Thunderbird Club

[FlyingPigSound]

this felt way more expensive than it is..very nice..
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True! Love my Jackbass!
(My Gibby T-bird is #1)

 

[FlyingPigSound]

I tried one of those at my local L&M. Strings felt good. Didn't like the rest. Body too thick.

Agreed. I played one a Chicago Music Exchange this past summer. It was a looker but sounded terrible. Oddly the E strong was killer and A D and G were beyond help...

 

[Border]

Thanks much for the recommendations of places in the Peoria area. Paid a visit to this one and enjoyed talking with the gentleman there. Very knowledgable and interesting perspective. Bought a new sets of strings. Liked but did not buy a nice 5 string G&L that was surprisingly light. 70 some degrees here today.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

You're killin me, we're into our 150 shades of gray season here, of course it's broken up by darkness...…...

you mean like when the bright multicolored homes all look the same color?...

 

[TBird1958]

We do Working for the Weekend and the Kid is Hot Tonight (which is kind of hilarious), and they're audience light-ups.
I've never liked them... funny what becomes a hit for you.

We open our second set with "Workin' for the Weekend" fills the dance floor, always a crowd fave.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

We do Working for the Weekend and the Kid is Hot Tonight (which is kind of hilarious), and they're audience light-ups.
I've never liked them... funny what becomes a hit for you.

Pick any three top 40 type hits in a genre you get paid to play- that you don’t care for- and it’s very likely at least one will be a crowd pleaser.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I tried one of those at my local L&M. Strings felt good. Didn't like the rest. Body too thick.

definitely looks better than it plays..

 

[fasterpussycat]

Top 40

 

[Mvf]

Top 40

I know the drummer! Today he is solo, making his own music and singing in finnish. Saw him at one of his troubadour gigs a few weeks ago.

 

[Count Bassie]

I love it! Who did the artwork?

Thanks. A friend who was in art school. She's since graduated and has been getting some commissions.
This one'll never leave, and it's a sweetie of a player.

 

[Count Bassie]

Top 40

Well, those folks put some work into that! They're pretty good- and fairly scary looking, as that kind of thing goes. The dude's voice made my throat feel a little funny...

 

[fasterpussycat]

I know the drummer! Today he is solo, making his own music and singing in finnish. Saw him at one of his troubadour gigs a few weeks ago.

Small world ... and that's so long ago now. It was a couple of notches above the usual Eurovision winning material.

 

[MCF]

That general body shape started with the Fender Jazzmaster and Jaguar and became one of the most copied guitar shapes since.

Right. But I was thinking more of the bridge location to make it a short scale.

 

[Larry V]

Monster Truck - I saw them last summer (they are local) and everyone had told me that it is a band I would like. And I hated them. Mids- especially high mids - that felt like an ice pick being pounded into my skull with a 14oz claw hammer. There are a number of Canadian bass players that are using Traynors. Sheepdogs & Sloan to name two.

Shouldn't your hammer be in kilos? .4 kilo claw hammer, eh?

 

[Bassmike62]

We do Working for the Weekend and the Kid is Hot Tonight (which is kind of hilarious), and they're audience light-ups.
I've never liked them... funny what becomes a hit for you.

We open our second set with "Workin' for the Weekend" fills the dance floor, always a crowd fave.

Indeed. We have it towards the end of the 1st set, right after Crue's version of Smokin in the boys room. Both crowd and band love that song.

 

[Bassmike62]

It's true there are more distortion/fuzz/overdrive pedals than any other by a long shot. It's probably because it can create a voice for a guitarist/bass player. A lot of the other pedals 'effect' what's being played, but D/F/O's are like the timbre of someones voice; is is high pitched, raspy, aggressive, smooth, etc. Pushing them with high-gain amps and various driver combinations is what makes these pedals even more expressive, and why certain ones do this and others do that. They don't "turn your sound into ____", they enhance your voice! Once I understood this it makes perfect sense why they are the most popular and varied pedal. I have 2 on my pedal-board, both MXR; distortion on the d.i.+ and a bass fuzz deluxe.

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Nice board !
I owned both those pedals and liked them, specially that fuzz. Took me longer to get the distortion right, but when I did, it sounded great with the gear I had at the time (Fender Jazz through Ampegs via whatever board configuration I had at the time). Nowadays, my board is mostly tone-shaping, so not too much sexyness in there, but I don't need much effects in the current band. I use some reverb for Turn me loose's intro and that's pretty much it, apart from the VT being on most of the time. I tried so many dirt pedals, but always get back to this one.

 

[davelowell2]

So does this mean there’s no Non Reverse coming?

I guess that’s a good thing as I just bought a Vintage PRO...

 

[RexxRokket]

After some months without having played my tbird I have it back on track again. ''Someone'' let it fall off the stand and the nut was broken because of the hit. I took it to the luthier and got a new custom bone nut made and installed, new strings and an overall adjustment, now it feels, plays and sounds great. Finally, as surprised as I can be, the luthier set the 3PB in a way that I just have to adjust the neck in order to have a nice setup overall now.

Took the trussrod cover and the pickguard off, to me it looks more kickass this way.

 

[Count Bassie]

Well, those folks put some work into that! They're pretty good- and fairly scary looking, as that kind of thing goes. The dude's voice made my throat feel a little funny...

...the hat was a big plus.

 

[Count Bassie]

After some months without having played my tbird I have it back on track again. ''Someone'' let it fall off the stand and the nut was broken because of the hit. I took it to the luthier and got a new custom bone nut made and installed, new strings and an overall adjustment, now it feels, plays and sounds great. Finally, as surprised as I can be, the luthier set the 3PB in a way that I just have to adjust the neck in order to have a nice setup overall now.

Took the trussrod cover and the pickguard off, to me it looks more kickass this way.

I always thought the pickguard was a recognizable, signature look, part of the deal. But it's still kickass- it's a... wait for it...

THUNDERBIRD!!