Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

I'm pretty sure those are the same as ones I installed in one of my custom basses and not having the comparison - they sound really good.

Thank you. Everything else seems to point to them be the CBs. The ProBuckers don't have the "hugeness" of the '64s but a littler deeper string like Boomers gets it pretty doggone close. Enough that I love the ProBuckers. Who knows, the CBs might be the ProBuckers. I haven't pulled an Epi PU to see if there are any differences.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yeah. I saw the revision. Wonder if there's any still out there-in status symbol land.

Googled it, found a few.

This one is listed on Reverb.Guild Jet Star Solid Body Electric Bass Guitar (1966), ser. #SD-240, original gig bag case. | Retrofret Vintage Guitars | Reverb
Wish I could afford it.(sigh)

 

[GonePlaid]

Very cool! What’s the set list?

We don't use a set list as such. The drummer(Tom)writes down a few tunes we know will fit the place then we see what the "crowd"(?) responds to and wing it.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I changed it - it was called the JetStar. The guitar version was called the Thunderbird if I remember correctly. (just looked it up - the S-100/S-200 Thunderbird guitar. It was famous for it's "kick-stand" which although an interesting concept was know to topple very easily.

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yeah, look at the base on that stand..

 

[JJR58]

Thanks. I hope I don't have to go the PU path and can figure out the strings and EQ to make it work well. I was expecting it to have a different flavor to it, but was surprised by just how different it was. My plan is to make it work, but keep my eyes out for a good set just in case.

 

[JIO]

Yeah. I saw the revision. Wonder if there's any still out there-in status symbol land.

They did a couple RI's under the De Armond name in the early 2000's - I have a black one. It's a really well made (in Indonesia) full-scale bass with a P-bass style pu. Original Guilds go for a pretty penny and come in a couple different hs designs. I'd love to own one from the late '60s like Davy is air-playing.

 

[GonePlaid]

They did a couple RI's under the De Armond name in the early 2000's - I have a black one. It's a really well made (in Indonesia) full-scale bass with a P-bass style pu. Original Guilds go for a pretty penny and come in a couple different hs designs. I'd love to own one from the late '60s like Davy is air-playing.

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Yeah, I found one on Reverb, added the link to my post. Too rich for my blood. WT7, here it is again. Guild Jet Star Solid Body Electric Bass Guitar (1966), ser. #SD-240, original gig bag case. | Retrofret Vintage Guitars | Reverb

 

[JIO]

Googled it, found a few.View attachment 3863664 View attachment 3863665 View attachment 3863666
This one is listed on Reverb.Guild Jet Star Solid Body Electric Bass Guitar (1966), ser. #SD-240, original gig bag case. | Retrofret Vintage Guitars | Reverb
Wish I could afford it.(sigh)

The RI's like my black one are very good for what they go for - but I'd love that one!

 

[GonePlaid]

The RI's like my black one are very good for what they go for - but I'd love that one!

Approximately what?
ETA: Found 1 dark blue one for~$600. It's in the UK. DEARMOND BY GUILD JET-STAR 80'S BASS GUITAR, BLUE, MADE IN KOREA, USED | The Sound Garden | Reverb

 

[FlyingPigSound]

We don't use a set list as such. The drummer(Tom)writes down a few tunes we know will fit the place then we see what the "crowd"(?) responds to and wing it.

Uber cool. Kinda like when we heard that Tom Petty didn’t do sound checks because the sound was always totally different when the crowd came in, we stopped doing it. Plug and play baby! List some of the tunes you play?

 

[GonePlaid]

Uber cool. Kinda like when we heard that Tom Petty didn’t do sound checks because the sound was always totally different when the crowd came in, we stopped doing it. Plug and play baby! List some of the tunes you play?

Since we have a sub guitarist-John(that the drummer and I used to work with), we'll prolly start with "Honky Tonk", which John does.[we always start w/ an instrumental to ease the crowd into the fact it's live music, not a BOSE wave radio].Then a lotta 60's-70's rock and C&W songs, alternating lead vocals between each guitarist and me. Drummer sings some harmonies, no leads. I do our between songs introductions and I always tell the folks that "Everything we play, you've heard before...Today...On the way here". Typical music for our 55+ crowd (in no particular order) Kansas City, Moondance, I Can See Clearly, Runaround Sue, I Feel Good, Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Sugar Pie Honeybunch, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, Always On My Mind, Old Time R&R, Mustang Sally, Takin' Care Of Bizness, Pretty Woman, 6 Days On The Road, Folsom Prison Blues, Just a Gigolo, My Girl, Lookin' For Love, Unchained Melody, Shake, Rattle and Roll, and many, many more of that ilk. We prolly have about 250 songs of all types we can do when it's our regular 4 guys. Nothing new-no call for it. We could also do an all jazz and standards night if called for. Our audience wants to hear [stuff] they know and grew up hearing, so that's what we play.

 

[GBassNorth]

70's Gibson sidewinders..

That explains the snarl and bark.

(sigh) If only it was mahogany.

...and a NR!

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Cheers brother! Gin and tonic on this end.

We had a Dodge 600 (K car). It was nice and we had no problems. I think it filled a niche at the time and given the number on the road, made Chrysler a lot of money. I'm a big car person, so it felt like a toy.

Funny how much in common we all have in this club. When my wife and I married I inherited her K car, a 1981 Plymouth Reliant. I was driving a 1973 Javelin AMX at the time with the 401 Go package. We used her car as a beater and saved the AMX for weekend fun before I sold it and bought a 1971 Corvette.

Ha! I rode a Suzuki 120 until I got my license. I think it topped out around 45 using the trail sprocket.

Again a lot in common. Before I got my driver's license I raced Motocross and Enduro and was sponsored by Suzuki. I was most successful in the 125cc class but also raced in the 250cc class. When the Honda Elsinore bikes came out it was very tough to beat them. Then I got into cars, and girls, and other adrenaline boosters and hung up my bikes. Wouldn't mind getting another bike, maybe a Moto Guzzi California.

Hipshot customer service...all it took was one email......by offering longer inserts, ones that run the length of the studs, insert pull problem on Gibbys solved..
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This is great news. So if I understand the product, you remove your existing inserts and install these longer ones that will seat a bit higher than flush and allow contact with the bottom of the bridge without lifting out of the body? If so, it's a game changer.

 

[Mike.C.]

Happy TT!

 

[JIO]

Approximately what?
ETA: Found 1 dark blue one for~$600. It's in the UK. DEARMOND BY GUILD JET-STAR 80'S BASS GUITAR, BLUE, MADE IN KOREA, USED | The Sound Garden | Reverb

That's one of the RI versions I spoke of with a hs design closer to the original 2x2 version. Mine came a bit later I think and has a generic Gibson-style hs. As you can see that MIK one has a Jazz bass set-up w/2 single-coil pu's. I bought mine locally about 5 years ago for $150 if I remember correctly in like-new condition. I bet they can still be had for under $300 as they were not much more than that new. The ones like the one you found was more new - probably for about what it is now selling for used.

This is the one I'd brake for - a '65 with a Darkstar pu (and the 2x2 hs) - seriously cool bass.

And one last addition...

I found this while searching JetStar basses - it's a bass I made many years ago using a Jet Star guitar body and a generic neck that I reshaped the hs on. Haven't seen it for ages - I donated it to some friends in Wisconsin who do a yearly outdoor music festival for anyone to use. I bought the guitar new for cheap thinking I would learn how to play it... Now that I think of it - the bridge cover is off my '71 EB3 that I bought new then!

 

[JIO]

Again a lot in common. Before I got my driver's license I raced Motocross and Enduro and was sponsored by Suzuki. I was most successful in the 125cc class but also raced in the 250cc class. When the Honda Elsinore bikes came out it was very tough to beat them. Then I got into cars, and girls, and other adrenaline boosters and hung up my bikes. Wouldn't mind getting another bike, maybe a Moto Guzzi California.

This is the only Guzzi I would like to own -

 

[Engle]

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That explains the snarl and bark.


...and a NR!


Cheers brother! Gin and tonic on this end.
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Funny how much in common we all have in this club. When my wife and I married I inherited her K car, a 1981 Plymouth Reliant. I was driving a 1973 Javelin AMX at the time with the 401 Go package. We used her car as a beater and saved the AMX for weekend fun before I sold it and bought a 1971 Corvette.


Again a lot in common. Before I got my driver's license I raced Motocross and Enduro and was sponsored by Suzuki. I was most successful in the 125cc class but also raced in the 250cc class. When the Honda Elsinore bikes came out it was very tough to beat them. Then I got into cars, and girls, and other adrenaline boosters and hung up my bikes. Wouldn't mind getting another bike, maybe a Moto Guzzi California.


This is great news. So if I understand the product, you remove your existing inserts and install these longer ones that will seat a bit higher than flush and allow contact with the bottom of the bridge without lifting out of the body? If so, it's a game changer.

Yes, it’s what it seems like (haven’t pulled the old ones out) but I don’t recall that product shipping with inserts. What’s interesting is I only asked them for two studs but they shipped four studs, two inserts and the Allen keys. From the packaging (all parts on pic in a sealed plastic bag) it would seem, that same hardware set ships with all the TBird (forget the model) bridges. What’s funny’s that over a year ago we went through like 10 pages discussing the problem, potential fixes, shearing strengths, rotational moments blah blah blah to have them just add longer inserts to the packing list....,what do we know....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

This is the only Guzzi I would like to own -

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questo....

 

[Miles_ONeal]

that's funny, seems those surplus police ElectraGlides (many AMF) were common back then...they practically gave them away...got mine in Davie for like 800 bucks..no one wanted them lol....back in those days you rode a bike (specially a Harley) cause you couldn't afford a car, not because you were going through a mid life crisis..

Or just because you loved bikes. Which, if I get another, will be why.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Out guitarist Paul just found this gem that we'll be learning first thing back - it has all the elements that we love to incorporate into our set.

Slay!

Do y'all do "I Put a Spell on You?" I can hear it.