Thunderbird Club

[GBassNorth]

OK, question for the 'Bird brain trust. I may need yet another bass amp for reasons that may or may not pan out. If I do, what do you all think of class D Ashdown amps? My brother had a 410 combo that was a bear to move, but sounded outstanding. I would probably go with a 210 cabinet for stage volume and DI for the audience. Good idea? Bad idea? Better ideas?

Are you looking for a combo?
I had an Ashdown 210 Evo 300 combo. Sounded good, a bit dark, but still good. All that said, I couldn't get rid of it fast enough - it was as heavy and hard to move as any 410 cab I've owned (that's not a good thing). Flipped it out and bought a GK MB210 ultra light combo. Couldn't be happier (well I might be tempted with a 212). It has DI out and weighs in at a whopping 30 pounds, pumps out an honest 250 watts or 500 watts with an extension cab. Added plus - GK and TBirds are a match made in heaven!

If all you're looking for is an amp - check the TB classifieds for a Thunderfunk. It's an amazing, dead reliable amp that quite literally works magic in any venue. Equally at home on upright and bass guitars and even my guitarist loved plugging into it. It has the best tone shaping and quickest dial in of any amp I've ever used. Great for those tough boomy or hard to cut through the mix situations, a quick nudge of the timbre knob and you're there.

 

[RedVee]

Mate! Maaaaaaaaate! What can I tell you? I was drier than a dead dingo's donger!

Sir Les would be proud

 

[Nocturnal]

I’ll give you a MM difference, but it’s not much more than that. I just took a measurement. Tell me what you think.


Blackbird, then Cherry Tbird measured with the same straightedge and photographed at close to the same as I can get it. The difference is incredibly small, but maybe I’m measuring wrong? I see 1/4 inch from the top of the body to the bottom of the straightedge at the end of the fretboard View attachment 3002036 View attachment 3002032

Yeah its not much difference at all but we might be measuring it in the wrong places. Smarter people than me can shine some light on it.

 

[GBassNorth]

Yeah its not much difference at all but we might be measuring it in the wrong places. Smarter people than me can shine some light on it.

I would assume that one would need to measure the neck in two places to determine the rate of rise. The trick will be finding a common datum surface (might be the body where it first contacts the neck and then where the heel ends in the body).

If all you're trying to do is get a rough relative difference of the two basses then the easiest way would be to put a long straight edge like a yard stick on edge (to minimize sag or deflection) along the fretboard resting at the center of the board from frets 12 on down towards the bridge. Then measure the gap between body and yard stick of each bass at the furthest point of the body, or even better measure the gap between the yardstick and the table or counter the bass is sitting on. If there's a difference in the angle of the two necks it should be easier to measure the further out you extend the yard stick.

Edit: IIRC my TBird body wings are noticeably sloped down towards the bridge as witnessed by looking at the joint of the wing as it contacts the body. Near the neck there is very little rise in the wing to neck block joint, in fact the pickguard up around the neck actually sits higher than the center block body joint. At the control end of the pickguard the guard is clearly well below the center neck block.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

OK, question for the 'Bird brain trust. I may need yet another bass amp for reasons that may or may not pan out. If I do, what do you all think of class D Ashdown amps? My brother had a 410 combo that was a bear to move, but sounded outstanding. I would probably go with a 210 cabinet for stage volume and DI for the audience. Good idea? Bad idea? Better ideas?

Great idea.

 

[BadBassDrummer]

View attachment 2998508 View attachment 2998509
I have a hockey jersey<-was s'posed to be at the top. Ooops!

I have a metric crap ton of hockey jerseys. Somewhere north of 50. Here is one from a Tragically Hip themed tournament. I just happened to score the game winning goal in the championship game.

 

[Christine]

I have neither of those ... for different reasons.

I do have an Elvis Costello compilation, cos EC albums have a LOT of filler.

Are you bloody psychic, that's two days on the trot now? Young Elvis appears twice on today's annoyances

 

[hillerup]

Exactly. And if he were playing a Fender he'd have a mustache. That and tort are prerequisites in Fender world.

Edit: looks like Christine beat me to this observation. That's what I get for trying to catch up on 8 pages and posting before I finish catching up.

No worries mate, I do that all the time!

 

[hillerup]

I'm glad it's not just me who likes best of albums, I often feel embarrassed about them but no longer

I really like compilations with B-sides... Often lot's of overlooked gems on those.

 

[hillerup]

For God's sake look at the expressions on their faces

Honestly I'm crying laughing

One of them is happy he got to play the 7ender, the other not so much, since he only got the accordeon...

 

[Christine]

Todays annoyances again pre mentioned by @kat888

Two from the brilliant Elvis Costello




The Animals again


Another Welsh band


From across the water




And lastly

 

[hillerup]

See... you don't wanna start with that. I'd translate that to "Bored of Christine", which quite simply, is not the case!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Christine]

I'm quite pleased w/ the Rumbles(I know-7ender)but you could"rent"one from one of the online outfits and return it if ya don't like it. I'm just too effing old to f*** with heavy amps on an inandout basis.(that's ool behind the"f")

As I said the other day, I have the same amp, I'm absolutely over the moon with it cheap and cheerful the sound is perfect for our band and best of all it's so light, just pick it up and put it in the van with no risk of either breaking into a sweat of doing your back in. My basses in their cases weigh more. Hindsight I wish I'd bought a bigger one but this one is fine in the small venues we play (so far)

 

[Christine]

My thoughts exactly!

OI!!!!

 

[Christine]

I really like compilations with B-sides... Often lot's of overlooked gems on those.

+1 one bands put out really good b sides, the Banshees put out an album of B sides, not the first but I can't think of another offhand

 

[kat888]

Current English:
A old woodworker dude hooked up with a new wife
She was awesome and he liked her more than life
She wasn't a minor and gave her consent
But he became so jealous he hid her in a tent

Edit: gotta be honest, if that Middle English wasn't there I'd have no clue what Kat posted. The translation would look very different.

It was a trick. The Old English is the opening lines of Beowulf and nothing to do with carpentry.

 

[hillerup]

I managed to forget about Brythonic/Welsh which was once the language of the South-west of Scotland. Anyway apart from the academic/historic interest, there's no point crying over it -- languages evolve ... these things happen.

Old English:
Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon

Middle English:
This Carpenter had wedded newe a wyf
Which that he lovede more than his lyf;
Of eightetene yeer she was of age.
Ialous he was, and heeld hir narwe in cage

And in modern English?

 

[hillerup]

Blackbird bridgeView attachment 3001874

Better string break angle too with those Blackbird saddles!

 

[hillerup]

The saddles are a different height as well, but someone here can back me up on the neck angle. It's been discussed in the past. Measure the raised center by the E string side by the bridge post on both basses. Mine is different by about 1MM or so according to my digital caliper. I can't get a picture because I'm not talented enough to hold the caliper, measure, and take a picture.

I believe my Ebony 2005 and 50th Anniversary 2013 have more or less the same neck angle, but the bridge saddles on the ebony are about as tall as on that Blackbird with the bridge sitting fairly close to the body, whereas the 2013 has the smaller saddles with the bridge riding high.

 

[hillerup]

I pick them up when I don’t want to replace all the LPs I have with CDs.

There is only so many times I’m happy to give the record company my money for the same tracks.

But if I love it enough I end up picking up the CDs anyway, and DVDs, and sometimes downloads...

I usually rip all my CD's to mp3 and archive all the CD's afterwards without the jewelcases (takes up less space).

Some vinyls I replace with CD's if they have been remastered - For others, I burrow the CD's at our music library and rip those instead, as I don't want to pay for the same music over and over again.