Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Well you guys in Texas are the only reason I’ll ever go there. I would like to visit you in Austin one of these days.

We typically have a room available.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

It's the equivalent of the keyboard player using the transpose function.

not really exactly the same…in a keyboard you are already in the digital domain so transposing is more straightforward than having to digitize the signal for that sole purpose…

 

[Dark Horse]

All flavors of birds -

very cool

 

[Stealth57]

very cool

Even non-birds.

 

[Nocturnal]

Yeah, that’s who I’ve been with for the past bunch of years. Kris is aces…. He’s with Josh Abbott these days.

unfortunately I’m off the road getting treatment for cancer, so my buddy Joe from Reckless Kelly is filling in on the shows he can do, and another friend (Bill) that plays with Kyle Nix is doing the rest of them. Hopefully I can be back out by the end of summer/early fall if my treatment is successful.

I’ve had a lot of great gigs and played with some awesome people, but the Braun family are just amazing folks. Talented, and they welcome you in as family.

All the positive vibes, good thoughts, and prayers sent your way.

I ordered the EY pickups. Hopefully I like them, but they were at least in my budget since I just sold a pedal. If I don’t like them I’ll upgrade later.

thank you all who helped, I appreciate it !

I was going to recommend starting with the EY pickups. Less money out of pocket now and you can always upgrade later if you feel the need.

 

[Dark Horse]

All the positive vibes, good thoughts, and prayers sent your way.



I was going to recommend starting with the EY pickups. Less money out of pocket now and you can always upgrade later if you feel the need.

thanks, brother !

 

[Stealth57]

Good bye Say Hey

 

[GBassNorth]

PS: those are some great looking basses you have!

Thanks! All fun builds.

Nice stuff...as usual plus some useful information on pickups!

Thanks. This club is packed with tons of great info on virtually every aspect of thunderbirds and beyond. I try to contribute where I can, and I learn a lot from others along the way.

 

[bobyoung53]

I've been on a Mott The Hoople kick lately and everytime I see the Thunderbird it brings me back here. I used to d a few of their tunes back in the seventies including this one. Love this band.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Even non-birds.

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Gotta love a sparkle.

Hey, a little T-Birdie was saying you might have some pickups to move. Any truth to that?

 

[Engle]

not really exactly the same…in a keyboard you are already in the digital domain so transposing is more straightforward than having to digitize the signal for that sole purpose…

Oh yeah I understand the mechanics are different and it's amazing they can make it work convincingly on a bass.
Sometimes it's a pain to learn a song in another key.
But it's also very good brain exercise

 

[Stealth57]

Gotta love a sparkle.

Hey, a little T-Birdie was saying you might have some pickups to move. Any truth to that?

Marshall was mesmerized by a hot groupie and forgot I traded them.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Marshall was mesmerized by a hot groupie and forgot I traded them.

That'll happen. Did you trade for the hot groupie???

 

[Stealth57]

That'll happen. Did you trade for the hot groupie???

She was only interested in the killer bass player…and we weren’t it.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

She was only interested in the killer bass player…and we weren’t it.

I'd have struck out like Stevie Wonder at home plate

 

[RedVee]

Will do


I’m guessing in addition to T-Birds here, there are some Jag-Birds ? I thought that would be a cool bass…..

We’ve got all type of Birds in this Club.

I wish you well in your health journey

 

[MCF]

Good bye Say Hey
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Very sad. Dodger fans will always hold him in high esteem. Rick Monday had some nice words during tonight’s Dodger radio broadcast. His legacy will live on.

 

[SubHuman]

I've been on a Mott The Hoople kick lately and everytime I see the Thunderbird it brings me back here. I used to d a few of their tunes back in the seventies including this one. Love this band.

1st Bass player I ever saw playing a Thunderbird was Overend Watts on MTH’s first American Tour! We played a few Mott tunes too.

 

[MCF]

That'll happen. Did you trade for the hot groupie???

We needed Miles that night.

 

[GonePlaid]

If we ever see her in the water, it will be an Arielle photograph!

Well done.