Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

I am more of a tenured professor type. Think of the experiment but have grad students do the experiment.

The other part of being a tenured professor.
Critique until the grad students get the preferred results. Have the grad students write a paper and if they are lucky get listed as secondary authors.

Well, I tried to read this. High-pass filter - Wikipedia

Couldn’t do it. The mark of a great Prof is explaining something that is confusing so that us mere mortals understand it. Up for it?

 

[VICROCKBASS]

Just got my new 2020 Gibson Thunderbird on Sunday!!!

 

[bylar13]

First TT! I love this bass so far! More thoughts to come as I get to play it more. But I’m VERY happy I got this model in this finish. So beautiful. Love the way it’s made. Love the inlay, the Grover’s work good. Everything is good. It was an easy lefty flip. I even kept the same nut and just filed it to the new strings. GHS Pressurewounds tuned to C standard.

My Bird is gonna bring the Doom.

Also @BklynKen you were right about the strap button. When I hold the bass at my 30-45 degree angle the strap button on the neck is further forward than the horn by a long shot. Putting it on the horn will make the headstock hang lower by a matter of physics. I’ll post a pic of that later.

Also I can’t remember who but you were right about the white pickguard. I’m sticking with it for now.

You guys are right about a lot of stuff.

Pics before
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After

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I have a 2014 in Heritage Cherry.

I really like the neck on mine. It was a good bit slimmer than the 2006 Thunderbird I had for a while. Congrats!

 

[TBird1958]

Just got my new 2020 Gibson Thunderbird!!!View attachment 3915995

Super! Congratulations

I'm working the club list today, happy to add you.

 

[donahue]

I have a 2014 in Heritage Cherry.

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I really like the neck on mine. It was a good bit slimmer than the 2006 Thunderbird I had for a while. Congrats!

Thanks. That’s a beauty. I like the custom touches.

I was a little worried about the narrow nut width, but the neck on mine is a fairly chunky C, not medium IMO. Something about the chunky profile makes it seem like a wider nut, subconsciously or something. I really like it.

 

[VICROCKBASS]

Here's a little clip to hear my Bird!!!

 

[donahue]

Here's a little clip no hear my Bird!!!

Hell yeah, sounds awesome. I love Deep Purple.

 

[RayWithFlats]

Great tone! Deep and well defined and a touch of growl, too. Nice.

 

[PillO]

Wow this is a big club!

I think that in some parts of Talk Bass, we are known as the Thunderbird Biker Club.

 

[PillO]

Well, I tried to read this. High-pass filter - Wikipedia

Couldn’t do it. The mark of a great Prof is explaining something that is confusing so that us mere mortals understand it. Up for it?

Sure, let me dumb that down for you.

A high pass filter is a filter that only passes frequencies higher than the cut off frequency.

Clear now?

 

[Engle]

Funny. There are so many posts about that issue, but it doesn’t take long to figure it out. But yeah, it does get confusing.

No more confusing than Firebird/Thunderbird naming.

 

[GonePlaid]

No more confusing than Firebird/Thunderbird naming.

Oh, no, that's easy: 1 and 2=1, 3 and 4=2, 5=3.

 

[Engle]

Live albums were a big part of the money machine in the early to mid seventies. Bands that made it by their third album or so would do a big tour and record it and in many cases film it. Some of them weren’t so great from an audio standpoint. But that Uriah Heep album captured it really well.

I remember reading about when Bruford left Yes just as they were going to do a huge tour and film it. Alan White came in and they hit the road with minimal rehearsal time. Like two weeks to nail the just released Close to the Edge. He said he was scared to death. But man, he sure pulled it off.

Wow! That’s my favourite Yes album. To learn it in two weeks would require an incredible memory.

 

[Engle]

I would be interested to hear what you think of the two configurations as I do not currently use a HPF, but have thoughts about adding one.

It’s the first eq I do when I’m recording bass tracks.

 

[Engle]

It's Thursday, Burny Thunderbird. One of my fave live shots, it was taken while we were playing the song in the video below, the photographer, Ms. Peacock is across the stage in the silver dress.

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Dude! Boots!!!

 

[Engle]

For anyone looking for a Thunderbird that's been stretched on the rack, AMS has them on closeout. Nota big discount, but if they're going away..
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I like those except, the string spacing on the bridge is too wide for the neck on every one I have seen. The E ends up too close to the edge.
I would just replace the hardware with chrome anyway, so if I ever see a bargain on one, I’m pulling the trigger.

 

[Engle]

Geeze. Can’t keep up with the days anymore.
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I don’t really try

 

[Engle]

Here's a little clip to hear my Bird!!!

Cool! My Deep Purple go to is Bloodsucker.

 

[TBird1958]

Dude! Boots!!!

You know the rule, no boots, NO GLAM!

 

[JJR58]

It's Thursday, Burny Thunderbird. One of my fave live shots, it was taken while we were playing the song in the video below, the photographer, Ms. Peacock is across the stage in the silver dress.

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How did i miss this? Oh, for not keeping up. Yeah, that's it....