• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Thunderbird Club

#35,901
On the TBird topic - I have a dilemma. I really really really want two very different TBirds - a 2015 (if it sounds anything like my 2013EB) and a newer Gibby NR.

I've played the N+1 game so long now that I'm bumping up over 40 basses - yeah, I need to sell off the ones I'm not playing much any more - as soon as I figure out how to set up a paypal account to accept payments I'll be unloading some very prime gear. So not wanting to add anymore new basses than I have to, I got thinking, instead of buying two basses how about combining the features I like into a single bass.

Potential solution - I love the NR look and found a newer Gibby NR in VGC at a reasonable price. Does anybody know if the 2015 TBird (or the 4 string 2013/14 EB) pups will fit into a Gibson NR TBird without routing?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Mike.C., Count Bassie, hillerup and 6 others
#35,903
TBird1958 said:
A lot more modelling and less layout construction than I should be doing.......but, yeah, if you think I'm nuts for Thunderbirds, the trains are a lifetime hobby.
My modeling focus is the mid '70s in central Utah, so everything I do fits that premise.

XdjV7Uz.jpg


dzCgqFe.jpg
Click to expand...

Those are really nice, Mark! Love the weathered look on the white tanker - very authentic... :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Count Bassie, MCF, theFixer and 2 others
#35,904
kat888 said:
Epiphone purple-grey ... a bit like the cats actually. If you leave the lid open a cat will jump in and roll around on the FoxFur. Polystyrene is weird stuff - when you start cutting it you end up with more than you set out with.
Click to expand...

Yep... And static as Hell, ending up just about anywhere you don't want it to be... :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Count Bassie, theFixer, kat888 and 1 other person
#35,905
Larry V said:
Thanks for the follow-up. I thought that perhaps the GBB didn't have any solid numbers and had put that value of less than 10 as probable. Either way, it sure is rare.

It would be like having a 2008 Chevrolet Camaro. They were discontinued for years and they went back into production in 2010. BTW, I did the sheet metal engineering on that bodyside panel, not to be confused with the design of the car. I did the engineering that took the flat sheet metal and turned it into the bodyside panel which is the quarter panel and door ring.
Click to expand...


The White '86 Thunderbird II, love this bass!

o52bukA.png



lb6VmFw.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Mike.C., Leiria, sneha1965 and 12 others
#35,909
GBassNorth said:
On the TBird topic - I have a dilemma. I really really really want two very different TBirds - a 2015 (if it sounds anything like my 2013EB) and a newer Gibby NR.

I've played the N+1 game so long now that I'm bumping up over 40 basses - yeah, I need to sell off the ones I'm not playing much any more - as soon as I figure out how to set up a paypal account to accept payments I'll be unloading some very prime gear. So not wanting to add anymore new basses than I have to, I got thinking, instead of buying two basses how about combining the features I like into a single bass.

Potential solution - I love the NR look and found a newer Gibby NR in VGC at a reasonable price. Does anybody know if the 2015 TBird (or the 4 string 2013/14 EB) pups will fit into a Gibson NR TBird without routing?
Click to expand...

I would think they are the same size. They appear to be. Is there anyone here that can measure and let us know for sure?

Buy both and be happy. Sell a couple of other "underutilized" basses and have two more that you are more likely to play. :bassist:
 
  • Like
Reactions: GBassNorth, hillerup, JJR58 and 1 other person
#35,910
theFixer said:
Now THAT'S a proper office!

Do you ever struggle with which bass to use, or do you just grab & go?
Click to expand...

It is a proper office, however, not mine. This is the office of Mr Uwe Hornung, whom I've had the good fortune to meet and have dinner with a couple times. Most of the basses in The Gibson Bass Book are from his collection.
 
  • Like
Reactions: sneha1965, Count Bassie, RedVee and 7 others
#35,912
@JKydd - I did consider Pedal Train and Temple Audio (among others) but the PT Nano+ is *just* too small, the two row PTs were ridiculously over-sized, and TA was too expensive. The Dual Lock was the costliest part of the board, well, apart from the actual pedals.

It's quite handy to have the PSU topside so you can see what's going on with it. With smaller pedals and lower profile cables you'd easily get 8 on there, if you wanted to. Having it all in two rows means it's really simple to connect in the VT Bass should it ever be required.

You can use pretty much anything - a nice piece of aged timber, an old suitcase, a skateboard deck, it can be as funky as you want it to be. The other thing people do is, instead of using Dual Lock or Velcro(spit!), they disassemble lengths of bike chain and use the links to attach pedals to the board.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Count Bassie, RedVee, hillerup and 2 others
#35,914
TBird1958 said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Some interesting news that comes from Chris Dekker, who writes for the Dutch magazine "Die Bassist" regarding Gibson basses for 2018.
This come from his post over on Last Bass Outpost which is still the best place for Gibson related info.



Gibson Limited Run Guitars:
Theme: 100th Anniversary of Orville Gibson’s Heritage
100 Limited Runs released through the year
Limited Runs announced per quarter
Exclusive features:
Modern-Retro “Gibson” headstock logo
“Only a Gibson is Good Enough” decal on the back of the headstock


EB Bass 5 String 2018 Satin Trans Black

EB Bass 5 String 2018 Satin Trans Black Left Hand

EB Bass 5 String 2018 Natural Satin Left Hand

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Satin Trans Black

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Satin Trans Black Left Hand

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Natural Satin Left Hand

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Natural Satin

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Bright Cherry

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Ebony

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Bright Cherry Left Hand

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Ebony Left Hand

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Vintage Sunburst Left Hand

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Vintage Sunburst

RD Artist Bass 2018 Antique Natural

RD Artist Bass 2018 Ebony

SG Standard Bass 2018 Ebony

SG Standard Bass 2018 Heritage Cherry

SG Standard Bass 2018 Ebony Left Hand

SG Standard Bass 2018 Heritage Cherry Left Hand

SG Standard Bass 2018 Walnut Left Hand

SG Standard Bass 2018 Walnut
Click to expand...
Whoa, this cherry left-handed sounds like my N+1!
 
  • Like
Reactions: theFixer
#35,915
So after looking at the Epiphone site again, I think it was @theFixer who mentioned something about a 3 way selector switch on the new Vintage Pro.
And I noticed in the discription a line in the specs to that effect.
Now that's just got to be a typo or mistake in the descriptions.
We all know the pictures show that to not be true. Wish they'd correct and delete that.
Just bugs me.
Ok, slight rant.
 
  • Like
Reactions: GBassNorth, theFixer, TBird1958 and 2 others
#35,916
kat888 said:
You lot are SO fickle! Yesterday it was all the Vintage Pro and now you're all drooling over supposed new Gibsons! Ooh SHINY! Well, I'm still holding out for an Epiphone, so there!

Actually, a new Gibson would be seriously outside my price range, the Epi is far more realistic. Just need to know how good those pickups really are - and that's what has me a little on edge atm.
Click to expand...
Not I. Left-handed are slim-pickins.

(sorry for post-after-post, but catching up and didn't want to let some stuff go and not gathering up for multi-quote)
 
  • Like
Reactions: theFixer and kat888

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back