Thunderbird Club

[Engle]

Didn't know such a thing existed, good to know.
Not sure how a JC + case weighs, but a TBird and its nest are certainly "a tad" heftier... ?

I have a JC and a VP. It’s not that big a weight difference.

 

[PillO]

I have a JC and a VP. It’s not that big a weight difference.

Bass or case?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

One with roundwounds and one with flats:
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Yep... Chromes on the left 66s on the right...

 

[Gaolee]

One with roundwounds and one with flats:
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Dude! Dangerous place to leave a pint!

 

[PillO]

Dude! Dangerous place to leave a pint!

Indeed. In my belly is the safest place for beer.

 

[JIO]

for Jeff

 

[Count Bassie]

for Jeff

That was pretty great, and classic.

 

[GBassNorth]

for Jeff

I always liked this one much better...

 

[GonePlaid]

Oh, don't say that. It comes across as incentive. I need self-control, not incentive.

We're here to enable, not discourage.

 

[GonePlaid]

 

[tom_t]

I've found that I need to set bass at 10(o'clock), low and high mid at 2, treble at 10-12.

My TBird is a 67 NR. I only use the neck pup. I think the pot on the bridge pup is NG, but since I never use it, I don't care. Tone is normally @ 7; 10 for punch if needed. Cobalt flats for strings. Flats on all 4 of my basses.

So today after I put my son for an afternoon nap I had some time to play with my Epi. I use headphones so the fun time could last little longer.
I set my amp the way you described and I really liked the sound. Then I kept this settings on my Rumble and started to play just with the knobs on a T-bird.
Wow... I just can't believe how many tones you can get from this bass. Just move any knob a bit and you get completely different sound. Very responsive and so versatile. I just love this bass more and more.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

That’s pretty much how I slap electric basses.

What's all this "slapping a bass" poppycock that you speak of?

 

[Engle]

Bass or case?

I meant the basses. The VP case is a big rectangle, so probably heavier than the JC case.

 

[Engle]

Dude! Dangerous place to leave a pint!

Livin on the edge!

 

[Engle]

What's all this "slapping a bass" poppycock that you speak of?

Poppycock indeed!
It comes from years of playing without a drummer and a few years of playing upright in an old school country band with no drummer did not help break me of the habit.
I tend to slap the strings against the fingerboard (with fingers, not thumb) wherever the snare hit usually is.
Usually it blends in. Depending on the tune/genre, I sometimes have to concentrate to not do it.

 

[Gaolee]

I always liked this one much better...

They are different. It's hard to say what I like better when it comes to things like this.

 

[Gaolee]

So today after I put my son for an afternoon nap I had some time to play with my Epi. I use headphones so the fun time could last little longer.
I set my amp the way you described and I really liked the sound. Then I kept this settings on my Rumble and started to play just with the knobs on a T-bird.
Wow... I just can't believe how many tones you can get from this bass. Just move any knob a bit and you get completely different sound. Very responsive and so versatile. I just love this bass more and more.

Clearly, it chose you. It's revealing what it can do. That's proof that you were meant to play a Thunderbird.

 

[Gaolee]

Poppycock indeed!
It comes from years of playing without a drummer and a few years of playing upright in an old school country band with no drummer did not help break me of the habit.
I tend to slap the strings against the fingerboard (with fingers, not thumb) wherever the snare hit usually is.
Usually it blends in. Depending on the tune/genre, I sometimes have to concentrate to not do it.

On the upright, it can be a slap down or a pull up or both, depending on what you are doing.



It would have been better if the video showed more of the right hand triplet technique, but you can hear what it's about and see a little of how it works.

 

[tom_t]

Clearly, it chose you. It's revealing what it can do. That's proof that you were meant to play a Thunderbird.

Wish I discovered it sooner. Would save me a lot of money. Better late than never though.

 

[GonePlaid]

They are different. It's hard to say what I like better when it comes to things like this.

OK, full disclosure-at the risk of incurring wrath. I'm not a Bowie fan-like some of his songs, never 'got with' his voice. I have no beef with those who like him, just not my cuppa. I'm sure some of my likes aren't the norm [NORM!], such as my affinity for "horn bands"-Ambergris, BS&T, Chase, Chicago, EWF, Pig Iron, 10 Wheel Drive, an all female band called Isis(unfortunate name choice-fine at the time), and a potful of others I can't think of at the moment. If Sirius/XM ever put on an all horn band channel, I'd be locked into it.
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