It is. Scott let's him do the sound checks.
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Thunderbird Club
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It is so hard to believe those guys are only five years older than me. They hit it big so early. I was a high school junior when Fly By Night came out. Liked the music "but that Geddy chick has a weird voice." Of course soon got straightened out on that pretty quick. I've always admired his playing.
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It’s a Gretsch Spectrasonic. Designed by TV Jones in the early 2000’s. As far as I know, only 100 were made in the US and another 100 in Japan. Mine is US 00068
Why did they make it? Because they worked really hard at it.
In the early years, never say no to a show or an opening slot on a tour. Play 300+ shows a year. Drive themselves between gigs. Keep writing new material. Put all the money earned back into the show and the music. And kimonos; the kimonos were critical to their success.
And rare as it is, you have it on the road with you. Cool.
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Life is short, buy the bass.
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Badbird Bridge earning it's keep
Badbird Bridge earning it's keep
And speaking of which, being Thursday and all…..
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I have toured with it a bunch, but van space is crazy limited on this run. Just the ‘02 Gibson TBird and my upright on this tour. The Gretsch is sweet though! Just seems like lately if I don’t play a TBird, I spend the whole night trying to make something else sound like a TBird
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It's a crispy 88 degrees here in Seattle, we'll BBQ some Sockeye Salmon and have some fresh green beans w/bacon for dinner later, the bar is open now!
I have toured with it a bunch, but van space is crazy limited on this run. Just the ‘02 Gibson TBird and my upright on this tour. The Gretsch is sweet though! Just seems like lately if I don’t play a TBird, I spend the whole night trying to make something else sound like a TBird
Such a super cool bass Mark.
observation from last night….don’t really know what stings the Greco has but because the setup is so comfortable I’ll leave them on there as long as they last….from the looks of it they are either RS66 or Boomers, steel rounds with red silks. they are also of a lighter gauge than standard…….the BaCH on the other hand has a set of standard Chromes (as much as I would like to dislike flats and ditch them all together, they sound WAY too good)……
Pup spacing is comparable for both…
Greco
BaCH
this said, last night the BaCH was significantly louder than the Greco…..can the string type/gauge really make a 1/3 volume pot travel volume difference? OR, are the TBuckers that much hotter? we know the Greco pups scream… who knows….
Pup spacing is comparable for both…
Greco
BaCH
this said, last night the BaCH was significantly louder than the Greco…..can the string type/gauge really make a 1/3 volume pot travel volume difference? OR, are the TBuckers that much hotter? we know the Greco pups scream… who knows….
Chuck, I have chrome flats on my single pup BaCH (with original pup) and TI Jazz flats on my single pup Greco (with original pup). I’ll A/B them in about an hour and report back.observation from last night….don’t really know what stings the Greco has but because the setup is so comfortable I’ll leave them on there as long as they last….from the looks of it they are either RS66 or Boomers, steel rounds with red silks. they are also of a lighter gauge than standard…….the BaCH on the other hand has a set of standard Chromes (as much as I would like to dislike flats and ditch them all together, they sound WAY too good)……
Pup spacing is comparable for both…
Greco
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BaCH
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this said, last night the BaCH was significantly louder than the Greco…..can the string type/gauge really make a 1/3 volume pot travel volume difference? OR, are the TBuckers that much hotter? we know the Greco pups scream… who knows….
What’s really interesting is it looks like your pup to string gap on the BaCH is quite a bit more than the gap on the Greco. That would normally favor the Greco on loudness, but that’s not what you’re hearing. Interesting. And yes, I have noticed some strings are louder than others.
Just remembered, I have Boomers on my two pup Greco so I’ll include that in the A/B/C test. Not sure how it will all come out, report coming shortly.
I’m a hog. I wanna hear most about the TI’s on the single pup.
I have a set that is well used that I’m considering putting on my white bird.
Might be a good match with the ChinaBuckers.
If you ever want to part with it....That's one of the reasons I keep spares!
Speaking of spares, and Blackbirds.....
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Passed on the Blackbird... Got this instead
Congrats! Very nice! What year?
...I'll remember to keep you in mind
I actually don't play it a lot, even though I like how it plays & sounds a lot.
I think I need to take the Nexus strings off; using them with the "DeepSixx" pickups makes it a bit too hot for my amp. It's got more output than even my active basses - I can't play it with the volume all the way up!
(the bass volume. not the amp volume. maybe not obviously?)
