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Thunderbird Club

#116,741
Mike.C. said:
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I’ll join in on the Ernie Ball love. I put these on the VP at the beginning of the month, took it to practice tonight. It sounded amazing. I was really shocked at how clear they were - fingers & pic. There’s a little bit a boom but I think it was most likely my bad job in EQ’ ing. I will definitely buy a second set and see how things go.

Was playing 90s.
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Encouraging!
 
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#116,744
GonePlaid said:
I think those are the Cobalt rounds. Prolly sound amazing. But since our group does 60s-70s, a little bright.
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Yep - rounds they are!
PillO said:
I am curious about the experiences with EB Rounds here. I have never tried them, but they are inexpensive and readily available. The bird needs new strings; when Rotos die, they seem to expire quickly.* I got a bunch of strings from @SLaPiNFuNK not long ago and since I like to amortize the cost of delivery over several sets, I am not yet ready to order.

So, my choices are to put the DR Pure Blues intended for the JC onto the bird or buy a set at L&M L&M have a limited selection - anything D'Addario and anything EB. But DR or LaBella are sparse. I asked about ordering and the suggestion was anything D'Addario or EB is fast; anything else, find a store with them in stock and they will get them in from that store.

So, I am considering NYXLs - they have sounded good on many basses. But I am curious about EB. Are they as short lived as some say? Some great players use EB, but they get them free and have a tech install a fresh set for each show.



*My experience with the Roto life cycle - twangy good good good good good good good good good terrible.
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I pick a bass at the beginning of each month and restring (that way I can keep up with it!). I play almost every day - sometimes for hours - and if I get a good month out of a set I use that as a barometer for quality, life, etc. Not my life, but the life of the strings. Anyway, here we are on day 23 and I tell ya these things are rocking.

They were a little bright at first but they quickly settled in.

So so far so good.

On my FSO P/J I've found D'addario EXL170s do the trick. They don't do the trick for Birds. My opinion, of course.
 
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Mike.C. said:
Have a similar drummer situation. Tonight he brought beer. Granted, it was poopiee but at least he tried.

V, that first pic is just about the coolest one I've seen of you.
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Well thank you, good Sir!


Back 8-9 years ago I dated a photog, she shot us every show, which was nice, but she was a piece of work - even the sex couldn't fix that. :laugh:
 
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PillO said:
I am curious about the experiences with EB Rounds here. I have never tried them, but they are inexpensive and readily available. The bird needs new strings; when Rotos die, they seem to expire quickly.* I got a bunch of strings from @SLaPiNFuNK not long ago and since I like to amortize the cost of delivery over several sets, I am not yet ready to order.

So, my choices are to put the DR Pure Blues intended for the JC onto the bird or buy a set at L&M L&M have a limited selection - anything D'Addario and anything EB. But DR or LaBella are sparse. I asked about ordering and the suggestion was anything D'Addario or EB is fast; anything else, find a store with them in stock and they will get them in from that store.

So, I am considering NYXLs - they have sounded good on many basses. But I am curious about EB. Are they as short lived as some say? Some great players use EB, but they get them free and have a tech install a fresh set for each show.



*My experience with the Roto life cycle - twangy good good good good good good good good good terrible.
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So on my 7enders I use 7250s, except on my P. Chromes are perfect on it. I have the Slinkies on my Peavey Foundation and if I recall correctly, on my cheap Sterling SUB. I like them.

As for great players who use EB, my dream girlfriend Nicki Monninger
Runs hybrid 45-105s on all her birds. Her tone is exquisite.
 
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Mike.C. said:
Yep - rounds they are!

I pick a bass at the beginning of each month and restring (that way I can keep up with it!). I play almost every day - sometimes for hours - and if I get a good month out of a set I use that as a barometer for quality, life, etc. Not my life, but the life of the strings. Anyway, here we are on day 23 and I tell ya these things are rocking.

They were a little bright at first but they quickly settled in.

So so far so good.

On my FSO P/J I've found D'addario EXL170s do the trick. They don't do the trick for Birds. My opinion, of course.
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My Cobalt flats were a skoch bright at first-great for classic 'Bird sound but too much for our shtick. Just rolled off a little tone(5 +/-) and they were fine. Now I'm at 7 to 10 depending on the tune. Easy fix.
 
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BklynKen said:
Here's some good info on Behringer.

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That video is one of the reasons that I thought cheap experiment.
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At $15 each, it was hard to pass up. Unfortunately, it isn't working. The octave does not sound great. If it is a copy of the Boss OC2 (as is claimed) it is a poor copy or the OC2 doesn't; sound great with bass. The overdrive could be good, but it produces some noise that even at low levels brings feedback. If it weren't for the noise, it might be a keeper. Oh well, L&M have a good return policy on used gear.

For reference (for any who care) The Ultimate Behringer Guitar Pedal Clone List - Tone Start
 
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PillO said:
That video is one of the reasons that I thought cheap experiment.
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At $15 each, it was hard to pass up. Unfortunately, it isn't working. The octave does not sound great. If it is a copy of the Boss OC2 (as is claimed) it is a poor copy or the OC2 doesn't; sound great with bass. The overdrive could be good, but it produces some noise that even at low levels brings feedback. If it weren't for the noise, it might be a keeper. Oh well, L&M have a good return policy on used gear.

For reference (for any who care) The Ultimate Behringer Guitar Pedal Clone List - Tone Start
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I had an OC-2. When we were bass, guitar, drums and lead singer, I would play the bassline up an octave w/the OC-2 providing the lower octave during guitar solos. It helped fill it up. Now I use an EHX Micro POG, playing the bass line in the normal(?)position w/ octave up providing an ersatz guitar unison. It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
 
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