Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Very cool. Having never played a Longhorn I'm interested in hearing how they compare to my 2 Dano's. The bass player in this Dutch band rocked one and it sounds really ace in the mix. This is what mine sound like and why I love them.

"...where flies the falcon..." And my mind goes straight to the MCU.
Love the bass tone.

 

[JIO]

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He's playing your bass!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

ok....you can take this babe magnet out for a spin while i'm checking it out.....
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A different sort of Firebird.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

That's not our job. We encourage and enable.

Ok, I'll bite. My Classic Pro has the same 9-ply construction as the Gibson, using the same tone woods, the same USA Gibson pickups, and superior tuners and bridge ( arguably ). It sounds FANTASTIC, plays beautifully, balances extremely well and is light in weight. The bass, plus all the Hipshot hardware and Epi hardshell case cost $900 all in, brand new. All I'm missing is the nitro finish. Now it is clearly a modern T-bird, not a 60's, but it must be awful close in sound and feel to a modern T-BIRD. What makes the 60's T-birds better. I really want to know. Are they that much better? Also, are modern Gibson T-birds that much better than what I have? I am truly curious, and I in no way mean to scoff at all those who own the real deal - heck, I want one too! Convince me darn it!

 

[BklynKen]

Very cool. Having never played a Longhorn I'm interested in hearing how they compare to my 2 Dano's. The bass player in this Dutch band rocked one and it sounds really ace in the mix. This is what mine sound like and why I love them.

Interesting. Here's some cool little story behind Radar Love. Some old footage with the Longhorn and then some double neck Longhorn-type thing.

 

[PillO]

Seriously - that and phones - a big factor for any public performance today ; the constant staring at ones phone. Multi-tasking on steroids basically - experience diluting in my book. Being present in the moment where one is focused on the source of why you are standing there seems to be losing ground. The term zombie is pretty suitable to describe addicts of this trend. Making this point is beyond "get off my lawn" - it's real and it's everywhere and it has real effect on a society. It happens all across the country, but if you are in a metropolis like SF - you see it everywhere, all day long.

You will laugh at them when you learn how you can judge importance.

There are three levels of importance:

Not Important - constantly on the phone talking/texting/emailing because they think that they seem important because they have lots of people that need them.
Important - check their phone when it suits them and make appointments for phone calls because they need to manage their time and activity.
Very Important - never check their phone and appear to not even have one. Anyone that needs them knows what assistant to talk to and what to tell them to get attention.

The drones that are constantly on their phones and never in the moment are those that want others to think that they are special/important, but in reality, they are just drones.

 

[JIO]

Huh? What did you just say? I was checking my texts. . .

Maybe that's the next 'app' - when you are standing/sitting next to the person staring into their phone, your face can appear on their screen to talk with them! They'd suddenly engage with you.., as well as looking at the split-screen of other information.

 

[fasterpussycat]

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Not me. Always my salad.

 

[Engle]

FWIW there ways around "TBird neck dive" but let go of a EB3 neck & it's taking the express to China unless of course you want to put a strap pin in the peghead & even then...

My 67 EBO (short scale) is so light, neck dive isn’t an issue.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Very cool. Having never played a Longhorn I'm interested in hearing how they compare to my 2 Dano's. The bass player in this Dutch band rocked one and it sounds really ace in the mix. This is what mine sound like and why I love them.

Also, they're using a proper Les Paul. Before I switched to bass, I always planned to eventually get a 3 p/u Black Beauty. I never actually played a 3 p/u LP; I just loved the look. I'm sure I'd have found something to do with it.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Interesting. Here's some cool little story behind Radar Love. Some old footage with the Longhorn and then some double neck Longhorn-type thing.

That literally just popped up on YT after a couple of GE songs.

 

[Engle]

Seriously - that and phones - a big factor for any public performance today ; the constant staring at ones phone. Multi-tasking on steroids basically - experience diluting in my book. Being present in the moment where one is focused on the source of why you are standing there seems to be losing ground. The term zombie is pretty suitable to describe addicts of this trend. Making this point is beyond "get off my lawn" - it's real and it's everywhere and it has real effect on a society. It happens all across the country, but if you are in a metropolis like SF - you see it everywhere, all day long.

I stopped recording my daughter’s musical performances. I would rather experience the moment fully.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

He's playing your bass!

Yes cool. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Maybe that's the next 'app' - when you are standing/sitting next to the person staring into their phone, your face can appear on their screen to talk with them! They'd suddenly engage with you.., as well as looking at the split-screen of other information.

Genius! Maybe call it something like... Facetime?

 

[JIO]

You will laugh at them when you learn how you can judge importance.

There are three levels of importance:

Not Important - constantly on the phone talking/texting/emailing because they think that they seem important because they have lots of people that need them.
Important - check their phone when it suits them and make appointments for phone calls because they need to manage their time and activity.
Very Important - never check their phone and appear to not even have one. Anyone that needs them knows what assistant to talk to and what to tell them to get attention.

The drones that are constantly on their phones and never in the moment are those that want others to think that they are special/important, but in reality, they are just drones.

Good assessment - but at a certain point they really aren't in the real world anymore because its attraction is addictive. I heard a whole story about a clinic that helps 24-7 gamers deal with the real world, introducing social skills, being in the moment (w/o the game) and exploring nature. (the great outdoors)

I use "the real world" as a base concept - ones personal interpretation of visual and audio stimulation around them.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Seriously - that and phones - a big factor for any public performance today ; the constant staring at ones phone. Multi-tasking on steroids basically - experience diluting in my book. Being present in the moment where one is focused on the source of why you are standing there seems to be losing ground. The term zombie is pretty suitable to describe addicts of this trend. Making this point is beyond "get off my lawn" - it's real and it's everywhere and it has real effect on a society. It happens all across the country, but if you are in a metropolis like SF - you see it everywhere, all day long.

Yeah, iZombies. There's a new light rail (tram) network in central Sydney -- expecting plenty of dead and mangled iZombies there. I was walking down the escalator into the metro railway station yesterday. Every other person was standing transfixed by their little black mirror -- which is of course whence Charlie Brooker derived the name.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

He's playing your bass!

Hey the other guitar play is also playing a Dano!

 

[FlyingPigSound]

Ok, I'll bite. My Classic Pro has the same 9-ply construction as the Gibson, using the same tone woods, the same USA Gibson pickups, and superior tuners and bridge ( arguably ). It sounds FANTASTIC, plays beautifully, balances extremely well and is light in weight. The bass, plus all the Hipshot hardware and Epi hardshell case cost $900 all in, brand new. All I'm missing is the nitro finish. Now it is clearly a modern T-bird, not a 60's, but it must be awful close in sound and feel to a modern T-BIRD. What makes the 60's T-birds better. I really want to know. Are they that much better? Also, are modern Gibson T-birds that much better than what I have? I am truly curious, and I in no way mean to scoff at all those who own the real deal - heck, I want one too! Convince me darn it!

The Epi Classic Pro is a great bass...and very affordable...and it has many of the features of the more expensive Gibson Thunderbird.
A few differences...
-The Epi is only 7-ply, not 9-ply like the Gibson.
-The Gibson has a nitro finish
-The Gibson includes a hardshell case
I have a Gibson as my #1 (love, love, love the feel of a nitro finish), and the Epi Classic Pro as my backup (I teach and keep it in my classroom and try to find time during my lunch breaks to noodle)

 

[MCF]

All you guys are making me want to spring for an actual Gibson Thunderbird. Ah, the sweet vanilla smell of nitro. . . You all remember I AM retiring, right? And that I would have to cut my spending a bit ( this from the guy who just purchased Hipshot tuners and bridge for my Classic Pro, a Dano Longhorn and a Dano 59XT ). What to do? Somebody talk some sense into me!

My retirement plan is to by now before the income stream stops. So keep buying...

 

[JIO]

Genius! Maybe call it something like... Facetime?

ha! It wouldn't take long for it to lose its impact - it would end up just being another layer on a multi-focus platform. Like a person with Alzheimer, you'd recognize and respond to the face, and then forget who it is.