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Thunderbird Club

#14,521
mistergoats said:
I miss playing live. It's been over three years.

Have a great show @hillerup
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Thanks, man... Show went really well as you can see: :)

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#14,524
Bent77 said:
Well it was a great photo.
It's nice that your band is well represented on FB.
Lots of media and stuff
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Thanks mate... We try to use it as best as we can... :)

There will be more pictures coming from last night show in a couple of days - Our keyboard players girlfriend took about 300 photos in b/w and color, just needs for her to go through the best ones...
 
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My thought on the G3 70s Tribute which I posted elewhere.
Thought some of you would be interested.

"Well it has come through two outings in the last few days, strung with new Roto round nickels. The pleking allowed for a lovely low action and it intonated perfectly, even with a Gibson 3 pointer.
My thoughts in short= Great Bass and different, but in a good way! Several songs we do never sounded as good. Two examples at ends of the spectrum.
Best tone I have ever got on Under The Milky Way- laid back, full, mellow but articulate. We do I Kissed A Girl (I know- tragic song) and have never felt a P Bass was full enough- this thing killed it. Also we do several Divinyls songs which I think were recorded on a 70s P Bass- this thing does them better- it positively growls the house down on Pleasure and Pain and rings out on the chorus of All The Boys In Town like nothing I have been able to get before.
Surprisingly it reminds me of a Ric in some ways soundwise, although it definitely has it's own voice. Not Fendery at all, but not really like the common perceptions of Gibsons either. Definitely not mudbucker but also not like a Gibson with TB+s. Sounds nothing like a modern TBird.
A general observation is that it is very even between strings, being stronger in the mix all over the D and G strings than Fenders I am familiar with, apart from maybe, humbucker Telecaster Basses. Surprisingly again, the toggle switch doesn't make that much difference in the first two positions (neck and reverse wound and polarity middle VS all three pickups). Even the third position (bridge and middle) it is not that different to my ear- maybe a little thinner and snappier- maybe it is just my ear. It has more of everything than a Ric and has more bite and not prone to wooly, being quite clear, slices through in fact, I am a finger player and always find I have to be careful with my Ric or it can get boomy. This could be the bass that means I don't need a Ric any more.
I had read that these don't growl like the original G3s- this thing growls alright. Holy hell The original G3s must growl like nothing else.
The ergonomics are good and she balances pretty well. The neck is very comfortable- similar to a mid width P Bass.
I liked how well and easily the body finish cleaned up after sweating on it for 4 hours. Neck not sticky at all, even after liberally applying sweat for 4 hours.
All in all, another really good bass Gibson developed and then walked away from.
What goes on at that company?
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#14,527
veebass said:
My thought on the G3 70s Tribute which I posted elewhere.
Thought some of you would be interested.

"Well it has come through two outings in the last few days, strung with new Roto round nickels. The pleking allowed for a lovely low action and it intonated perfectly, even with a Gibson 3 pointer.
My thoughts in short= Great Bass and different, but in a good way! Several songs we do never sounded as good. Two examples at ends of the spectrum.
Best tone I have ever got on Under The Milky Way- laid back, full, mellow but articulate. We do I Kissed A Girl (I know- tragic song) and have never felt a P Bass was full enough- this thing killed it. Also we do several Divinyls songs which I think were recorded on a 70s P Bass- this thing does them better- it positively growls the house down on Pleasure and Pain and rings out on the chorus of All The Boys In Town like nothing I have been able to get before.
Surprisingly it reminds me of a Ric in some ways soundwise, although it definitely has it's own voice. Not Fendery at all, but not really like the common perceptions of Gibsons either. Definitely not mudbucker but also not like a Gibson with TB+s. Sounds nothing like a modern TBird.
A general observation is that it is very even between strings, being stronger in the mix all over the D and G strings than Fenders I am familiar with, apart from maybe, humbucker Telecaster Basses. Surprisingly again, the toggle switch doesn't make that much difference in the first two positions (neck and reverse wound and polarity middle VS all three pickups). Even the third position (bridge and middle) it is not that different to my ear- maybe a little thinner and snappier- maybe it is just my ear. It has more of everything than a Ric and has more bite and not prone to wooly, being quite clear, slices through in fact, I am a finger player and always find I have to be careful with my Ric or it can get boomy. This could be the bass that means I don't need a Ric any more.
I had read that these don't growl like the original G3s- this thing growls alright. Holy hell The original G3s must growl like nothing else.
The ergonomics are good and she balances pretty well. The neck is very comfortable- similar to a mid width P Bass.
I liked how well and easily the body finish cleaned up after sweating on it for 4 hours. Neck not sticky at all, even after liberally applying sweat for 4 hours.
All in all, another really good bass Gibson developed and then walked away from.
What goes on at that company?
no.gif
"
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Great review! :)
 
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I'm possibly going to upgrade my red bird pickups. At practice, there wasn't very much definition in the stock ones & they were very boomy. Not much high clarity, they aren't muddy persay but of all my basses, they aren't the clearest. Been looking at options & i'm leaning towards the EMG TBHZ pickups. clear, crisp tones as far as i can tell from youtube demos (simon gallup signature ultra bass). & maybe if i'd want a bit more tone freedom, i'll look into an onboard eq (probably just a two band). gonna find a way to keep the kill switch too cause it's a good feature to have without having to mess with the overall controls.
 
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#14,532
Plake said:
Hey! Thunderbird club...would it kill you people to put a non reverse in the classifieds every once in a while??:):):D:D
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We keep selling them to each other. Kinda have our own thing going on here in our little world. Once in a while we will venture out into the General Population to either stir the proverbial shti pot or to dispell some neck dive propoganda. Oh and there is an overpriced non reverse Epi on FleaBay. ;):D
 
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#14,538
Hercules? The body is irrelevant to one of those. They work really well, and the mechanism seems to hold up far better than any other kind of latching stand. I have another one that has a brand I can't remember. It works the same way, but over the years, the mechanism has not held up well. Hercules are a little more expensive, but they don't fail. Another bonus - I have had a 1968 (+/-) EB-2 stored on one with no apparent finish issues. So Hercules seems to have got the nitro thing right, too.

Given a choice, that's what I would go with.
 
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#14,539
Gaolee said:
Hercules? The body is irrelevant to one of those. They work really well, and the mechanism seems to hold up far better than any other kind of latching stand. I have another one that has a brand I can't remember. It works the same way, but over the years, the mechanism has not held up well. Hercules are a little more expensive, but they don't fail. Another bonus - I have had a 1968 (+/-) EB-2 stored on one with no apparent finish issues. So Hercules seems to have got the nitro thing right, too.

Given a choice, that's what I would go with.
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Thanks. That's great to hear. Exactly which stand are you talking about?
 

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