Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

I believe only one of us has a Mediocre Bassists Club number in his sig here...

You only have one number. I have two numbers. That's how mediocre I am. Well, that's crappy bass players with expensive gear. Gotta keep the cost down by remaining adequately crappy.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Good match , no?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

great sounding room...full house last night.....

 

[Gaolee]

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Good match , no?

I might need a shirt like that to wear while playing the Flamingo.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

great sounding room...full house last night.....
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That place gets PACKED

 

[/\/\3phist0]

I might need a shirt like that to wear while playing the Flamingo.

Amazon.com

 

[Stealth57]

I might need a shirt like that to wear while playing the Flamingo.

 

[BklynKen]

You only have one number. I have two numbers. That's how mediocre I am. Well, that's crappy bass players with expensive gear. Gotta keep the cost down by remaining adequately crappy.

Don't forget your pro-level shallowness.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That place gets PACKED

sure does....

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Love that pickguard.

The biggest factor behind my "good taste" remark!

It replaced this one (when it was my bass)
Squier Debut, G&L MFD split coils, tocos volume (500k linear) CTS 250k tone pot smoothing resistors and .047 cap.
Fully shielded.
Brass nut and Fender deluxe himass bridge to counter neck dive.
Strung with EB group 3 flats
8 lbs $280 all in including strings!

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Also gorgeous!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You only have one number. I have two numbers. That's how mediocre I am. Well, that's crappy bass players with expensive gear. Gotta keep the cost down by remaining adequately crappy.

Yeah, I only have one of those as well. But you win on that one because you have more expensive gear than me!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

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Good match , no?

Excellent! But where's the matching strap you ref'd?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

great sounding room...full house last night.....
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Full house - both chairs filled!
Oh, wait. That would be if it were my gig.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

Apologies if I missed it, but where did you source the material and what type of lacquer?

Phenolic: from Atlas Billiard Supply via eBay

Lacquer: Watco 63081/63041 nitro butyl from Rustoleum. Stocked at Amazon, Home Despot, etc. Reasonably priced usually. Good build, takes a nice polish, pretty rugged esp when thick.

First used it on my LP kit build in 2020.

 

[dagrev]

My wife is at every gig, and I’m teaching her Bass and guitar, we are getting a keyboard soon, a doghouse and mandolin.

My wife and I play every Sunday (she plays keyboards and occasionally piano).
I always wanted to play mandolin. But after playing bass, even guitar necks seem tiny. (I play those even worse than bass. A lot worse.)

 

[dagrev]

Haha, she wants to try one: these are HER ideas: her guitar her bass.
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Nice G&L upgrade on the bass.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

I believe only one of us has a Mediocre Bassists Club number in his sig here...

I applied but was rejected.
Not good enough.

 

[dagrev]

TL/DR YES

Actually: she does: in that, while I was building it up, she was asking “why” what does it do? Why is that better ETC.
Spectated the whole process.
Saw, felt, and heard the change.
When she expressed a desire to start playing, we were shopping for a budget purple bass for her to start with. We priced them out, and went hands-on at guitar center, and guitar showcase in San Jose.
For the prices and specs of anything reasonable that she liked, she kept saying this isn’t as nice as that black bass you have.
She asked if I could just build her one, like the one with the orange pickguard.
I said: let’s get a purple pickguard for this one. She said she didn’t want to take one of mine that I put so much work into.

I said: I’ll have to do the work on ANY budget bass.
She said is it too good for me to start on? I said no such thing.
She is very happy. Plunking around as a complete novice.
This is HER little rig:
A Rumble 200 15” cab (20.00 no amp)
And a 20 watt Valeton (used 34.00)
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And she has a line 6 Amplifier 75 with FBV for guitar.

Yeah you could say I’m lucky.

Well, you'll be really lucky when she starts wanting vintage Thunderbirds. You'll just have less money.

 

[Stealth57]

I applied but was rejected.
Not good enough.

I believe the actual club membership required y playing AND a lot of expensive gear.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

My wife and I play every Sunday (she plays keyboards and occasionally piano).
I always wanted to play mandolin. But after playing bass, even guitar necks seem tiny. (I play those even worse than bass. A lot worse.)

yeah always found it interesting JPJ played mando...