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Thunderbird Club
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Nah, it's a box with a momentary switch labelled 'give Vince 666 volts'.
I think that'd be a great addition to my amp collection!
- Mar 8, 2011
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It’s in the music room...somewhere
Nice! I have a couple fDecks and just got a Broughton Audio pedal with an HPF and an LPF on the same pedal. Can’t recommend em enough on upright bass, but they can be very helpful with electric bass too
I’m always pondering different design ideas and there are many ways to ‘get there.’ Mostly, making sure parts cost isn’t so crazy that the cab becomes unaffordable
Honestly, i'd love to hear this.
Hey I’m only good at what I do. I’m not as versatile as many of the truly top level bassists who post here like DWbass.
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The new Vintage Pros are making it really hard not to become a member of this club. I recently offloaded a bass, and am GASing between a Vintage Pro TBird and a P. If my Rick sells soon I might just pick up a TBird and join your storied ranks.
Keep the Ric, get the VP.
A buddy of mine at work has the VP and it's nuts. I've played around on the regular IVs, (wasn't blown away, but was also at GC), Classic IVs (a marked step up) and the Pro IVs (check out the hand-oiled one, pretty cool, but didn't excite me), but the Vintage Pro was on a whole other level. Fit and finish was excellent, and the tone ranged from well, thunderous, to (and to quote another TBer who's name I forget) "like an angry piano."
It's hard to describe how much nicer it was than the others I've played (not to throw shade on the other models), but I was astounded. I can see many jam sessions along to Who records with it. If only my John Entwistle Tbird rip-off would sell.
If I get reckless with my hobby fund, you guys will be the first to know
So I'll pose a question that I like to ask of people that make a living out of building things that other people want...It’s in the music room...somewhere
I’m always pondering different design ideas and there are many ways to ‘get there.’ Mostly, making sure parts cost isn’t so crazy that the cab becomes unaffordable
If money were no object and your goal was to get the best stage sound out of your Lollar Bird using your YBA amp in a medium to large dance hall type indoor venue what custom speaker/cab design would you spec?
This isn't a trick question, it's just fun to see the direction a builder would go vs the direction everyone else asks them to go.
- Mar 13, 2008
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A buddy of mine at work has the VP and it's nuts. I've played around on the regular IVs, (wasn't blown away, but was also at GC), Classic IVs (a marked step up) and the Pro IVs (check out the hand-oiled one, pretty cool, but didn't excite me), but the Vintage Pro was on a whole other level. Fit and finish was excellent, and the tone ranged from well, thunderous, to (and to quote another TBer who's name I forget) "like an angry piano."
It's hard to describe how much nicer it was than the others I've played (not to throw shade on the other models), but I was astounded. I can see many jam sessions along to Who records with it. If only my John Entwistle Tbird rip-off would sell.
If I get reckless with my hobby fund, you guys will be the first to know
We're a shameless group of enablers here, so beware! My advice is to cave in immediately and buy one. I know all about the angry piano
We're a shameless group of enablers here, so beware! My advice is to cave in immediately and buy one. I know all about the angry piano
Extremely shameless. Beware "The Angry Piano".
