how old is that pic? is that the bass rig?The other........
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Thunderbird Club
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love'em in black, did they ever make a sunburst Bicen? don't think I've ever seen one....I keep saying I need to get better pics of mine and promptly forget to actually do it. You can't see the wear in this photo.
I've played them in stores, typically the higher $$$ heads. Sounded good. Never enough to make me consider one. They had a cab I liked with mixed drivers. Again, sounded good in a store. I don't ever recall using one live.
GK was a head I always wanted to like and never was able to get what I wanted for some reason. I tried a number of times, moved knobs and gave up thinking they are just not for me, but would try again with the same results.
Yes, you can always have Pat as last resort it no happy.
RIP Sonny Curtis.
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Sonny Curtis obituary — Guardian US
Singer and guitarist in the Crickets who wrote hundreds of songs, including I Fought the Law, covered by the Clash
Yes they did sunburst finishes as well.
https://reverb.com/ca/item/5277400-...tage-sound-and-look-with-no-headstock-repairs
Spector-Bird action last night with Buckcherry.
According to Fly Guitars:
1976 1977 1978 1979 total
Ebony 91 301 12 7 411
Natural 224 237 6 467
Tobacco
Sunburst 228 605 8 841
White 127 9 136
Total 1855
I tried to cut and paste the table. The format won’t carry over. You get the drift…
1976 Gibson Bicentennial Thunderbird bass >> FlyGuitars
The bicentennial Thunderbirds of 1976 were produced to commemorate 200 years of American independence
www.flyguitars.com
I’m lovin it! I took a big risk on a mail order purchase of a heavily used (and hopefully not abused) 46 year old bass. But I was able to get the price down enough to make the risk worth it. She’s been rode hard, but it’s all legit player wear and not neglect or abuse, still very original condition as well.
I’ll have to snap a pic of the treble side of the fretboard, I’ve never actually seen a bass played so hard for so many years in the money frets that it began to scallop the edge of the fretboard. The frets are super low but still perfectly playable and good action with zero fret buzz.
The strings are rounds and they seem to be a good match for the pickups. I will say, I don’t think I have any other birds in my flock that are nearly as sensitive to a right hand dig in as this bird, the volume level goes up orders of magnitude with just a bit of digging, a very very expressive bass.
According to Fly Guitars:
1976 1977 1978 1979 total
Ebony 91 301 12 7 411
Natural 224 237 6 467
Tobacco
Sunburst 228 605 8 841
White 127 9 136
Total 1855
I tried to cut and paste the table. The format won’t carry over. You get the drift…
1976 Gibson Bicentennial Thunderbird bass >> FlyGuitars
The bicentennial Thunderbirds of 1976 were produced to commemorate 200 years of American independencewww.flyguitars.com
you are what seems like an incurable SS kinda guy as am I...convinced a lot of it has to do with that....this is one of the best sounding bass heads ever imho....
If / Once my ship comes in, I’d be keen. But it would have to be a 77 or 79.
NRL Premiers (1970s)
Grand Final Results (total)
76 & 78 were those horrible
Remember everyone hates Manly.
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Interesting.., I used a GK head once in a jam-session and was underwhelmed - amps are like basses, chosen very personally and selectively. But coming from a guy who knows amps inside out (along with being a bitchin' player!) I hope to hear one someday based on your insights. I started out on SS amps and gravitated to tube-pre & full-on tube amps later.
And thanks again for repairing my 550 Spyder - I friggin' love that amp.
Hah! Can't see it 'cause some bass-player is blocking the view! (The Makeout Room SF last month) Shot looks pretty Twin Peaks!
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That is an old picture, we're playing on Capitol Hill for Seattle's Pride - we were part of "The Wild Rose" (Seattle's most famous Lesbian bar) live music show,
I still love this picture, it was used in "Bass Player" magazine's amateur feature, Jack Bruce was on the cover, I might have weighed 160 at the time, I still have that badass hat and goggles, was channeling Fraulein Rommel at the time. The rig in the shot is not mine, I was using GK at the time, out of the shot to the left.
76 love!
I know, right and slow, use semis as shields.
just got A TT..
CalTrans has been resurfacing it since spring. This week they had two lanes closed off in both directions for several miles north of Castaic. They’ll break pretty soon for winter then pick it back up next year. It was sorely needed. But a total pain. There are a couple alternate routes around it that take as long as being stuck in the traffic, but at least you’re moving.
I think the 70s Thunderbirds are under appreciated. That they don't sound exactly like a 60s turns many off. But they sound great (mine does, which is the only one I recall playing), just a tad softer than the 60s predecessors. Heavy is common factor. I don't think I cold play 3 45s with it or would want to. Not sure I would do 2 45s with it. Would depend on whats hurting that day....
