Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

My blue Bird with my first all-tube amp (after 20+ years of SS). They kinda match?

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Nice! If Gibson/Epiphone were to put out a Pelham blue `bird, I would have to re-evaluate my current satisfaction with my number of basses.

Hope you got boxes for all those pedals!



EDIT:

The DIY instructions for the ghetto pedal board are very simple, involves only a trip to Ikea, and takes about 10 minutes (twice as long if you choose to spray paint).

 

[JIO]

Maybe so, but without us, humanity would die off. Bass causes human reproduction. This is a confirmed fact. We must remain obscure, or the planet would become overpopulated. It is an awesome power, and one we must use wisely.

'we' must being doing our duty too well because our planet is already overpopulated.

 

[Gaolee]

My blue Bird with my first all-tube amp (after 20+ years of SS). They kinda match?

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Your pedal collection looks a little thin. You may need more of them.

 

[Gaolee]

'we' must being doing our duty too well because our planet is already overpopulated.

It's a byproduct of flamboyant 'Bird players. If the bass was just FSO, the population would shrink. Maybe we should export FSOs to places as family planning devices. There's no doubt it would work.

 

[JIO]

It's a byproduct of flamboyant 'Bird players. If the bass was just FSO, the population would shrink. Maybe we should export FSOs to places as family planning devices. There's no doubt it would work.

Foreign Service Officer?

 

[MCF]

My blue Bird with my first all-tube amp (after 20+ years of SS). They kinda match?

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Very nice.

 

[MCF]

That is a bonus you get for having to be a responsible adult on a regular basis. Avoiding Raindog is a reasonable compensation. The only other awful local wombat wizz beer I can think of is Oly. Does it even still exist? It's in the water, that's why it's yellow!

Oly. Had to look it up. A kid in our dorm freshman year loved it, the rest of us would rather dink Ballantine at $0.99 a six over that stuff. Looks like Pabst owns it now, for what it’s worth.

 

[MCF]

This might be the best music value for the money I’ve ever happened upon. $5 cover for this level of musicianship... great stuff.

This place was lucky to have them.

He’s living my dream. John’s lines behind a good singer with a good drummer and a guitarist who has a clue. They sound really good.

 

[rutrho]

I found a Tbird to noodle with over the weekend at a local shop... and it was quite fun. I'll have to play a few more to see if I like them enough to get one. Do these things come in fretless flavors?

 

[JIO]

I found a Tbird to noodle with over the weekend at a local shop... and it was quite fun. I'll have to play a few more to see if I like them enough to get one. Do these things come in fretless flavors?

Astute question - the short answer is no. I'm sure someone has de-fretted one somewhere along the line but I've yet to see that, aside from my Factorbird...

 

[TBird1958]

I found a Tbird to noodle with over the weekend at a local shop... and it was quite fun. I'll have to play a few more to see if I like them enough to get one. Do these things come in fretless flavors?

Will @Gaolee has one that's been de fretted. So many different Thunderbirds out there, which did you play?

 

[TBird1958]

My blue Bird with my first all-tube amp (after 20+ years of SS). They kinda match?

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Beauty! Do I have you on the club roster?

 

[rutrho]

Will @Gaolee has one that's been de fretted. So many different Thunderbirds out there, which did you play?

It was one of the Epiphone flavors that the local GC had. The sound was great and it felt good, ergonomics reminded me of my P bass a lot as it felt really chunky. A good kind of chunky, lol.

 

[JJR58]

I feel it is my sworn duty to chime in at this point.
Freaks, Nashville, Bass players....................

I'm definitely a freak who plays bass, not sure Nashville would have me though.

 

[PillO]

I feel it is my sworn duty to chime in at this point.
Freaks, Nashville, Bass players....................

I'm definitely a freak who plays bass, not sure Nashville would have me though.

Stick to New York. There are network effects.

 

[PillO]

Foreign Service Officer?

A great oxymoron! They are never foreign, provide no service, and have no executive authority.

But I think the intention was 7ender shaped object. Which is rather like a Foreign Service Officer...

 

[PillO]

A kid in our dorm freshman year loved it, the rest of us would rather dink Ballantine at $0.99 a six over that stuff.

Ahem!

And got any pictures of Ballantine?

 

[JIO]

A great oxymoron! They are never foreign, provide no service, and have no executive authority.

But I think the intention was 7ender shaped object. Which is rather like a Foreign Service Officer...

I believe that being foreign has little to do with the officer and more to do with the service.

And wouldn't it be 7SO playing this little game?

Foreign Service Officer - Wikipedia

 

[Jakeman]

Beauty! Do I have you on the club roster?

Sure do! Thanks!

 

[Jakeman]

Your pedal collection looks a little thin. You may need more of them.

That's actually my attempt to scale down, lol. The "old" board -