Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

Not full on TBird for Thursday.
But it now has some Bird DNA.
And it sounds amazing.
Again, thank you @bylar13.

 

[bylar13]

Not full on TBird for Thursday.
But it now has some Bird DNA.
And it sounds amazing.
Again, thank you @bylar13.

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Awesome!

 

[JJR58]

Awesome!

I made sure to have it wired in series with a 500k pot.
Damn it’s thunderous!

 

[MCF]

We're waiting to see if the shutdown ends by a certain date to decide between flying and driving to Georgia for an annual (non-bird) GTG.

Per my daughter, flying is pretty ugly these days at certain busy places. Avoid Chicago, Dallas, Newark, Burbank, Atlanta, Denver,
Reagan, Phoenix, Austin and SFO.

Looks like driving could be your safest bet. But who knows.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

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A shameless plug for my rare bird, currently looking for a new home.

About 10 years ago, Sheldon Dingwall presented his take on the thunderbird at NAMM.

Called the Dbird, it took the best bass prize.

Custom level Dbirds came out of the Canadian shop. And imports were made in China.

It didn’t take long for Gibson to call in the lawyers.

Subsequently, the Dbird got a redesign and was renamed the Droc.

Only a few of the overseas manufactured Dbirds made it into the wild.

Here’s mine:

https://www.talkbass.com/classifieds/dingwall-dbird.1675431/

It was my first imported Dingwall and I was super impressed with this bass.

All passive, 3 pickups. This thing covers a huge range of sounds.

Oh yeah, I’ve been playing Dingwall’s for so long I forget to mention the fanned fret multi scale thing.

This is a longscale Dingwall. The E string is 36-1/4”. G string is 34.

It will take a wide selection of strings. You aren’t limited to Dingwall strings. I’ve run DR, Payson, TI jazz flats, pretty much any longscale string will work


And now, back to our regular program.

I'm pretty glad it's not a lefty, if you take my meaning... I atill have wife faction to farm.

That's gorgeous.

GLWS.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

AI Overview:
Early Gibson Thunderbird serial numbers are not part of a simple, sequential system like those found on later solid-body instruments. The first solid-body Thunderbirds from 1956-1957 likely used a different system, possibly 3-digit stamps or Factory Order Numbers (FONs) stamped inside the body, with no serial number on the headstock. The earliest ink-stamped headstock serial numbers for Thunderbird models began in 1958, with a 5-digit format where the first digit indicated the year.

Um, no.

 

[JJR58]

AI Overview:
Early Gibson Thunderbird serial numbers are not part of a simple, sequential system like those found on later solid-body instruments. The first solid-body Thunderbirds from 1956-1957 likely used a different system, possibly 3-digit stamps or Factory Order Numbers (FONs) stamped inside the body, with no serial number on the headstock. The earliest ink-stamped headstock serial numbers for Thunderbird models began in 1958, with a 5-digit format where the first digit indicated the year.

Um, no.

I don’t trust a robot to answer any serious questions.
Actually, any question.

 

[Gaolee]

We're waiting to see if the shutdown ends by a certain date to decide between flying and driving to Georgia for an annual (non-bird) GTG.

I have been flying a fair amount for work. The thought of air traffic controller not getting paid does cross my mind on occasion. It's been nice knowing y'all.

 

[Gaolee]

Per my daughter, flying is pretty ugly these days at certain busy places. Avoid Chicago, Dallas, Newark, Burbank, Atlanta, Denver,
Reagan, Phoenix, Austin and SFO.

Looks like driving could be your safest bet. But who knows.

And as always, avoid the rabbit warren that construction has turned SeaTac into. I don't know if all the construction there is ever going to get done. Every time I'm convinced they cannot make it any worse, they do. At least the shoring all around the baggage claim area has been taken down, mostly, so you can more or less figure out where you are. There's nothing like endless acres of plywood temporary partitions, all painted white, with no way to see from one place to another. Oh, well.

Someday they will finish, right? Yeah, sure. Now they are talking about building a whole separate new terminal. At least that will be its own cluster of problems on its own. I hope.

 

[Ringhammer]

I don’t trust a robot

…period.

 

[GBassNorth]

AI Overview:
Early Gibson Thunderbird serial numbers are not part of a simple, sequential system like those found on later solid-body instruments. The first solid-body Thunderbirds from 1956-1957 likely used a different system, possibly 3-digit stamps or Factory Order Numbers (FONs) stamped inside the body, with no serial number on the headstock. The earliest ink-stamped headstock serial numbers for Thunderbird models began in 1958, with a 5-digit format where the first digit indicated the year.

Um, no.

AI must be an abbreviation for Artificial Information, there’s obviously no Intelligence involved.

 

[GBassNorth]

I was excited because today was New Amp Day, but GC and UPS tag-teamed me to kill my joy. The wooden case on my ABM600 EVO IV suffered damage and it concerns me for the inner workings of the amp.

So far I have powered it on and let it idle for a while, plugged in a bass, and did a basic test to see if it works. Powers up but no light from the VU meter. Meter is working, just no light. This may be common for Ashdown meters, but this is my first so not sure. The amp makes sound but a couple of static crackles when I adjusted the output, which maybe it just needs the pot cleaned. I will give it proper testing after work but I won't lie, I am a bit nervous about the health of the amp after taking what I think would have been a hard hit. You can see the images below and this break was not in the listing photos on GCs site.
Am I being paranoid, or am I being reasonable by being concerned?

OUCH!
That’s a lot of damage Andy, I’d take it back.

On a related note,
Now you have me all nervous. A couple of weeks ago I bought a used Markbass 1x12 combo from GC on line. Waited about 8 days for a confirmation on shipping or a tracking number. Finally I decided to connect with customer support and see what the heck was going on with my purchase. Turns out, they hadn’t even pulled it from inventory for shipping yet. Later that day (yesterday) I finally got a notice of shipping with a tracking number, of course the tracking info says it hasn’t been picked up from the dealer yet. So who knows when I’ll get it, maybe next week if I’m lucky. Normally they’re pretty good about communication. This was the Kenneshaw GA store. I’ll most likely email their store manager and copy their world HQ customer service department. I’m not a happy camper right now.

 

[Ringhammer]

Related to robots: the street where one of my rehearsal spaces is, is a short street right near a freeway (101) on/off, also near SFO and a bunch of hotel/motels that likely serve a lot of travelers. Lately there have been a lot of Waymo cars (self driving “taxis”) sitting on this street at night. Parking lights on, no driver, just sitting there. It’s just a little weird seeing a “gang” of these robot cars just hanging out on a dark street, waiting.

 

[Nocturnal]

Is it just my eyes or is there not a belly cut in the circle?

 

[GBassNorth]

Related to robots: the street where one of my rehearsal spaces is, is a short street right near a freeway (101) on/off, also near SFO and a bunch of hotel/motels that likely serve a lot of travelers. Lately there have been a lot of Waymo cars (self driving “taxis”) sitting on this street at night. Parking lights on, no driver, just sitting there. It’s just a little weird seeing a “gang” of these robot cars just hanging out on a dark street, waiting.

I’m sure it’s all innocent and safe.
Didn’t SkyNet or iRobot kinda start out this way. Man creates computers, gives them artificial intelligence, they become self aware, then decide humans are a threat to their existence and the earth, so they set out to kill us all. Might be best not to step out in front of any of those taxis.

 

[GBassNorth]

Is it just my eyes or is there not a belly cut in the circle?

Yes there is a belly cut.

 

[Nocturnal]

OUCH!
That’s a lot of damage Andy, I’d take it back.

On a related note,
Now you have me all nervous. A couple of weeks ago I bought a used Markbass 1x12 combo from GC on line. Waited about 8 days for a confirmation on shipping or a tracking number. Finally I decided to connect with customer support and see what the heck was going on with my purchase. Turns out, they hadn’t even pulled it from inventory for shipping yet. Later that day (yesterday) I finally got a notice of shipping with a tracking number, of course the tracking info says it hasn’t been picked up from the dealer yet. So who knows when I’ll get it, maybe next week if I’m lucky. Normally they’re pretty good about communication. This was the Kenneshaw GA store. I’ll most likely email their store manager and copy their world HQ customer service department. I’m not a happy camper right now.

I tested it out and the two active basses I tested it with sounded very distorted if I turned the input up much, but that could be because I am unfamiliar with the EQ and the settings I am using are the wrong settings for EMGs. It sounds a bit "ratty" with two different EMG loaded basses with 2 different cords.
Plugged in the Greco TB II and used the active and passive setting and it sounded good. My gut tells me to return it.

Speaking of GC shipping mistakes, UPS showed up again later with another large box from GC. I was a bit confused why I received a second shipment when I only ordered one amp. The second box contains a turntable (undamaged) and no paperwork so no clue who it was meant for. They used the same shipping label twice according to the tracking numbers. Now I have to deal with them to sort that out. Someone else is probably angry about their shipment that has never been updated like yours.

 

[JJR58]

Related to robots: the street where one of my rehearsal spaces is, is a short street right near a freeway (101) on/off, also near SFO and a bunch of hotel/motels that likely serve a lot of travelers. Lately there have been a lot of Waymo cars (self driving “taxis”) sitting on this street at night. Parking lights on, no driver, just sitting there. It’s just a little weird seeing a “gang” of these robot cars just hanging out on a dark street, waiting.

Futuristic freaky shite.
Anyone who’s ever said, we’ll never see it in our lifetime.
Wrong!

 

[BklynKen]

LET'S DO THIS!

 

[TBird1958]

Happy Thursday!