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Thunderbird Club
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There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
You too?!
I knew it would come to this...
How do you think the Rotosound Roto's compare then? Those are NPS without silks and sound pretty good to me...
It was supposed to be all high tech sounding wasn't it? Space Probe etc
Ok that sounds a bit wrong also.
All this probe talk reminds me...
I had a gastrocopy & colonoscopy yesterday. Dr wants to move me up from 2.5 & 5 year cycles to 3 & 3 years now.
Had a polyp taken for testing. Never had that before. Will find out in a couple of weeks but not expecting anything bad.
Information overload!!!
Hope the tests turn out negative!
Several of mine haven't seen action yet, since the band is on a temporary hiatus... But I have every intention on keeping them all in rotation when we are gigging again.
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I last played them probably six years ago, they didn't impress me as being better than EXLs. I tried and liked the the Ken Smith Bass Burners NPS, so I haven't tried Rotos since.
How do you think the Rotosound Roto's compare then? Those are NPS without silks and sound pretty good to me...
I have a set on order. What properties do you personally like from strings?
I'm so happy i got the Classic Pro when i did.
Who knows how long it'll be before we see a Vintage Pro.
Even when it's out, I'm sure it will take nothing away from your Classic Pro.
I agree, Ken. Looks-wise it's going to be a hit but depending on the P/UP's used, it may not measure up to the Gibsons and Classic Pro's.
It's a keeper for sure.
And i made sure i got practice in earlier then later last night, not as wiped out today.
Getting my fingers back in shape, still a bit sore.
True, but I think when we all think of a Thunderbird, I'm pretty sure a good few of us think of a classic 60s one with chrome covers. They have the growl we love. And if the new Vintage Pro lives up to the model it recreates, I'm going to be sad indeed ;-; not to say the Classic isn't great. It's just close, but not quite Carling (British advert for you non-Brits)
Btw, my Thunderbird Classic IV Pro is strung up with Elixirs. I tried Roto's once and they seemed to be dead out the packet...of course, in my experience.
I wish there was a company out there making balanced stainless steel coated strings...
Is anyone looking to try the new Balanced Nickels by GHS on a T-Bird?
I wish there was a company out there making balanced stainless steel coated strings...
Is anyone looking to try the new Balanced Nickels by GHS on a T-Bird?
In the R&D phase, they measured the amount of force required to tune the appropriate core wire for each of the different size string (they measured several of each to make sure they got a good number). When the winder found out he/she was setting up to run American Flyers, they had to go get the floor supervisor, who would come & adjust the core tensioner to a predetermined setting, and the whole batch was run at that setting. The tensioners were pneumatically controlled, and the regulators were the same ones you & I can buy at Home Depot for less than 5bux each. Precision was elusive, and not diligently sought after. From a winder's perspective... they were just another string. Other than you, I've never met anyone who used them... but they were always quick sellers at the local music stores, so there musta been some kinda thang to 'em. I never used 'em, cuz I'd already become biased against NPS. You asked if I thought they'd bring 'em back. I really have no way of knowing for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if they already have. The guitar string game is more competitive than you might think. They don't come with a big profit margin, so volume (quantity) is the only way to make any money. As I'm sure you can imagine... true innovations with such a simple product, are hard to come by. Manufacturers are constantly looking for an edge or a gimmick to help push their strings into the number one slot. The typical sales schmaltz like flashy or unique packaging, promises of being new and/or improved, and of course... player endorsements, are key elements. When they could come up with something (anything) different about the manufacturing process... they'd go crazy with the hype. New packaging... new names... even new brand names would crawl up out of the wood work (Markely printed their own packaging, so that was pretty easy to accomplish). GHS did the exact same thing. Because of all of this... I don't get hyped when I see a new package on the rack. I like to watch for products that offer something truly different or innovative, but 99% of the time it's a re-ish of an old idea in a new package, or it's nothing but the package itself that's new.
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That they sound good to my 71 year old ears. I don't overthink it. I also don't use anything between bass and amp except a cable.
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Yeah, #3 is pretty damn cool, but I would for sure screw up the measurement ;-)
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That makes sense. Biggest factor for a string is that it makes me want to pick up the bass and play it often. I’ve tried ones that had the opposite effect.
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I prefer the look of a classic. I'm not making PG's any longer but I'm still selling the vinyl graphics.
Wife says the correct number of Thunderbirds is N-1... With N = The current number of birds that I have...
She was NOT happy with my last purchase, so I won't buy more for quite a while...
Quite a while being a week...
I don't recommend lying to a wife that you intend to keep. Of course, I also recommend against keeping a wife.
Speaking of '76 Birds, if anyone is interested, Guitar Center never replied back to me about that "1976 Thunderbird Korina" they have for sale, and it is still on their site.
