Thunderbird Club

[hillerup]

That is fantastic news!!! Congrats my friend!!!

Thanks! We are almost there, but things could still go wrong at the last minute, in case another buyer outbids us...

So I'm still holding my breath a few days more...

2001 Ebony Gibson has the brown/pink case with the satin sheet. My 2001 Gibson Blackbird is black/black with a black satin sheet with the Bird Iron Cross logo. 2013 Gibson 50th Anniversary case is black/white with no satin sheet. It did come with an almost vanilla scent to the case tho so that was a nice touch

My 50th Anniversary has the same Black/White vanilla scented case!
My 2005 Ebony bird has a Black/Grey case that smells like it had a rough life passing through hundreds of smoke filled bars...

 

[Haji]

I forgot in my lifetime bass list...several uprights (maybe 10?) and a weird, inexplicable phase about ten years ago where I bought up a few ‘80’s Peavey basses. T-40, T-45, Foundation and Palladium...there was also a couple acoustic basses I was asked to use during that awful ‘MTV Unplugged’ era in the ‘90’s. Man, I hated those things

I almost bought a T40 back in the olden times, and a few times since. The "why" is easy: they sound great. The thing that stopped me every time is that they weigh 48 metric tonnes. Just too dang much weight. They played very well, but even sitting down they'd cut circulation in your leg...even the one it wasn't balanced on.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Don't know about adding to the dive, but I agree, a single pup Bird just looks odd to me even though 90% of the time I solo the neck pup. If doing a build I'd consider having a dummy pup installed at the bridge just to keep my OCD in check.

I was being silly on everything but the appearance. 8^)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

LOL - never seen that one. I take it Rex is the police dog. Here's my Rex...
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Plenty of bark and bite!

 

[PillO]

Q: What's the best ABG?
A: A tambourine.*

*or other portable percussion instrument

The better question - what is the best ABG for metal?

 

[PillO]

St Seymour ... has a nice ring to it.

Isn't St. Dymphna the patron saint of bass players?

 

[PillO]

Reminds me a lot of a Washburn Scavenger bass I used to have... Cheap bass, but really great sounding with a sustain that lasted for days. Wish I didn't let it go...

The way I see it, if I never sell a bass, I will have no regrets*

*limited to regrets associated with selling basses. There are many other things I can regret at my leisure.

 

[PillO]

I've slept on less.

And what is her name?

 

[megatapper]

pass

How about the basses that got away. Gibson victory bass. Super heavy but very cool. Warwick thumb bass through body.the amp that got away was my ampeg b15 original.

 

[theFixer]

And what is her name?

HIYOOOOOO!!!

 

[hillerup]

And what is her name?

Obviously the name was Les...

 

[PillO]

Obviously the name was Les...

 

[bylar13]

Quick question for the group: Has anyone replaced a tone pot with a blend pot in their bass? If yes, what do you like about it?

 

[PillO]

Quick question for the group: Has anyone replaced a tone pot with a blend pot in their bass? If yes, what do you like about it?

I think that was something @theFixer did. IIRC changed VVT to VBT

 

[hillerup]

Quick question for the group: Has anyone replaced a tone pot with a blend pot in their bass? If yes, what do you like about it?

I belive @theFixer has... I'm sure he will chime in shortly...

 

[theFixer]

My "lifetime bass list" (longer than some… sadder than most):

2017 POS FSO
2017 POS FSO
20(??) KSD Burner
2017 POS FSO 5 string
2017 POS FSO
20(??) Epi T-bird Goth
2008 Epi TB IV
2007 Gretsch Broadkaster

(pretty easy to see where things took a turn for the better)

For the sake of full disclosure, I should include the 1976 Fender Jazz I owned for about a week in the mid '90s. I was exhausted with touring the northern Michigan sh!thole cover-bar scene, and thought the answer was trading all my drum gear for a bass rig. I was wrong... but I did quit the band. I'd give my "lefticle" for the Music Man amp that I got in that trade though. I don't remember the model… but I believe it was 120(?) watt head with a matching (and sequentially serialized) 1x15 cab in mint condition!

 

[PillO]

longer than some… sadder than most

Humble brag?

 

[theFixer]

Quick question for the group: Has anyone replaced a tone pot with a blend pot in their bass? If yes, what do you like about it?

Yessiree! I love it, and will do it on my next 'bird(s) as well! One of my favorite things about the T-bird, is how reactive it is to small variances in how & where it's picked/plucked, and how the pups are blended. By adding the blend pot… I can now tweak that blend with one knob, instead of two, and increase/decrease the volume of a blended tone (again, with one knob). I know there's a lotta "set it & forget it" folks 'round these parts, to whom this would be a "big whoopty-doo "… but I LOVE it!

 

[theFixer]

Humble brag?

I'm just glad ya didn't go with a penis joke

 

[kat888]

I'd give my "lefticle" for the Music Man amp that I got in that trade though. I don't remember the model… but I believe it was 120(?) watt head with a matching (and sequentially serialized) 1x15 cab in mint condition!

HD-130 most likely. They're still out there.