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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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So it has has been a week since I got my first Thunderbird and it just keeps sounding better and better. It is the first bass that inherently cuts through the guitar and demands to be heard! I figured that I would just be rounding mu collection out because everyone knows a good collection of bass guitars needs a Thunderbird but now I am thinking I need another one in the form of a Vintage Pro.
And then you'll want one strung BEAD... and let's not even start talking about Alpine White vs Cherry vs Black vs VS vs Pelham Blue...
Oh, I would love a Pelham Blue Thunderbird! I have lusted after that colour since my early guitar playing days. I played a song yesterday in D Drop C (C-G-C-F) and it sounded so good!
Catching up...
Most puppeteers are right handed and so use their dominant hand to operate the mouth/face. That means then that the puppets dominant hand becomes left with the right doing few movements.
Clearly you are a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is at.
You will always need one more.
I've been dedicating a little thought to BEAD tuning recently. It would be very handy for songs in C & D etc. But then I think that tuning in ADGC would add even more flexibility. Then I notice Invalid Link Removed so maybe tuning to F#BEA adds the most flexibility?
So many options and too few basses. Maybe I need to buy more...
Most puppeteers are right handed and so use their dominant hand to operate the mouth/face. That means then that the puppets dominant hand becomes left with the right doing few movements.
'Cause nobody ever remembers their towels anymore...
Clearly you are a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is at.
You will always need one more.
I've been dedicating a little thought to BEAD tuning recently. It would be very handy for songs in C & D etc. But then I think that tuning in ADGC would add even more flexibility. Then I notice Invalid Link Removed so maybe tuning to F#BEA adds the most flexibility?
So many options and too few basses. Maybe I need to buy more...
I actually get that reference.
n+1!
What is this word you keep using? "Maybe"?
The magic of the Thunderbird is that it's fun to play, so you play more, so you get better, so it sounds better, so you have fun, 'cause it's fun to play, so you play more...
My wife saw a Goth for the first time and said it was one of the coolest basses she’s seen. That means I can get it, right?
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Just more karma. If it gets JD on it, make sure the JD stays on it for a bit. I can't tell you what may or may not have been on the three point, since I got it used.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I had a picture of it somewhere. Now I don't remember. I owe lots of pictures by now, and I haven't done any of 'em.
Hey man... "happy wife, happy life". Time to take one for the teamMy wife saw a Goth for the first time and said it was one of the coolest basses she’s seen. That means I can get it, right?
I think that means you HAVE to.My wife saw a Goth for the first time and said it was one of the coolest basses she’s seen. That means I can get it, right?
- Mar 8, 2011
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Just got a UPS notice. The bird is supposed to land tomorrow. Yes tomorrow. The day me and the girl are going to be 300 miles away visiting my family! Gotta call and reschedule that delivery. Excited to know it’s closer to me though!
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
It ALWAYS works that way. Which is why UPS delivers to my day job. They all know I buy weird stuff that makes noise, so they have stopped rolling their eyes when some oddly shaped box rolls in.
But that's not so important as the NBD that's right on the edge of happening. Timing sucks, but it means you will have a 'Bird waiting to come home when you come home. Can't beat that!
- Mar 8, 2011
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- 51,187
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- Authorized greenboy designs builder/Owner of BNA Audio
- Mar 8, 2011
- 12,232
- 51,187
- Disclosures
- Authorized greenboy designs builder/Owner of BNA Audio
None of my friends ( or the girl, for that matter!) know I’m getting this bass. Oddly, the guitarist for Prayer Flags (my fun side band) and I were talking before my Derek Hoke gig last night and he asked, “For the way you play and the sound you like, you ever considered just getting a reverse T Bird?”
I just said, “it’s crossed my mind.”
I just said, “it’s crossed my mind.”
- Mar 13, 2008
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I was waiting for a review too! I’m kinda more interested in the VP’s than the Gibson that is (slowly) headed my way
Shortly after I posted that pic yesterday I really $%#^&* up my back installing a light fixture while doing some display work in the showroom, rest of the day was beyond excruciating, was difficult to just get the bass home. I sat with it for about 30 minutes and really enjoyed playing it and it's tone very much, it's a very nice bass (no price qualifier needed).
Really can't wait to hear your impressions.None of my friends ( or the girl, for that matter!) know I’m getting this bass. Oddly, the guitarist for Prayer Flags (my fun side band) and I were talking before my Derek Hoke gig last night and he asked, “For the way you play and the sound you like, you ever considered just getting a reverse T Bird?”
I just said, “it’s crossed my mind.”
Oh no! I hope you're ok today. But glad to hear you're enjoying the VP.
