Thunderbird Club

[theFixer]

I'd love to find one to try. They sure look cool but I'll never see one hanging on any music store walls.

Same here.
If you're interested in learning more about them, @veebass has one. I'm sure he could tell you all about it. As for this particular one... if Johnny Cash were a bass guitar... he would be THIS bass guitar

 

[theFixer]

Heck, I started as a drummer.

... but you're all better now

 

[theFixer]

Then we have a badass member in the club...

???

 

[theFixer]

But... Wasn't one of the last batches of Midtown's in the same shape as a JC?

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Ok... I've been seeing "JC" around this forum for a while now, & have not been able to figure out what is being abbreviated. In the guitar world... "JC" is typically a reference to a Roland Jazz Chorus amp (i.e. JC120) Could someone please enlighten me?

 

[Gaolee]

Ok... I've been seeing "JC" around this forum for a while now, & have not been able to figure out what is being abbreviated. Could someone please enlighten me?

Jack Casady. It's an Epiphone signature model hollow bass.
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[theFixer]

Jack Casady. It's an Epiphone signature model hollow bass.
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Aahhh yes! Ok. Yeah... I'm familiar with it. I've never laid my hands on one... but I've never heard a bad word about them!

 

[godofthunder59]

Aahhh yes! Ok. Yeah... I'm familiar with it. I've never laid my hands on one... but I've never heard a bad word about them!

I bought one when they first came out , great bass never should have sold it. I just checked out a new gold top the other day and the back is stained walnut like the LP signature! Early JCs had a deep cherry almost opaque finish on the backs, then they went to black. Wish I could afford to pick up a new one they look great!

 

[DerekW]

Ok... I've been seeing "JC" around this forum for a while now, & have not been able to figure out what is being abbreviated. In the guitar world... "JC" is typically a reference to a Roland Jazz Chorus amp (i.e. JC120) Could someone please enlighten me?

Just like when people around here refer to an MM... could be a Music Man, Marcus Miller, or either one of a Peavey Minimega or Minimax.

Also TB could be talkbass or thunderbird, lol

 

[theFixer]

Just like when people around here refer to an MM... could be a Music Man, Marcus Miller, or either one of a Peavey Minimega or Minimax.

Also TB could be talkbass or thunderbird, lol

Generally, I can sorta bumble my way through & figure this stuff out, but every once in a while, I still get snagged on sup'm

 

[theFixer]

I bought one when they first came out , great bass never should have sold it. I just checked out a new gold top the other day and the back is stained walnut like the LP signature! Early JCs had a deep cherry almost opaque finish on the backs, then they went to black. Wish I could afford to pick up a new one they look great!

Good to see ya man! How's life on the road?

 

[veebass]

Whosoever playeth this bass, is automatically a total badass:

Gibson Es 335 Bass 2013 Black

Ha! I saw a couple of posts after this.

Yes I have a black one like this- no mamby pamby burst for me. No mere bright red.
So I got a black one.
I brought it in from the US and it cost a packet with shipping and exchange, but it is worth it. I saw one for sale here new after it arrived- the price was about the same- so no big deal.
Great bass. I am partial to the guitar pickup shaped TB+s they put in these and the Les Paul Basses I have. It really does kick, like the LP Basses.
Here's a pic! The Johnny Cash of basses- I like that.

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[Dr_Feelgoood212]

WOW, 4 hours without a post! That must be a first!

 

[PillO]

I bought one when they first came out , great bass never should have sold it. I just checked out a new gold top the other day and the back is stained walnut like the LP signature! Early JCs had a deep cherry almost opaque finish on the backs, then they went to black. Wish I could afford to pick up a new one they look great!

When I saw the red one was coming, I knew I had to have one. I had tried a gold one and really liked the sound. But, the red flamed maple top looks great.

The sound is different from everything else; I suspect a combination of that big resonant body and the low impedance pickup. The pickup gets every nuance that you play.

The JC has become a favorite of mine. Fun to play, great sound.

 

[PillO]

Just like when people around here refer to an MM... could be a Music Man, Marcus Miller, or either one of a Peavey Minimega or Minimax.

Also TB could be talkbass or thunderbird, lol

Oh so much confusion with abbreviations (and why is the abbreviation for abbreviation so long?) and short hand.

PCP - Phencyclidine or Primary Care Physician?
GP - General Practitioner, Guinea Pig, or General Population?
Special K - cereal or ketamine?
VW - Victor Wooten or German car?
LP - Les Paul or Limited Partner?

Too many TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations)

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Oh so much confusion with abbreviations (and why is the abbreviation for abbreviation so long?) and short hand.

PCP - Phencyclidine or Primary Care Physician?
GP - General Practitioner, Guinea Pig, or General Population?
Special K - cereal or ketamine?
VW - Victor Wooten or German car?
LP - Les Paul or Limited Partner?

Too many TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations)

We've had a problem with this one before
LPB - Les Paul Bass or 7ender Lake Placid Blue

 

[theFixer]

Ha! I saw a couple of posts after this.

Yes I have a black one like this- no mamby pamby burst for me. No mere bright red.
So I got a black one.
I brought it in from the US and it cost a packet with shipping and exchange, but it is worth it. I saw one for sale here new after it arrived- the price was about the same- so no big deal.
Great bass. I am partial to the guitar pickup shaped TB+s they put in these and the Les Paul Basses I have. It really does kick, like the LP Basses.
Here's a pic! The Johnny Cash of basses- I like that.

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Well I'll be derned! Somehow I got it in my mind that yours was a red one!

Yessir... that is the bass of a baaad baaad man

I've always loved ES335 guitars, but was pretty much indifferent to 335 basses until I saw that all black one with chromedrooldrooldrool

(friggin' LOVE that couch too!)

 

[veebass]

Well I'll be derned! Somehow I got it in my mind that yours was a red one!

Yessir... that is the bass of a baaad baaad man

I've always loved ES335 guitars, but was pretty much indifferent to 335 basses until I saw that all black one with chromedrooldrooldrool

(friggin' LOVE that couch too!)

The couch is quite old (20 years or so) but it is in great condition and so comfortable. It sits in my den.

 

[ubernator]

I guess I got confused somewhere along the way. I thought it was the singer that fired you for warning the drummer that he was about to get stabbed in the back. That can't be right, because here, you're saying you wanted him back.

Whatever the case... it sounds like you're amped about it

Does this mean you get to keep your Goth?

The singer quit, the guitar player (BL) was freaking out about the drummer not replying and was telling me how he was ready to pull the plug on the whole thing and fire the drummer if he didn't get a call from him by the end of the day. Apparently some other issues were pending with the drummer anyway. It wasn't about backstabbing, it was about BL freaking out in a downward spiral after the singer quit, and for whatever personal reason he asked me to stay out of whatever was going on between him and the drummer. Tensions between BL and myself were over simple things like me not doing exactly what he said, or contacting someone that he wanted to be the exclusive contact for (yes a control issue). I always had a good reason (he called them excuses and rationalizations, basically treating me the way a bad assistant manager at a job would have). It was simply the principle to him and it had been adding up. I was between a rock and a hard place because 99% of communication had to be text only and he was prone to misunderstand me or take things in a way different than I intended.

This whole fiasco put it all in perspective to him, as his whole band crumbled in 2 days. He realized that I was the most committed member and is wiping the slate clean and working on how we communicate from now forward.

His fears about the drummer were right though, he did end up bailing, and that was in motion before the singer quit.

About the goth, there is still no solid paying gig on the calendar till Dec 1st, Oct 7 was changed to different bands, and I might only be making $50 minus gas for a far away show on Oct 28. But if the door does well I may make more, but if our sub is unavailable, we may have to pay someone else $100 minimum. Which leaves the rest of us in the $30-40 range (if we only get the minimum), gas money gig,.first at a new venue, and through a band that is getting a bunch more $, knowing how that venue works. I didn't book that one. If it was me, I would have known how that venue works and negotiated for a larger cut. This was one of the times the BL got mad at me and pulled me off booking duty via a text, and the band he found for a show we were doing offered him that show at half our usual guarantee, and he took it.

I have a feeling in the future I won't be treated that way anymore, now that it has come to the forefront how it made me feel and how close I was to quitting several times, but the singer would talk me down from it and act as mediator.

This all happened for a reason. The goth is still for sale. BL only has one iceman, I can do it with one bird. I can use a peavey or OLP as my backup. It is just a matter of changing strings and a few tweaks.

But if the goth hasn't sold in a month or 2,/and things are going well with the band, I might keep it and set it back to drop C as dedicated backup bass.

 

[RedVee]

Oh so much confusion with abbreviations (and why is the abbreviation for abbreviation so long?) and short hand.

PCP - Phencyclidine or Primary Care Physician?
GP - General Practitioner, Guinea Pig, or General Population?
Special K - cereal or ketamine?
VW - Victor Wooten or German car?
LP - Les Paul or Limited Partner?

Too many TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations)

TLA is my favourite TLA

 

[bylar13]

Here is an interesting custom:

Custom Lap King Thunderbird bass non reverse style by Jason DuMont