Thunderbird Club

[Nocturnal]

Here are a couple clips of the EMG TBHZ pickups in a Schecter.





I agree with everything this guy says:

 

[JIO]

Here are a couple clips of the EMG TBHZ pickups in a Schecter.





I agree with everything this guy says:

A very T-bird like bass.

 

[PillO]

I agree with everything this guy says:

Очевидно, @Nocturnal знает, о чем говорит

 

[BklynKen]

Here are a couple clips of the EMG TBHZ pickups in a Schecter.





I agree with everything this guy says:

I didn't think much of the sound from the first two, but the third sounded like a Thunderbird to me.

 

[TBird1958]

A very T-bird like bass.

It's kinda like a Tele and Thunderbird love child - Probably my fave shape from Schecter.

 

[BklynKen]

It's kinda like a Tele and Thunderbird love child - Probably my fave shape from Schecter.

I hate the pickguard, though.

 

[BklynKen]

I hate the pickguard, though.

Weird. It looks much better on the web site.

Bass : Ultra Bass

 

[WillyW]

Here are a couple clips of the EMG TBHZ pickups in a Schecter.





I agree with everything this guy says:

It's kinda like a Tele and Thunderbird love child - Probably my fave shape from Schecter.

I really liked my former Schecter Sixx, but the pickups were just kinda whatever, I think they were EMG’s.


and I was going through a fretted bass purge.

 

[GBassNorth]

There was a strange period in rock between 1988 and 1991 when, hair metal became its own parody and bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, REM and the Pixies started to make some serious waves, signalling the shifting to the guard.

This clip of the Belgian band "De Kreuners" (Literately meaning "Those who moan" which is a brilliant name for a band no matter how you slice it) is a good showcase of that shift, very clear to see that they started out a hair metal band but evolved. The song is called "Ik wil je" (I want you) and look at that crazy white ESP with the quadruple P bass pickups.

Cool vid! There’s a lot going on there - that good looking bass player with the dual split slant p pups should be singing “I’m too sexy for his shirt” ; looks like a young Johnny Cash is standing is on guitar with the cow hide strap, and somewhere out there there’s a 5 keg frat party looking for their drummer.
Just having fun with the clip, it’s actually pretty good and your right, you can see the clear transition from “big hair” to “slick it down but don’t cut it off”.

 

[dagrev]

Here are a couple clips of the EMG TBHZ pickups in a Schecter.
I agree with everything this guy says:

Очевидно, @Nocturnal знает, о чем говорит

What PillO really wanted to say: Играет и звучит как арбуз

 

[dagrev]

I didn't think much of the sound from the first two, but the third sounded like a Thunderbird to me.

I completely agree. The last sounded good. The first two are flushers.....

 

[Engle]

I completely agree. The last sounded good. The first two are flushers.....

Well the first guy seemed like he thought he was playing a guitar

 

[Engle]

There was a strange period in rock between 1988 and 1991 when, hair metal became its own parody and bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, REM and the Pixies started to make some serious waves, signalling the shifting to the guard.

This clip of the Belgian band "De Kreuners" (Literately meaning "Those who moan" which is a brilliant name for a band no matter how you slice it) is a good showcase of that shift, very clear to see that they started out a hair metal band but evolved. The song is called "Ik wil je" (I want you) and look at that crazy white ESP with the quadruple P bass pickups.

That’s making me want to put my Jazz Bass Special back together!

 

[GBassNorth]

Here are a couple clips of the EMG TBHZ pickups in a Schecter.
I agree with everything this guy says:

Yeah, what he said!

I completely agree. The last sounded good. The first two are flushers.....

Agreed, the first two sounded horrible. The last one sounded good, but I suspect it’s because he was playing the notes in Russian. The English notes would have sounded more like the first two clips.

 

[GBassNorth]

Well the first guy seemed like he thought he was playing a guitar

LOL - I guess there’s a reason they call the company Schecter “Guitar” Research and not “Bass” Research.
I did get a kick out of the video - he starts by saying “let’s hear what it sounds like” then promptly breaks into a guitar drone strum on the D string while playing a dozen notes the length of the G string. Yeah, that tells me a lot about how it sounds on a bass line. Then after he finishes his sweet guitar riff he stomps on an overdrive pedal I guess to highlight the wonderful bass tones the pedal can create.
Too funny.

 

[dagrev]

Yeah, what he said!
Agreed, the first two sounded horrible. The last one sounded good, but I suspect it’s because he was playing the notes in Russian. The English notes would have sounded more like the first two clips.

 

[MCF]

Here I thought it was me......

Simple, typical playing is really what I'd like to hear if I'm trying to evaluate various tones.

But at least he shows you can play slap on a Thunderbird. Not my thing. If I wanted a J bass, (I don’t) I’d buy one.

 

[Gaolee]

Any pictures of her?

My girlfriend at the time looked a lot like a young Linda Ronstadt, short hair version. She became the crazy, so the fact that she was very cute became irrelevant. But, I didn't hurt myself wrestling with her. It was on a mat with a referee. Not near as satisfying. I hadn't discovered bass yet at the time, let alone Thunderbirds.

 

[Gaolee]

No pix, didn't happen...

You don't want pictures of a 16 year old Gaolee lying on the floor with his head cranked over at a weird angle. Really, you don't. And there aren't any pictures of that, either. No pictures of the girlfriend at the time either. You might like those, but I don't have any.

 

[JIO]

Weird. It looks much better on the web site.

Bass : Ultra Bass

Different, more T-bird like pg shape.