Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

Humbled G! Thank you.... I'm grateful for the masterful work you performed on my basses....
was grooving on this the other night....

That’s the George Lazenby trio. Might have been at Winter’s that night.

 

[MCF]

The formatting on Marshall’s post made it difficult to read. Gibson made Ebony birds all four years of the Bicentennial run
1976 - 91
1977 - 301
1978 - 12
1979 - 7

The accuracy could be in question since Donny has declared his white Bicentennial was made in a year when supposedly no white birds were made, maybe his was an end of year build.

Yeah. And the only 7 Ebonies for ‘79 has been debated. At one point there was a member here who had six of them and was trying to get the seventh. There have been a couple different ones that were supposedly ‘79s offered on Reverb. And I’m pretty sure at least one of them did not have the wear that George’s has.

Remember gang, it’s Gibson.

 

[MCF]

On the last load ( when we’re ready to move in) may take that opportunity.
or after the move .

We’ll no doubt meet up in the coming year. I’m excited about the neck swap on the Bowling ball bass.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Oops, wrong link. In my defence, the version I can’t find now is with Jools Holland, it’s on an album of his. I saw it on his “Later with…” TV show.

I meant this one, torch singer style.



But there is also this ‘in concert’ version which takes a step towards rock n roll. Possibly closer to The Nasty Habits version.

I wondered!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well Marcus, I was not hearing myself play so I did what any bass player worth a set of strings would do, I cranked the gain. The drummer got louder, so...I cranked some more. All the way, in fact. The problem was there was too many sound waves building up and bouncing around in the 12ax7 tube so they could be amplified (that whole tube watts as louder thing). And I hit an open E and it was too much. The sound waves bouncing around were just too much and the glass tube exploded sending one of the pins right into my outer ear. But you shoud have seen the drummer. He go both plates and the getter. Wasn't pretty. I should have known better that to overload the tube like that.

I knew it! My bookie's going to be annoyed. He gave me 100:1 odds.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Pics?

Photo by Jack Aeby courtesy Los Alamos National Labs

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Sunn Concert Bass is all I had for decades, granted used with a Rhondes, but when I started with bass it sounded warm and deep. Maybe the Sunn 215M cab helped. Now, when I picked up the Sunn 200S with its own 215, I could hear a difference.

Which did you prefer?

 

[Stealth57]

Which did you prefer?

100% tubes. The 200S is only 60w but the sound is just that much warmer. The Concert Bass is 200w class AB, so nice for SS.

 

[dagrev]

the tube on my ABM500 doesn't work.....don't tell anyone....

DM me and I'll guide you through getting that fixed. You can do it!

They sound great w/o any tube and with a little or a lot IMO.

 

[bylar13]

Speaking of Ashdown, this was at our practice spot last night:

Sounded good!

 

[JIO]

That’s the George Lazenby trio. Might have been at Winter’s that night.

KILROY WAS THERE (but on a different night & different drummer) TSC will be at Winters' on Wed November 26 (turkey-day eve) with Rue 66. We will intro a couple, maybe a few new originals we've been developing. One is very different - confusing our audience is our philosophy.

 

[Stealth57]

If anyone was looking for a JC.

 

[Instagator]

Did I miss bicentennial Saturday?

 

[RedVee]

If anyone was looking for a JC.

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Wish that was in AU$ and in Sydney. Great colour too.

 

[JIO]

If anyone was looking for a JC.

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Your blacky w/DarkStars is killer - I have pics but can't locate them -

 

[Stealth57]

Your blacky w/DarkStars is killer - I have pics but can't locate them -

The only downside to a JC is the sharp edge on the body. After an hour + playing you end up with a dent in your forearm.

 

[JIO]

The only downside to a JC is the sharp edge on the body. After an hour + playing you end up with a dent in your forearm.

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Hollow-bodies & Rickenbacker's in general ... Black Beauty!

 

[MCF]

If anyone was looking for a JC.

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That’s a good deal. Flip the 40.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That’s a good deal. Flip the 40.

My thought!

 

[MCF]

My thought!

I looked. Those things, decent enough for what it is, list at $239 plus tax now.

Too bad the bass is so big. I’ve tried them, but way too big for my diminutive frame.