Thunderbird Club

[theFixer]

Yeah, no chance. I still feel really lucky to have a left-handed Gibson Thunderbird.

I'm pretty sure you can find left handed EB-3's (34" scale)

 

[theFixer]

Oooohh my senses are tingling . SpongeBob sure but the gimp....Nope!. More like Macgyver.

Spongebob MacGimper

 

[theFixer]

Im running free yeah, Im running free!.

\m/

 

[theFixer]

4K is the list price of a Thunderbird over here.

 

[Gaolee]

The 410's are definitely awkward to carry, but they'd be staying at home anyways. If/when I start gigging, I'd probably get used 810... or use that 301.

You would gig the only 301 most people would ever see. There's not that many in circulation these days, but I suspect there are plenty around in closets, barns, basements, and the like. They are near indestructible.

 

[kat888]

You would gig the only 301 most people would ever see. There's not that many in circulation these days, but I suspect there are plenty around in closets, barns, basements, and the like. They are near indestructible.

Haven't seen a 301 since the early 80s.

 

[theFixer]

You would gig the only 301 most people would ever see. There's not that many in circulation these days, but I suspect there are plenty around in closets, barns, basements, and the like. They are near indestructible.

Is the 301 pretty much the same cab as the 361 sans onboard power?

 

[BklynKen]

I'm pretty sure you can find left handed EB-3's (34" scale)

Let me know when you see one. ;-)

 

[JJR58]

The southern hemisphere... Well, we just don't go there.

That's @kat888 turf.

 

[howie289]

Scientists dig up "Lemmy"

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[JJR58]

Ah. Well, that would be a different reason to buy it from what I would have. But, if you plug a 'Bird into an appropriate Acoustic head and run it through the 301, you might find all kinds of other amplifiers become surplus. The one thing to remember is that they were built before there were many B-strings or much use of octave pedals, so they aren't ideal for going down to sub-earthquake frequencies. They can do it, but aren't going to blow down walls with low frequencies. They are far better at higher frequencies than they have any right to be.

And that's a good thing, that 301 will tear guts out.

 

[hillerup]

Happy birthday!

And let me add my happy Birthday too!

Thanks, guys!

 

[kat888]

Mentioning the 80s reminded me how little quality gear was available in my part of the world at the time ... and the ridiculous prices.

I knew a bloke who sold a contemporary Marshall 50W combo for $USD9000 in today's money. There was a company called Rockit knocking out Music Man copies (SS pre and valve power stage @ 130W) in Mesa-styled combos with a 15" RCF speaker - impossible to get them loud enough to sound any good and they had lots of little switches which used to snap off.

Rockit also built a 400W SS bass amp which was the size of a Volkswagen and used to destroy speakers -- including mine when an arsehole insisted on connecting his head to my Altec 15s. POP!

 

[Gaolee]

And that's a good thing, that 301 will tear guts out.

It's funny how it does that. It doesn't have to be loud to turn unsuspecting innards into mush. I think there's something about a folded horn that causes all kinds of body cavities to vibrate in unusual ways. It's a lot of responsibility. It's not just beer that causes humans to reproduce.

 

[kat888]

That's @kat888 turf.

Hardly. I'm a little old lady who works in an office.

 

[Gaolee]

Is the 301 pretty much the same cab as the 361 sans onboard power?

In effect. There are some construction changes and access to the speaker for service is a little different, but as far as what it sounds like and what it does, they are very similar. I don't think a 370 head through a 301 cabinet sounds like a 360 preamp through a 361 Power Plus cabinet. The 360 stack sounds fuller and better to my ears. The 360 stack is juicier and has a little more shine and is a little more dark blue, where the 370 has more of a matte sound and more yellow. Sorry about the colors, I just don't know how else to describe these things.

 

[Gaolee]

Hardly. I'm a little old lady who works in an office.

That's what they all say. Until it's too late. You can't fool us for one minute.

 

[Gaolee]

Haven't seen a 301 since the early 80s.

How many did you see even then? They have never been all that common as far as I can tell. When I turn up with a 360, most people don't know what it is, and those that do make some comment about having not seen one for a long time. That's just one more reason to use 'em. It's not a #$%@ Ampeg. It sounds better than that, and it is solid state. Thumb in the eye of conventional wisdom.

 

[Nevada Bob]

Scientists dig up "Lemmy"

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Thanks for posting..

Even better somehow that the curator who suggested calling it "Lemmy" is named Lorna Steel. Don't know why

 

[kat888]

How many did you see even then? They have never been all that common as far as I can tell. When I turn up with a 360, most people don't know what it is, and those that do make some comment about having not seen one for a long time. That's just one more reason to use 'em. It's not a #$%@ Ampeg. It sounds better than that, and it is solid state. Thumb in the eye of conventional wisdom.

One or two. Ampegs were non-existent as far as I remember. The most common 'foreign' amps were the contemporary Fender Twins and maybe a Bassman head or two. Most people used Jansen, Holden, Abbey (AC30 clones and very nice), Gunn and the 'orrible Rockits.

Been trying to find specs for the efficiency of those Acoustic cabs - nothing so far.