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Thunderbird Club

Thanks. But thats a bad pic. I’m no JJR. It’s bluer in good light. But for a bass that wasn’t expensive at all when it was first sold in ‘07, it is truly wonderful.

Oh, I thought it was aged Pelham Blue... or Inverness green... warm lighting on Pelham blue - still nice.
 
Sorry @Miles_ONeal my answer isn’t that clear.
(I’ve been sick and my head isn’t working well. The smoke from all these bushfires has knocked me over).

Anyway I’d say the Gibson’s have a wider tonal range yet still on the dark/deep side. I like them.
You all made the national news here with your fires and weather. Sounds just like Cali. Be safe and stay inside playing your THUNDERBIRD!
 
I'm with you - I watch some basketball, some baseball, some soccer, some Olympics, the Tour de France for sure, and that's about the extent of my interest. Not by myself ever - usually with friends who are into those sports, except cycling... will always watch cycling.
We're not all the same. I'm a native Miamian so of course my favorite spectator sport is hockey.:wacky:
 
If you’re special, so am I:thumbsup:
I have very little interest in any sports. I can watch hockey and understand/enjoy it, actually used to listen to games when driving, but I don’t really care.
I mainly care if I know someone on a team. I enjoy the World Cup. That’s about all I can sports.
 
It emulates the original Gibson Firebird with one pu and no whammy-bar - I saw one played live many years ago by John Hyatts' lead guitarist (?) and thought it looked so right.
Granted, these aren't matched to size & scale, and there could be somewhat of an optical illusion due to camera angle, etc. But man, there just seems like a TON more lumber there than there needs to be on the green one vs. my Firebird (which doesn't suffer from neck dive... remembuh, it's a gitah, kehd :thumbsup:

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Not ours!!!
The guy that's doing our sound now has a lot of technical knowledge but doesn't seem to understand what music sounds like or should sound like (I realize there are some subjectivity here). And doesn't seem interested in what the musicians playing it think they should sound like. My bass has a very small thin sound in the mains. This is why I won't give up my Ampeg head and 410 Heritage cabinet! I'm waiting for an opportunity to have somebody else play bass and I can go out and listen for a minute. I am looking for an opportunity to ask the sound guy, "Is there a reason my bass doesn't sound like my bass in the FOH?"