70s and grunge was the 90s garage band response to the increasingly over-produced hair metal of the 80s.

Yes, nuance etc. but I would say at the root, not an inaccurate characterization. Plus, plaid flannel shirts.

I always saw Neil as the godfather of grunge.

 

[MCF]

I know Marshall will not appreciate that as much as I did, but I cracked up. I'm sure Marshall did not. But all in good fun.

It is all good fun. I’m used to it. And take no offense at all. I’ve always been passionate about music of all kinds.

It was the same when I was in junior high with my love of Bowie when The Man Who Sold the World came out and Yes when The Yes Album came out. And a little later with Springsteen when Greetings from Asbury Park was released. I drove all my friends nuts with those records. They just didn’t get it.

Oh look! Thunderbird!

 

[PhR75]

Very nice. I've been keeping my eyes out to try one of the Tone Drivers after the Bad Monkey's went so crazy price wise. Also debated getting the FX10, though I think I migh grab a Nobels ODR-1s. The HD-1 is fantastic, like I said, usually have it always on with a bit of a clean blend for some uneffected lows, and then at the very end of the board a Chase Tone secret, helps brighten things up and drive everything. For recording at home I've got my board running into an Ashly SC-40 (I have two for stereo recording, one with the diode mod, but one is non-working at the moment), that goes into an Apollo, and in the DAW I've got Amplitube with a DR103 into some Dr Bonkers ACC 1x18 and Sunn 2x15 IRs. It's the first time I've felt recording direct in gets fairly close to my amps.

Here (Finland) the Monkey prices came down pretty quickly. I haven't used mine for some time but I should try it stacked with the Bi-Fet.
I tried Nobels but I didn't like it stacked and while it sounded pretty good on it's own it I still preferred the Tone Driver, especially for its low gain sound.

One thing I sometimes wish I had is a stereo IR box for the few stereo basses I have 'though I have found that running them straight to the clean channel of the Line Selector (straight into the Broughton filter) works very well too. Of course I cannot make it real stereo that way but it does sound different than running the bass from its mono output to the same system.
Grabbing another NUX SS is an option but that would be only for the home recordings.

 

[Engle]

Looks like white limba (korina).

Is it super light?

 

[Stealth57]

Is it super light?

No, not particularly light.

 

[JIO]

No, not particularly light.

All varieties of wood can vary in weight - in fact, it's more uncommon when it is a light slab, even with woods like basswood.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Looks like white limba (korina).

wasn’t the old Ibanez Iceman made of korina? first I ever hear of limba…

 

[JIO]

wasn’t the old Ibanez Iceman made of korina? first I ever hear of limba…

White or Black Limba is African wood similar to mahogany. It is also known as Korina and is also called Frake. Late '50's Gibson Flying V's were made of Korina. I made one bass body of it years ago (white Limba) - more or less worked like mahogany.

 

[kyral210]

I always saw Neil as the godfather of grunge.

Neil is one of alternative rock’s great architects. Listen to tracks like Cortez the Killer and you’ll realise how much influence he has.

On a person note, I adore playing Neil Young on my Esquire into my Helix clone of his rig (tweed app etc. using snapshots to replicate his Whizzer). The music has a magic to it that few others reach. Maybe that’s because I played his greatest hits to death when I was 21, but still, switching whizzer settings, switching volume/ tone presets, and screaming out solos is on a different level of engagement.

 

[DJ Bebop]

White or Black Limba is African wood similar to mahogany. It is also known as Korina and is also called Frake. Late '50's Gibson Flying V's were made of Korina. I made one bass body of it years ago (white Limba) - more or less worked like mahogany.

Limba The Forbidden Wood

 

[Ringhammer]

Truly an Auction, I wonder what this will end up selling for. 1967 Pelham Blue. $3.25 so far.

Gibson 1967 Faded Pelham Blue Non Reverse Thunderbird IV Bass | eBay

 

[JJR58]

Truly an Auction, I wonder what this will end up selling for. 1967 Pelham Blue. $3.25 so far.

Gibson 1967 Faded Pelham Blue Non Reverse Thunderbird IV Bass | eBay

That’s someone who’s a club member here if I remember correctly.

 

[MCF]

Neil is one of alternative rock’s great architects. Listen to tracks like Cortez the Killer and you’ll realise how much influence he has.

On a person note, I adore playing Neil Young on my Esquire into my Helix clone of his rig (tweed app etc. using snapshots to replicate his Whizzer). The music has a magic to it that few others reach. Maybe that’s because I played his greatest hits to death when I was 21, but still, switching whizzer settings, switching volume/ tone presets, and screaming out solos is on a different level of engagement.

Yep. And alt country too. Zuma, and particularly Cortez, is a masterpiece. As is Ragged Glory:

 

[dagrev]

After some sanding and a water wipe down. Any more guesses on wood type?

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I'm stumped. Just when I think I have a decent guess I change my mind. Whatever it is, I guess it's uncommon in NA.

 

[dagrev]

Not light.

Balsa was one of my first guesses as well, but it's really soft and light.

 

[Haji]

I'm stumped. Just when I think I have a decent guess I change my mind. Whatever it is, I guess it's uncommon in NA.

It's tree wood.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Truly an Auction, I wonder what this will end up selling for. 1967 Pelham Blue. $3.25 so far.

Gibson 1967 Faded Pelham Blue Non Reverse Thunderbird IV Bass | eBay

I'm thinking a solid bid of $3.75 should put me in first place.

 

[dagrev]

That’s someone who’s a club member here if I remember correctly.

I know the one you are thinking of. That went to Nashville and is still there as far as I know.