The Aerodyne is the only Jazz bodied bass I've ever liked the looks of. And the P-J pickups would appeal to me more than Jazz pickups would.
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Thunderbird Club
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The Aerodyne is the only Jazz bodied bass I've ever liked the looks of. And the P-J pickups would appeal to me more than Jazz pickups would.
Haji
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I'm pretty traditional, but the last thing I wanna own is a Bumper. They're TOO common and traditional.
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
I totally follow you on the Aerodyne - Those are actually pretty nice looking, and thank God without that hideous control plate and pickguard... Also the Jazz Bass Special (which is more a P than a J) looks kinda nice without a pickguard too!
If I'm not playing a tbird....its this little guy....sound is pretty close....
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I cheat with a Washburn AB-20, the past two shows I've used this for a 3 song arc, it's kind of fun to change basses mid set - after I'm done I usually finish out with a different 'Bird
Haji
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This is the Not The Bird: 1988 Charvel 4B with EMG's.
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Yeah, jazz bass pups sound weak (to me). And precisions are not bad but they lack "edge". Mix both and you get both problems solved, though I'd still rather have a TBird. If only they sounded good fretless...
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
I cheat with a Washburn AB-20, the past two shows I've used this for a 3 song arc, it's kind of fun to change basses mid set - after I'm done I usually finish out with a different 'Bird
That's different... I like it - does it have a piezo pickup under the bridge or something?
I'm seriously considering getting one of these guys:
Aren't we all...
Count me in! I've never been accused of being good, well, drunks don't count do they?
I cheat with a Washburn AB-20, the past two shows I've used this for a 3 song arc, it's kind of fun to change basses mid set - after I'm done I usually finish out with a different 'Bird
I have one as well. What strings do you use on yours?
Kind of reminds me of the newer EB bass that Gibson just discontinued. But this looks nicer and that stealth look is always a winner in my book
Yup it does! i think the only difference i'd do is either have a white/any colour pickguard rather than black & chrome hardware (i prefer chrome over any other colour hardware).
& i'm finally caught up with this thread (for some reason i don't get notified about this thread
). Congrats @mrb327 on the newcomer of thunderbird family 
I'm seriously considering getting one of these guys:
That looks nice, what is it? I already know which semi acoustic bass i'm going to get
Also, on the subject of my thunderbird, i brought her to my practice with my pop punk band & holy crap this thing has balls. Plugged just in my M80 with a little distortion to give that edge bite: it makes the basement tremble. & the string spacing doesn't kill me so much when jumping strings to do fills well not for this music genre anyway. My MKII is on hold for the moment, i'm figuring out my university courses & such so it'll kick back into high gear during october most likely (am also revamping my batman costume for this year & comic con etc.)
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& i'm finally caught up with this thread (for some reason i don't get notified about this thread
I'm not getting thread update notifications on a bunch of threads. When I do get updates it seems almost random.
As for cheating on the Tbird clan, when its time to flip the bird and strap something else on for a change I usually lean towards this...
...good news is at least I'm keepin the love in the Gibson family.
My SG Bass is my living room bass. It's great for sitting and playing unplugged while the wife watches TV.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I took the EB-2dc out to play last night. The Dimarzio One pickup is pretty weak, relative to most of the other pickups in bass guitars I have, but it sure has a unique sound and feel. It's another one that sits really upright very well. People who think Gibson bass guitars have bad neck dive just don't strap 'em on right, in my opinion.
I was recently on a different thread where neck diving Tbirds were being bashed a bit and I mentioned that I haven't found a Gibson Tbird yet that neck dived. One of the posters (long time respected TBer so I won't mention names) noted that he's tried Tbirds in the past and found them to neck dive. Then he let slip an important litle fact, his only experience with them was in the early 1960's when they first came out, and thats when he found them to neck dive.
I had to kinda quietly laugh. A single data point from 50 years ago is what continues to perpetuate the myth at least for this individual and everyone he shares it with. It makes one wonder, if that thought process were used on Toyota, Nissan (Datsun) and Honda cars we'd all be claiming what trash the Japanese still put out.
IIRC I don't think 3" wide leather straps were very common back then, it was mostly woven cloth narrow guitar straps or leather hootenanny guitar straps. That and the heavy tuners from back then probably took their toll on the balance of many basses.
The "neck dive myth" has to be the weirdest thing. Why is your left hand (or right hand for lefties) not on the neck? Are you so commonly playing open strings that this is a problem? Are you just sauntering around with your bass on mumbling "oh this neck dive. It's such a pain when I'm out and about not actually playing my bass"?
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I have some Phospher Bronze Round Wounds on my AB20, and yes Michael it uses a Piezio.
I recall that thread about neckdive - The collective TB intelligencia always amazes me, I just get tired of wasting my time them.
Somehow, this lithe, lovely woman manages to play a *big, heavy, neckdiving* Thunderbird and she's not even using a wide strap.......
I think some whiny 7ender boys need to hit the gym - says the scrawny Drag Queen
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
She isn't even tipping it up like I do, and hers doesn't seem to be much of a problem for her. Oh, well. She's clearly playing with a very heavy pick. Or something.
At least our queen can lift heavy gear, unlike the whiners who talk about neck dive. I don't use a wide strap on any of my guitars/basses & i have no neck dive either
