Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

Yeah, I really need a good overdrive, but the Bass Big Muff Pi works great for fuzz. Lots and lots of fuzz. All the fuzz.

Try an EHX Bass Soul Food then. You can dial it way back and keep it right on the edge or let it overdrive toward fuzz, but it doesn't get into Muff territory.

 

[Christine]

Try an EHX Bass Soul Food then. You can dial it way back and keep it right on the edge or let it overdrive toward fuzz, but it doesn't get into Muff territory.

Fuzz & Muff? Ahem!!!

 

[Gaolee]

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.

I had a girlfriend in high school who looked like the shorter haired version of Linda Ronstadt. Cute- yes. But, I dodged a bullet on that one as it turns out.

 

[Gaolee]

Ann Wilson.

I've heard Fleetwood Mac way too much, and am beyond burned out on Stevie Nicks. Apologies all, that's just me.
Pat Benatar and Chrissy Hynde anyone?

I can listen to Chrissy Hynde for as long as anybody will let me. I will happily look at Susanna Hoffs for as long as anybody will let me, even now, but if I was stuck on a desert island, Chrissy Hynde is the one I would want to be stuck with. Looks get routine. Brains and creativity never do, and Chrissy Hynde has both of those in megaton amounts.

 

[Engle]

Does one of you eat guitars?

and cars!

 

[TinIndian]

Where is the guitar cord plug ?
On top of body? Or in the end ?

It is on the end, Not the Top.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

A bunch of pretty girls and I even like the song



Ms Harry and I love this song despite the disco claims

 

[theFixer]

I frequent a local "jam" night that is done in part by my bass teacher. He and some real pros run a local jam night (and get paid well for it). They will have any and all come up to play and/or sing with them. And their job is to make anyone who comes up sound good. It is one worth attending and the exact opposite of what you describe. I suspect the difference is that in my case, the bar pays top drawer musicians to run it and make people sound good.

There are certainly exceptions to every rule... and sometimes those exceptions are in the last place you'd think. Years ago, my Mother's Uncle used to raise chickens just outside of nowhere Alabama. After he quit, the place sat empty for quite a few years, until one day, he started puttering around cleanin' the place up. As he did so, he had his Kevin Costner moment. There was nothin' for anyone to do for miles & miles. He invited a few friends to an old fashioned Ho Down! It was just friends & family at first... but it grew to a standing-room-only crowd faster than he could've imagined! It evolved into an open mic night kinda thing, and people would drive for miles to come to Uncle Cecil's Chicken Shack! Pickers & grinners would come outa the woodwork! Now... it's easy to make fun of a scenario like that, but I'm here to tell ya... that was some magical sh!t right there. THAT wasn't Hee Haw or the Grand Ole Opry. THAT was the REAL DEAL! It was as much or more for the musicians as it was for the spectators. The "house band" (friends of Uncle Cecil's) had a guy who played guitar, banjo, mandolin, and anything else he thought made music... a dubble bass man, a fiddle player, and a guitar guy. Folks would show up & join in at will, with whatever instruments they wanted, and come & go from the "stage" whenever they wanted. It wasn't uncommon to see 10 - 15 folks up there settin' the place ablaze! Old school down home Bluegrass in it's natural state. To quote Steve Marriott... "You could barely hear the music from the bare feet slappin' on the floor"! It was the kinda thing you'd see in a movie! I'm here to tell ya... there is a power in raw natural acoustic music... especially when the people playing the music, are havin' a good time doin' it

 

[TinIndian]

Here are the pics I took. Didn't take one of the whole bass unfortunately. I was more curious about the ply's at the time.
And I miscounted. 15 alternating strips.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

There are certainly exceptions to every rule... and sometimes those exceptions are in the last place you'd think. Years ago, my Mother's Uncle used to raise chickens just outside of nowhere Alabama. After he quit, the place sat empty for quite a few years, until one day, he started puttering around cleanin' the place up. As he did so, he had his Kevin Costner moment. There was nothin' for anyone to do for miles & miles. He invited a few friends to an old fashioned Ho Down! It was just a few friends & family at first... but it grew to a standing-room-only crowd faster than he could've imagined! It evolved into an open mic night kinda thing, and people would drive for miles to come to Uncle Cecil's Chicken Shack! Pickers & grinners would come outa the woodwork! Now... it's easy to make fun of a scenario like that, but I'm here to tell ya... that was some magical sh!t right there. THAT wasn't Hee Haw or the Grand Ole Opry. THAT was the REAL DEAL! It was as much or more for the musicians as it was for the spectators. The "house band" (friends of Uncle Cecil's) had a guy who played guitar, banjo, mandolin, and anything else he thought made music... a dubble bass man, a fiddle player, and a guitar guy. Folks would show up & join in at will, with whatever instruments they wanted, and come & go from the "stage" whenever they wanted. It wasn't uncommon to see 10 - 15 folks up there settin' the place ablaze! Old school down home Bluegrass in it's natural state. To quote Steve Marriott... "You could barely hear the music from the bare feet slappin' on the floor"! It was the kinda thing you'd see in a movie! I'm here to tell ya... there is a power in raw natural acoustic music... especially when the people playing the music, are havin' a good time doin' it

Great Story!

 

[Christine]

Here are the pics I took. Didn't take one of the whole bass unfortunately. I was more curious about the ply's at the time.
And I miscounted. 15 alternating strips.

Bizarre! Apart from those laminations it looks 100% Gibson. I don't know, a special maybe?

 

[PillO]

Its a knock-off broken company

Logo Ampeg Chrome Script , Metal - Product Details

fix it.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Bizarre! Apart from those laminations it looks 100% Gibson. I don't know, a special maybe?

Yeah, he may be on to something uber rare?

 

[Christine]

Yeah, he may be on to something uber rare?

This is what I'm thinking, an apprentice piece perhaps from the custom shop?

 

[Larry V]

It looks really cool with all the laminates so easily discernible.

 

[Gaolee]

It is on the end, Not the Top.

It sure sounds like a Gibson in all but the laminate configuration. I don't know what to think of all those laminates, except that it will be ferociously strong. I would argue with them about the price, and then buy it if it plays well and sounds good. Even if it isn't a Gibson, it looks the part and appears to be well made.

 

[theFixer]

What do you reckon to this bridge? Invalid Link Removed

From ETS® - Bass & Guitar Hardware

I'm intrigued! I'd like to see it on a bass.

(it shouldn't go on bylar13's bass unless there's an ambulance waiting in the wings)

 

[Christine]

Here are the pics I took. Didn't take one of the whole bass unfortunately. I was more curious about the ply's at the time.
And I miscounted. 15 alternating strips.

I'm sat here with my Gibson on my knee and other than those laminations that all looks good, I can't see anything that looks out of place. My take (but wait for others to chime in too) would be to go back down to the shop and tell them that the bass isn't a Gibson because the laminates are wrong, it should be a 9 Walnut and Mahogany ply not a 15 something (Cherry?) and Mahogany ply and with the missing bits it's worth something a whole lot less, try $300 and see what happens but I'm suspecting something nice there and I'm being really mean to the pawn shop but they have already probably skinned some poor sod for it!

 

[Larry V]

Here are the pics I took. Didn't take one of the whole bass unfortunately. I was more curious about the ply's at the time.
And I miscounted. 15 alternating strips.

It sure sounds like a Gibson in all but the laminate configuration. I don't know what to think of all those laminates, except that it will be ferociously strong. I would argue with them about the price, and then buy it if it plays well and sounds good. Even if it isn't a Gibson, it looks the part and appears to be well made.

I plugged the numbers into http://www.guitardaterproject.org/gibson.aspx


Guitar Info

Your guitar was made at the
Nashville Plant, TN, USA
on October 15th, 2011
Production Number: 0
________________________________

Production number zero? Either super cool and ultra rare or some kind of knock off.

 

[theFixer]

MMMM,Susannadrool

Ya got the words wrong. It's "OOOHHH Susanna", remember?

"OOOHHH Susanna... don'tchew cry fer me

cuz I come from Abalama with a banjo on my knee"