Thunderbirds have ruined me for most other basses. My NBD is a bit disappointing with my Epiphone Embassy. Love the pickups in it though.
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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I can walk into a bass shop and have a great time looking as I'm pretty much immune to most basses............My loves are Thunderbirds and Gibsons.
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Does that also apply to other 'birds such as the Spector Legend 4x? That's DEFINITELY on my gas list.
I also like the Mike Lull T4. I just don't know if I like it for $4,000.
I told my wife that a Mike Lull T5 might be my retirement gift to myself.
That's a hell of a nice present. How long do you plan to wait?
I'm going to save myself $3400 and just get an Epiphone Vintage Pro T Bird.
What happened? Mine is just fine.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I'm not really jonesing for Spector, there are a couple of 'HO Birds that I wouldn't mind having at this point, a long time ago ESP's Navigator series included a 7enderbird, and and Epiphone Elitist would be pretty cool. Re the T4 used ones are around too, not cheap tho.
Well once I retire from the military I need to find another job. So once I've got that new career and we are all settled I will most likely be throwing down a deposit for one.
Nothing wrong with the bass at all. It's just not all that comfortable to play. Neck is too chunky. I prefer those J bass necks. Wider necks need to be fairly thin for me to play them comfortably.
Very wise word. I still really like the Spector Legend 4X, but I'm gonna wanna try one before buying it. I love the feel and sound of my Epiphone, but I may hate the feel and sound of the Spector. I don't want want to pay $800 for wall art.
Very nice. Thank you for your service.
Fair enough, it does have a 60s rounded neck profile. Though, I did play a Kay bass from the 60s and it literally was like the thick end of a baseball bat!! Sorry it didn't fit you well.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a Lull T Bird. Just too rich for my blood for jamming in my little home music room!
- Mar 8, 2011
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I still think stock Gibson pickups sound good! Alex Hacke uses the stock pickups too
Please don't think I'm trying to put up a front that I'm rich or something. I'm not. I'm a stay-at-home-Dad college student that mostly gets his gear from pawn shops and modifies it. But, in that way, when I'm done with it, I have something that's perfect for me.
No worries. As you know by now, it is Overend Watts. The first time I saw that pic, I wasn't even playing yet - probably 1974-75. I was in the local library, looking through their voluminous section on rock music, which totaled one book. It was a UK publication called Pop Today, and there were lots of pics of Alice, Slade, Mott, Queen, etc. That pic just jumped out at me and I never forgot it. The more musically aware I became, the more I kept noticing Thunderbirds. I started taking bass lessons a year or so later, and in '79 I got my first Thunderbird - a black Bicentennial, which I still own. I recently found a copy of that book on eBay, BTW.
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No - it's a '76. I bought it used from a music store where I worked part time.
