Thunderbird Club

[veebass]

as promised:

and my old rig, tone for days........

Another GK guy here.
My Gig Rig below.
GK Fusion 550/ GK 4 Ohm Neo 410/ Petersen Stroborack.
Goes good with TBirds too!

We have similar tastes, apart from TBirds and some Fenders, including an Agave Jazz like yours that I have modified a fair bit (Custom Shops, 60s, series/ parallel, Badass II, upraded tuners), I have a 4003.

 

[RedVee]

Do Rickenbackers & Thunderbirds flock together?

 

[Korladis]

Do Rickenbackers & Thunderbirds flock together?

Possibly. Maybe it's because both are decidedly not like Fenders.

 

[JELLIS78]

They seem to...

 

[JELLIS78]

And here's the Ric...

 

[hillerup]

Possibly. Maybe it's because both are decidedly not like Fenders.

+1... And both neckthrough....

 

[redstrand]

Do Rickenbackers & Thunderbirds flock together?

They do in my house I have one each

 

[lowendblues]

1.Fender Jazz
2.Rickenbacker 4003
3.Fender Precision
4.Gibson / Epiphone Thunderbird
5.Musicman Stingray

The 5 essential basses in my opinion, each one is just as important as the other. If you have these 5, you have all the tone you need.

 

[Klondike]

Another GK guy here.
My Gig Rig below.
GK Fusion 550/ GK 4 Ohm Neo 410/ Petersen Stroborack.
Goes good with TBirds too!

We have similar tastes, apart from TBirds and some Fenders, including an Agave Jazz like yours that I have modified a fair bit (Custom Shops, 60s, series/ parallel, Badass II, upraded tuners), I have a 4003.

Shouldn't there be a bird in this pic? I think so...

 

[Klondike]

I need some help from you guys.

I want to learn about the electrical measurement you guys are doing with your pups. I have a set of pups from a Gibson Bird that I want to measure.

Here is what I would like to understand:
1) Connections to my meter
2) setting on my meter
3) what am I looking at
4) what am I looking for
&
5) what does all this mean?

Thanks in advance.

 

[veebass]

Shouldn't there be a bird in this pic? I think so...

Yes, there should be.

There are, however, two close relatives, if you look closely.
There is a mirrored Gibson Explorer lurking next to the Marshall and you can just get a glimpse of an RD Artist in the stand on the left hand side as you look at the stage.
I will do better next time.

 

[Haji]

There is a Bird in the pic, next to my rig. My SVT-3 Pro into a pair of Hartke 410 cabs. The bass in the pic is my '88 Charvel 4B with EMG's and the BTS preamp.
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[Larry V]

Nice action shot, Haj!

 

[jgould1124]

** STOLEN 'BIRD ALERT **

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post in, and if not, I apologize in advance.

On March 10, my "Trashbird" was stolen from the garage of my guitar tech in San Jacinto, CA. The bass, the case and several of his power tools were taken from his garage.
A police report was filed with the Riverside County Sheriff. I have also contacted the local guitar stores and pawn shops.

It is a totally custom bass, so I assume the thief would have trouble pawning it or trading it in. So, maybe these "fine upstanding citizens" might try to sell it on the street.
If anyone happens to see or hear anything, please let me know. I know this is a long shot, but it can't hurt to ask..

Thanks,

JIMMY

 

[Larry V]

Sorry to hear that, Jimmy.

 

[Count Bassie]

Weather eye is out...

 

[Mosstone]

** STOLEN 'BIRD ALERT **

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post in, and if not, I apologize in advance.

On March 10, my "Trashbird" was stolen from the garage of my guitar tech in San Jacinto, CA. The bass, the case and several of his power tools were taken from his garage.
A police report was filed with the Riverside County Sheriff. I have also contacted the local guitar stores and pawn shops.

It is a totally custom bass, so I assume the thief would have trouble pawning it or trading it in. So, maybe these "fine upstanding citizens" might try to sell it on the street.
If anyone happens to see or hear anything, please let me know. I know this is a long shot, but it can't hurt to ask..

Thanks,

JIMMY

I'm in LA County, but I'll keep an eye out.

 

[Haji]

On the plus side, that's gonna be a hard bass to conceal; its not like every other chocolate burst TB IV out there. Its so unusual that I'm hopeful it's gonna be seen and stick in somebody's mind. It's happened before.

 

[jgould1124]

I'm in LA County, but I'll keep an eye out.

Hey..

Thanks.. I appreciate it..I know it's a total long shot since it's probably just some crack/meth heads out in the IE.
But, I gotta try!!

 

[hillerup]

I need some help from you guys.

I want to learn about the electrical measurement you guys are doing with your pups. I have a set of pups from a Gibson Bird that I want to measure.

Here is what I would like to understand:
1) Connections to my meter
2) setting on my meter
3) what am I looking at
4) what am I looking for
&
5) what does all this mean?

Thanks in advance.

Me too..!