Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

First surmising was correct, the strap goes over my left shoulder, wrapping around to nearly in front of me, and buttons in via Dunlop Straplock (TM) at the inside of the belly-curve. The further-up location of attachment pulls the whole instrument to the right, bringing the headstock/nut/lower playing positions closer to my center. This means my left hand doesn't have to extend so far to reach them. I have a small tendon issue in my left arm, and this totally alleviates it.
This new strap position also brings the tail end of the bass way past me on my right, pronounced in this case more so because of the length of this design. It's a little extreme, but it works for me- it makes playing so enjoyable, to not be dealing with ergonomic weirdness.

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Ok those last three are backwards. I am not a regular selfie-taker, but you get the idea.

I was going to ask how you turned into a lefty. With a mirror, of course.

 

[TBird1958]

priceless......No Mom Jeans.....

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Mom Jeans.....

 

[GBassNorth]

Am I the only one who saw something other than salami here?

Not sure what you see, but I see meat.

I think the guy with his evil Girl Scout Cookie Dealer girlfriend who comes with the bass is more amusing.

LOL - wonder if he ever sold that bass.

 

[GonePlaid]

Not sure what you see, but I see meat.


LOL - wonder if he ever sold that bass.

Nothing else. You'll notice that the(Spanish)Chorizo is on plastic wrap-and was eaten shortly after the pic was tooken. Here 'tis as normal.

 

[Count Bassie]

Since when did you start playing lefty?

Selfies come out backwards. I shot the pix and uploaded them straight to the thread, you don't get to turn them back around.

 

[Count Bassie]

priceless......No Mom Jeans.....

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HOLD MY BEER!!!

 

[JJR58]

Selfies come out backwards. I shot the pix and uploaded them straight to the thread, you don't get to turn them back around.

I know, my poor attempt at a joke.

 

[Count Bassie]

Okay Jeff??

 

[fasterpussycat]

Okay??

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Man, you need to get a couple of pies down you!

 

[Gaolee]

Mom Jeans.....

Not really your problem.

 

[Mike.C.]

There's even an exit to it!

If I wasn’t trying to make Savannah by 11am I would have exited.

 

[JJR58]

Okay Jeff??

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I'll let ya slide on this one Rog.

 

[Gaolee]

If I wasn’t trying to make Savannah by 11am I would have exited.

What did Savannah have to say... erm... never mind.

 

[Count Bassie]

Man, you need to get a couple of pies down you!

Ectomorph. I'm just built like a nail, and not disposed to putting on weight. I'm having another run at the gym thing starting in a week. Lol. I tighten up, etc, but I've never gotten much past 150 lbs.

 

[JJR58]

Man, you need to get a couple of pies down you!

He's a mean, lean, Rock-N-Roll machine.

 

[Count Bassie]

He's a mean, lean, Rock-N-Roll machine.

Lean, lol... ok I can take a compliment...

 

[JJR58]

Lean, lol... ok I can take a compliment...

Just coming from one lean rocker to another.
Don't detect a mean bone in you.

 

[Kriegs]

It is beautiful! Don't tell anybody a Thunderbird from anybody, including Lull, doesn't have terminal neck dive. Then our little secret will be out.

Thunderbird owner: I've got 2 tbirds and have played several others and I've never experienced neck dive on any of them.

*what the rest of the world seems to hear*: OMG Help!!!! I can't keep the headstock off the floor and my spine is engulfed in fire every second of every minute that this 38 pound monster hangs on my bloody, raw, disjointed and misshapen shoulder!!!!!! SAVE MY FROM THIS ALBATROSS!!!!!


I'm not being dramatic, you are.

 

[JJR58]

Thunderbird owner: I've got 2 tbirds and have played several others and I've never experienced neck dive on any of them.

*what the rest of the world seems to hear*: OMG Help!!!! I can't keep the headstock off the floor and my spine is engulfed in fire every second of every minute that this 38 pound monster hangs on my bloody, raw, disjointed and misshapen shoulder!!!!!! SAVE MY FROM THIS ALBATROSS!!!!!


I'm not being dramatic, you are.

Yeah, don't know what all the hubbub is about all that.
Being dramatic? why, there's never any of that here.

 

[Mike.C.]

Honestly, my PRO IV dives. It’s not dramatic or anything, and I did put a drop D on the E tuner which didn’t help. But it does dive a little.

The lower I strap it the better it hangs.