Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

Bad, bad, naughty bad singer! Asked if I have heard of NI Straylight. Well I have now.

There was a point where the list was getting shorter ...

It's quite exciting when your music project just takes off in directions you never expected.

Your singer is a completely naughty person. And by extension, you are as well. Spending money on a musical tool I didn't know was necessary appears close to mandatory now.

 

[Gaolee]

Where are the Thunderbirds? Can we get back on topic?

We will get there. We always do eventually.

 

[GonePlaid]

Ford should have called it a Thunderbird. GT40 just does not make it as a name.

Wasn't that name awready tooken?

 

[TBird1958]

Where are the Thunderbirds? Can we get back on topic?

Excellent point Sir.

Sorry about the Guy Drag shot!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Did Shelby only do it for the money? Because if he’d worked for anyone else decently funded, I doubt Ford could have spent enough to beat them.

Shelby already had a relationship with Iacocca since he was buying Ford engines for his Cobra and later developed the GT-350 and GT-500 Mustangs for them, so he was the obvious choice. Money (which Ford had plenty of due to the fall through sale) wasn't an issue as much as time was....as with anything in engineering development;
Performance/quality
Time to market
Price

Pick 2...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Ford should have called it a Thunderbird. GT40 just does not make it as a name.

GT-40 because the car sat 40 inches high at it's is highest point..

 

[JJR58]

Excellent point Sir.

Sorry about the Guy Drag shot!

Tell me about that Bird. I like it a lot.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Where are the Thunderbirds? Can we get back on topic?

you are right.....apologies..

 

[JIO]

Or maybe, if you throw enough money and Carroll Shelby at something...

As a kid, I saw winged McLarens and Chaparalls race at Mid-Ohio.

Those Chaparells made a big impression on me then.

Mark Webber ?

Both Mark Weber #4 and Peter Dumbreck #5 both flipped their Merc's during warm-up in 1999. The more posted/distributed pic is of #4. I had a big image of it from a glossy mag after it happened.

 

[JIO]

We will get there. We always do eventually.

must be new here...

 

[TBird1958]

Tell me about that Bird. I like it a lot.

It's a one-off, Uwe thought it was to test pickup locations. I like the Firebird PG, a very cool Thunderbird!

 

[PillO]

Tell me about that Bird. I like it a lot.

Ahem.

 

[TBird1958]

Green things that rule my world!

 

[PillO]

Both Mark Weber #4 and Peter Dumbreck #5 both flipped their Merc's during warm-up in 1999. The more posted/distributed pic is of #4. I had a big image of it from a glossy mag after it happened.

IIRC in an interview on Top Gear, Webber said that if you had the right angle on it, you would see that the brake light was on.

Yes, did recall that correctly.

And for fun...

 

[Goatrope]

So.... Round Wound Strings....

Several gigs, and lots of time at home with the T-Bird since it arrived in May.

When it comes to rounds, I’d been using Dunlop Super Bright Nickles on all my basses. Whether 7ender, EBMM, Rick, Warwick, I’ve grown accustomed to the 45-105 gauge and the somewhat low tension feel. They seem to retain a decent round sound, where I want that, for a few months. This amounts to ~25 or so gigs.

When the T-Bird arrived, I put those same strings on it, and headed out.

I understand now the range of tones I can get from the T-Bird, and I’m very happy with it. Typically, I play half the night on flats, and half on rounds, just to cover sonic territory. Right out of the gate, the T-Bird allowed me to stay on that one bass most of the night, if not all night, which is nice. Not quite into P-bass-with-flats territory, and not quite into J-bass-with-rounds, but happily in between them. But I do want a little more up top capability, so I made a string change yesterday.

Sticking with the same brand and gauge, just moving to stainless, appears to give just enough more bite that I think this is going to be what I want. Two gigs this weekend will tell me for sure, but I’m also interested in your experience on this topic of rounds on the T-Bird.

Thanks for listening...and sharing.

 

[PillO]

So.... Round Wound Strings....

Several gigs, and lots of time at home with the T-Bird since it arrived in May.

When it comes to rounds, I’d been using Dunlop Super Bright Nickles on all my basses. Whether 7ender, EBMM, Rick, Warwick, I’ve grown accustomed to the 45-105 gauge and the somewhat low tension feel. They seem to retain a decent round sound, where I want that, for a few months. This amounts to ~25 or so gigs.

When the T-Bird arrived, I put those same strings on it, and headed out.

I understand now the range of tones I can get from the T-Bird, and I’m very happy with it. Typically, I play half the night on flats, and half on rounds, just to cover sonic territory. Right out of the gate, the T-Bird allowed me to stay on that one bass most of the night, if not all night, which is nice. Not quite into P-bass-with-flats territory, and not quite into J-bass-with-rounds, but happily in between them. But I do want a little more up top capability, so I made a string change yesterday.

Sticking with the same brand and gauge, just moving to stainless, appears to give just enough more bite that I think this is going to be what I want. Two gigs this weekend will tell me for sure, but I’m also interested in your experience on this topic of rounds on the T-Bird.

Thanks for listening...and sharing.

It sounds like you are set on steel. I recently did a bit of experimenting with strings (look a few pages back). The long and short is that with steels, I found ProSteels to be quite scooped. I rather liked the RS66s but I think that I am more inclined to use nickels.

 

[JJR58]

So.... Round Wound Strings....

Several gigs, and lots of time at home with the T-Bird since it arrived in May.

When it comes to rounds, I’d been using Dunlop Super Bright Nickles on all my basses. Whether 7ender, EBMM, Rick, Warwick, I’ve grown accustomed to the 45-105 gauge and the somewhat low tension feel. They seem to retain a decent round sound, where I want that, for a few months. This amounts to ~25 or so gigs.

When the T-Bird arrived, I put those same strings on it, and headed out.

I understand now the range of tones I can get from the T-Bird, and I’m very happy with it. Typically, I play half the night on flats, and half on rounds, just to cover sonic territory. Right out of the gate, the T-Bird allowed me to stay on that one bass most of the night, if not all night, which is nice. Not quite into P-bass-with-flats territory, and not quite into J-bass-with-rounds, but happily in between them. But I do want a little more up top capability, so I made a string change yesterday.

Sticking with the same brand and gauge, just moving to stainless, appears to give just enough more bite that I think this is going to be what I want. Two gigs this weekend will tell me for sure, but I’m also interested in your experience on this topic of rounds on the T-Bird.

Thanks for listening...and sharing.

I've tried the Dunlop SS Super Brights, and loved them till i killed em. I'm generally a flat's man, so i typically use the Cobalt flats on my Birds. So i can't really speak about rounds in general. But i bet others will chime in on the rounds game cause we sure have a lot of round lovers here.

 

[PillO]

we sure have a lot of round lovers here.

Hey! Ahem!

 

[JJR58]

Hey! Ahem!

NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PillO]

So.... Round Wound Strings....

Several gigs, and lots of time at home with the T-Bird since it arrived in May.

When it comes to rounds, I’d been using Dunlop Super Bright Nickles on all my basses. Whether 7ender, EBMM, Rick, Warwick, I’ve grown accustomed to the 45-105 gauge and the somewhat low tension feel. They seem to retain a decent round sound, where I want that, for a few months. This amounts to ~25 or so gigs.

When the T-Bird arrived, I put those same strings on it, and headed out.

I understand now the range of tones I can get from the T-Bird, and I’m very happy with it. Typically, I play half the night on flats, and half on rounds, just to cover sonic territory. Right out of the gate, the T-Bird allowed me to stay on that one bass most of the night, if not all night, which is nice. Not quite into P-bass-with-flats territory, and not quite into J-bass-with-rounds, but happily in between them. But I do want a little more up top capability, so I made a string change yesterday.

Sticking with the same brand and gauge, just moving to stainless, appears to give just enough more bite that I think this is going to be what I want. Two gigs this weekend will tell me for sure, but I’m also interested in your experience on this topic of rounds on the T-Bird.

Thanks for listening...and sharing.

It sounds like you are set on steel. I recently did a bit of experimenting with strings (look a few pages back). The long and short is that with steels, I found ProSteels to be quite scooped. I rather liked the RS66s but I think that I am more inclined to use nickels.

I've tried the Dunlop SS Super Brights, and loved them till i killed em. I'm generally a flat's man, so i typically use the Cobalt flats on my Birds. So i can't really speak about rounds in general. But i bet others will chime in on the rounds game cause we sure have a lot of round lovers here.

Now that I am finished being offended and think about it a bit. I have DR DDTs on my EB3 and those are steel. I rather like the sound of them. Not sure how they would be on a `bird.