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Thunderbird Club

#185,002
Miles_ONeal said:
Sometimes they’re doing wheelies on your rug, and during thunderstorms they foolishly try to get atop your head. At least our long ago housemate’s did.
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Ahh yes, the bursts of exuberance and high intensity energy release. They diminish over time and our Molly has almost completely aged out of the high energy stuff. More of a rug slug now.
 
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#185,003
Miles_ONeal said:
Gotta love return policies! Sorry it didn’t work out, but I get it.
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Yep. No worries at all. I sure wanted it to work. On paper it should have been the same, but in real life with ears it wasn't. Getting a demo TC Elc. Helix today. Very, very flexible. My SW rep said it would be a good option given what I want and it having so many options. He knows I'm shooting the 90 sound and told him they may be the safe thing--unless the new 90s do sound the same as the new 95s. I told him the Helix looked interesting as well and slightly recommended it. Looks cool from what I've read and seen on youboob. But most all reviews are guitar and they make phaser work easy with all those high freqs. Bass is a different matter and the 90 seems to work so well with bass. We'll see. May be sending it back as well.....
 
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DanGouge said:
What kind of bridge is that and where did you get it?
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Lol that is my Badbird Bridge "intonatoon without modification" for Thunderbird basses 1963-1969 , they are available. ;) Pm me for details. The bridge is used by touring pros and collectors. Slow news day in Rochester NY.
 
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godofthunder59 said:
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Lol that is my Badbird Bridge "intonatoon without modification" for Thunderbird basses 1963-1969 , they are available. ;) Pm me for details. The bridge is used by touring pros and collectors. Slow news day in Rochester NY.
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Good to know you still have that Canadian guy as your bass roadie. He seems knowledgeable and reliable.;):laugh:
 
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#185,011
dagrev said:
Given the pic, he may just carry stuff around for Scott. Every time I see the two of them together he's just holding something for Scott. Well, he may have to call him, Mr. Dasson.

But I'm just guessing it might have been a while since this roadie has done a setup.
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Mr. Dasson is my dad lol
 
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dagrev said:
Yep. No worries at all. I sure wanted it to work. On paper it should have been the same, but in real life with ears it wasn't. Getting a demo TC Elc. Helix today. Very, very flexible. My SW rep said it would be a good option given what I want and it having so many options. He knows I'm shooting the 90 sound and told him they may be the safe thing--unless the new 90s do sound the same as the new 95s. I told him the Helix looked interesting as well and slightly recommended it. Looks cool from what I've read and seen on youboob. But most all reviews are guitar and they make phaser work easy with all those high freqs. Bass is a different matter and the 90 seems to work so well with bass. We'll see. May be sending it back as well.....
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The TonePrint stuff could get you where you need if it can't do it in stock form. I still think the Whirlwind is great. But it's closer to the original "script" version.
 
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A little update on my thoughts about the new NR. The neck is beefy, reminds me of my first '68 NR. Nonreverse specs were all over the map , varying body thickness, body edge radius and neck profiles. The more I play the 2021 NR the more I like the neck. It is wider at the nut than a 60's NR and I do prefer a 1.5" width, having said that the wider nut isn't proving to be a issue, very comfortable. I also sorted out the controls, this time Gibson thoughtfully provided enough slack in the wiring so I didn't have to break out the soldering iron ;) Definitely Gibson's best bird in a long long time.
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BklynKen said:
The TonePrint stuff could get you where you need if it can't do it in stock form. I still think the Whirlwind is great. But it's closer to the original "script" version.
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I'm hoping. I heard on Toneprint that sounded like a 90, but we'll see. The Whirlwind sounded amazing in all the guitar videos. I'm just thinking 4 stage may help with bass, at least for me. Were it not for the Whirlwind being more of the script and subtle version I would have gone for that after looking around.
 
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#185,018
Tbone76 said:
I finally picked up my first Gibson Thunderbird:
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It’s a 2019 Heritage Red Burst, picked up used at Guitar Center. It came with all of the case candy, including the picture after it was built. The build card shows it was made on 11/2018, but it’s stamped on the neck as a 2019 model.

I got it for $1200, but I think I know why it was so inexpensive (relatively). It plays very nice with a medium action, but the neck has a bit too much relief. When I took off the truss rod cover, I saw that the truss nut is rounded off, so I can’t add tension. I know a lot of you will probably say to just return it, I think I’m going to bring it to my local shop to have it looked at and see if they can take care of it. I really love how it sounds (loud and aggressive!), the neck feels great even though I normally prefer wider necks, and the bass feels like it weighs under 8lbs. I was shocked at how light it is compared to my P Bass.

Assuming my shop can sort out the truss rod nut, I’m probably going to swap the top hat knobs for Speed Knobs, and I also plan on swapping to a Supertone bridge. Thoughts on my plan for addressing the truss rod? And as always, thanks for taking a look!
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Congrats! A competent tech should be able to replace the nut. So long as the truss rod works, you stole that Tbird. Hard to believe someone messed up an essentially brand new bass. Maybe @godofthunder59 knows of someone in your area you can take it to.
 
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dagrev said:
I'm hoping. I heard on Toneprint that sounded like a 90, but we'll see. The Whirlwind sounded amazing in all the guitar videos. I'm just thinking 4 stage may help with bass, at least for me. Were it not for the Whirlwind being more of the script and subtle version I would have gone for that after looking around.
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small stone and be done with it...
 
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