Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

That's great. I love both the feel and tone, plus they're well-priced. Win-win-win. And I like the company.

I would like to try them again one day, when I've used up my current supply of strings on hand. G&Ls used to come with them, then they switched to d'addario's. I thought they were really nice. Even bought a set of exposed cores once. They too sounded great. They all sounded good, felt good and never have an issue with them.

 

[BklynKen]

I would like to try them again one day, when I've used up my current supply of strings on hand. G&Ls used to come with them, then they switched to d'addario's. I thought they were really nice. Even bought a set of exposed cores once. They too sounded great. They all sounded good, felt good and never have an issue with them.

From everything I've seen from your string searches, it's doesn't like these SITs are for you. You don't seem to go for that kinda biting tone.

 

[GBassNorth]

Absurdity abounds in the GP:
Should I trade an American standard p bass for a 1983 Squier p bass?

That truly is an absurd question.
Everyone knows he should trade his P bass for a Thunderbird.

 

[dagrev]

From everything I've seen from your string searches, it's doesn't like these SITs are for you. You don't seem to go for that kinda biting tone.

Good to know. It's been years since I've played them. Nickles only.

 

[BklynKen]

Good to know. It's been years since I've played them. Nickles only.

People seem really fond of their Silencers, which are semi-flat compression-wound. Might be worth a try.

 

[Count Bassie]

Found this recently, Thunderbird time on YouTube:


This is a great version I think. My favourite yet, and I like this tune anyway.

 

[MCF]

Found this recently, Thunderbird time on YouTube:


This is a great version I think.

The bassist looks familiar....
Great vid!

 

[GonePlaid]

Useful, like facing into the wind while trying to pee outside.

Admiral Farragut:"Pee to the lee."

 

[TBird1958]

Found this recently, Thunderbird time on YouTube:


This is a great version I think. My favourite yet, and I like this tune anyway.

I think that's the first video our friend Maxx did for as a favor, ( really sweet of him) it's very early on in the band's history with the live stuff being shot at "The Vogue" on Seattle's Capitol Hill and "The Crazy Fish" in Pt. Angeles. The recording was done mostly in my basement, I used my green '76, a pick, a Line6 pedal and the GK, recording with a mic and the direct out. Kim Wilde's official fansite actually mentions our version. The shots on the freeway are as you would come into Seattle westbound on I-90. Our drummer at the time was a really cool punk lesbian named freddie, she was a great influence on us, as the "punk" really came into the music as we put it together. Life took her to LA quite a long time ago, happily we still talk on FB.

 

[RexxRokket]

FUZZ TIME! (pretty boring to play this sitting in my room tbh, but I like how it sounds).

 

[JJR58]

Useful, like facing into the wind while trying to pee outside.

 

[JJR58]

Sunday love.

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[Count Bassie]

Found this recently, Thunderbird time on YouTube:

I think that's the first video our friend Maxx did for as a favor, ( really sweet of him) it's very early on in the band's history with the live stuff being shot at "The Vogue" on Seattle's Capitol Hill and "The Crazy Fish" in Pt. Angeles. The recording was done mostly in my basement, I used my green '76, a pick, a Line6 pedal and the GK, recording with a mic and the direct out. Kim Wilde's official fansite actually mentions our version. The shots on the freeway are as you would come into Seattle westbound on I-90. Our drummer at the time was a really cool punk lesbian named freddie, she was a great influence on us, as the "punk" really came into the music as we put it together. Life took her to LA quite a long time ago, happily we still talk on FB.

I really like the sound of your bass here.

 

[JJR58]

That truly is an absurd question.
Everyone knows he should trade his P bass for a Thunderbird.

But, i like my butchered '71.

 

[dagrev]

People seem really fond of their Silencers, which are semi-flat compression-wound. Might be worth a try.

I do like GHS Pressurewounds and have them on two basses. But they are Alloy 52 and may sound a fair amount different.

 

[Old_Noob]

Sunday love.

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[Miles_ONeal]

I think that's the first video our friend Maxx did for as a favor, ( really sweet of him) it's very early on in the band's history with the live stuff being shot at "The Vogue" on Seattle's Capitol Hill and "The Crazy Fish" in Pt. Angeles. The recording was done mostly in my basement, I used my green '76, a pick, a Line6 pedal and the GK, recording with a mic and the direct out. Kim Wilde's official fansite actually mentions our version. The shots on the freeway are as you would come into Seattle westbound on I-90. Our drummer at the time was a really cool punk lesbian named freddie, she was a great influence on us, as the "punk" really came into the music as we put it together. Life took her to LA quite a long time ago, happily we still talk on FB.

I was going to ask which bird! The pick was obvious. Great tone and timing. I suspected early on because the others don’t all seem as comfortable on stage. The band’s come a long way with stage presence, especially the lead singer.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

FUZZ TIME! (pretty boring to play this sitting in my room tbh, but I like how it sounds).

great work as always, & the fun comes through loud and clear!

 

[BklynKen]

I do like GHS Pressurewounds and have them on two basses. But they are Alloy 52 and may sound a fair amount different.

The SIT are NPS and should be brighter, from what I've read. But otherwise similar construction.

 

[GBassNorth]

But, i like my butchered '71.

I hear ya. I have a 1968 Fender P bass that I love. That said, sure I'd trade it for a nice playing vintage TBird of equal or greater value.