Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

My experience with the USPS is that their tracking is just about the worst possible mess. Their delivery is a whole lot better, but they do make the occasional mistake. It's probably on a slow boat somewhere, or maybe a rickshaw across the country. If I was a betting man, I would bet you see it sometime next week.

I agree. As soon as they discover East, I imagine it will take to mid next week, give that it was going to take that long from Az.

 

[BklynKen]

Well at least I know where some of it is.

Wait. You were kidding right?

Well there was also a ransom note.

 

[Gaolee]

Come on man! Have the decency to uncover the Acoustic.

Next portrait, I'll do that.

 

[BklynKen]

TT contribution. Watching a Stiv Bators documentary. There's a Thunderbird during the recording of Young, Loud, and Snotty. It may be from Peter Frampton's band.

 

[BC Blackmur]

It's Thursday, and that seems like as good a day as any to have a portrait of the bolt-on Epiphone. It doesn't get the same playing time as some others, but it's not going anywhere.

Note to self: A better background for pictures of Thunderbirds would be a good idea.
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Nah, nothin wrong with your background. It's the foreground that counts

 

[Gaolee]

Come on man! Have the decency to uncover the Acoustic.

Just for you. This one is the pixie dust 2001. It just has some magic that makes it even better than other Thunderbirds. And mayhem at the back wall. Staying back from that thing does not offer any protection from what it can do. One of my projects is to clean the black paint somebody put over the blue on the preamp head.

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[Engle]

Just for you. This one is the pixie dust 2001. It just has some magic that makes it even better than other Thunderbirds. And mayhem at the back wall. Staying back from that thing does not offer any protection from what it can do. One of my projects is to clean the black paint somebody put over the blue on the preamp head.View attachment 3829270 .

Did you see the thread by the guy that bought 2 of those rigs?
Attic find gods smile on me again!

 

[JJR58]

i know i did.

 

[dagrev]

Well there was also a ransom note.

That's good! At least I'm having a laugh in my first world misery.

 

[dagrev]

Just for you. This one is the pixie dust 2001. It just has some magic that makes it even better than other Thunderbirds. And mayhem at the back wall. Staying back from that thing does not offer any protection from what it can do. One of my projects is to clean the black paint somebody put over the blue on the preamp head.View attachment 3829270 .

Oh yeah! The first amp I played through regularly was an Ampeg Portaflex. It wasn't mine, so I rented and Acoustic combo for some time before buying my first amp. Sounded good as I recall. There was a Traynor in there for a short time.

I believe there's an old clip of Johnny Winter with Tommy Shannon on bass, and he was playing through an Acoustic. Not uncommon at all during that time.

 

[Nocturnal]

For Thunderbird Thursday I will post a personal shot, which I never do. From last Thursday when I went to visit my friend/guitar tech to get my 77 Bird setup. Me on the left with my quarantine beard (First time I have ever had a beard) and my buddy James with his 2006 Bird with the prerequisite headstock repair. He bought that Bird locally for $200 about a year ago and did a great job on the repair.

 

[MCF]

With an Ebony Epi VP and a tobacco sunburst VP arriving tomorrow, I just had to preorder the Epi Firebird from their new “Inspired by Gibson” line! Think I read something about a late June release?

Epiphone Firebird - Vintage Sunburst

I figure it’ll be a nice add to the studio...maybe I’ll learn a second guitar chord?

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Congrats!

 

[MCF]

Same - 55 year old eyes have a tough time, especially in the dark. I like to see the numbers, so the first thing I did was change the knobs to black. Never had anyone walk up to me at a gig and say cool bass, but wrong knobs...not that I would let that change my mind.

I’m 62. Can’t see for s**t. Knobs don’t make any difference. I keep it simple. Full on.

 

[Toptube]

don't look now but Sweetwater has an exactly 8lb VP

 

[GBassNorth]

Did someone say it's Thursday?

 

[FlyingPigSound]

don't look now but Sweetwater has an exactly 8lb VP

Wow....it’s gorgeous too

 

[Toptube]

Wow....it’s gorgeous too
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[MCF]

don't look now but Sweetwater has an exactly 8lb VP

Tease.

 

[GonePlaid]

I’m 62. Can’t see for s**t. Knobs don’t make any difference. I keep it simple. Full on.

Neck pup @ 10, 'superfluous' pup @ 0, Tone @ 7- most of the time. I had to put white paint on the "7" to be able to see it(74.5 y/o eyes see things fine. Just not the correct things). Otherwise tone @ 10. Ain't gots to see that.

 

[Gaolee]

Did you see the thread by the guy that bought 2 of those rigs?
Attic find gods smile on me again!

I did now. I have two - one is the original and one is a Grexa reissue. The original has absurdly low serial numbers. It is NOT unmolested, but it works as intended. The Grexa reissue is my usual gigging amp for playing bass in anything bigger than a coffee shop. With the upright, it sounds great and liquefies internal organs in the back of the room.