Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

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

Congrats! The adventure begins! You'll want another one before long.

 

[GBassNorth]

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

Very nice! (Both the bird and the playing).
It was like listening to John Entwistle play a Deep Purple cover, double goodness!

 

[FlyingPigSound]

Third Thunderbird Thursday..
I’ve put the word out that I was looking for another VP Thunderbird in white..Well I found one and worked out a trade with a fellow member of the FB Thunderbird page..The one on the left will be a “Project”for this winter..even though it’s in mint condition.

It was a little poetic..The Thunderbird arrived via UPS just moments before a massive Thunderstorm hit..Cheers and happy TB Thursday.View attachment 3915886 View attachment 3915887

2 Epi’s and a “Gibson?”

 

[dagrev]

A little Thursday left...

 

[PillO]

Interesting. That used to be the case with me but over the last 10 years or so I’ve gone over to favour the studio.

just to confuse things, I really like live DVDs. AC/DC at River Plate... wow.

I have never really thought about the studio vs live question and I have never had a clear preference. But as I noodled it a bit this afternoon, I wonder if the preference stems from two unrelated parts. First, in effect, live albums are a best of. So, you are getting the best songs without the filler that can go onto an album. Second, by removing the studio wizardry, you are getting different, less polished but more raw version of songs. That raw energy may have some appeal.

Although I have not had a preference for live/studio albums, I too have a number of live DVDs/BlueRays. In part because I know that some of these bands will not play live again or at some point will not be able to through death/disability (wow am I glad I have a bunch of Rush BlueRays). And these are the line ups I want to see.

 

[PillO]

But he's going to take it as a well deserved compliment.

Of course it is a compliment. What else could it be?

 

[donahue]

A little Thursday left...
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Wow, what model is that burst one? Looks like an ebony fretboard?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I have never really thought about the studio vs live question and I have never had a clear preference. But as I noodled it a bit this afternoon, I wonder if the preference stems from two unrelated parts. First, in effect, live albums are a best of. So, you are getting the best songs without the filler that can go onto an album. Second, by removing the studio wizardry, you are getting different, less polished but more raw version of songs. That raw energy may have some appeal.

Although I have not had a preference for live/studio albums, I too have a number of live DVDs/BlueRays. In part because I know that some of these bands will not play live again or at some point will not be able to through death/disability (wow am I glad I have a bunch of Rush BlueRays). And these are the line ups I want to see.

it’s the raw energy for me, the life on the edge.

 

[JJR58]

Turn it up and play us a tune!

None of you wanna hear my mess.

Besides, i listen to this kinda stuff.

 

[Instagator]

2 Epi’s and a “Gibson?”

Not a Gibson of course..it came like that to me in trade..

 

[MCF]

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

Congrats! I love the smell of fresh nitro in the morning.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Interesting. That used to be the case with me but over the last 10 years or so I’ve gone over to favour the studio.

just to confuse things, I really like live DVDs. AC/DC at River Plate... wow.

LOVE that stadium..

 

[dagrev]

Second, by removing the studio wizardry, you are getting different, less polished but more raw version of songs. That raw energy may have some appeal.

Wonder no more. This is it, at least for me.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I was asked to dumb it down. I went for sandbox level.

You don't really want to discuss 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ... , nth order filters and their relative cutoffs in dB/decade and the conversion to db/octave, do you? Me neither.

But I am now thinking about breadboarding a combination adjustable high-pass and low-pass filter. Pretty simple - a few 741 opamps, a couple of potentiometers, some resistors and capacitors...
Maybe if I have a beer the thought will go away.

didn’t know they still made 741s..

 

[dagrev]

Wow, what model is that burst one? Looks like an ebony fretboard?

Thank you. It's my $397 (w/case) Guitar Center deal. '17 Epi VP. Someone here pointed it out and it was too good of a deal to pass up. Not sure what the mystery wood is, but I like the dark better than the light (which is on my white VP).
The VP is obviously on the Rt.

 

[Count Bassie]

None of you wanna hear my mess.

Besides, i listen to this kinda stuff.

That's badass. So yeah you should post some stuff that you do.
You don't have to be anybody else man. Throw down.

 

[PillO]

didn’t know they still made 741s..

Next you are going to tell me that you can't get 555 timers anymore.

 

[VICROCKBASS]

Congrats! The adventure begins! You'll want another one before long.

Thank you. I had a k

 

[VICROCKBASS]

Love it. Sounding great, sir! And excellent song choice as well as bass choice.

Thank you. The way the Thunderbird growled made me think of playing that song!

 

[MCF]

BZZZZT! It cuts freqs below that but on a slope (seen clearly in the o-scope image farther down the Wikipedia page). It doesn't actually just cut them hard at the cutoff frequency. Rather, the farter below that frequency, the more they are cut. The slope of the cut is determined by the circuit. In audio, it's typically given as some number of db / octave.

Thank you. That is what all that number stuff was trying to explain, right?