Thunderbird Club

[bylar13]

A few more pics I have found.

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Bass is not plugged into a cord or wireless.....

 

[bluesblaster]

you can clearly see the input jack and there is nothing plugged into it, but how can that be you ask ?

 

[Nocturnal]

Thanks!, it's one of mine called the Super SLX. That is an older pic of it when I had a Westone fretless neck on it. If you want to see it now (with a neck/hs design to my specs) you'll have to ask to see it as it is currently for sale. (tb rules and all)

I would like to see the version of the bass that is for sale please.

 

[Nocturnal]

Bass is not plugged into a cord or wireless.....

you can clearly see the input jack and there is nothing plugged into it, but how can that be you ask ?

These shots are probably from the Phantom movie. He "played" it in a couple spots in the movie. Either that or its "Phantom" powered and doesn't need a cord or wireless.

Here is a low quality clip from the movie where Gene starts with the Thunderbird.

 

[JIO]

I would like to see the version of the bass that is for sale please.

Thanks! I go by the rules. It's 34" scale, walnut neck/ebony 22 fret fb, alder body, Novak Darkstar/Bi-Sonic pu, John East 9v mid-sweep tone pot, stacked passive 500k V/T pot, Strat-jack, Schaller 3D bridge, Sperzil locking tuners, etched brass hs plate & neck plate, and a luscious sparkle "eggplant" finish by Marty Bell / SoCal. Looks black cherry in low light and comes alive under bright stage lighting! Needless to say it is light, ergo and balances well.

 

[GBassNorth]

Does anyone else have this problem/feature on their Epiphone Tbird?

After turning everything "off", both vol pots and tone pot, I can still hear the bass through the amp though obviously at a much lower volume. So it never shuts off the volume completely. Of course it varies with how loud the amp is set, if set at a low volume then yes I won't hear anything. If set at playable with a drummer volume, then I get a nice bedroom practice level of output with everything turned down. Not looking to fix it but just seems odd.

None of my other basses have this "feature"

Just tested my Anniversary TBird, my 2015 bird, my VP and my Modified Goth - none of them do that.

 

[Toptube]

Does anyone else have this problem/feature on their Epiphone Tbird?

After turning everything "off", both vol pots and tone pot, I can still hear the bass through the amp though obviously at a much lower volume. So it never shuts off the volume completely. Of course it varies with how loud the amp is set, if set at a low volume then yes I won't hear anything. If set at playable with a drummer volume, then I get a nice bedroom practice level of output with everything turned down. Not looking to fix it but just seems odd.

None of my other basses have this "feature"

Probably a bad volume pot. If you've already got a soldering iron and some solder---- $10 fix for a couple of volume pots.

 

[Gaolee]

Dancing or epilepsy?
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Why would it be exclusive?

 

[Gaolee]

Probably a bad volume pot. If you've already got a soldering iron and some solder---- $10 fix for a couple of volume pots.

It's good other people chimed in. I was busy banging on drums all evening and didn't get the bolt-on out. Now it's past noise time. I'll get it out so I don't forget tomorrow.

 

[RexxRokket]

White, white, white...
Wait, what?
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Lookin' nice, is it a Classic Pro? those are thunderbuckers pickups by chance?

 

[RexxRokket]

Well... while I deal with my insomni-O-rama I'll share my ''BassTarrist'' videos.

Thunderbird pickups are indeed something else.

 

[RedVee]

Well... while I deal with my insomni-O-rama I'll share my ''BassTarrist'' videos.

Thunderbird pickups are indeed something else.

... remove silliness

 

[Larry V]

that’s cool. I actually meant the name of the colour.

According to @hillerup it is called Metallic Red.

 

[Nocturnal]

Thanks! I go by the rules. It's 34" scale, walnut neck/ebony 22 fret fb, alder body, Novak Darkstar/Bi-Sonic pu, John East 9v mid-sweep tone pot, stacked passive 500k V/T pot, Strat-jack, Schaller 3D bridge, Sperzil locking tuners, etched brass hs plate & neck plate, and a luscious sparkle "eggplant" finish by Marty Bell / SoCal. Looks black cherry in low light and comes alive under bright stage lighting! Needless to say it is light, ergo and balances well.

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I like it! It has a vague B-Quad-4 vibe to it, but still it's own unique body design. Very cool! Did you combine a chrome and black Schaller bridge?

 

[JJR58]

Lookin' nice, is it a Classic Pro? those are thunderbuckers pickups by chance?

Yes Rexx, Classic Pro, but with ChinaBuckers.

 

[Count Bassie]

Colonel Sir,
Now that I’ve spent some time with the Limited Edition Pelham Blue and Silverburst birds, the stock Epi IV pickups have grown on me. Some EQ fiddling and I like what I’m hearing. They’re great Thunderbirds for the price.

You could always drop a set of Lollars in a standard IV. This is a good vid from Mr. Lollar himself:

I want a set of those. Neck only, fingers... BOOM! Lol, pretty great.

 

[Count Bassie]

I picked up my Classic Pro this morning, hanging around in the kitchen after some routine activity, sitting with the dregs of my coffee, and I found I just wanted to hold it. I listened to the sound of it as I hit the strings, finally, and was enjoying the quality of sound imparted by all that Mahogany. Acoustically it's deep and a tad boxy, not pingy really at all. Sounds musical and solid, and so very playable. And it it just feels really good. So I played some tunes.

Yep, I like my Thunderbird. Just thought I'd throw that in.

 

[JJR58]

I picked up my Classic Pro this morning, hanging around in the kitchen after some routine activity, sitting with the dregs of my coffee, and I found I just wanted to hold it. I listened to the sound of it as I hit the strings, finally, and was enjoying the quality of sound imparted by all that Mahogany. Acoustically it's deep and a tad boxy, not pingy really at all. Sounds musical and solid, and so very playable. And it it just feels really good. So I played some tunes.

Yep, I like my Thunderbird. Just thought I'd throw that in.

What a great description. Exactly what it's like to me unplugged.

 

[Count Bassie]

What a great description. Exactly what it's like to me unplugged.

Thanks. And right?? It's not machine-like at all. Sounds more like a voice.

 

[PillO]

I picked up my Classic Pro this morning, hanging around in the kitchen after some routine activity, sitting with the dregs of my coffee, and I found I just wanted to hold it. I listened to the sound of it as I hit the strings, finally, and was enjoying the quality of sound imparted by all that Mahogany. Acoustically it's deep and a tad boxy, not pingy really at all. Sounds musical and solid, and so very playable. And it it just feels really good. So I played some tunes.

Yep, I like my Thunderbird. Just thought I'd throw that in.

I was waiting for the part about something you can say about your Thunderbird that you can't say about your wife...