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Thunderbird Club
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I'm thinking that's absolutely the wrong placement for a single P/UP design and not where I'd want it.
Otherwise, a beauty for sure.
Thoughts?
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Haji
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It's unconventional. I want one even though I don't like the headstock.
It looks like an SG Bass's headstock to me so I'm good with it.
My 75 Pontiac Parisienne trunk held 1 goalie bag and 3 player bags and sticks laid straight across with room for one more bag, amazing!
Gaolee
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That bass is a knock out. I'm not so sure about the pickup placement, but it might work. I'm less enthusiastic about a whammy bar on a bass. But those are nits. It doesn't matter - that's a masterpiece.
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Side rant...every time someone is looking for a bass rig with large cabs or maybe a sub, the thread gets bombarded with people lecturing about earplugs. Because I guess we're too dumb to know about hearing protection without getting a lecture. I ain't knocking hearing protection, but just because you blew your ears out, doesn't mean everyone is so careless
And heaven forbid your cab weighs over 30lbs...typical responses- "What are you playing stadiums with no PA support?!" What the heck happened to bass players?! I toured with two 810 cabs for years and years. Guess what? They ain't that tough to load in and out!!! Just takes a couple minutes and some common sense. I'm grateful speaker tech has evolved where we can get a huge sound with smaller rigs, but I feel sorry for anyone who's never played in front of a wall of cabs. Your shirt flaps, your feet tingle and you feel like the king of the world. It's just fun.
"My (insanely expensive) boutique 112 is as loud as a 410 (no it isn't), has more low end than anything out there (probably not) and moves serious air (not really)"
And heaven forbid your cab weighs over 30lbs...typical responses- "What are you playing stadiums with no PA support?!" What the heck happened to bass players?! I toured with two 810 cabs for years and years. Guess what? They ain't that tough to load in and out!!! Just takes a couple minutes and some common sense. I'm grateful speaker tech has evolved where we can get a huge sound with smaller rigs, but I feel sorry for anyone who's never played in front of a wall of cabs. Your shirt flaps, your feet tingle and you feel like the king of the world. It's just fun.
"My (insanely expensive) boutique 112 is as loud as a 410 (no it isn't), has more low end than anything out there (probably not) and moves serious air (not really)"
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I think the owner made some dubious choices: Bartolini, both the pickup and placement, banjo tuners ( PITA for a bass. OE on my '60 EBO), and a Kahler on a fretless.
Beautiful build, though!
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
I work on carbs too. Pizza crust, noodles, sugar, bread - it's what I do.
My thought exactly!
Gaolee
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I schlep around an Acoustic 360 often enough that those comments are just an excuse to be a crank. Plus, if you don't use earplugs, you don't have to listen to those guys who want to sell you on the idea that what you really need is the latest 1000 watt postage stamp that sits on top of a cabinet full of helium that you can load in your back pocket.
Nobody will ever convince me that a 410 or some awkward boutique cabinet is easier to move than my 360 cabinet anyway. It's like pushing a hand truck. Leverage and brains, not ever leaning over.
Gaolee
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I'm sure there's a thread about boutique stuff somewhere that will tell you. But it will be only for those who also have a bass glued together with butterfly spit and strings made by gnomes in the Black Forest.Where do I buy one of those?
Helium is too expensive. You'd go broke.
LOL. I'm allergic to butterfly spit, so I better stick with my current 410 cab practise rig....
I can honestly say, my 410 is harder to move around than my 301. For the same reason that you are saying, you actually have to lift the 410 compared to the tilt and roll of the 301, is the biggest factor. Compounded with the awkward width of the 410 makes stairs sketchy as hell.
But if it's just staying on the same floor, I'd take the 410 any day. I leave my amp head on top and roll it around.
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I make boutique cabs for part of my livelihood so it's not like I don't think there are some strong reasons for some of em, but the current culture is a bit disconcerting
We might be talking, depending on which direction I go with my amplification needs.
Gaolee
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Yep, you do, and I think a purple sparkle or some other outrageous looking lightweight cabinet would be a lot of fun to have and use for some kinds of gigs. But, you probably don't make them out to be equivalent to a 'fridge or a 360. They are different and serve a different function.
I happen to have room for a monster and a van to haul it. If those were not fact, then I would have some other kind of amplification, no doubt.
In the interests of disclosure, I do own a Barefaced One10, which would probably be described as "boutique", I guess.... Works great with a low watt Eden ClassD amp... But hey, this is the Thunderbird club.... TUBES and LARGE cabs, if you please!
