Thunderbird Club

[Mike.C.]

Let's see if this works...…...First time for us playing this.

Great track and great tone! What is your band process for adding a new song to y’all’s setlist?

 

[JIO]

Let's see if this works...…...First time for us playing this.

vid doesn't work for me

 

[GonePlaid]

LOL - haven't heard that word since I last visited Newcastle.
I think there's also a Pokémon reference there but doubt you meant that one.


Congrats on the VP! Excellent basses. Post a picture here and join the club.
As for the forward tilt - it's easiest to remedy by running the bridge end of your strap across the face of your bass to the strap pin instead of running it behind the bass to the strap pin.

If you don't like doing that you can install a second bridge end strap pin on the end of the bass about 4 inches up from the stock strap pin. Then be sure to have your strap locked into both end pins. This eliminates the tendency of a single end pin to act like a pivot point which is what makes your bass fall forward.

TBirds are also more comfortable for most if they hang a little lower than a typical Fender type bass. I have the upper horn on mine right at about belt buckle height and normally position the neck at about 1:00 or 2:00 vs a dead horizontal 3:00 position. It also helps keep the bird from flipping forward.

Yeah. You don't wanna be flipping the bird.(well, maybe once in a while)

 

[Count Bassie]

Sounds like GHS Pressurewounds are at least going in the direction you describe. Of course so much depends on the cab being used as much as anything else. Try the lightest set and that might work, or be a close option. The PWs have been described as the Swiss Army knife of strings.

One cab is an Eden D410T, which is very mids-heavy. Low bass doesn't happen with that one, but the tone it delivers is very forward- mids.
The thunderbird sounds great through that cab when it's dialed in properly. The Soundgear 5er is slightly obnoxious... like a 12 year-old beginner alto sax student. Lol, heartfelt apologies to those with 12 year-old alto saxophonists...

 

[BklynKen]

vid doesn't work for me

Didn't for me, either. What ended up working was dragging that facebook logo to a new tab. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@TBird1958 Great stuff!

 

[GonePlaid]

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Lower left, Master Vol.
Lower right concentric, outer ring is Pan, inner ring seems to be a not very effective tone control.
Upper left, neck p'up tone.
Upper right, bridge p'up tone.

I think.

I hadda write Gibson to find out exactly what the controls on my Les Paul 5er(are s'posed to)do.

 

[GonePlaid]

vid doesn't work for me

That sux.

 

[Count Bassie]

Let's see if this works...…...First time for us playing this.

Nice, that's a good one for your band. Great tune, nice vibe, well captured.

 

[Count Bassie]

I hadda write Gibson to find out exactly what the controls on my Les Paul 5er(are s'posed to)do.

Good idea. Thanks!

 

[dagrev]

NBD: Epi Vintage Pro. Bought to replace a Classic lost to pawn, sound is amazing these are some HOT pickups! My other bass a Schecter with active EMGs and while it sounds awesome this is unique and versatile. How are ya'll dealing with the tendency to flip forward from the top of the instrument? I'm far too novice to never view the fretboard and while I can see this as it stands seriously improving my technique by force, it is frustrating at present. On my Classic I moved the neck straplock to eliminate the neck dive but I am loathe to mar her surface and don't know where to move which straplock anyway :0

Thanks!

Enjoy your new bass. The VPs are awesome! Some T-birds hang better than others. My '64 has a slight tendency to dive and doesn't rotate forward any. Keep with. Any such issues with that bass will be worth it in a live setting.

 

[JJR58]

Yeah. You don't wanna be flipping the bird.

I'd so like to, not go there. But you know the saying........

 

[GBassNorth]

@GBassNorth Don't know what this is, but here's the control cavity of my SR505.
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Does not look like a stock Ibby 505 preamp to me. All the 505s I've ever played had a knob to boost or cut mids. A shame, cause that sounds exactly like what you need. In fact every 505 I've ever played was mid focused and caused me to back way down on that knob.

It does look like you have two trim pots there. I assume they are db boost for each pup. You might think about marking each one (so you can get it back to where it was) and then gently turning the neck boost up a tad. That might buy you a bit more bass response. Worth a try anyway.

As for strings, La Bella black tapes (go with the light set if you don't want to refile your nut) are probably your safest bet.

 

[GonePlaid]

One cab is an Eden D410T, which is very mids-heavy. Low bass doesn't happen with that one, but the tone it delivers is very forward- mids.
The thunderbird sounds great through that cab when it's dialed in properly. The Soundgear 5er is slightly obnoxious... like a 12 year-old beginner alto sax student. Lol, heartfelt apologies to those with 12 year-old alto saxophonists...

I'm aware you've been trying some bi-amping. It made me remember that in the 80s, I would double sax or flute in our group and the keyboard man would play my Kee Basstm through the 2nd channel of my 'blue line' SVT. I s'pose you could do something like that with the channels EQd differently. 'Course no bass amp I know of has 2 separate channels any more. Ramblings of a confused mind.

 

[PillO]

Thank you for understanding my admittedly vague or unnecessarily complex query.

1. Seriously not trying to be dense, but doing a good job nonetheless: Can you elaborate as I'm just not visualizing (or physicalizing) this configuration.
2. True but I've already got carpal due to the job that pays the bills (sys admin) and it hurts to have it press on forearm.
3. LOL This one I truly appreciate as: Get better dude! Necessary and a pursuit I am engaged in heavily. The issue isn't so much that I can't see at all (although that is part of it) as that I don't know *** my fingers are in relation to the dots. Maybe a few days with it will gain some familiarity as I am so used to my Schecter Riot 4. This instrument feels so good otherwise.

CTS Sucks. Have the surgery. It is fairly straightforward and is curative. Have a plastic surgeon do it - they leave scars that are barely visible; some surgeons leave scars that make it look like you tried slicing your wrists.

Some of us struggle with our mediocrity, the rest of us celebrate it.

Sweet, will do in a bit. Do I PM or post as reply?

Post a picture on the thread here. It is just easier than PMing a picture to each of us...

 

[BklynKen]

True but I've already got carpal due to the job that pays the bills (sys admin) and it hurts to have it press on forearm.

Sorry to hear that. I do sysadmin as well.

 

[PillO]

@GBassNorth Don't know what this is, but here's the control cavity of my SR505.
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Trim pots! Gotta play around with them!

 

[JJR58]

And besides all that on neck dive, i dare you to find a shoe here. Yeah, thought so......

 

[GonePlaid]

And besides all that on neck dive, i dare you to find a shoe here. Yeah, thought so......

They're under the bed. Shhh.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Didn't for me, either. What ended up working was dragging that facebook logo to a new tab. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@TBird1958 Great stuff!

Worked fine for me. But fb links can be weird.

 

[dagrev]

One cab is an Eden D410T, which is very mids-heavy. Low bass doesn't happen with that one, but the tone it delivers is very forward- mids.
The thunderbird sounds great through that cab when it's dialed in properly. The Soundgear 5er is slightly obnoxious... like a 12 year-old beginner alto sax student. Lol, heartfelt apologies to those with 12 year-old alto saxophonists...

The PWs might give you some needed lows as well, if I'm understanding what you're shooting for.