Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Ashdown Thunderbird? That's a new concept.
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Thunderbird Club
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
My EB-2 has a Dimarzio One pickup instead of a stock mudbucker. I have not played anything with a stock mudbucker, but have loved the sound of that EB-2 for more than 40 years now. It is mostly retired now.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Oof! Especially around here. I didn't think about that very much. Time to stop thinking about it very much. It's not a thought I particularly want.
I saw Gibson did a bunch of British Racing Green guitars this year, and it got me wondering would a NR Thunderbird would look like in that finish. So ChatGPT helped me out, and now I wish they made it.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
There’s a site for that.
Safe to Swim Workgroup
www.mywaterquality.ca.gov
Maybe being slotted it wouldn't dive as much?
Plus it has that bridge cover as a counterweight.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I love the syncopated parts of the bass line. That kind of thing was fairly common then and seems to have fallen out of favor. It's a shame.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
One of those is a little like a Rickenbacker 4005. They are beautiful, and I want one of each. Mostly to hang on the wall and look at because they are beautiful.
I liked the bass line. Didn't like the tone. When I played it with a band in 71-72, I used the Mudbucker until I got to the "solo", then switched to the bridge pup 'til the vocal came back in; then back to the Mudbucker. (switch positions 1 & 2, easy switch. That's with the 4 position switch on my 66 EB-3. The 2006 Epi EB-3 had a 3 position switch- 1, bridge, 2, both, 3, neck)
Not to worry, the oysters are busy eating as much of it as they can.
He was certainly wanting to push boundaries. To me Bad Company was a letdown.
It ain’t the money when it comes to toys like that. It’s that I don’t really need more basses that I would be unlikely to play very much.
Cheaper than a Thunderbird…
Well as far as electric bass guitars go there was this one, it’s even older than you!Cool idea, but notalotta bass gee-tars from 1945.
The Audiovox 736 Electric Bass and 936 Amp
Eight decades ago, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer revealed the story of Paul H. Tutmarc debuting his latest invention – a solidbody electric bass. The 1935 article includes a photograph showing the…
www.vintageguitar.com
They were a project with Lakin as he was trying to dig out of the post Lakland mess he got himself in. There was the Ashdown version and a way more expensive version with only his name on it. Not sure how many of either one ended up being made.
yep, sounds pretty good too.....Well as far as electric bass guitars go there was this one, it’s even older than you!
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The Audiovox 736 Electric Bass and 936 Amp
Eight decades ago, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer revealed the story of Paul H. Tutmarc debuting his latest invention – a solidbody electric bass. The 1935 article includes a photograph showing the…
Rickenbacker had something too I think..
AFAIK, no modern Epi shipped with a true mudbucker. Theirs are more like 1.2K than the typical mudbucker 30k (YZMV). That's not to say they don't sound good. It may be why you prefer this over the old EB.Shout out for the Epiphone EB 3.
Mine is a 2018. Got it for a steal from Sweetwater new.
I think it’s more solid and better playing than an EB3 I had in the 70’s. And long scale to boot.
The stock pickups sound fine to me after putting a set of RS 66’s on it.
I’ve been going through my collection of stuff after knee replacement in December.
This one was hiding in a closet.
Recommend,especially if the come up cheap on CL or marketplace.
Cheers!
Edit..The dust has been cleaned off of the headstock now. I guess I should be checking these more often.
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We are supposed to get some of that mess this weekend, along with lows in the teens. No, thanks.
Hadn’t actually heard one before. Dang, now I want one!
I think someone here on TB documented a replica build, wonder how it came out.
Did you look at that amp spec - bass amp at 18watts with 3% THD. Sounds like a studio guitarist dream and a stage bassist nightmare.
