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Thunderbird Club

#13,642
Mike.C. said:
They are still for sale on the website but as Simon Gallup's signature bass. I think about getting the black one every other week.
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i've thought of getting that bass too cause i love the ultra (maybe some day :D ) but right now, i'm planning out a semi acoustic bass build (for the future) & it replicates - to an extent - Simon Gallup's Dick knight custom Semi hollow bass! His had 2 EMG HB pickups (18V power) & was a long scale, 34". I thought of using the same EMGs but after trying to find a way to have access to the batteries without having a box & at the same time preventing the batteries & wires to come in contact ( i figured if it's plugged in, batteries heat up, contact with wires will melt the plastic protection & BAM! connection lost), + at about 200$ for the set, i've gone passive (GFS Crunchy rails guitar humbuckers in white :P ) & it'll be a medium scale 32".

So my sorta tribute to Simon Gallup's Wish tour Bass tone :P
 
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#13,646
djaxup said:
Have you seen this nice Sandberg T-Bird? I know it is already around for a while, but I discovered it yesterday, and I certainly like what I see!

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Sandberg Forty Eight Sounds Demo
A link with some sound files, youtube has some more. I like it very much!

If you haven't checked it out yet, be sure to visit their Bass/Guitar configurator, the best of its kind that I've seen yet. I use it a lot to see if a certain color / pickguard combination would look good together:
Sandberg Configurator
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I played several versions of this bass at NAMM. It was very cool, but with the different pickup locations, and I believe different pickups (one "powerbucker," one split-coil), it definitely has its own vibe.
 
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EdO. said:
Destroying any good quality instrument just for the sake of "show" is just wrong. Sorry, it just is.
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I couldn't agree more - but doing it to a vintage bird really is a crying shame, considering the rather limited numbers made... A broken 7ender is just a drop in the ocean in comparison.

With only 1040 Reversed 60's, 718 NR 60's and 1855 Bicentennials they are pretty rate. And given the numbers owned by members of this club and the group on Facebook, we could almost track each and every one of those birds down... :)
 
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tomshepp said:
I'm sure there are some who don't mind seeing this happen to a 7ender ...........:roflmao:
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I'll destroy any affinity series Squier rather than a vintage or modern 7ender (unless i really hate the modern fender to the point where it causes problems on stage) :P

EdO. said:
Destroying any good quality instrument just for the sake of "show" is just wrong. Sorry, it just is.
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I'll agree, but in Simonon's defense, his was a fit of anger as i've said in a previous post in regards of the incident that gave us the infamous London Calling cover

hillerup said:
I couldn't agree more - but doing it to a vintage bird really is a crying shame, considering the rather limited numbers made... A broken 7ender is just a drop in the ocean in comparison.

With only 1040 Reversed 60's, 718 NR 60's and 1855 Bicentennials they are pretty rate. And given the numbers owned by members of this club and the group on Facebook, we could almost track each and every one of those birds down... :)
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We're bird watchers that's why we know where every one of them is or going to be (if it lands on us, then good for the book).
 
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Haha I like this.
 
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#13,660
hillerup said:
Thanks for posting...

Obviously I was misinformed - Since the bass is on display at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and not the Hard Rock Café, as I wrote in an previous post... :)
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I didn't notice your post. I simply remembered the bass being on display. Incredible how smashed up that thing is...... I mean, to split that maple neck like that, took some real force...
 
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