Thunderbird Club

[Bassmike62]

intentional or not, FUNNY!..

If it's not seen as offensive, then yeah, it is intentional.
If it's the other way around, then you know.... not.

 

[Bassmike62]

on TalkBass while on the course? whoa! says a lot!

I used to love playing golf and the smell of grass early in the morning frequently brings back memories, some good, some atrocious... still watch the majors when I can.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

If it's not seen as offensive, then yeah, it is intentional.
If it's the other way around, then you know.... not.

no, not offensive at all, just meant the intentional or not sequence of the posts…

 

[Miles_ONeal]

...pic of me playing the L1000 around 1985. Don’t fear the mullet!
View attachment 4338904

Almost playing it up as high as Courtney Audain...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Vintage 1977 Bird sighting …
Invalid Link Removed
no affiliation.
I can’t believe how expensive these things are getting. Seems like just a couple of years ago you’d be able to catch one like this for a bit over $2000, apparently not anymore.

That's absurd.

 

[JJR58]

Mine was either the very first or second year they were out



Man, I don’t :/

pic of me playing the L1000 around 1985. Don’t fear the mullet!
View attachment 4338904

Savage.

No hovering, just go in for the kill.

 

[Ronderossi]

 

[Miles_ONeal]

What? We don't just play the root?

Of course we do. On the downbeats. Quarter notes is all you need from the bass.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

err....Epiphone Thunderbird 60s are rebadged Vintage Pros, right ?

Just in case no one else responded, that is correct as far as we know.

 

[Thumper]

The deed is done

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Savage.

No hovering, just go in for the kill.

View attachment 4340775 View attachment 4340776

Ringo?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

The deed is done
View attachment 4340781 View attachment 4340782 View attachment 4340783

dig it! looks great, maple Fingerboards rule….

 

[Bassmike62]

Of course we do. On the downbeats. Quarter notes is all you need from the bass.

So that's 1 every other "poum", right ?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

@dagrev
BTW - did I mention I’m really liking the Boomers on my 1990 Greco IV. They’ve more than proven themselves on the bottom end, and since I have a tendency to EQ on the dark side they fit that bill nicely.

What was surprising is that today I was doing some chord work and needed a piano clear top end along with a tight defined not muddy bottom end and a present but not over powering mid range. I was specifically looking for a lot of texture and feel with each note, something that would be very responsive to subtle right hand finger changes. With the Greco tone knob set on 8 and the neck pup soloed the boomers nailed it. Turns out these strings aren’t one trick pony’s, much more range than I thought they’d have. I’m very pleased with them. Thanks again for suggesting the boomers.

OK, Boomers.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

View attachment 4340281

Mike said "grain", not "green"...

(Love the pic)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Finally a formal announcement from Gibson regarding the Non Reverse in my email this morning........

They really could work on marketing.

Why? Their lack of marketing has kept them well behind Fender in the bass market so far!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Anybody else going to swap positions for the tone pot and the input jack?
[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

I think it makes sense as is. But if you want to go all Talking Heads and stop making sense, it's your axe!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

OK, Boomers.

hey, my 17 year old son’s friends call me “The Cool Boomer”…

 

[GBassNorth]

on TalkBass while on the course? whoa! says a lot!

Just got a birdie on the 11th hole, sitting at three over par right now. Looking forward to getting home and back with the Greco working on chords. In the meantime, trying hard to avoid sand traps, no sand wedge in the bag for this competition.

 

[dukeorock]

I think Gene played one for like 15 minutes... Jackie maybe even less.
For a whole generation of bassists, Nikki IS Thunderbird.

Which kinda put me off buying one for many years, but Mike Watt and Alex Hacke put me back on
Now I rarely play anything else

Almost playing it up as high as Courtney Audain...

That was in a very complex art rock band I was in at the time. Within a year or so, the bass started dropping down a whole bunch

The deed is done
View attachment 4340781 View attachment 4340782 View attachment 4340783

That looks beautiful!