Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

I keep the Shape button in the "Out" position at all times, I'm working with my '64 II now because it's going to our next show, the pickup is bassy so I'm tweaking the eq a little....

to get the most outta the gain structure of the amp, the pad (attenuator) at the front end should be used with active basses and TBirds....the vu meter should dwell around the middle of the dial, the only way to get the most dynamic range out of the pluck imho...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Badbirds....

 

[Ringhammer]

I'm going to have to experiment. Sounds so counter intuitive to boost the bass and treble and suck the mids out with the shape, then add them back in.

I am probably just used to Ampeg’s and the ultra low. Also, how it sounds when I practice alone and with the band can be really different. To me (sometimes) the Ampeg Ultra low and (more so) the shape on the ABM, give a bottom end I can feel in my bones. It’s also very dependent on which bass and which tuning and which room and…

But for me, on the Ashdown I have, the shape engaged, a little bit of tube, a little bit of sub, with the ported 212 GK cab is pretty sweet, quite the little powerhouse.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Black is good too.
But I’m that guy that likes tort.

I love a good tort of most any flavor. Some of the green and blue torts in the 60s were extra scrumptious.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Salami on a bass? No thanks.

What about pepperoni on a salmon?

 

[BklynKen]

What about pepperoni on a salmon?

I don't think the salmon would appreciate that.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

We lost Bobby Hart today. He and Boyce penned a lot of songs interwoven into the soundtrack of my life. While I normally lean toward harder rock, they did some brilliant work. Farewell, friend I never met. You helped get me through my teenage years. I’m not sure there’s a higher calling.

 

[TBird1958]

to get the most outta the gain structure of the amp, the pad (attenuator) at the front end should be used with active basses and TBirds....the vu meter should dwell around the middle of the dial, the only way to get the most dynamic range out of the pluck imho...

Tonight at rehearsal I used my '64II, as it is set up, it's not as hot as my Lull or the BaCH - while playing I came back to the amp and brought the input down a couple notches, raised the output a couple and I think it sounded even better.

 

[GBassNorth]

I’m with you. Tort works for me.

Yep, tort works for me as well…

 

[MCF]

We lost Bobby Hart today. He and Boyce penned a lot of songs interwoven into the soundtrack of my life. While I normally lean toward harder rock, they did some brilliant work. Farewell, friend I never met. You helped get me through my teenage years. I’m not sure there’s a higher calling.

Oh no! You’re right. Those of us who grew up in the sixties have those songs embedded in our minds. Important part of pop history.

 

[MCF]

Yep, tort works for me as well…
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Still deciding whether the tort should stay or go.

 

[bylar13]

I’m with you. Tort works for me.

 

[PaperbackRyder]

Let me know if you'd like a club number

Sure, I'll take a number.

 

[PaperbackRyder]

Still deciding whether the tort should stay or go.
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I say Tort or Mint...if your counting votes

 

[GonePlaid]

Yep, tort works for me as well…
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Then there's this on my Les Paul 5er:

 

[GBassNorth]

Still deciding whether the tort should stay or go.
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It should absolutely stay on. It’s a Fender shaped bass with a Fenderesque paint job, tort looks at home on it. If it had a different paint job, like the all cream, black or gold ones that Gibson did, then I’d off the tort, but with that finish it looks perfectly at home.

 

[GBassNorth]

Yep, on a Fender Shaped Object tort looks perfectly at home. Not the case with a Reverse (standard) Tbird, and very rarely the case with a NonReverse Tbird - ONLY IF it has a Fender paint scheme on it. JMHO, JMTC, YMMV, TEHO

 

[GBassNorth]

Then there's this on my Les Paul 5er:
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I gotta get me one of them Gibson Charcuterie Boards!

 

[Ringhammer]

Still deciding whether the tort should stay or go.
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Black would look good. I changed mine from tort (on “white”-looks pale yellow to me) and it made a big improvement:

The original tort wasn’t a very good one, and had cracks, but I had Irv make a new one in a nicer brown tort, as well as the black one.

However, I just couldn’t stick with the too yellow “white”, so it’s in Pat Wilkins’ hands now. I just have to decide what color I want. If the grain is interesting, I may go with a dark green burst. Also considering a black with blue translucent over, so it basically looks black except in some light…

I also may chicken out and go with a white as possible Olympic white or black….

 

[Engle]

Interestingly on the RM 300, there is a green light that flashes in the meter when you have a strong signal. I think it flashes orange if hitting too much into the red. Kind of a cool feature. Not likely something a pro would want.

Why wouldn't a pro want less that indicate peak levels?