Thunderbird Club

[D.M.N.]

Some of those look like basses that belong or have belonged to MC2NY. He is a member here as well as other bass forums. Nice stuff!!

The Hiwatt may be Joe's (Baz Cooper), but I may be mistaken.

Yep, MC2NY. And you're right, I do believe that is Baz's Hiwatt.

 

[Haji]

I have no idea who Baz is, but I am completely CONVINCED that it's his Hiwatt.

 

[Nocturnal]

The Hiwatt may be Joe's (Baz Cooper), but I may be mistaken.

I thought the same thing and was wondering if those were the 8 String Hamer style Birds Baz built.

 

[BurnOut]

Sorry to be a day, was doing Queen stuff 'round the house yesterday (working on new stage wardrobe and makeup, plus actually playing the bass) so I wasn't paying too much attention.

Anyway, please be welcome here BurnOut with your cool KellyBird, #642 is all yours! I think the pagan dance in a grass skirt and coconut bra would suffice as initiation, please provide a youtube link soon

Wow, I didn't think I'd be allowed to get past security in the lobby. Let alone be a card carrying member, I am blown away here. I'd like to thank the academy.............I'm so unprepared for this, I hope I'm not forgetting anybody. Thanks mom and dad for believing in me, can I have a tissue please?

You're apologizing for a day wait, I'm still waiting for other clubs over a year now, what great service. A YouTube link, sure sure, right right.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

Wow, I didn't think I'd be allowed to get past security in the lobby. Let alone be a card carrying member, I am blown away here. I'd like to thank the academy.............I'm so unprepared for this, I hope I'm not forgetting anybody. Thanks mom and dad for believing in me, can I have a tissue please?

You're apologizing for a day wait, I'm still waiting for other clubs over a year now, what great service. A YouTube link, sure sure, right right.

Welcome to the best club on TB!. Bird's the word Dude!.

 

[BurnOut]

Since I'm a "member" I'll show how TBird runs in the family veins. I posted this on my NBD thread, seems fitting to be hanging on the wall in the the Thunderbird club house. This is my older brother back in 1984 with his weapon of choice, and second one of him maybe a year later. This kinda makes me a legacy member, no wonder I got in so fast.

 

[hillerup]

Welcome to the best club on TB!. Bird's the word Dude!.

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody's talking about the bird!

 

[kat888]

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody's talking about the bird!

For fanden!

(obviously I watch far too much Danish telly)

 

[BurnOut]

Actually Johnny Go-Go who designed the BC Rich Mockingbird has said he based it on the Rickenbacker bass.

"In December 1975, Bernardo Rico ( of BC RICH) came into the store, which he often did. We sold his BC Rich Acoustics and his Seagull electrics. He saw me playing my new Alembic Series One and said, “Hey, you should be playing one of my basses!” I told him that I would play one if I could design the body on it and that he could only make just one of them. So later that night, we went across the street to a Sambo’s restaurant and I drew out the shape on a napkin. Back then, I liked the kind of unique shaped guitars like Rickenbackers’, so I borrowed a couple of curves from them. I came up with what was later called the Mockingbird. In the old days, he referred to it as the “Go-Go” model. Go-Go was my nickname. Neil Moser, one of his employees, later renamed it the “Mockingbird” since it was capable of “mocking” a lot of other guitar’s sounds.. He was supposed to make only one, and when I called him on it, he said that he was getting too much demand for them, and at the time his Seagulls weren’t really selling all that well. Shortly thereafter, Neil designed the Rich Bich, and together with the Mockingbird and the Bich BC Rich sales greatly improved. I remember seeing the Mockingbird on the cover of Guitar Player magazines and even in a 78 Chevrolet Camaro commercial."

Since this Mockingbird story sorta came about from my KellyBird post, I'll bring the circle back around.
One of the guitar players in my band Duh Jokers, who was in many bands with my older brother (seen above) before he took me in. Anyway, he had a Seagull back in the days when he was in bands with my older brother. (seen above) He owned a BC Rich Seagull a good many years. Which was cool, as Seagulls are fairly rare birds in the guitar world. By the time we joined forces he had lost his Seagull to poor life choices. To a guy that profits from people selling instruments due to poor life choices. He was playing a Strat when we formed the band. He told me the story about the loss of his beloved guitar. Which made me a sad panda. I just happened to have another type of bird in my possession, a MockingBird laying around doing nothing. I did the only thing a person could do for a bandmate mourning the loss of his beloved guitar. He now enjoys a permanent loan of my MockingBird. Though I know it can never take the place of his love lost.
The End (cause I've babbled on enough now)

 

[Stevis]

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody's talking about the bird!

Including Peter Griffin:

 

[Count Bassie]

Since this Mockingbird story sorta came about from my KellyBird post, I'll bring the circle back around.
One of the guitar players in my band Duh Jokers, who was in many bands with my older brother (seen above) before he took me in. Anyway, he had a Seagull back in the days when he was in bands with my older brother. (seen above) He owned a BC Rich Seagull a good many years. Which was cool, as Seagulls are fairly rare birds in the guitar world. By the time we joined forces he had lost his Seagull to poor life choices. To a guy that profits from people selling instruments due to poor life choices. He was playing a Strat when we formed the band. He told me the story about the loss of his beloved guitar. Which made me a sad panda. I just happened to have another type of bird in my possession, a MockingBird laying around doing nothing. I did the only thing a person could do for a bandmate mourning the loss of his beloved guitar. He now enjoys a permanent loan of my MockingBird. Though I know it can never take the place of his love lost.
The End (cause I've babbled on enough now)

Good story bro! Srsly.

Glad to have you on (take that any way you like, the banter gets lively in here!). Nice Bird too.

So link is up to that YouTube!

Just kidding!

 

[BurnOut]

Good story bro! Srsly.

Glad to have you on (take that any way you like, the banter gets lively in here!). Nice Bird too.

So link is up to that YouTube!

Just kidding!

Thanks,
I'm all about stupidity so I think I'll do alright here. Y'all are some really cool people from what I've seen here in the last 24.
The link, sure sure right right, yea it's up there somewhere.

 

[BklynKen]

Since I'm a "member" I'll show how TBird runs in the family veins. I posted this on my NBD thread, seems fitting to be hanging on the wall in the the Thunderbird club house. This is my older brother back in 1984 with his weapon of choice, and second one of him maybe a year later. This kinda makes me a legacy member, no wonder I got in so fast.

Your Thunderbird Club name is... Flounder.

 

[BurnOut]

Your Thunderbird Club name is... Flounder.

Good One, Great Movie, I accept that name with honor sir. Do I get a PLEDGE PIN for my Uniform?!!!

 

[TBird1958]

Your Thunderbird Club name is... Flounder.

Brilliant! Jeez, I laughed out loud!

 

[Count Bassie]

Thanks,
I'm all about stupidity so I think I'll do alright here.

Lol! You're doing just fine!

 

[BurnOut]

Lol! You're doing just fine!

It's all I gots

 

[BklynKen]

Brilliant! Jeez, I laughed out loud!

Excellent!

 

[Cropduster]

Hi peeps, Love the thunderbird and i think i want one, no, i know i want one, but in reading around it seems the bridge is generally regarded as just ok, as well as that the headstock is large and they're prone to damage because of the narrow width of the nut.

I'm eyeing off a 2012 black Gibson, the guy claims it's mint and by the pics it does look it, i have no concerns over the condition of it and as i'm in Australia the price is what it is.

My questions, to those who own them and know, are they as fragile as some claim? is the bridge that bad? i'd like to leave it original, any concerns with this particular year/series?
I've also seen a few with a "120th" inlay on the 12th, what's that all about?

any input is appreciated, not looking to be talked into it or out of it, i don't know much about them and my search found what i mentioned above and i'd like owners real world opinions.
Thanks

 

[Stevis]

A "sleeping bag" for your Thunderbird?

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Has anyone ever seen or tried one of these? I wouldn't take it out of this house in this but it might be a nice "sleeve" to get the clunky case out of the way. It has a neck craddle, which you never see in gig bags at this price point.