Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

In the period leading up to his 'operation' he was walking more and more like a cowboy as the bump grew. When the poor we bugger came back from the vet he had an ears back, wide-eyed shocked expression which didn't go away for days.

I had expected stitches and what not but there were two small raw spots where his testicles had been. Poor fella.

His younger sister on the otherhand went in for her much bigger operation and was bouncing around, climbing and jumping off stuff as soon as she woke up - she's known as the 'little ninja' at the vet surgery.

Proof that girls are tougher than boys. We're kinda delicate that way.

 

[JJR58]

What a magnificent feeling on the eyes.

Sounds good and fun to look at

Proof that girls are tougher than boys. We're kinda delicate that way.

The female species in general just rule.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

@ProgressiveDoom
Loving the quote in your sig. I remember the first time I watched that show I couldn't stop laughing.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

@ProgressiveDoom
Loving the quote in your sig. I remember the first time I watched that show I couldn't stop laughing.

Yeah Fred are Archie were my role models growing up, skipped right past Loonie Tunes and into the real world

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

Those Traynors are great, and underrated by some.

My first amp was a tube driven Traynor Bass Mate that I recall being around 20 watts but having the dial pinned on 10 with the tubes warmed up good gave a large angry tone that kept up with my punk band in our garage. After 30 years of ownership I sold it last year ...........for some reason

 

[JJR58]

My first amp was a tube driven Traynor Bass Mate that I recall being around 20 watts but having the dial pinned on 10 with the tubes warmed up good gave a large angry tone that kept up with my punk band in our garage. After 30 years of ownership I sold it last year ...........for some reason

Oh you......
They can get very angry sounding indeed.

 

[theFixer]

View attachment 1164354 Guess this will have to do for now.

Doooooooooood!!! Didn't you say you live in a 3rd floor apartment???

 

[JJR58]

Doooooooooood!!! Didn't you say you live in a 3rd floor apartment???

6th floor, my neighbors are way cool, and I never goose this thing.
Although once in a while I get a few seconds worth of it on the weekends.
Trust me Fix, when I practice, I can barely tickle this rig.
Lots of bass cut as to not let those low freq's travel.
And very low volume.
Quite capable of giving someone a good punch in the gut.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

Oh you......
They can get very angry sounding indeed.

And angry looking. Good old fashioned Treble,Volume and Bass and nothing more, no bells and no whistles and no bling factor.

 

[bylar13]

Here is my set up:

 

[kat888]

6th floor, my neighbors are way cool, and I never goose this thing.
Although once in a while I get a few seconds worth of it on the weekends.
Trust me Fix, when I practice, I can barely tickle this rig.
Lots of bass cut as to not let those low freq's travel.
And very low volume.
Quite capable of giving someone a good punch in the gut.

Yesterday afternoon I plugged in the NRBird, gave it a few seconds on normal practice volume, then decided what the hell, it's a workday and the neighbours should all be out, and turned the master up to 2 (aka '9 oclock') and went for it. Thought the room was going to shake apart! Snarl! Snarl! Snarl!

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

tone knob, schmone knob

[insert obligatory TB maxim about tone being in the fingers]

2 Birds and 0 tone knobs - the Epi Vintage Pro will be having it's trip to the vet for de-knobbing soon after it comes home. Up on the table and out with the soldering iron.

For real?, but thats like.......for tone right?. I mean were talking about a Thunderbird so how low do you need to go?. Damn!. Gonna google it up right now.

 

[bylar13]

Oh and on another oft discussed topic of Gibson having quality control issues, I give you, the neck pocket on my 1973 Jazz bass. I think its creation went something like this:

Early 1970's Fender employee #1ude, did you score that acid last night at the Moby Grape show?"
Early 1970's Fender employee #2: Hell yeah! "Lets take it at lunch when the manager goes out for beers."
Early 1970's Fender employees together: "Groovy! There is only one more body to cut before we quit for the week anyway!

 

[ThunderbirdMax]

Do you have the room to move an 810? Given the choice, I'll always go for a tall cabinet with wheels than a shorter one, wheels or not. Plus, a bass player whose amp is big as all outdoors is clearly serious.

I will not offer any other advice, except to say that a 'Bird through the right amp can double as a seismic reinforcement testing device.

Actually no ... I want a 410 because it seems easier to move than a 810 (and my room's ceiling isn't high enough ... I don't think I can't move it in my stairs). Our cars aren't big enough to move a 810 too. But someday maybe ...

I really wanted to thank you all for your advices. Like some of you guys said, the best is to go in a shop and try with my bass !

I kind of discovered (I mean I knew those amps but never heard people talking about it) Aguilar DB 410 + Tone Hammer 500 today and I'm really interested in it.

I agree with you on GK. Played one last week and I loved it but it kind of sound too heavy or too modern for me.

 

[JJR58]

Yesterday afternoon I plugged in the NRBird, gave it a few seconds on normal practice volume, then decided what the hell, it's a workday and the neighbours should all be out, and turned the master up to 2 (aka '9 oclock') and went for it. Thought the room was going to shake apart! Snarl! Snarl! Snarl!

So understood.
I try to get the all clear before I pounce.
There isn't much in my apartment, but what little I have could easily be blown off the walls.

 

[Nocturnal]

My friend uses a Tone Hammer 500 for his gigs and loves it. He uses a 70's Bird as one of his basses but says all of his basses (20+ Gibson, Ric, Hamer, Alembic) sound great thru it. He also uses 2-112 Aggy cabs for his rig. Can't comment on how it would sound with the DB410.

 

[JJR58]

And honestly Kat, I can't get the gain or master past 9, not here.
Someone for sure will call homeland security on me.

 

[kat888]

For real?, but thats like.......for tone right?. I mean were talking about a Thunderbird so how low do you need to go?. Damn!. Gonna google it up right now.

Some call it a tone control, others know it as the 'muffle control' or the 'woolly blanket'...

I have never run tones controls at anything other than wide open - may as well remove them from the circuit altogether, save them being knocked accidentally or whatever.

 

[Gaolee]

Actually no ... I want a 410 because it seems easier to move than a 810 (

You would think a 410 would be easier because it is smaller. In my experience, that's not true. A taller cabinet with tilt-back handles and wheels is easy to move, if a little bulky. Getting it up and down stairs is slow, but steady and easy on the back. A 410 requires bending and lifting an awkward box. Getting it up and down stairs is a recipe for spending a couple days flat on the floor wondering when your back will ever work again. That's my take on it, and as a man who is only a few short years from 60 and who as not exactly been kind to his back, I can say from experience that I would prefer herking around a 140 lb Acoustic 361 cabinet on its wheels and with its handles than dealing with a much smaller, lighter, but far more awkward 410 cabinet.

YMMV. You may not have done the dumb things to your spine that some of the rest of us have. Yet. Give it time. Bending and lifting sucks when you can just shrug and lift with your legs.

 

[TBird1958]

Oh and on another oft discussed topic of Gibson having quality control issues, I give you, the neck pocket on my 1973 Jazz bass. I think its creation went something like this:

Early 1970's Fender employee #1ude, did you score that acid last night at the Moby Grape show?"
Early 1970's Fender employee #2: Hell yeah! "Lets take it at lunch when the manager goes out for beers."
Early 1970's Fender employees together: "Groovy! There is only one more body to cut before we quit for the week anyway!

Wow.........