Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

When I bought my Spector 4X the listing stated that it came with a case. Bass arrived with no case. Called the GC I had dealt with and even tho the listing could not be retrieved from the system, they sent me a new Road Runner polyfoam case the next day.



Place in Tucson wraps guitars and basses. They have had a couple pretty cool guitars over the years. If you look for Pro Custom Music of Facebook you will find a lot of pics of past work.

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Ouija Bird?

 

[MCF]

NBD--Used 2015 from the CME sale (sadly didn't see the one on TB before dropping the hammer). I play 70's blues rock with 2 very loud guitarists, one who likes a super chunky LP reissue, the other likes a PRS 24. My basses have to sound filthy and deep to cut through with these two, and many of my basses are just too polite.

I am experiencing the usual adjustments needed in applying a longer reach and floating my thumb between the PuPs). I play mostly PJs and rest the thumb on the split coil. I lowered the EB3 pickups on this T-Bird just out of the range of where they could sound "chorus-like" in the upper register. This bass is one ounce below 8 lbs and is balanced when lap playing.

I need to have something that can approximate a Jazz bass sound for several songs, so the coil tap switches on the T-Bird are much appreciated. I can't see myself rolling back the tone knob on this thing except for a couple of reggae tunes.

More important than dealing with the adjustments I will make to play this thing is that this thing makes my sorry old self look badass and puts me back to my 70's teenage self.

May I have a number?

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Welcome! Always great to see another ‘15 around here.

 

[GonePlaid]

Who's not?......

Actually, me. For myself I prefer black or burst.
or burgundy mist

 

[MCF]

I’ll probably play it more with the neck angled up, like the late Leon Wilkeson, not sure I can sling a bass low, anymore, due to arthritis everywhere.

I’m partial to the Gibson Slingshot strap for my bird.

 

[BklynKen]

It's done here in S. FL. Transplanted New Yorkers?

Isn't all of South Florida transplanted New Yorkers?

 

[GonePlaid]

I’m partial to the Gibson Slingshot strap for my bird.

Not familiar. ?

 

[GonePlaid]

Isn't all of South Florida transplanted New Yorkers?

'Cept me.(native Floridonian)

 

[BklynKen]

'Cept me.(native Floridonian)

You must be a celebrity!

 

[MCF]

When I bought my Spector 4X the listing stated that it came with a case. Bass arrived with no case. Called the GC I had dealt with and even tho the listing could not be retrieved from the system, they sent me a new Road Runner polyfoam case the next day.



Place in Tucson wraps guitars and basses. They have had a couple pretty cool guitars over the years. If you look for Pro Custom Music of Facebook you will find a lot of pics of past work.

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Now I’m thinking of looking for a standard EPI and getting a Jack Daniels label for it.

 

[GonePlaid]

You must be a celebrity!

Nah, but a bit of a rarity.

 

[Engle]

 

[GonePlaid]

More chuckles from my daughter:

And this for Trekkers

 

[MCF]

Into the dirt tonight....

Influenced by these guys.

 

[MCF]

Not familiar. ?

A really nice strap; very adjustable. $79.99. Available through all the usual suspects.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Actually, me. For myself I prefer black or burst.
or burgundy mist

same here, or white..

 

[Nocturnal]

Ouija Bird?

Yep. You can summon spirits if you play it right.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yep. You can summon spirits if you play it right.

Do you hafta use a large triangular pick?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Yep. You can summon spirits if you play it right.

it tells you what the next best interval is..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

A really nice strap; very adjustable. $79.99. Available through all the usual suspects.


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nice but wider works better..

 

[Toybreaker]

I’m a day behind, but what the heck.

There are apparently some VPs that are thicker and heavier. If that matters to you, and you’re ordering online, you should ask about the weight:

Thanks for the tips.
I went to bass San Diego today and checked some crazy dream basses, $5000-$13,000.....crazyness there. They dont carry the Mike Lull basses anymore but that Fedora was nutso.

I sold an amp tonight!! The accountant said something had to go before something came in so I am in the clear.