Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

wonder if the extra wood makes a difference...

probably the additional electronics.

 

[Gaolee]

Model One™ | DiMarzio
Model One™ | DiMarzio

Those are just about my favorite pickups. They are nothing like Gibson Mudbuckers, and aren't a whole lot like Thunderbird pickups. No matter, they are fantastic pickups.

 

[Gaolee]

Are you venturing to go where most ThunderBird players dare not go?

Flats on a 'Bird, tapes on a 'Bird, rounds on a 'Bird. All good. It's the on a 'Bird part that is key.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

probably the additional electronics.

like leakage and stuff like that?

 

[Gaolee]

For raggae bass - I would grab my (short-scale/2-singles/flats) '66 Teisco Del Rey for really phat pillowy bass with the tone rolled off - big things come in small packages!

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World's longest short scale bass guitar.

 

[Gaolee]

The Gremlin was more fun to drive... The Pacer has an irony factor - especially if painted with a goldfish theme or with a long submarine sandwich in the back.

I had a 1992 Honda Civic hatchback. It looked like a Pacer in a lot of ways. It's a toddler with a big diaper look they share.

 

[Gaolee]

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Says the man who owns all but about three of the NR Thunderbirds ever made. This means it's truth.

 

[JIO]

World's longest short scale bass guitar.

struth

 

[FlyingPigSound]

2018 Gibson RD Artist bass showed up today! What a beast! Will put my strings on and give it a full run through tonight...

 

[Gaolee]

The JC in its case is quite light so wasn't too much of a drag getting it up the hill (always UP the hill) to the station. But getting it to the rehearsal space and back would no fun at all.

The Mod should carry it for you. He has to earn those shoes.

 

[TerribleTim68]

...Our cities are built around cars not people, but I think slowly more and more people are going car free. Maybe one day half the roads will be dug up and turned into parks or gardens.

As a guy who loves the car culture and often rides his motorcycle for pleasure, I feel like we're in an interesting place in history regarding the automobile. The older generations who equated the automobile with freedom are slowly dying off and the younger generations don't have that same connection to the automobile. Times they are a-changin'. Motorsports are slowly dying, and that includes things like NHRA and NASCAR. It's a slow change, but the culture of this world is changing, make no mistake about it.

 

[godofthunder59]

My Siggy bass by Cataldo Basses, one Thunderbucker is plenty.

 

[TBird1958]

Hey! Subies are cool too!

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Lots of Subie love here!

The four green things.

 

[Butcherboy]

The JC in its case is quite light so wasn't too much of a drag getting it up the hill (always UP the hill) to the station. But getting it to the rehearsal space and back would no fun at all.

....gigbags are perfect for public transport....the (semi) hollow bodies may cause problems... Cataldo was out on rehearsal yesterday in a 7ender gigbag...

 

[TerribleTim68]

Lots of Subie love here!

The four green things.
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Love me some pointy headstocks!!!!

 

[fasterpussycat]

....gigbags are perfect for public transport....the (semi) hollow bodies may cause problems... Cataldo was out on rehearsal yesterday in a 7ender gigbag...

I have a Warwick Rockbag which is fine for my Cataldos. The others are only allowed out in their cases.

 

[TerribleTim68]

I don't even have a case my bird fits in.

 

[MCF]

I love to hate cobalt flats.

Carry on...

I was thinking of you when playing the ‘15 with cobalts Tuesday night. Still as smooth as the very smooth chromes on my P.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I love to hate cobalt flats.

Carry on...

I was thinking of you when playing the ‘15 with cobalts Tuesday night. Still as smooth as the very smooth chromes on my P.

I was thinking of him the other day when I was playing my RS66s and they were trying to destroy my fingers.

 

[Butcherboy]

I have a Warwick Rockbag which is fine for my Cataldos. The others are only allowed out in their cases.

....for the “others” (thunderbirds) I use the Big T Heavy Bass gigbag...explorer shaped, but fits rev and non rev birds.... my epiphone rivoli sleeps in his JC case, no gigbag....​