Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

Look what I found! USD470 with Hipshot bridge and hardshell case. At some point it will get black, lightweight tuners, and I'm going to cover the pickup with black vinyl.

[Update: just realised it has Schaller strap pins too! It was almost theft at that price]

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Score!

There are black JC pickups (with a matching ring) your local Epiphone dealer can order one as a repair part. Don't know what the cost would be... I suspect that there are many out there who have done that swap.

 

[PillO]

The first order of business was removing the (white) pickguard. Next was putting on abalone speed knobs.

Plugged it in and thought 'bugger me, that's a hot pickup' ... the realised the cats had turned the amp's gain up to 100%.

It is a hot pickup as well. Easy to drive the front of the amp.

 

[PillO]

Saw this over on the FB group...
Edwards (by ESP) Japan Thunderbird Style Bass (Black) w/ESP Pickups | eBay
It's cool, but after the requisite short gestation period, doesn't resonate so much. Just my mileage...

I could never own that, let alone play it. I would be too busy "ahem"ing that lower horn. Ahem.

 

[Engle]

Look what I found! USD470 with Hipshot bridge and hardshell case. At some point it will get black, lightweight tuners, and I'm going to cover the pickup with black vinyl.

[Update: just realised it has Schaller strap pins too! It was almost theft at that price]

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Nice! And came with a case by the look of it!

 

[Engle]

It is a hot pickup as well. Easy to drive the front of the amp.

I was recording with mine on Saturday. I had to bring the gain on my PF50T down to about 9:30 to keep it clean.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I'm going to put flats on my EB3 This weekend...however what are the rumbles?

Fender Rumble bass amps. Amazing little monsters.

 

[TerribleTim68]

Saw Joe here. Took the wife for our anniversary--$75 each. Most horrible sounding concert I've ever been to. Ungodly loud for a small theater. Could have filled a 20k seat venue with more sound than necessary. I almost went over to the sound guy and said, "You know that sounds like crap, right?" My wife wanted to leave. It's a sin to charge that kind of money and have sound that horrible. Even wrote his website and venue. No response whatsoever.

Wow, that's crazy. We saw him in Seattle at the Paramount. We had floor seats, and not under the balcony either, so we were fairly close. The sound was amazing for the venue that day.

 

[lowend1]

I saw Wet Willie's singer Jimmy Hall open for Kansas at my first concert in Nashville. He had a hit with "I'm happy that love has found you" but then kind of disappeared, at least from my radar. He had a female drummer that I thought was hot (but that could have been my teenage hormones) and his brother played bass. Only songs I remember are Keep on Smiling and that love song but he was entertaining.

Jimmy has been working with Jeff Beck on and off since the 80s. I saw Jeff last summer and Jimmy was on vocals - well, the part of Jeff's set that has singing, anyhow. He still sounds great.

 

[Engle]

Hey my first music video is now on YouTube (with Thunderbird content):

 

[MCF]

Hey my first music video is now on YouTube (with Thunderbird content):

Cool! But needs more Bird views, less Strat.

 

[BklynKen]

The first order of business was removing the (white) pickguard. Next was putting on abalone speed knobs.

Plugged it in and thought 'bugger me, that's a hot pickup' ... the realised the cats had turned the amp's gain up to 100%.

Those are some cats I'd hang with.

 

[Engle]

Cool! But needs more Bird views, less Strat.

Agreed. If I was in charge the Bird would also have been more growly and higher in the mix

 

[BklynKen]

Hey my first music video is now on YouTube (with Thunderbird content):

Sounds great. I love the guitarist's tone. Sounds more Les Paul than Strat to me.

 

[gaffster]

Hey my first music video is now on YouTube (with Thunderbird content):

That's badass....Singer gives me that Annie Lennox vibe. Thunderbirds look good on camera.

 

[GonePlaid]

whoo hoo !!! Great work !

Agreed!

 

[GonePlaid]

Look what I found! USD470 with Hipshot bridge and hardshell case. At some point it will get black, lightweight tuners, and I'm going to cover the pickup with black vinyl.

[Update: just realised it has Schaller strap pins too! It was almost theft at that price]

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AWRIGHT!!

 

[JJR58]

Sound guys sit there looking at their lights, meters, etc. with their headphones on and think it sounds great. Take the damn headphones off and hear what the crowd is hearing.

That's as good as one asleep at the board, had that happen once.

 

[GonePlaid]

Saw this over on the FB group...
Edwards (by ESP) Japan Thunderbird Style Bass (Black) w/ESP Pickups | eBay
It's cool, but after the requisite short gestation period, doesn't resonate so much. Just my mileage...

Or for ~$2-300 more get a Gibby.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Just picked up my first bird, a Goth in good condition off of CL. Can I get a number please?

 

[GonePlaid]

Hey my first music video is now on YouTube (with Thunderbird content):