Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

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.

Think it's the other way round, doesn't the tone knob only remove 'tone' ?

 

[Gaolee]

The female species in general just rule.

Yep. Plus they smell better, look better, are generally better behaved, actually manage to grow up for the most part...

Did I forget anything? Beats me why they put up with us, but I'm awfully glad they do.

 

[Gaolee]

Think it's the other way round, doesn't the tone knob only remove 'tone' ?

It's a treble cut, which does make the sound a bit woolier to my ears. Sometimes that's appropriate for a specific song. If you aren't playing in a cover band and have no need to avoid uleashing the wrath of Wotin on the bottom of a song, then you really don't need a tone knob.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

Think it's the other way round, doesn't the tone knob only remove 'tone' ?

After I googled I realized I had it backwards, no tone control boosts the highs and I thought it got more bottom heavy.

 

[JJR58]

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.

Maybe look at a Berg 610 or Ampeg 610.
Be live it or not, easier to move than a 410, even if it's got wheels.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

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.

You got the inner mad scientist in me thinking about this now, may have to try it myself.

 

[JJR58]

After I googled I realized I had it backwards, no tone control boosts the highs and I thought it got more bottom heavy.

That's why we like no tone knob.
It does sound, uh oh, here comes that word, "better".

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

That's why we like no tone knob.
It does sound, uh oh, here comes that word, "better".

So if I drop out the tone knob or even just remove the tone cap on my Thunderbacker than my Ric pickups will grind at a brighter frequency?.

 

[kat888]

So if I drop out the tone knob or even just remove the tone cap on my Thunderbacker than my Ric pickups will grind at a brighter frequency?.

Correct!

 

[JJR58]

So if I drop out the tone knob or even just remove the tone cap on my Thunderbacker than my Ric pickups will grind at a brighter frequency?.

I believe that to be the case.
And I'm a tech ignoramous, but less circutry.............
Try it, you've got nothing to lose.
I like running a bass WTFO!
Who needs a tone circut in the way.
Do the tone shaping from the amp, let the bass speak.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

Correct!

Whoa!!!, I think I need that!.drool

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

I believe that to be the case.
And I'm a tech ignoramous, but less circutry.............
Try it, you've got nothing to lose.
I like running a bass WTFO!
Who needs a tone circut in the way.
Do the tone shaping from the amp, let the bass speak.

I believe this is going to happen, at this moment as a matter of fact. I'll check back with you and Kat888 later my findings.

 

[JJR58]

I believe this is going to happen, at this moment as a matter of fact. I'll check back with you and Kat888 later my findings.

Please do Prog!

 

[TBird1958]

I'll keep mine (tone knobs), playing live there's quite a few songs that I change it up. I like versatility, even on a single pick up bass.

 

[theFixer]

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.

I was thinking more of you having to lug that refrigerator up & down stairs!

 

[JJR58]

I was thinking more of you having to lug that refrigerator up & down stairs!

Currently not gigging, got an elevator, so no worries once I get my sorry ass a gig.

 

[JJR58]

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!

That's just blasphemy.

 

[JJR58]

I'll keep mine (tone knobs), playing live there's quite a few songs that I change it up. I like versatility, even on a single pick up bass.

That's where on the fly matters.

 

[GBassNorth]

'77

I think you're all wrong. That picture was clearly taken at 7:50 (pm I assume) according to the clock on the cab.

Now if I had to guess the year, I'd say 1977 or 1978. The Andy Gibb hairstyle and beard, the powder blue leisure suit, the long point shirt collars over the top of the jacket collar, the pooka bead choker, the Soul Train/Abba type graphic on the back wall and I assume platform shoes all point to post 1975 and pre 1980 Disco era. That was five years of music hell for those of us into hard or progressive rock.

Great pic however and a bass to die for!

I got it right!

 

[theFixer]

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.

On guitar, I pretty much left everything wide open. Rolling the tone off was pretty much like consciously choosing to run your signal through a poop processor. On bass, I find myself tweeking the tone on the bridge pup quite a lot. There's a variety of good usable tones in there!