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Thunderbird Club
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If you don't take a number now I won't tell you how much I like that, I'll keep it to myself, I'm moody like that
Well that wasn't very elaborate.
If you don't take a number now I won't tell you how much I like that, I'll keep it to myself, I'm moody like that
Gas = contraction of gasoline.
Petrol is the Commonwealth term for gasoline, we colonists do things a better way!
Gas is more a truncation rather than a contraction.
Not all the commonwealth. In Canada, it is gas(oline). Benzina (Italian) sounds cooler than most other options.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
It's a 'Bird. That's a start.
No worries, I'm already on the prowl for my second Tbird
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
They breed. Once you have two, you will have a flock.No worries, I'm already on the prowl for my second Tbird
Not a TBird but still in the Gibby family...
Gibson SG Supreme Bass 2007 Natural | Danielle E.
They only made 400 of these, I have a couple already or else I'd buy this one. IMHO the best sounding Gibson bass I've ever played (my TBird and VP are close seconds). The short scale and light weight make it a perfect choice for those of us with bad backs and painful shoulders. The asking price is good, would be a steal at $1000. Probably won't last long.
Gibson SG Supreme Bass 2007 Natural | Danielle E.
They only made 400 of these, I have a couple already or else I'd buy this one. IMHO the best sounding Gibson bass I've ever played (my TBird and VP are close seconds). The short scale and light weight make it a perfect choice for those of us with bad backs and painful shoulders. The asking price is good, would be a steal at $1000. Probably won't last long.
Nice, I was chatting about these earlier with Mr Fix
I prefer your sunburst, sunset/sunrise?Fireburst!Nice, I was chatting about these earlier with Mr Fix
Guitar of the Week
Just watching re runs of Top of the pops on TV and this was on, always nice to see or hear
I've also seen it listed by Gibson as Lavaburst. Not sure which is correct but both my Burst and Blonde SG Supremes are right at the top of my very extensive pile of very killer basses sound wise. I put Roto flats on the Blonde and she sings so deep, sultry and smooth it's unbelievable. Just a completely effortless bass to get a good sound out of. I've played other SG short and long scales but these are truly special. I suspect it has something to do with the thick maple cap on the mahogany body. Id hate to carve one up but it sure would be cool to drop a Thunderbucker in the bridge position.
I picked up my Thunderbird from the tech today. It turns out that the entire time I have owned it, it was not grounded properly. One of the pots is supposed to be grounded to itself and it wasn't. It sounds like a great, normal bass now. This whole time, I thought I just didn't like the sound of Gibson Thunderbirds. 
Extremely relieved. It is like a new bass day. I look forward to bringing it to band practice next time.
Extremely relieved. It is like a new bass day. I look forward to bringing it to band practice next time.
- Mar 13, 2008
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Do you know, if I had the time and money I would love to catalogue the sound changes different woods and combinations make to a standard bass, same design just change the hardware over and take sound samples. i honestly believe it would surprise a lot of people who believe wood has no effect. I agree the lions share of sound comes from the pups and strings but we share 98% of our DNA with the Halibut, it's that 2% that makes the difference
Completely agree.
I've built a few basses and on one of them I swapped necks out to see which one I liked best. Both necks built by Warmoth to the exact same specs except for the wood, one was maple/maple and the other was rosewood/rosewood. Both weighed within an ounce of each other. The strings and hardware were removed from the uninstalled neck and installed on the installed neck. The neck screws were even torqued to the exact same settings. In short, the bass was as identical except for the neck wood as it could possibly be.
I recorded each setup in open strings, all first position frets and tuning harmonics. The difference was night and day to my ears. But there's always bias on the part of the player/builder so I played the tape for my wife (who can't tell a bass guitar from a bass drum beat) and she noticed the difference right away. Played the tape for my band mates and every one of them spotted the difference as well.
Some liked the punch and attack on the maple neck, some liked the smooth tone and more gradual decay on the rosewood neck. I liked both but went with the rosewood neck on the final build because I thought it looked better with the antique white body.
So I know for a fact neck wood can make a difference. I would logically assume body wood can also make a difference, how much, I don't know but I bet it's there however subtle it might be.
Yep. Only saw 1 ad so far but that’s what they had listed ( well, 6kgs ).
No idea if the weight will be high for all of them from now, or if this is just an extremely porky example.
Makes my decision to cease waiting for the VP look like a good one.
Gas = contraction of gasoline.
Petrol is the Commonwealth term for gasoline, we colonists do things a better way!
Yeah, no idea why though. I’d assuming it’s the same stuff. But maybe some difference in the refining between gasoline & petroleum.
Otherwise it’s just another oddity.
The classics never die!That’s still floating around
AKA - "LavaBurst"Nice, I was chatting about these earlier with Mr Fix
