Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

As a matter of fact, yes. (That's how I got my front teeth broken off way back). The kind with pedals.

I tore my front teeth up at 5 in a tricycle accident. True story.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

whoever played the least clams…

So you have to fight Rebecca for it?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

... If you want a baseball bat neck, then an early Epiphone bolt-on gets you that. The pickups are wooly sounding, but those are very good in their own way. If you get one with the upper strap button on the vestigial upper horn, it will neck dive badly. Relocate the strap button to the heel of the neck and that problem is solved....

I don't know about other years but my 2012 Epi bolt-on has my favorite neck (vs a VP, CP, and two Grecos) that I won. It's the most slender all the way down. Alasi, I own no Gibsons yet.

 

[JIO]

I tore my front teeth up at 5 in a tricycle accident. True story.

Somehow I avoided missing teeth and broken bones as a kid, put I did pull-off some stitches and concussions. Never stopped me from continuing what caused such!

 

[JIO]

I don't think so. Hell I should go look now...

It's basically a Jazz (single-coil) pu - I've used them in the past but on no current bass. Good sounding pu's for sure.

 

[JIO]

Just getting back into some fretless work after years of not playing one. I picked up an Eastwood fretless on the cheap and it plays and sounds very good, not the level of my old Pedulla Pentabuzz (which I stupidly sold) but at a fraction of the cost it’ll do.

That said, I’m considering installing a pickup up against the neck. Thought about a vintage Gibson sidewinder from an old 1960’s EB but not sure I want to spend that money on this bass. Also considered a Dimarizo One and a Thunderbird pickup. Any thoughts from the gang here? It’ll go in this, so chrome or black would work fine…
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Cool Ampeg replica - Darkstar/Bi-sonic for the score - depending on spacing either Novak or Guild. I'd put money on it sounding awesome.

Gildaxe "Devil Magnum" - 34" scale - so Novak ...

 

[JIO]

i remember this bass in your response to my query about the bass in this video- this one has a pickup close to the neck- have no idea what make it is, but it reminds me of yours-



Speaking of fretless playing- for me it depends on what the song calls for-

Out of three songs I’m working on - two require a Fretless five, and one requires a fretted four string tuned to standard Drop D-

Love the Cannibals - great bass-line -

 

[Engle]

It's basically a Jazz (single-coil) pu - I've used them in the past but on no current bass. Good sounding pu's for sure.

The Dimarzio Model One is a humbucker, but they don’t say if it’s a sidewinder.
Now that I think about it, it’s got 2 rows of pole pieces, so it’s probably a conventional humbucker.

 

[JIO]

The Dimarzio Model One is a humbucker, but they don’t say if it’s a sidewinder.
Now that I think about it, it’s got 2 rows of pole pieces, so it’s probably a conventional humbucker.

Oh... sorry I got it mixed up with the Model J...

 

[icefly]

Starting to read new book

 

[dagrev]

Mmmmm, not sure i wanna sacrifice mids.

Softer mids, maybe a way of thinking of it. But if you want the most mids from a string, the Foundations are not it. To me they are more like Power Steels in my applications (which I like and used last night on the NR). They appear to have less mids than the Power Wounds. Maybe it because they sound brighter and lower that the mids seem less than the PWs. The PWs have less sparkle and maybe not as much in the lows. But maybe it's because they are well balanced across the spectrum. After tying all that, maybe it's because they are different! YMMV, but that's what I notice. Accuracy may vary.

 

[dagrev]

David Gilmour used a Schecter parts Fretless P-Bass for the intro and bridge of “Hey You” from The Wall-

No doubt! Nice.

 

[MCF]

I don't know about other years but my 2012 Epi bolt-on has my favorite neck (vs a VP, CP, and two Grecos) that I won. It's the most slender all the way down. Alasi, I own no Gibsons yet.

I suspect that is the same neck that is on my TV Silver Custom Shop. It’s the only one of my five custom shops with a 1.5 nut. It is very Gibson like. And a fast player.

 

[dagrev]

^^^^This! As much as I may dig a tone when I play a bass on its own, the sonic context changes everything.

^^^^This.

And the room dynamics. Any rig I have had sounds different in a big room vs my living room or basement. Same for most basses. The '64 doesn't sound all that good at home, but is unsurpassed live. The '21 NR sounds great at home, but not live. If I never played it live and not at home I would love the tone.

 

[JIO]

Starting to read new book

The doc was good - the book probably has more nuance -

 

[TBird1958]

Happy Thunderbird Thursday, lovely day here in Seattle!

 

[MCF]

Softer mids, maybe a way of thinking of it. But if you want the most mids from a string, the Foundations are not it. To me they are more like Power Steels in my applications (which I like and used last night on the NR). They appear to have less mids than the Power Wounds. Maybe it because they sound brighter and lower that the mids seem less than the PWs. The PWs have less sparkle and maybe not as much in the lows. But maybe it's because they are well balanced across the spectrum. After tying all that, maybe it's because they are different! YMMV, but that's what I notice. Accuracy may vary.

Man. We hear so differently. To me the Power Steels don’t lack in the least for mids. I tend to exaggerate the eq of mids over lows though. So who knows.

 

[dagrev]

I tore my front teeth up at 5 in a tricycle accident. True story.

Ouch. I was a mess. Face all tore up. Couldn't do any/much dental work until other areas were healed some or addressed. That was the only time I've been knocked out. Concrete will do that. Woke up and was laying in blood. Almost passed out again!

 

[JIO]

And then when you get all dialed in, your band mates show up and your tone is not what it was when played alone.

Never. What I've experienced time & time again is using the same bass, the same amp, the same pedals, the same settings - and depending on the night (at rehearsals specifically) the sound varies. I personally feel it's the molecules in the air at any time. (humidity, temperature, etc) Seriously. Some nights the sound is awesome/perfect - other nights it's ok, and yet other nights it's a struggle to get it all to sound good. Then there's live - which is ALWAYS a crap-shoot.

 

[MCF]

Seeing Brian @bylar13 pop in reminded me that I forgot to mention the new ep they just released. Please check it out!