Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

Wednesday at home for me, the Seahawks are taking over downtown Seattle today and the epicenter of the activities about a block from my job, 750,000 or more expected, I'm not braving the commute, even on the train.

Missing mine, it's at Lull's getting a check up.

I stayed home today, too. The victory parade will be fun, but I don't need any extra fun.

 

[dagrev]

Photo shoot before I put some of the big rigs on the market.
With my extended stay a home after my first knee replacement it is now a time of decluttering.
Cheers!
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I hope you have a good recovery.

 

[Ringhammer]

Photo shoot before I put some of the big rigs on the market.
With my extended stay a home after my first knee replacement it is now a time of decluttering.
Cheers!
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Good luck getting that big stuff sold for a good price. I feel lucky that I sold my very good condition ‘73 SVT and good condition 810e with AV grille for $2100.

I believe it will be harder to sell big heavy vintage bass gear as time moves on. As AWESOME as that old gear sounds, I believe the younger players and new crop of bass players are less interested in the gear (in general), and there’s tons of lightweight gear that’s sounds fantastic. Mix that with the fact that (I believe) there are far less players than there is vintage gear on the market and will be coming on the market. Not to mention new gear….

Of course maybe that just how I feel because where I live, there are less and less places to play (especially with a full SVT), and the music scene seems to just be limping along (compared to ithe not too distant past).

I still have an Orange AD200 and two full size OBC cabs (a 210 and 115), and I'm looking forward to using at a show coming up at The Bottom of the Hill, which is a nice sized venue with a good sized stage. This is one of those venues that is closing at the end of 2026.

I’ll reluctantly, probably, list that whole rig after that show.

I’m pretty content with my GK Neo IV cabs and Fusion 800s or ABM Geezer head. This is that smaller lighter gear that’s sounds fantastic and is more than enough for the small bar size venues that will probably be the only venues available to play at. As well as plenty good for anywhere.

I loved that I did get to use and SVT in the past. Some will never know…

 

[Albert Ross]

Does anyone in the club have experience with the passive EMG T.Bird pickups and the associated solder-less pots and out put jack?

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[Nocturnal]

Does anyone in the club have experience with the passive EMG T.Bird pickups and the associated solder-less pots and out put jack?

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I have a set of those but have never gotten around to installing them in anything. I have tried a couple of the Schecter Ultra bass that were loaded with them and I thought it had a nice tone. Don't ask me for details because it's been a couple of years. You can probably find video demos on YouTube like this one or this one.

I have installed a few sets of EMG PJ pickups (PX-JX, Geezer PJ, Frank Bello sig set) with the solderless setup and they were easy to install as long as you follow the instructions.

 

[TBird1958]

I stayed home today, too. The victory parade will be fun, but I don't need any extra fun.

Here's a shot of the parade today, this is the south end of Seattle's downtown, the route continued another 2 miles to the north. My work is the building with arched windows at the middle of the right hand side. Needless to say, it was a good day to stay home, Frank and I topped and trimmed a couple of the trees on the side of the house and I got two hours of woodshed time with the Lull.

 

[Count Bassie]

Photo shoot before I put some of the big rigs on the market.
With my extended stay a home after my first knee replacement it is now a time of decluttering.
Cheers!
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The 215 and the 400... Nice.

 

[Count Bassie]

Here's a shot of the parade today, this is the south end of Seattle's downtown, the route continued another 2 miles to the north. My work is the building with arched windows at the middle of the right hand side. Needless to say, it was a good day to stay home, Frank and I topped and trimmed a couple of the trees on the side of the house and I got two hours of woodshed time with the Lull.

My kid living in Tacoma taunted us after the win.

 

[Stealth57]

Thursday Lunch Day

 

[Instagator]

Good luck getting that big stuff sold for a good price. I feel lucky that I sold my very good condition ‘73 SVT and good condition 810e with AV grille for $2100.

I believe it will be harder to sell big heavy vintage bass gear as time moves on. As AWESOME as that old gear sounds, I believe the younger players and new crop of bass players are less interested in the gear (in general), and there’s tons of lightweight gear that’s sounds fantastic. Mix that with the fact that (I believe) there are far less players than there is vintage gear on the market and will be coming on the market. Not to mention new gear….

Of course maybe that just how I feel because where I live, there are less and less places to play (especially with a full SVT), and the music scene seems to just be limping along (compared to ithe not too distant past).

I still have an Orange AD200 and two full size OBC cabs (a 210 and 115), and I'm looking forward to using at a show coming up at The Bottom of the Hill, which is a nice sized venue with a good sized stage. This is one of those venues that is closing at the end of 2026.

I’ll reluctantly, probably, list that whole rig after that show.

I’m pretty content with my GK Neo IV cabs and Fusion 800s or ABM Geezer head. This is that smaller lighter gear that’s sounds fantastic and is more than enough for the small bar size venues that will probably be the only venues available to play at. As well as plenty good for anywhere.

I loved that I did get to use and SVT in the past. Some will never know…

I have the same feeling. I think you are absolutely correct. I'm hoping to find an old dude like me that wants a piece of the past.
These rigs that I have represent everything that I've used since I started in the early 70's
The only amp that I don't have in my "Live gear"collection is an Acoustic 136. That was replaced by the SVT.
I finished out my live playing days with Bergantino gear.
I'm not quite ready to give up the Aguilar 751 yet. You never know if I might get back into Live gigs again after retirement.
A couple of bands around here are ampless. Using only IEM's and Front of the house. That's just not for me.
My music scene here is just like a lot of places. Fewer clubs and bars to play at and to my observation, fewer young people willing to take up the challange of forming a band.

Cheers!

 

[MCF]

Good luck getting that big stuff sold for a good price. I feel lucky that I sold my very good condition ‘73 SVT and good condition 810e with AV grille for $2100.

I believe it will be harder to sell big heavy vintage bass gear as time moves on. As AWESOME as that old gear sounds, I believe the younger players and new crop of bass players are less interested in the gear (in general), and there’s tons of lightweight gear that’s sounds fantastic. Mix that with the fact that (I believe) there are far less players than there is vintage gear on the market and will be coming on the market. Not to mention new gear….

Of course maybe that just how I feel because where I live, there are less and less places to play (especially with a full SVT), and the music scene seems to just be limping along (compared to ithe not too distant past).

I still have an Orange AD200 and two full size OBC cabs (a 210 and 115), and I'm looking forward to using at a show coming up at The Bottom of the Hill, which is a nice sized venue with a good sized stage. This is one of those venues that is closing at the end of 2026.

I’ll reluctantly, probably, list that whole rig after that show.

I’m pretty content with my GK Neo IV cabs and Fusion 800s or ABM Geezer head. This is that smaller lighter gear that’s sounds fantastic and is more than enough for the small bar size venues that will probably be the only venues available to play at. As well as plenty good for anywhere.

I loved that I did get to use and SVT in the past. Some will never know…

I did not know that Bottom of the Hill is Closing. Sad. When are you playing there? I see the Rubinoos are there in April. Cue the wayback machine…

 

[MCF]

I have the same feeling. I think you are absolutely correct. I'm hoping to find an old dude like me that wants a piece of the past.
These rigs that I have represent everything that I've used since I started in the early 70's
The only amp that I don't have in my "Live gear"collection is an Acoustic 136. That was replaced by the SVT.
I finished out my live playing days with Bergantino gear.
I'm not quite ready to give up the Aguilar 751 yet. You never know if I might get back into Live gigs again after retirement.
A couple of bands around here are ampless. Using only IEM's and Front of the house. That's just not for me.
My music scene here is just like a lot of places. Fewer clubs and bars to play at and to my observation, fewer young people willing to take up the challange of forming a band.

Cheers!

Times change. Who would have thought young people would not drink like we did. Maybe they are smarter…

 

[dagrev]

...I believe it will be harder to sell big heavy vintage bass gear as time moves on. As AWESOME as that old gear sounds, I believe the younger players and new crop of bass players are less interested in the gear (in general), and there’s tons of lightweight gear that’s sounds fantastic. Mix that with the fact that (I believe) there are far less players than there is vintage gear on the market and will be coming on the market. Not to mention new gear….

I think you nailed it here. I know at my age if I were having to carry in/out regularly, the Ashdown ABM and my Ampeg 212 would likely be what gets used. Rare and larger gigs might get the 100w tubes and Heritage 410, but I'm even sure about that. Let's face it, 98% of the people being gigged to (new term), wouldn't wouldn't notice or care. While I want my tone to complement the music well, in the end I want to hear what I like when others generally could care less.

 

[dagrev]

Thursday Lunch Day

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On a diet? "Where's the beef?"

 

[dagrev]

Times change. Who would have thought young people would not drink like we did. Maybe they are smarter…

I'm not seeing it, but it's possible.
But older people said the same of us as well.

 

[GonePlaid]

gI think you nailed it here. I know at my age if I were having to carry in/out regularly, the Ashdown ABM and my Ampeg 212 would likely be what gets used. Rare and larger gigs might get the 100w tubes and Heritage 410, but I'm even sure about that. Let's face it, 98% of the people being gigged to (new term), wouldn't wouldn't notice or care. While I want my tone to complement the music well, in the end I want to hear what I like when others generally could care less.

From Feb. '75 through May '82 our band had 2 gigs. Both were 6 nights/week. Equipment came out for 2 weeks each year for vacations. The second gig-a Miami Beach hotel-was the one I bought my SVT/810 rig for. After that we worked one season at a country club where I used my '63 7ender piggyback Bassman-and promptly sold the 'peg.
The past few(10+?)years have all been one-niters, load in/out, relatively smallish band areas(rarely stages), never w/ FOH. Downsized to combo amps-Rumble 200, Rumble 100, even Rumble 40 for some really small places. [I like 7ender-for amps]. Since the pandemic, many of the places we played have dispensed with 'live' music other than karaoke nights.
Some of y'all may remember I'd post nearly every weekend about gigs. We played 1/9/26; we have no other confirmed bookings. I might have a big band (reading) gig on 3/7.
Maybe.

 

[BklynKen]

Does anyone in the club have experience with the passive EMG T.Bird pickups and the associated solder-less pots and out put jack?

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I tried them out once. Extremely similar to TB+. And you'll still have to solder to the output jack since their included one isn't compatible with the Thunderbird, which uses the barrel jack.

 

[Ringhammer]

A couple of bands around here are ampless. Using only IEM's and Front of the house. That's just not for me.

Yep, I love my amps (big or small). Time and money have gone into searching and finding the sound I want, and I want it with me on stage. IEM’s maybe, just to help hear vocals or the guitar on the far (relative) side of the stage, but never “no amp/cab”

 

[Ringhammer]

I did not know that Bottom of the Hill is Closing. Sad. When are you playing there? I see the Rubinoos are there in April. Cue the wayback machine…

May 9th. Bad Lemon opening.

 

[Ringhammer]

Times change. Who would have thought young people would not drink like we did. Maybe they are smarter…

No.