• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Thunderbird Club

#306,381
dagrev said:
That never gets old.
Click to expand...
Lincoln Hayes - TV cool

1732122279049.jpeg
 
  • Like
Reactions: RedVee, MCF, GBassNorth and 4 others
#306,382
dagrev said:
View attachment 7081795

How's this for FedMess delivery? On the steps (light rain off and on today so far). Plenty of room on the porch. I don't know if they hire stupid people or just idiots. A couple weeks ago the same dude backed his truck up over the curb (gunning it to get it over the curb), and into the grass to turn around after it had rained. Wife saw it and ran out and yelled to not drive in the grass. Who knows if he heard, but just drove off. Why is it difficult to understand that blacktop is for vehicles and grass is not?
Click to expand...
FedUp is the worse - that looks like a very thin bass! ;)
 
  • Like
Reactions: MCF, GBassNorth and dagrev
#306,384
Chucky Stiletti said:
shy in the lows can translate to better dynamic range....like you say, all about them knobs....
Click to expand...
It's why I have a Broughton HLP filter that's always on my board. A notch filter would be useful for feedback problems with the upright in high volume applications, but the HLP does OK. Other than that, it tightens up the sound no matter what the signal is. My guess is that it reduces the amount of amp overhead that is used up reproducing wavelengths that aren't so useful. It's also good for reducing boom in tough rooms or on hollow stages when the playground cushion tile I use isn't enough.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MCF, GBassNorth, saltymonkey and 4 others
#306,387
dagrev said:
View attachment 7081795

How's this for FedMess delivery? On the steps (light rain off and on today so far). Plenty of room on the porch. I don't know if they hire stupid people or just idiots. A couple weeks ago the same dude backed his truck up over the curb (gunning it to get it over the curb), and into the grass to turn around after it had rained. Wife saw it and ran out and yelled to not drive in the grass. Who knows if he heard, but just drove off. Why is it difficult to understand that blacktop is for vehicles and grass is not?
Click to expand...
At least he didn't run over your bass. Small blessings.

The fretless is back from MJT now. I'll reassemble it this weekend and maybe even get around to pictures. It turned out really good. They did something interesting on the back of the neck that I wasn't expecting. They faded to clear at the top and bottom of the neck, so it's a little like how the back of a 'burst finish neck is black at the top and bottom but brown in the middle. This is green at the top and bottom and shows the laminates in the middle. It never occurred to me to do anything like that, but now that I have seen it, I think it's brilliant. The bass is really and truly unique now. The only thing that could make it even more unique is if it had a light up Thunderbird in the pickguard like Geo's bass.

I'm happy enough with MJT's work that I'm already thinking about what else needs to be a different color.
 
  • Like
Reactions: RedVee, MCF, GBassNorth and 3 others
#306,389
Gaolee said:
It's why I have a Broughton HLP filter that's always on my board. A notch filter would be useful for feedback problems with the upright in high volume applications, but the HLP does OK. Other than that, it tightens up the sound no matter what the signal is. My guess is that it reduces the amount of amp overhead that is used up reproducing wavelengths that aren't so useful. It's also good for reducing boom in tough rooms or on hollow stages when the playground cushion tile I use isn't enough.
Click to expand...
You bought a Broughton!
 
  • Like
Reactions: MCF, GBassNorth and Gaolee
#306,392
Chucky Stiletti said:
obsessed with bass related stuff........some angles of the P bass are (imho) unbeatable....
View attachment 7081747
Click to expand...
"Offset Contour Body" Yes, Leo Fender listened to pro players want of a comfortable instrument.

Ex-Fender employee Phil Kubicki took his Ex-Factor to the next level ergonomically -
1732125189003.jpeg
 
  • Like
Reactions: RedVee, MCF, GBassNorth and 5 others
#306,400
Engle said:
^^^This. My basses sound different when I'm playing at home practicing vs at home rehearsing with a band vs on stage with a band.
I do tend to like a mid-forward tone when playing with a band anyway.
Click to expand...
For me, tone depends on the music. Early Allman Brothers style is room-filling lows. Jefferson Airplane is more mid-driven. Lots of modern music wants mids and highs. (Generalities)
 
  • Like
Reactions: MCF, dagrev, GBassNorth and 3 others

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back