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Thunderbird Club

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Hey Thunderloverz, it has been a long tine since the last time I joined here. This time im going to share some old video playing a cover song with my Tbird, enjoy! (No interface or pedals involved here, I just used a 1$ adapter to go from a cable of 6.3mm to 3.5mm in order to be able to plug it on my PC's soundcard. So... what you hear is the pure sound of my bird ha!)

 
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RexxRokket said:
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Hey Thunderloverz, it has been a long tine since the last time I joined here. This time im going to share some old video playing a cover song with my Tbird, enjoy! (No interface or pedals involved here, I just used a 1$ adapter to go from a cable of 6.3mm to 3.5mm in order to be able to plug it on my PC's soundcard. So... what you hear is the pure sound of my bird ha!)

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The video was out of synch on my cell phone, but it sounded good!

I find that the naked tone of my Classic IV is pretty agressive to begin with. I usually like to add a little distortion/overdrive with my Fender-type basses, but with the Bird, I just set the gain at 12:00 or so and boost the mids and highs on my amp.
 
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Mosstone said:
The video was out of synch on my cell phone, but it sounded good!

I find that the naked tone of my Classic IV is pretty agressive to begin with. I usually like to add a little distortion/overdrive with my Fender-type basses, but with the Bird, I just set the gain at 12:00 or so and boost the mids and highs on my amp.
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Nowadays I do pretty much the same when doing the eq with my Classic IV, plus I like to use this lil' device I got here:

Sansamp ParaDriver DI V2

Sansamp ParaDriver DI V2


With that thing you get the same sound that you may get from a Gibby (imo)
 
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I talked to GC today and they said they made the request and are waiting for a response from Gibson for a lefty Bird, would you believe I may have the option of Gibbo or Epi? May I echo the observation made on this fine forum that the Epi Thunderbird Classic IV Pro is the best bang for the buck, nearly identical to the standard Gibbo, even if I had the choice it would be hard to pass that up at a fraction of the cost ya know? Meanwhile anxiously awaiting the near completion of Epi Pro 5 metamorphisis!!
Stay Tuned....
 
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RexxRokket said:
Thanks!, btw do you have that pic where you show all your thunderbirds at the same garage? I saw it some time ago and I would like to see that again =)
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Here's a something from last Summer that I shot because I got a new Subaru (still have old one too!), it's an ok shot but I'm going to try again this year as the weather warms up.

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TwyreZ said:
Beautiful

Haaa....... the Non reverse ! I sold my Gibson RD Novoselic to buy mine and I do not regret at all ... There has not been much and to get one now, it's pretty difficult.
And of course : Killer Tone !

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I think I'll install the Hipshot tailpiece on mine.
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That would probably look great...

Now you just need to swap the tone pot and output jack, so the controls are in line like the original 60's birds were.... :)
 
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TBird1958 said:
Here's a something from last Summer that I shot because I got a new Subaru (still have old one too!), it's an ok shot but I'm going to try again this year as the weather warms up.

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Fantastic collection!

Would this be the right order?:

1 x Lull, 5 x Gibsons, 1 x Jackson, 1 x Greco, 1 x ???, 1 x bastardized Epiphone, 1 x Burny..?

I can't make out what make number three from the right in Seafoam Green is....
 
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TwyreZ said:
:D I had the same observation, unfortunately the wires are too short.
I wanted to do it a few times, I'll prepared everything on the table until I realized that I have no longer tin wire...

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It also lacks the chrome pickups...
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Yes obviously... But you could just change the covers and add a pickup ring to the bridge pickup - But better buy some tin wire first... ;)
 
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StephnG said:
I talked to GC today and they said they made the request and are waiting for a response from Gibson for a lefty Bird, would you believe I may have the option of Gibbo or Epi? May I echo the observation made on this fine forum that the Epi Thunderbird Classic IV Pro is the best bang for the buck, nearly identical to the standard Gibbo, even if I had the choice it would be hard to pass that up at a fraction of the cost ya know? Meanwhile anxiously awaiting the near completion of Epi Pro 5 metamorphisis!!
Stay Tuned....
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Yep leaning toward the Epi in "Alpine White"
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Peel off the pickguard and do a "Ying Yang" graphic on it!! Sick thought or what?
 
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hillerup said:
Fantastic collection!

Would this be the right order?:

1 x Lull, 5 x Gibsons, 1 x Jackson, 1 x Greco, 1 x ???, 1 x bastardized Epiphone, 1 x Burny..?

I can't make out what make number three from the right in Seafoam Green is....
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I wish that bass was Inverness Green or Pelham Blue, it's an Orville that's been modified to look like a '63 Gibson, with a two point and tail piece. Other than being a set neck it's a pretty faithful re-creation. Personally. I wish it still had it's Orville TRC (it has a Gibson), I got from Curt Traynor (that fantastic bassist from the Detroit area that plays in the Youtube I posted 40 or so pages back) through Last Bass Outpost. It's a lovely bass, you don't see them in the States much as they're from Japan and weren't meant for export to the U.S., frankly it's way better than it's American counterpart in just about every way.
 
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#14,820
redstrand said:
When they're in series they act as one pickup, you only have one volume at that point. It just sounds killer in a mix
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For whatever reason, on mine, even if I have one pickup selected (I had the tone control removed and a pickup switch added in its place), the neck is louder than the bridge pickup. This is not the case in parallel.
 
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