Rics are great too....So are Ps, Rays, and good ‘ol Foundations. It is, after all, in the hands. But a bird in the hands is the best!Remember, you are talking to someone who has a Ric as well...
I'm well versed in folks opinions...
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Thunderbird Club
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It's a 2010 4003 in MID. It was my first "expensive" bass, which means the first one I paid more than 1K for.
I bought it sight unseen and unplayed from Musicians Friend who price matched a quote from another retailer. This was about 5 months before MF blew out all the MID"s they had, which didn't really bother me as I love the way mine plays and feels.
It's my one bass that I'll probably never part with even though lately my spector and now my TBird get the bulk of gigging duties.
Thanks for asking btw.
Well with the talk of H/Lpass filters, I just bought a used BBE Sonic Maximize from online. Very curious as to what this thing will do and how to set it as well.
I so want this...Remember, you are talking to someone who has a Ric as well...
I'm well versed in folks opinions...
...although it's not truly a Ric.
Wow! Thats awesome!
All the cool kids play a white TBird. Leon Wilkenson, Watts, @JJR58, me of the top of my head. Well, I used to be cool.But do have two white Thunderbirds!
And...@Tbird1958!
Is there a color our Queen doesn’t have?
This is a THUNDERBIRD! (From Hopdoddy.)
Body of organic chicken, set neck of bacon, green strap, gluten-free case. I managed some very tasty licks. Even less expensive that a gutted, broken Goth THUNDERBIRD.
Body of organic chicken, set neck of bacon, green strap, gluten-free case. I managed some very tasty licks. Even less expensive that a gutted, broken Goth THUNDERBIRD.
For that $, I'd buy another eppi VP instead...
Him indoors got quite excited about it and I had to explain that 4005s are both rare and expensive, there won't even be any on eBay, here I'll show you .... and there was an actual 4005 for sale about 5 minutes away. That's all my lottery ticket luck used up then.
That 4005 knock off is almost insulting. My Ric days are behind me. The only not-Thunderbird bass I really want is a Jack Casady. Precisions are good, but that's what the JAEbird is for.
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Blue, I need blue, and maybe something in a checkerboard.
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All the cool kids play a white TBird. Leon Wilkenson, Watts, @JJR58, me of the top of my head. Well, I used to be cool.
And...@Tbird1958!
I play a white `bird. @JJR58 plays one. Assuming you are running stats on this, your p is clearly less than one, and may not be much more than 0.5.*
* for those not well versed in statistics and the binomial distribution, the p of a binomial distribution is the probability of an outcome. If the probability is 0.5, then the tested condition is as likely to be untrue as it is to be true.**
** for those still needing clarification, @JJR and I are not cool, and we have white Thunderbirds. The hypothesis that cool people play white Thunderbirds may not be testing as true.***
*** Thunderbirds are cool, but there are people who are not cool who play them also. Perhaps the player is not the best way to judge a Thunderbird.
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All the cool kids play a white TBird. Leon Wilkenson, Watts, @JJR58, me of the top of my head. Well, I used to be cool.
And...@Tbird1958!
EEErrrmmmm............. #2
If memory serves (and it might not) "mudbuckers" usually refers to the sidewinder pickup
Not the Thunderbird humbuckers which are a more traditional humbucker design.
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FWIW, I think 'mudbuckers" sound great. They bring an unmistakable rumble.
I have two....... For nowAll the cool kids play a white TBird. Leon Wilkenson, Watts, @JJR58, me of the top of my head. Well, I used to be cool.
And...@Tbird1958!
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If memory serves (and it might not) "mudbuckers" usually refers to the sidewinder pickup
Not the Thunderbird humbuckers which are a more traditional humbucker design.
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FWIW, I think 'mudbuckers" sound great. They bring an unmistakable rumble.
Yes, mostly correct although 70's T-birds also had sidewinder pu's in the standard T-bird IV positions. "mud"-buckers and standard Seth Lover humbuckers are at the end of the day both hum-cancelling pu's. When any version of these pu's were hugging the neck heel they were truly "mud-buckers" due to the low tone pu position. 70's Tele bass also had one SL bucker very near the "mud" position. It's not uncommon to see them modded with another pu (P or J) to get some mid-definition. Also - in that period many players modded their P's and J's by adding a mud-bucker at the neck heal for more low-tones. That was back when they were going through Acoustic's with 18" drivers, or a series of 15" drivers for the same reason - more bass!
Back when bass players played BASS and not treble!
