Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

My Monday Mahogany Rush…
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…or maybe some of this as well…

There’s a blast from the past.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

Yes! I’ve been using my modern equivalent for a dub/reggae project.
It’s perfect with an old set of Chromes:
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Irv, yer bass got turned unside oot somehow, there...

 

[MCF]

Check out the birds in Geddy’s studio:

Good on them picking up a fantastic younger player, not some geezer retread. I like those guys.

 

[MCF]

The founder started it while living on the family cattle ranch in Iowa. Eventually they moved the company to South Dakota for tax purposes. They were a big deal -- a PC-compatible at a reasonable cost. The heartland marketing didn't hurt.

I had one for years that ran XP. No complaints from me about it.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Good on them picking up a fantastic younger player, not some geezer retread. I like those guys.

great player.......why leave money on the table right?..

 

[MCF]

great player.......why leave money on the table right?..

Yeah. Baseball season will be over soon and Geddy needs something to do.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I want my bridge back...

I've got a bridge I can sell you.

 

[dagrev]

I want my bridge back...

I haven't been that drunk in decades for that one to work!

 

[dagrev]

do you know if Leon played rounds?

Yes, but the only brand I recall him using was Dean Markley. I understand why, they are nice, even now that they outsource them. Maybe Miles can correct or fill in.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I heard he recorded My Generation on fresh tapewounds on that jazz. Here it is at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in NYC a few years back. I saw it in person.View attachment 7339331View attachment 7339332

200 or 2000S in your Avatar?....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Yes, but the only brand I recall him using was Dean Markley. I understand why, they are nice, even now that they outsource them. Maybe Miles can correct or fill in.

nickels? are they not manufactured (or manufactured here) anymore? what's their special attribute?.....saw them in ads forever, never occurred to try....

 

[JIO]

There you go. He didn't even need Rotosounds to get that tone!

"Thunder-fingers"

 

[bylar13]

I bought this guitar, from 1987 for my wife in 1992. It hung in the same shop the entire time, unsold and according to the owner guys didn’t like that it was a “girls color.”

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Forgot to add this link which explains is actually a "factory second" and one of 32 made with 3 pickups , which was a factory error.

SG Elite

 

[Jason Bonilla]

Hey all, what straplocks are you guys using for your Tbirds? I’m usually a Dunlop guy and have 3 straps already fitted with Dunlop locks, unfortunately I don’t have any extra buttons lying around, I do happen to have a set a Schallers along with the buttons though.

 

[JJR58]

nickels? are they not manufactured (or manufactured here) anymore? what's their special attribute?.....saw them in ads forever, never occurred to try....

Only strings I ever liked by them were their ground wounds.
And that was back in the mid 70’s.

Yeah, I’m an old hack.

 

[Nocturnal]

Hey all, what straplocks are you guys using for your Tbirds? I’m usually a Dunlop guy and have 3 straps already fitted with Dunlop locks, unfortunately I don’t have any extra buttons lying around, I do happen to have a set a Schallers along with the buttons though.

I almost always use Dunlop's dual design version.

 

[Stealth57]

They didn't leave when you showed up thinking it was a nudist pool did they?

It’s not Halloween yet.

 

[Stealth57]

I've got a bridge I can sell you.

Is it from Brooklyn? Ken has an exclusive on that.

 

[Stealth57]

Hey all, what straplocks are you guys using for your Tbirds? I’m usually a Dunlop guy and have 3 straps already fitted with Dunlop locks, unfortunately I don’t have any extra buttons lying around, I do happen to have a set a Schallers along with the buttons though.

Dunlop on everything but my 64 II and JC.

 

[JIO]

I almost always use Dunlop's dual design version.

Hah! I had to look up "Dunlop dual design" as I wasn't aware of that distinction. I guess I would call it "standard" system. Yes, big Dunlop fan - 97% of my basses have the Dunlop Strap-Loks system, and have used many of their versions. But there's peeps who like/prefer Schaller's, and Schaller is a great company also. As a builder, I think Dunlop offers more options.