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Thunderbird Club

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So I learned a valuable lesson this weekend...NEVER fill a jack Daniels bottle with coke and put it in the props container in the truck. Sitting at a light I heard a very loud noise, thought someone shot out a window ( Detroit) turns out the bottle exploded like a grenade! Totally obliterated. Should've just used jack! What a mess! Ahh rock n roll
 
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mistergoats said:
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So there it is. "Let's make the Thunderbird sound like 8 different basses," said some genius at Gibson marketing, enthusiastically. While normally I refrain from comment on things like this prior to actually playing one to hear it for myself, this is exactly the opposite of what I'd personally like to see in a T-bird.

Things I don't understand: There are SO many "versatile" basses on the market. So many. Why take a flagship product and strip it of what makes it great just to shoe-horn it in with everyone else's vision of a great, versatile instrument? "Tuned" coil taps - Because futzing around with three knobs and several switches is the epitome of rock and roll. The Babicz bridge, sure, maybe it's a huge sonic upgrade to play your 8 position coil taps through, but it is ugly. Did anyone notice in the article that the pick-ups look very familiar? Maybe like slightly differently wound G3 reissue single coils mashed together? Had a bunch left over, hey Gibson?

And lastly this: "For recording, the Thunderbird’s versatility is a huge plus, and for gigging…well, it’s certainly easier to take one bass to the gig than eight." I agree with the first part, sure, super handy, but the realities of recording, for me anyway, have been that there are always a number of instruments including my own to draw from, and I welcome that challenge. I really don't want the T-bird to sound like a Jazz. I have a Jazz for that. Short of me having one, there's likely a Jazz available at the studio or I can borrow one locally or even rent one. As for the last part of that sentence, NO ONE brings 8 basses to a gig.
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You know what? A pair of these pickups and the two switches would actually be a cool upgrade to an Epi Pro-IV instead of that noisy active circuitry of theirs... Also you would only need to drill an extra hole for the tone control, and you could use the battery compartment for spare change... :)
 
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Larry V said:
Are you in a working band right now, wolfkeller? In metro Detroit? I've lived in Westland, Farmington Hills, Commerce Twp., Troy, Rochester Hills and now I'm up in Genessee County. Fenton Twp. To be more specific.
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Yeah man, I have a motley Crue tribute happening. I'm close to you in Waterford. We were heading out to diesel on sat. Were on FB Wreking crue
 
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Larry V said:
Ah dude, sorry to hear that. Need more buzz I guess. Are you doing Token Lounge?
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We had a lot of buzz, they just didn't seem interested. I'm seen alot if unknown bands playing at the shop. I haven't tried w this band yet. Were playing the token Dec 19 played there many times as we'll as all the other joints. They're all washes up though. Harpos, irock, Ritz, no one goes there anymore.
 
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mistergoats said:
The guitarists in my band have both "upgraded" to full stacks. I'm now up against 16 x 12's. Might have to grab an additional 8x10. My wife is going to punch me.
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Man, where do you guys play? Sure sounds like fun.
The noise restrictions in the clubs/ pubs here mean that a valve Marshall doesn't get above a canter and my Fusion 550 rarely goes over a quarter.
We practice louder than we gig usually. :crying:
 
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veebass said:
Man, where do you guys play? Sure sounds like fun.
The noise restrictions in the clubs/ pubs here mean that a valve Marshall doesn't get above a canter and my Fusion 550 rarely goes over a quarter.
We practice louder than we gig usually. :crying:
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Oh lame! Here's the kicker: we haven't, as this current band, played a show yet. :bag:

Short of the Commodore or the Rink on Renfrew, I've not seen a band use a full stack anywhere local. The places where we are likely to play will likely have a heart attack when we roll in. The SVT and 810 is never a problem. I've gigged with that thing forever. The sound guy usually rolls his eyes and mumbles "well, at least I don't have to mic him..."

We've got a sweet rehearsal space in an industrial district, so getting loud is never a problem. The thing with the full stacks is that they aren't necessarily louder, but they are definitely more present.
 

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