Thunderbird Club

[theFixer]

I agree. Not all retailers have that in the description. What the heck, you’d think they’d have a little pride in at least describing their products accurately.

... ESPECIALLY on their own friggin' website!

 

[theFixer]

No, Boz Burrel been dead for awhile now..
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I'll just be over here in the corner...

 

[theFixer]

Kinda neat FSO with TBird DNA and a cool paint job on Reverb...
Bluesman Vintage Custom Precision Jazz Thunderbird Bass 2016 Purple Swirly

MAAAAAAAAAN... THAT is FoNgKaY!!!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I'll just be over here in the corner...

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Ha! You do know Paul Rodgers sand in both Free and Bad Company right?..lol!!!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Ha! You do know Paul Rodgers sand in both Free and Bad Company right?..lol!!!

SANG..lol!!!

 

[Gaolee]

I’m not jealous, honestly

I am. Why lie.

 

[theFixer]

Ha! You do know Paul Rodgers sand in both Free and Bad Company right?..lol!!!

yes... but it was a different band. Kinda like the Small Faces and the Faces. It'd be great to hear about either one, but I'z curious which one fer sher... nawmsayin'

 

[JJR58]

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You have now enabled him. And it'll be all your fault.

 

[Nocturnal]

Another weird thing about this 2018 Bright Cherry Thunderbird. On Gibson’s website and other retail websites they describe it as having “coil tapping” capabilities. I pulled the snot out of all the pot knobs, and they didn’t do anything. Anyone know what the real scoop is? Does it or does it not have coil tap?

I think it was the 2015 model that had the coil tap capabilities and two mini switches for using the option.

 

[Nocturnal]

This showed up today. Not sure if the neck pickup works or not as I kind of get a reaction when tapping on it. Need to open it up to see whats what.

 

[bylar13]

View attachment 3049212 View attachment 3049210 Well, the Bright Cherry Bird came in, and boy is she BRIGHT!! Wow! Compared to my other two, it’s fluorescent! I’m on the fence about the color. I don’t know if it’s going to grow on me, or grow old. It’s pretty nice bass altogether, except for the damage at the neck. It setup great and seems very stable. The Babicz bridge is better than I thought. I actually like it. By taking the spacer out from under it, the string break angle is greatly improved. Now I just gotta get her to a luthier, and see what he says about fixing the neck thing. Then I can decide whether she’s a keeper, or a flipper.

Nice and wishing you good luck! What was the issue with the string break angle and the bridge?

 

[bylar13]

These here huh? Not cheap..
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but worth it....(IMHO)

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

but worth it....(IMHO)

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Never saw a P with Tbird type buckers until TB. Really, really curious as to how they play and sound..

 

[Unclejackrock]

Nice and wishing you good luck! What was the issue with the string break angle and the bridge?

No issue, really. I don’t know ANYTHING about the Babicz bridge. I had to look up instructions on how to raise and lower the saddles. When I read up more about them I found out that they come with a 1/8” spacer that goes under the bridge to be used if it’s needed. In other words, it’s optional. This Tbird had it installed, and my first impression was “wow, the string break angle is really shallow on this bridge”. Then I read that it was optional, and I took it off and adjusted the saddles. Without the spacer, the string break angle is greater. I do not know if that is a good or bad thing, but from what I have read, a greater string break angle is generally a good thing.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

wow... um... wutnahell am I supposed to do with that???

The metal was super catchy & aggressive... the choreographed Kewpie dolls reminded me of the epic lapse in the judgement of pop culture known as "Kesha".

It's a mash made in hell

 

[Engle]

ABBA's harmonies were always fantastic-good luck trying to play And sing their stuff. At least yer not gonna be bored playing the same old stuff every time. That's part of why I play in a concert band, a big band and our 3-4 piece rock group(how many pieces determined by the $).

It took me a month to be able to sing harmonies and play Carry on Wayward Son. I will get it. Good thing I’m stubborn

 

[bylar13]

Never saw a P with Tbird type buckers until TB. Really, really curious as to how they play and sound..

I don't have a sound clips but I would say more mids and a bit less low end. I made this one from a Fender Blacktop Percision body, a MIM jazz neck and Lollar pick ups. The pickus dropped right in, no routing needed. The pickguard needed some filing to fit the pickup.

This one has a .22 Orange drop capacitor so it is a bit more aggresive to my ear. YMMV.

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

Never saw a P with Tbird type buckers until TB. Really, really curious as to how they play and sound..

I got a P/J with a Thunderbird neck pickup in the bridge position. Sounds fantastic!.

 

[Engle]

I'm prone to believe that it's bad intel on the website. If you look at the website description of the Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage Pro, it says it has a 3 way toggle switch for a pickup selector. Looks like they're not overly concerned about accuracy

3 ways are great! Did they ever have them on the Vintage Pro?

 

[JJR58]

I got a P/J with a Thunderbird neck pickup in the bridge position. Sounds fantastic!.
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That's bad @ss Prog.