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Is that a term? ...like it's JAZZ and because it's a trio (sparse) the bass player 'fills in' with more than root playing?
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Thunderbird Club
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Is that a term? ...like it's JAZZ and because it's a trio (sparse) the bass player 'fills in' with more than root playing?
Wasn't someone looking for a lefty truss rod cover?
Left-Handed Genuine Gibson Firebird, Thunderbird Truss Rod Cover Plate, Lefty | Veins to WIres ~ Guitar Parts | Reverb
Left-Handed Genuine Gibson Firebird, Thunderbird Truss Rod Cover Plate, Lefty | Veins to WIres ~ Guitar Parts | Reverb
A fewdozenposts ago, I'd said that bc we had a gig tonight(15th), I'd get the NR back on the 16th. Then the gig was 86'ed, but I said since we have a gig the 18th, I'd get it back the 20th[shop is closed on the 19th]. So today(15th) I called to see if it might be ready the 16th or 17th. Nope. Sometime next week. I'm predicting I'll get the call it's ready while I'm in the dentist's chair(21st) having major excavation done in my grille. No BFD though. The next scheduled gig is on the 29th. I expect it to be cancelled.
Meanwhile, I had decided to go to the VA walk-in clinic tomorrow for the first shot. Then this evening my daughter asks me to take her to a one day only thing in Tampa. Good ole Dad to the rescue. As someone said, "Life is what happens when you make plans".(sigh)
Meanwhile, I had decided to go to the VA walk-in clinic tomorrow for the first shot. Then this evening my daughter asks me to take her to a one day only thing in Tampa. Good ole Dad to the rescue. As someone said, "Life is what happens when you make plans".(sigh)
A cocktail PDB trio was where I got my start as a bassist.
I had an “Oh sh*t” moment today that made me question everything I believe in. I have my biggest, most important and meaningful gig in a year happening tomorrow night.
In an effort to be 100% ready for the show I decided to do a gear check and decide on which amp and which bass to play. So I lined up my favorite basses. My go to basses: 1954 Fender P-Bass, 1963 Fender P-bass, 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass. Neither of them were sounding great. ***? So I go to my 2nd tier 1974 Fender Jazz Bass, 1975 P-bass, 1995 P-bass. None of my main-stay sounded good. So I finally on a whim picked up my 2011 Gibson Thunderbird. A number of years ago I knocked it off a guitar stand and snapped off the headstock. After i had it repaired I lost interest... to fragile, didn’t feel “right”, repaired not perfect anymore.
Oh man, the bass sounded great! So much better than any of the vintage Fenders. It was also as light as a feather and had a mid-range growl that l love and I know will cut through the mix.
So tonight the earth shifted its axis and I am playing a Gibson Thunderbird at “the” gig and I’m gonna look cool too!
In an effort to be 100% ready for the show I decided to do a gear check and decide on which amp and which bass to play. So I lined up my favorite basses. My go to basses: 1954 Fender P-Bass, 1963 Fender P-bass, 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass. Neither of them were sounding great. ***? So I go to my 2nd tier 1974 Fender Jazz Bass, 1975 P-bass, 1995 P-bass. None of my main-stay sounded good. So I finally on a whim picked up my 2011 Gibson Thunderbird. A number of years ago I knocked it off a guitar stand and snapped off the headstock. After i had it repaired I lost interest... to fragile, didn’t feel “right”, repaired not perfect anymore.
Oh man, the bass sounded great! So much better than any of the vintage Fenders. It was also as light as a feather and had a mid-range growl that l love and I know will cut through the mix.
So tonight the earth shifted its axis and I am playing a Gibson Thunderbird at “the” gig and I’m gonna look cool too!
Just realized I hadn't made a semi-proper contribution to Thunderbird Thursday! 
So.....
Thunderbirds
So.....
Thunderbirds
You already know the answer
...and furthermore...
What a cool story!
I gotta say, I have a ton of basses, nearly every option you could consider. And no matter how often I pick up a non TBird bass, it isn't long before I put it down and pivot back to the bird. They just seem to fit so well in everything.
Kara, that CAR is killing me!Just realized I hadn't made a semi-proper contribution to Thunderbird Thursday!
So.....
Thunderbirds
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If for some bizarre reason you ever decide to off it, give me a ping, it'll be more than welcome here.
PS - what's that headless thing? Does your next project involve grafting a TBird headstock on to a Steinbrenner?
Will do!
Just don't hold your breath for too long
, the Redbird has pretty quickly become one of my favorites 
The headless is a Hohner? copy-ish bass, that I thought might be fun to have as something a bit more portable. And it's almost the same color as the red Thunderbird.
But, its just too small for me.
So it'll probably get sold before too much longer
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I know. I always wished the early albums overall sounded better. Music was perfect. Mix seems right. To me it sounded thin and not recorded or EQed well. Each album had a more full and wider sound then the previous one.* SS was the first one other than live that sounded high quality. I thought the same of some early Journey albums. Something just sounded odd to me. Mixed more AM as much as FM maybe, I don't know.
*Ed said Second Helping was recorded in LA and and sounded a little dead compared to the first album. I think he said there was carpet everywhere that just sucked the life out of things.
Wow! Those look fantastic Kara!Just realized I hadn't made a semi-proper contribution to Thunderbird Thursday!
So.....
Thunderbirds
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Studio version was Ed. More of a flourish style.
OMFTR Leon. A bit more basic on the fills.
Will do!
Just don't hold your breath for too long
The headless is a Hohner? copy-ish bass, that I thought might be fun to have as something a bit more portable. And it's almost the same color as the red Thunderbird.
But, its just too small for me.
So it'll probably get sold before too much longer
I got a couple of those. Nice little things, one is a 4, one is a 5. The guys in the band call them my boat paddles. They don't get much attention. But fun at times. But the damn things don't fit onto a guitar stand on stage easily.
Ed’s first day on guitar, the day Leon came back, the very first thing he played was the intro to Sweet Home Alabama.
I keep mine, it’s a Mach I at the GF’s house with a crappy guitar amp, so I have something to practice on when I’m there.
The entire song Bullets can be played on 3 strings in the first position. Definitely raw and edgy
Pretty sure it was a J. Ed gave it to Leon and Ronnie destroyed it after Ed left mid tour, February 75
I was thinking Ed played a little guitar on the first album.
Not that I know of. Plus, by Bullets, Ed was gone. It was only Allan, Gary and Leon. Late 75 Cassie just happened to say, “My little brother plays guitar...”
Imagine the eye rolls she got.
Thanks!
I need to get them both in the sunlight for a pic or two, house lighting just doesn't make the red pop, on either of them, the way sunlight does.
