Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

Why are those called "Studio"?

iirc originally, because of low Z pickups which are inherently quieter and more apt for recording..

 

[Engle]

Ooooh man...you have got to find a good Pbass with flats and play it in a live setting (home or a music store won't do). You may not like it and that's certainly OK. Like any string, they don't always sound good through every amp, and more importantly cab.

IMO a P with flats is a good tool to have in the kit.
Mine is: Alder body, squier neck (narrowed to 1.5 and oiled), ultralights, SD 1/4lb, with Labella DTB flats. THUNK!
It does that old school thing & sounds good through everything I have played it through.
I can get almost the identical sound from my JC with the same strings, but sometimes I don’t want to take the JC out.

 

[Engle]

Cobalt flats are a great flat to try on a TBird for those that don't normally like flats. They are about the least flat sounding flat out there. Can't speak for all birds but they are absolutely fantastic on the VP.

I just recorded a rock track with cobalt flats on my VP. Sounds killer!

 

[Gaolee]

PinkBird update. It's pink, but it's still about two weeks out. Maybe more. Sometime this summer, it will finally come home. I hope. I expect it will be worth the wait. It will be the only Burgundy Mist Thunderbird that I'm aware of. There are some Firebirds out there.

 

[GonePlaid]

It's "Cherry". But it IS a much darker Cherry than a Gibson Les Paul bass I had in the '90s. Can't remember for sure, but maybe the Les Paul was "Heritage Cherry". The Thunderbird does change colors a bit in different lighting, but really is a deep cherry color (almost "Black Cherry").

I have to experiment a bit with the strap to figure out the most comfortable playing position for me. I was playing along with some CDs (yes, I still have CDs!) and trying different tone settings on different songs. Lots of tonal choices, and that tone knob is very responsive!

Thanks! Sure, sign me up! And thanks to all for the nice comments...

Shoot! I still have cassettes!

 

[GBassNorth]

That's not all that just fits in a Smart Car.

That Smart Car driver needs to step on up to this...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Shoot! I still have cassettes!

found some 78s in a box of stuff the other day..

 

[GonePlaid]

found some 78s in a box of stuff the other day..

Got a closet full o' 78s and 33s of my folks taste in music. Mostly big band and easy listening. some of it may be worth something.

 

[GBassNorth]

Shoot! I still have cassettes!

I still have 78rpm records from the early 1900's and a fairly rare portable crank up Victrola to play them on. Still a few cassettes and even an 8track or two laying around the house but nothing to play them on. CDs are still in good standing in this home, have many and still played frequently.

 

[Gaolee]

That Smart Car driver needs to step on up to this...

I did the jumping thing in a 1965 GMC 3/4 ton pickup with no good parts. It ran, and it had a bed full of concrete tools. I was coming home from a jobsite down a hill that had flattened areas where side streets intersected with the main road down the hill. A battered pickup can get mostly airborne. And, God does indeed look after idiots. Nothing bad happened, even though it should have broken every bit of the remaining functional steering gear that old pickup still had. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Then I did it. Then it seemed like a really bad idea and I slowed way down, such that the brakes in that piece of junk would let me.

I also had a '73 MGB GT that I could get mostly airborne and sideways over a couple railroad crossings. That was fun. Motorcycles don't count.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I did the jumping thing in a 1965 GMC 3/4 ton pickup with no good parts. It ran, and it had a bed full of concrete tools. I was coming home from a jobsite down a hill that had flattened areas where side streets intersected with the main road down the hill. A battered pickup can get mostly airborne. And, God does indeed look after idiots. Nothing bad happened, even though it should have broken every bit of the remaining functional steering gear that old pickup still had. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Then I did it. Then it seemed like a really bad idea and I slowed way down, such that the brakes in that piece of junk would let me.

There was an elevated railroad crossing I used to enjoy hitting in my stripped out 66 Econoline.
There was an elevated pedestrian crossing one of the Ga Tech shuttle drivers would hit at speed on late night runs if we asked; we'd all bonk our heads on the roof. I'm sure it violated all sorts of rules and definitely stressed that poor bus! That driver was an identical twin. His brother also drove and was a somewhat dour, risk-averse type.
I used to jump all kinds of stuff on my bikes. Best I did was over 20 feet through the air on my old Yamaha 80 into a sand pit. Nearly wiped out the time I landed front tire first. That was hairy.

 

[Gaolee]

There was an elevated railroad crossing I used to enjoy hitting in my stripped out 66 Econoline.
There was an elevated pedestrian crossing one of the Ga Tech shuttle drivers would hit at speed on late night runs if we asked; we'd all bonk our heads on the roof. I'm sure it violated all sorts of rules and definitely stressed that poor bus! That driver was an identical twin. His brother also drove and was a somewhat dour, risk-averse type.
I used to jump all kinds of stuff on my bikes. Best I did was over 20 feet through the air on my old Yamaha 80 into a sand pit. Nearly wiped out the time I landed front tire first. That was hairy.

Being male and young means doing all kinds of dumb things because they seem like a good idea until it's a little too late. And maybe doing them again to see if survival was a fluke or not. It gets a little better with age.

 

[fasterpussycat]

CDs are still in good standing in this home, have many and still played frequently.

Still buy CDs, rip them to flac format and put them in the cupboard.

A few years ago my 10+yr old audiophile CD player developed a tracking problem and after a year and numerous trips to the authorised repairer I gave in and decided to buy a new one. I went back to the bloke I bought the CD player off and his recommendation was not to bother with a CD transport and instead to replace it with a nice DAC and a streamer. Works for us. I still like to have the actual CD though.

Classical music is different, as the labels offer direct downloads in lossless format. There were some happy fun times trawling through catalogs...

 

[BklynKen]

Still buy CDs, rip them to flac format and put them in the cupboard.

A few years ago my 10+yr old audiophile CD player developed a tracking problem and after a year and numerous trips to the authorised repairer I gave in and decided to buy a new one. I went back to the bloke I bought the CD player off and his recommendation was not to bother with a CD transport and instead to replace it with a nice DAC and a streamer. Works for us. I still like to have the actual CD though.

Classical music is different, as the labels offer direct downloads in lossless format. There were some happy fun times trawling through catalogs...

Until all the digital offerings supply liner notes and such, I can't take it too seriously. Plus I still prefer the ritual of actually putting an album on, be it CD or vinyl.

 

[Gaolee]

I still buy vinyl. Having a record player and a place to put records is a joy. So is the ritual of handling a record by its edges and label, cleaning it, and gently lowering the needle by hand. It's also a way to mark the passage of time. A record side is between 20 minutes and a half hour.

My son was indoctrinated into this, but he's in remission for now. When he's old, like me, maybe he will enjoy the zen of records. I know he's interested in vinyl, but he doesn't have a place for them or a turntable.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Being male and young means doing all kinds of dumb things because they seem like a good idea until it's a little too late. And maybe doing them again to see if survival was a fluke or not. It gets a little better with age.

Sometimes. Other times you just get a little more skilled. Or deader.

 

[PillO]

Still buy CDs, rip them to flac format and put them in the cupboard.

A few years ago my 10+yr old audiophile CD player developed a tracking problem and after a year and numerous trips to the authorised repairer I gave in and decided to buy a new one. I went back to the bloke I bought the CD player off and his recommendation was not to bother with a CD transport and instead to replace it with a nice DAC and a streamer. Works for us. I still like to have the actual CD though.

Classical music is different, as the labels offer direct downloads in lossless format. There were some happy fun times trawling through catalogs...

1. How many FLACs can you get in the cupboard?

2. Audiophile CD player? I thought that real audiophiles turned up their high bit rate noses at 44.1kHz sample rates and 24 bits.

I have significantly decreased CD purchases since subscribing to streaming. The sound quality of streaming is very good - as good as CD (if you are a subscriber and thus get the high sample rate and bit depth). It has allowed me to be far more experimental in my listening and I have discovered artists that I probably wouldn't have otherwise. The monthly subscription fee is less than I would otherwise spend on CDs annually. However, I have eclectic tastes so there are still CDs I buy because they are not available streaming (or I worry that they won't always be).

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Well, check the sig line:
Being a member of the Tbird club led me to hate Tbirds so much that I sold mine and fled the club. The narrow minded immaturity toward Fender is astonishing and gross.

Don't know what happened to create that attitude. But, I can't imagine any way that what someone says about something I enjoy that would make me not enjoy it. Of course, I am a misanthrope so I care very little about what people say. As I put it, I hate people although there are individuals of whom I am quite fond.

saw that (all10 times) hence my post...

 

[PillO]

1. How many FLACs can you get in the cupboard?

2. Audiophile CD player? I thought that real audiophiles turned up their high bit rate noses at 44.1kHz sample rates and 24 bits.

I have significantly decreased CD purchases since subscribing to streaming. The sound quality of streaming is very good - as good as CD (if you are a subscriber and thus get the high sample rate and bit depth). It has allowed me to be far more experimental in my listening and I have discovered artists that I probably wouldn't have otherwise. The monthly subscription fee is less than I would otherwise spend on CDs annually. However, I have eclectic tastes so there are still CDs I buy because they are not available streaming (or I worry that they won't always be).

And Taylor Swift is available on streaming now, so there is that...

 

[BklynKen]

I am a total sucker for those Antigua Fenders.