Thunderbird Club

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

That's fine. I don't actually want or need one, just idly curious and offering a suggestion for @MommyPlaysBass.

If I were looking at a Mesa, it would be the Prodigy ... or a D180.

I kinda figured you'd go for a tube amp before a class D, it's not like hell froze over!

 

[kat888]

I kinda figured you'd go for a tube amp before a class D, it's not like hell froze over!

Yeah there's not enough heatsinkery in all them dead PF500s in the Third Circle to bring the temperature down to freezing point.

... and the Carbines are class A/B which is why they caught my attention.

 

[JJR58]

Yeah there's not enough heatsinkery in all them dead PF500s in the Third Circle to bring the temperature down to freezing point.

!!!!

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

... and the Carbines are class A/B which is why they caught my attention.

For some reason I was think about the D800.

 

[kat888]

For some reason I was think about the D800.

I believe you, thousands wouldn't ... and it's not as though it actually matters.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

I believe you, thousands wouldn't ... and it's not as though it actually matters.

As long as I believe myself, that's all that matters

 

[kat888]

As long as I believe myself, that's all that matters

Now y'see, that's where all the trouble starts.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Now y'see, that's where all the trouble starts.

I think the trouble starts when I start talking to people. Cause prior to that point, no one questions me.... usually

 

[RedVee]

I see a GK MB 212 combo selling locally used for $495. What are the advantages of the GK MB 500 head & MBP 212 cab over the combo. I mean, if you compare new prices, the head & cab costs more than the combo so there must be advantages to that setup, right?

Kat says it below. But just to take the other side - if you were in a desperate rush, a combo could work for you. A lot are equiped with a speaker out to add an additional cab when you can Plus a DI or XLR out to allow you to go into a board and PA.

I have head/s and seperate cab; yet my current needs would be easily accounted for by a Rumble 200 or 500 combo; or a GK MB210/212 combo.

Needs # wants

I'm not trying to piss on anyone's chips here .... but I would never consider a bass combo for anything other than a home practice amp. It's easier to carry head+cab separately, if the electronics blow up it's easier/possible to connect to your backup, it's possible to upgrade incrementally/mix and match as what you actually want and need evolves over time.

A lot of class D amps have a headphone out, so should you go down that road, you can buy a head, use it with headphones and then wait until the right cab comes along.

Stay away from my chips

 

[RedVee]

I had a look at the inspection report card and my bass is model: BAT4VSBC1

Not quite sure how to work it out.
I guess: BAss Thunderbird 4string Vintage SunBurst; no idea on C1 though.
Can anyone fill me in ?

 

[MommyPlaysBass]

I had a look at the inspection report card and my bass is model: BAT4VSBC1

Not quite sure how to work it out.
I guess: BAss Thunderbird 4string Vintage SunBurst; no idea on C1 though.
Can anyone fill me in ?

This is now driving me crazy! What does the C1 stand for?!!

 

[hairypete1138]

I'm not trying to piss on anyone's chips here .... but I would never consider a bass combo for anything other than a home practice amp. It's easier to carry head+cab separately, if the electronics blow up it's easier/possible to connect to your backup, it's possible to upgrade incrementally/mix and match as what you actually want and need evolves over time.

A lot of class D amps have a headphone out, so should you go down that road, you can buy a head, use it with headphones and then wait until the right cab comes along.

That’s fair enough Kat, but for a lot of us, there’s no choice other than a combo due to either cost or space limitations or both. I’d love to be able to go down the head and cab route, and I really tried to find a way to do so last year, but it’s simply not possible for me. Combos have worked just fine for me at home for the past 25 years and gigging for the past 10 years, and i’m sure that i’m not the only one.

 

[Haji]

I have no experience with these, but this might work for you
GS432B

I have the GS422B, which is the double version of that stand. Holds my 2014 ETBIV and my 1988 Charvel 4B, rock solid and no issues. The Charvel has a Jackson style pointy headstock, but is longer. The TB, as you know, has a giant cheese knife headstock shape. Neither are a problem.

 

[kat888]

That’s fair enough Kat, but for a lot of us, there’s no choice other than a combo due to either cost or space limitations or both. I’d love to be able to go down the head and cab route, and I really tried to find a way to do so last year, but it’s simply not possible for me. Combos have worked just fine for me at home for the past 25 years and gigging for the past 10 years, and i’m sure that i’m not the only one.

Well you are extremely lucky in that case. My class D amp blew up twice in the space of months and was sold off for parts to an electronics enthusiast. I would never gig one without a backup ... and you could never gaffa tape enough bargepoles together to induce me to touch one again.

I will say that a lunchbox amp + cab will not take up a lot more room than the cab with the lunchbox built in ... and in this instance we are talking about the land of stupidly cheap used equipment, not the UK or Oz/NZ.

 

[Haji]

This is now driving me crazy! What does the C1 stand for?!!

C is either for Classic or Crunchy. The 1 denotes that it's not a 2.

 

[Shannon]

Local Long & McQuade has a new natural 2014 Gibson Thunderbird for $1950 or something. Same price even before the the 2018's came out. Not listed as discounted, and probably the price it was 4 years ago... when will stores learn?

Of course they've learned. In fact, the 2014 is due for a markup as 'vintage' any second now.

 

[RedVee]

C is either for Classic or Crunchy. The 1 denotes that it's not a 2.

not a 2

That is reassuring

 

[MommyPlaysBass]

C is either for Classic or Crunchy. The 1 denotes that it's not a 2.

Well then, now the question is... did @RedVee want a Classic or a Crunchy Tbird?

I would think he's safe with the #1 b/c, ya know, usually better to be first than second.

But, I dunno, let's see what he says after he finishes banging his head against the wall b/c we haven't given him a real answer.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Of course they've learned. In fact, the 2014 is due for a markup as 'vintage' any second now.

Is it really a 'vintage' bass if it's not 'relic'd'?

 

[dukeorock]

For some reason I was think about the D800.

I have a D800. Not a bad amp at all for what I use it for (doubling and upright gigs). It’s also been crazy reliable, so I can’t throw all class D amps into the same bin. But if I name off my all time favorite amps, it won’t be on the list, if that makes sense