Thunderbird Club

[WillyW]

Yikes! I realize things may be a bit pricer there, but ...

https://reverb.com/item/41443816-epiphone-thunderbird-bass-sunburst

Does it come with a crack pipe?

 

[dagrev]

I can pull off weird lookin' I just think the fanned fret thing may be too much.

If I play perfectly in tune, then I'm expected to sing in tune.

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Dislike frets much?

 

[dagrev]

I can understand subtle burst differences but the picture Epiphone is using to advertise the “60s” model is quite different than the VP. And so far every non-stock photo of the new 60s I’ve seen online the burst looks exactly the same as the VP.

I get with the name change they wanted to use new pics but I wish they actually looked more like what is being advertised. Maybe they exist but I haven’t seen it yet.

You know, in some ways the lighter and less black on the edges looks more like a 60s than the VPs (like mine) that has a healthy black edge. My '64 is not light, but neither does it have a wide band of black like the VPs.

 

[dagrev]

Does it come with a crack pipe?

The buyer at that price would already have one.

 

[WillyW]

Dislike frets much?

The NR is not safe....

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Does it come with a crack pipe?

Probably not. If they got rid of that, they wouldn't need to price the bass so high.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

White Thunderbirds?!

I still have a couple

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.....on a not really related note, I found one of the old silver-face Peavey 115 speaker cabs for $40, that needs a recone. Worth it to buy & fix, or no?

good deal, if it’s a Black Widow, definitely….

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Or maybe Brown Eyed Girl, or maybe both. Then launch into the great yonder. Except that I don't see a need to expend the resources for cremation. Maybe some accelerant and then getting lit up for the trebuchet launch. A flaming exit into the great yonder. I like it a lot!

Brown Eyed Huh?…..never fails to fill the floor….

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Brown Eyed Huh?…..never fails to fill the floor….

Excellent bass playing, as usual! Whenever I can get back out that way, I really hope to catch one of your gigs!

 

[WillyW]

Brown Eyed Huh?…..never fails to fill the floor….

I prefer Moondance, then Brown eyed girl

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Brown Eyed Huh?…..never fails to fill the floor….

I may or may not have mentioned this before. September. a 100+ degree day and evening in a parking lot concert in the DFW area. All ages show. Kevin Prosch and band played a nice, long version of Brown-Eyed Girl as an encore. Everyone - and I mean *everyone* - physically capable of it was dancing. Toddlers. Mother wearing a baby. Teens. College students. Middle agers. Old folks. Ancient person in a walker. A couple of loose dogs. Possibly a pigeon, thought it may have been trying to fly away and just vibrating in front of the subs arrayed across the entire stage base; I'm not well versed in pigeon dance.

People yell for Freebird or Stairway. They get off their butts for BEG.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I prefer Moondance, then Brown eyed girl

they can keep’em both….

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I may or may not have mentioned this before. September. a 100+ degree day and evening in a parking lot concert in the DFW area. All ages show. Kevin Prosch and band played a nice, long version of Brown-Eyed Girl as an encore. Everyone - and I mean *everyone* - physically capable of it was dancing. Toddlers. Mother wearing a baby. Teens. College students. Middle agers. Old folks. Ancient person in a walker. A couple of loose dogs. Possibly a pigeon, thought it may have been trying to fly away and just vibrating in front of the subs arrayed across the entire stage base; I'm not well versed in pigeon dance.

People yell for Freebird or Stairway. They get off their butts for BEG.

totally, if you get hired to get people dancing, BEG is a great trick to have in your bag…..never fails and as you say, no demographic limitations…

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Excellent bass playing, as usual! Whenever I can get back out that way, I really hope to catch one of your gigs!

Thx Miles!

 

[GBassNorth]

I know a few around here really like the looks of them... not me, they're just weird looking and not in a good way for me.

The first gen dingwal bird looked better to me than the current one. That said, every clip I’ve heard of one sounds overly bright and crisp in a hifi kind of way, not deep and roaring like other birds. In fact, from what I’ve heard, I’d put the Droc and the Greco at two opposite ends of the bird scale. I tend to favor the Greco end of the scale.

Somebody say White Thunderbird?
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Hey, I can do that…

 

[Engle]

White Thunderbirds?!

I still have a couple

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.....on a not really related note, I found one of the old silver-face Peavey 115 speaker cabs for $40, that needs a recone. Worth it to buy & fix, or no?

I’d say no, unless you have a 15 on hand that would work.

 

[Engle]

I prefer Moondance, then Brown eyed girl

Domino always filled the floor for us.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Domino always filled the floor for us.

Sweet Caroline too…like BEG a big sing along (for folks who don’t dance)….

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Sweet Caroline too…like BEG a big sing along (for folks who don’t dance)….

Now there's a song I can do without. Though for a paying gig I'd happily (enough) learn and play it.

 

[Gaolee]

Brown Eyed Huh?…..never fails to fill the floor….

I always have fun playing that song, since the bass line allows so much messing around. All you have to do is keep the groove, and it doesn't matter what else you do as the bass player on that song. I wander way off reservation, especially on the brief bass solo part. And it always fills the floor, which is also fun.