Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Actually the other way around..

Duh. Finger fart. Fixed. Thanks!

 

[MCF]

The very same

Now you’ve really done it. First there was having to binge watch The Prisoner. Now I’ve got to listen to the Proclaimers. As I believe I’ve said before, I love those guys.

 

[RedVee]

I'm not sure I ever saw the ad...

(Edit: funny to have left the 'blow up dollies' remark in there)

The image on this page
Trace Elliot

 

[MCF]

I was going to compare that with people from south Liverpool and how they like to say they live in Cheshire not Merseyside. Cut a dull story short I found this map

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Jeez. Now I’ve got “Ferry, ‘cross the Mersey” in my head. You’re killing me.

 

[MCF]

Finally left Sturgis and are headed to Centennial, WY. Pretty out here!

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Wyoming is awesome. My daughter lives in Jackson. I doubt she’ll ever move back to Cali.

 

[MCF]

I think the typical neck is 9 ply, but you might be counting further out than we do. It is weird that the truss rod cover and control cover are missing, but people do strange things with guitars sometimes. Here is an image I found:

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$1000 seems high for one missing parts and no case. They are not crucial parts in the functioning of the bass but if you are replacing them it will cost money, but those are probably the cheapest parts to replace, aside from the case. I would use that as a bargaining point if I was trying to buy it.

Walk in with six bills in your wallet. Haggle. Tell him that’s all I’ve got. If he won’t take it, make a deal for up to 7 and go for an ”atm run.” I don’t think I’d go a whole lot higher if there isn’t a case. But if it is really nice and it chooses you, well then you’ll just have to pay a bit of a premium. I love haunting pawn shops. Never know what you might luck into. And cold cash is like gold to most of them.

 

[GBassNorth]

Gretchen Wilson is so hot....I was a freshman in college when that album came out. My buddy and I had arguments about who was hotter, Gretchen, Stevie Nicks or Linda Ronstadt. Never realized that was a Bird on Barracuda.

Now there's a question (kinda along the Mary Anne or Ginger line).....

Back in 1977 who would you have said was the hottest - Ann Wilson, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt or Debbie Harry?

Fast forward 40 years to 2017 - would you stay with your original choice?

 

[Christine]

Christine, don't look now, but there's a Beatle on your foot!

I would love to say let it be George, but sadly

 

[Christine]

You can say Bollocks to the English Queen?

That's the present English Queen, the last would have had your head rolling down Tower hill

 

[Christine]

My bad... I thought you were straight punk. The addition of the word "Gothic" relegates you to black tights only

And heavy black eye makeup and fingernails, quite a fright really

 

[Christine]

That's disgusting! Now, if it was sausage..............

At least there's no pineapple on it!

 

[Christine]

I came across what is supposed to be a Gibson Thunderbird in a pawn shop yesterday. It is missing the truss rod cover/Gibson nameplate and the control panel cover on the back. Weird. It has the serial number on the back of the headstock and a made in date of 2011. The serial number checks out to 2011. It appears to have a multilaminate neck that goes all the way thru the body. Black hardware and what i would call a tobacco burst finish.

Is that neck a normal thing? I thought these were set neck?

Tobacco burst sounds like Gibson. The serial number and the Made in USA were stamped in 2011 on the back of the headstock like this, if you expand it you can make it out but this is a 1012

Are the Walnut laminates very thin, say less than 1/16" or thicker closer to 1/8", Gibson have the thicker ones and Epiphone have the thinner ones

And that's enough of being sensible for one day and it's only 08:15!

 

[RedVee]

Now there's a question (kinda along the Mary Anne or Ginger line).....

Back in 1977 who would you have said was the hottest - Ann Wilson, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt or Debbie Harry?

Fast forward 40 years to 2017 - would you stay with your original choice?

Then I would have gone Debbie Harry

Now... not so much

That's the present English Queen, the last would have had your head rolling down Tower hill

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And your scrotum for a coin purse

 

[RedVee]

I didn't use it on last night's gig and I didn't wanna spout bad info, but in looking at it(right now), it has 1 input and 2 outputs: 1 dry, 1 "effect out". I don't have(OK, lost)the book of words but looking at the unit I think it might do what you want. Mine's kinda scratched up, but if you pull up a pic you'll see the set up on the left side. I'm gonna try the "splitting" thing-I have a phaser(set on "stun")somewhere around here. I never thought of doing that, but it'd be great for our trio gigs. Damn, ya made me think! And I'm barely awake. Unfortunately-for me, at least-it means schlepping a 2nd amp. Ah, the things we do for our craft. ADDENDUM: OK, I hooked it up. More wires/cables,etc. It does exactly what you wanted. Biggest problem(besides the wires thing):getting a balance between the 2 amps. IDK if other octavers can do that, but the Micro POG does!

Ok 2nd reply.

So... 2 Amps isn’t going to cut it except at home for me.

I’m guessing that the 2 channels of my valve amp would work out ok ?
Still more than I want to schlep for this project.

Anyone got any idea on whether it would work with the outputs into a 2:1 connection into an amp ?

 

[Christine]

Corrected I stand. Should have known better..

Yes, shame on you, go and stand in the corner

 

[Christine]

Then I would have gone Debbie Harry

Now... not so much

She was quite old back then compared to the rest of the new wave of musicians who were mostly mid to late teens, she was in her 30s (did I say old?). I think she still has it, despite a few lines of experience

 

[Kriegs]

Just curious, if anyone here uses a distortion/fuzz pedal with their Bird, what kind do you prefer?
I've been experimenting lately with my cousin's hand-me-down Danelectro FAB Metal pedal and I've found it can make those muffled lower tones sound more full and adds just the sweetest slight touch of buzz to the notes.

I have several on my board. For fuzz, I chose the Stomp Under Foot Violet Menace because it has a mid control which lets me add back in the lows and lo mids that fuzz sucks out of the tone. For light OD I use a Way Huge Pork Loin - super adjustable to dial in just the amount that you need. For a heavier bit of OD, I use the Ampeg Scrambler. Made for bass by the folks that helped define bass sound, you can't go wrong! For the push over the top, I use the MXR Full Bore Metal. What is really cool is when you start mixing the attributes of tje pedals... i.e. using the EQ from one but tje drive and gain stages of others... you can get some really subtle, light and airy fuzz to over the top broken chainsaw distortion. The "secret" is to use some sort of blender to keep some of your original, clean signal to keep your bottom end present and alive in the mix. This is more necessary to maintain note definition and clarity as your fuzz, OD or distortion gets heavier

 

[PillO]

Got me there, Wendy's paper punch, I thought it was a Hiscox case

Edit, that's not breaking TB rules is it? If it is I have some editing to do

Used one of those when I used to compete.

 

[Christine]

Used one of those when I used to compete.

It's an 8002 S2 she says

 

[PillO]

As TBird1958 pointed out, they were originally for WA. In FL we thought they were Canadian.

Damn Canadians!

If I recall correctly (and I may not) the Wilson sisters are from WA, but Heart had a very strong Vancouver connection (where the Wilson sisters lived as hippies for a period); I think the band formed there and operated out of Vancouver. The band was made up of both Canadians and Americans.