Thunderbird Club

[wolfkeller]

Yeah, I'm aspiring to it!

 

[Larry V]

OMG!!! Could it get any more cliched???

That's exactly what they're going for. Read their WIKI... they're making fun of Glam bands and the early '80's and doing a hell of a job making it look like a sincere effort to rock!

This video proves the urban myth that Thunderbirds do neck dive:

Good catch!

 

[TBird1958]

We have a thread dedicated to Thunderbird videos over on Last Bass Outpost.
This is one of my faves.

 

[Klondike]

Our Queen picked a very good song, but that TBird wa sure tucked away back there.

 

[TBird1958]

Our Queen picked a very good song, but that TBird wa sure tucked away back there.

Here's Pete Way and the boys.......

Mr Way is an early bass hero
No sense in standing in shadows giving all the fun to the guitarist

 

[GBassNorth]

Don't forget The Donnas...

Maya rips it up with her bird!

 

[JIO]

 

[GBassNorth]

Then there's Kim from Sonic Youth...

Not their best video but a fine bass is being played!

 

[GBassNorth]

Of course there's always U2...

 

[Klondike]

Some fine ehem, guitars.

 

[TBird1958]

Adam Clayton with a nice Thunderbird II

 

[ptleftybass]

Not a Video, a picture of Tom Hamilton playing a Thunderbird.

 

[Klondike]

The Space Alien hard at work.

 

[hillerup]

I decided to update my 2001 Gibson with a new pickguard and truss rod cover...

...I had ordered the blk/red/blk guard and then found the TRC on Ebay. The guy can do the Gibson logo in several finishes so I was able to get red like I wanted. I bought a couple of the red bird decals from Larry and ordered some custom knobs from Ebay. I REALLY tried to find knobs like they had on the Voodoo series from Gibson (black top hats with red numbers) but had no luck. My wife felt that these knobs worked because they would be blk/red/blk like the guard. The red ply in the guard doesn't stand out as much as I had hoped it would, but you see it much better in person than pictures would indicate. So here is my Bird with the current updates. I like the changes

I couldn't find black knobs with red numbers either - But I did find red knobs with black numbers:

 

[Nocturnal]

I couldn't find black knobs with red numbers either - But I did find red knobs with black numbers:

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The guy I bought mine from had those posted as well. He had a lot of color options for his parts. I didn't think the glitter would work for my bass but on the right bass/guitar some of those knobs would look amazing! He even had some gun metal grey that looked killer IMO.

 

[GBassNorth]

I didn't see any black with red number knobs but this supplier has a lot of black with white number knobs. You might be able to hit the white numbers with a red marker to turn the numbers red.
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These are still my favorite knobs...
Bell Knobs 0-11 Black | Allparts.com

 

[TBird1958]

Steel Panther got it from these guys.......
I forget the vocalist name, he can belt it out for sure - check out the movie "Rock Star", he does most of the vocals



Frankie Poulain and The Darkness.......I F^%&*($ love them!

 

[hillerup]

The guy I bought mine from had those posted as well. He had a lot of color options for his parts. I didn't think the glitter would work for my bass but on the right bass/guitar some of those knobs would look amazing! He even had some gun metal grey that looked killer IMO.

Do you have a link to his site?

 

[Nocturnal]

His ebay user name is clower777 and here is a link to what he is selling currently:

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He is on FB also as JAT Custom I think.

 

[Mark Cult]

So, i am gonna customise my Epi TBird Gothic... strip the body, neck and headstock and stain it all translucent black... strip the electrics to tidy the mess of wiring out, replace pots and cap etc... should i post it her or as i thought im gonna start a new thread. Whatdo you guys think?