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Thunderbird Club
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As a rule jokes are not improved by explanation, best to leave it there to die quietly.
That's super cool... And Happy BirthdayGentlemen and Ladies thank you very much for the Birthday Wishes. It's a pleasure to be the Queen here, you all make it the nice place that it is.
Here's a little Green on Green that I shot this morning.
Thunderbirds always!
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Fortunately, we don't have to care about that.I think not!
It's not that I'm indifferent/hostile to all 7ender axes, just that discussing them requires visiting talkguitar.com or tdpri.com.
Been a proud 'bird owner since yesterday. Side-by-side with a Cort B4 this bass looks like (and feels like) heavy artillery compared to a rifle 
Bought it new in a store as "b-stock" for $480
Bought it new in a store as "b-stock" for $480
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Nor me, I quite like a lot of them and have always loved Js, it's their owners that need to broaden their horizons a little
Here's my Jazz, modified with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders, CTS pots etc Hipshot tuners and Kickass bridge
Colin - when your wife finds out you broke her blue bowling ball in half she's gonna be furious!
Very nice Jazz, love the color and I'd bet the quarter pounders were a real improvement over the stock pups.
Don't be daft man, that's her crash helmet for her motorbikeColin - when your wife finds out you broke her blue bowling ball in half she's gonna be furious!
Very nice Jazz, love the color and I'd bet the quarter pounders were a real improvement over the stock pups.
The QPs were a huge improvement/difference depending on your view, a lot more output and a fuller tone, the crappy die cast bridge made a bigger difference, made the sound more solid. The Jazz is actually a Mexican but it's nicer than almost any MIA I've tried, the headstock I painted myself, I have a bit of a fetish about red headstocks
So all in all I guess that would make me very unpopular with the true followers of faith as laid out by the grand master Leo the Great
Very nice TBird! And by the way, your Cort bass looks very similar to another Gibson...Been a proud 'bird owner since yesterday. Side-by-side with a Cort B4 this bass looks like (and feels like) heavy artillery compared to a rifle
Bought it new in a store as "b-stock" for $480
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Be careful where you tread Colin. The Fender Illuminati at TB will banish you to Gibson Pergatory for defacing their Idol by painting an unpainted Fender headstock, it's a serial abuse and unforgivable by many in the Fender clan.Don't be daft man, that's her crash helmet for her motorbike
The QPs were a huge improvement/difference depending on your view, a lot more output and a fuller tone, the crappy die cast bridge made a bigger difference, made the sound more solid. The Jazz is actually a Mexican but it's nicer than almost any MIA I've tried, the headstock I painted myself, I have a bit of a fetish about red headstocks
The life of a Fender abuser always starts out so innocent. First you replace the pots in the privacy of your own house, your actions are hidden by the control plate, you assume no one will ever know about it.
Then as you get away with it you get bolder and the urge to replace the pickups hits. You know some will notice but you rationalize it with "all my friends are doing it" logic.
As the addiction starts to take hold of you the factory strings are ripped off in a frenzy and replaced in defiance. At this point you really don't care if others notice, it feels too good to stop.
You soon reach a point of no return where even the stock bridge must go, you need more, you want more and you'll do anything to get it - even if you have to be badass about it.
This tragic story always ends with the shattered life and shame of a painted headstock and fake water slide decals.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you my friend, fortunately you've taken the first step to recovery with the purchase of a TBird - it's a start and there's a long road ahead. You'll need to stay the course and continue to immerse yourself in Gibson love. TBirds, SGs, EBs, Victory basses, Rippers, LPs and even RD Artists are all good medicine. Surround yourself with as many as you can and you'll soon be over that dark Fender period in your life.
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I'm kinda the opposite. Not really into Fender guitars except teles. Kinda like their basses. Some of them.
I easily have four times as many Fenders (guitars and basses) as I do Gibsons. I like em all for different reasons.
On the Guitar front if I'm doing twangy stuff I'll use a Tele, for blues I like a Strat and for Rock I use an LP. The bad news is I'm a horrible guitar player, the good news is I don't play them often.
On the bass front I have gravitated from heavy Fender to heavy Gibson usage but still have a large contingent of other brands. Over the last five years I've just gradually found myself not reaching for my Fenders as often. It seems to me that I can get the sound I need from my Bird and SGs and EB with less fuss and fiddling around.
With my Fenders I was always chasing a tone. Swapping pups, strings, preamps and even building my own basses to get a sound I was after. I got (and still get) a lot of good sounds out of my Fenders but these days I just find I can do it quicker and easier with a dead stock Gibby. Want an aggressive rock sound - use a TBird. Want a smooth blues or classic rock sound use an SG. Want a dub club, reggae or disco sound use an EB5. Want a good country sound use an LP Memphis.
Different tools for different jobs. Of course I rag on the Fender fanboys a lot but that's only because they're such easy targets when they start throwing stones at the Gibson line up.
Be careful where you tread Colin. The Fender Illuminati at TB will banish you to Gibson Pergatory for defacing their Idol by painting an unpainted Fender headstock, it's a serial abuse and unforgivable by many in the Fender clan.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you my friend, fortunately you've taken the first step to recovery with the purchase of a TBird - it's a start and there's a long road ahead. You'll need to stay the course and continue to immerse yourself in Gibson love. TBirds, SGs, EBs, Victory basses, Rippers, LPs and even RD Artists are all good medicine. Surround yourself with as many as you can and you'll soon be over that dark Fender period in your life.
Sounds like I must be some sort of deviant.I actually left the original finish of the headstock intact so if I ever need too (or more honestly if I screwed up the candy red paint) I could go back to the original quite easily. On the subject of the water slides, I had to get those made up specially as the normal ones wouldn't show up at all on the paint so I had them made up in gold instead of black, the MX serial number is on the back so that's still on show. See I tried not to stray but I had a dream; that my jazz would rise up and live out the true meaning of it's strings
All I can say is let them come and play it, they too shall be be drawn to the dark side young Fretwalker
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Now, who doesn't like Goth chicks?
Here's one of my Goth Thunderbirds hanging out with her kid sisters...:
Here's one of my Goth Thunderbirds hanging out with her kid sisters...:
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Be careful where you tread Colin. The Fender Illuminati at TB will banish you to Gibson Pergatory for defacing their Idol by painting an unpainted Fender headstock, it's a serial abuse and unforgivable by many in the Fender clan.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you my friend, fortunately you've taken the first step to recovery with the purchase of a TBird - it's a start and there's a long road ahead. You'll need to stay the course and continue to immerse yourself in Gibson love. TBirds, SGs, EBs, Victory basses, Rippers, LPs and even RD Artists are all good medicine. Surround yourself with as many as you can and you'll soon be over that dark Fender period in your life.
You forgot about replacing the tortie pickguard with a custom one.... The sacrilege!
Happy Birthday @TBird1958 !
Hope your beerday was a hoppy one.
Hope your beerday was a hoppy one.
F0r some reason it's bothering me that the knobs on the T-bird don't match the others.Now, who doesn't like Goth chicks?
Here's one of my Goth Thunderbirds hanging out with her kid sisters...:
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