Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Please do let me know a bit in advance, I'll take some time off.

Cool. Will do!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Way cool!!!
One of my fav flights ever was a short hop from Bradley to JFK on an American Airlines Lockheed Electra L-188.

Dude, that’s so rad! Commercially, other than jets, I think I’ve only been on modern turboprop twins - in Europe (Albania, Ireland/Scotland).

 

[BklynKen]

Dude, that’s so rad! Commercially, other than jets, I think I’ve only been on modern turboprop twins - in Europe (Albania, Ireland/Scotland).

Same here, flying into Bimini.

 

[JJR58]

Dude, that’s so rad! Commercially, other than jets, I think I’ve only been on modern turboprop twins - in Europe (Albania, Ireland/Scotland).

Showing my age for sure.
But as a kid, I was so a commercial aviation buff.
Flying in that thing was like flying in a truck.
Totally exhilarating, and the turbulence into JFK made even more worth the experience.

 

[JJR58]

It’s an Alembic Dragon Wing bass. Commissioned by John Entwhistle to replace his Buzzard bass (which replaced his Thunderbird and Exploiter basses). He unfortunately passed away before Alembic finished it. I think Alembic made a total of about ten of them in different woods and with various options, so they’re very very rare. Mine was built in 2005 and has a beautiful Cocobolo (rosewood) top and Mahogany body with Signature electronics (vs the much more expensive Series electronics) and side LEDs. The craftsmanship and attention to detail is phenomenal, and of course it plays and records wonderfully.
A screen shot of my Dragon Wing before it was finished that shows a control layout option that was being considered. That’s a lot of knobs, fortunately the original owner went with the standard Signature electronics (which already has enough knobs)…
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And for a sense of scale here it is with its distant cousin…
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Even if I could talk Alembic into building another one there’s no way I could afford it, so it’s pretty much a home studio Queen these days.

So, my comment to this would be one of that would get me banned.

So here's the safe way of responding......

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

i absolutely love what red lighting does to this bass…

 

[GBassNorth]

i absolutely love what red lighting does to this bass…
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Kinda got some flame goin on there, very cool.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It’s an Alembic Dragon Wing bass. Commissioned by John Entwhistle to replace his Buzzard bass (which replaced his Thunderbird and Exploiter basses). He unfortunately passed away before Alembic finished it. I think Alembic made a total of about ten of them in different woods and with various options, so they’re very very rare. Mine was built in 2005 and has a beautiful Cocobolo (rosewood) top and Mahogany body with Signature electronics (vs the much more expensive Series electronics) and side LEDs. The craftsmanship and attention to detail is phenomenal, and of course it plays and records wonderfully.
A screen shot of my Dragon Wing before it was finished that

It’s an Alembic Dragon Wing bass. Commissioned by John Entwhistle to replace his Buzzard bass (which replaced his Thunderbird and Exploiter basses). He unfortunately passed away before Alembic finished it. I think Alembic made a total of about ten of them in different woods and with various options, so they’re very very rare. Mine was built in 2005 and has a beautiful Cocobolo (rosewood) top and Mahogany body with Signature electronics (vs the much more expensive Series electronics) and side LEDs. The craftsmanship and attention to detail is phenomenal, and of course it plays and records wonderfully.
A screen shot of my Dragon Wing before it was finished that shows a control layout option that was being considered. That’s a lot of knobs, fortunately the original owner went with the standard Signature electronics (which already has enough knobs)…
View attachment 4506563

And for a sense of scale here it is with its distant cousin…
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Even if I could talk Alembic into building another one there’s no way I could afford it, so it’s pretty much a home studio Queen these days.

shows a control layout option that was being considered. That’s a lot of knobs, fortunately the original owner went with the standard Signature electronics (which already has enough knobs)…
View attachment 4506563

And for a sense of scale here it is with its distant cousin…
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Even if I could talk Alembic into building another one there’s no way I could afford it, so it’s pretty much a home studio Queen these days.

I’ve wanted an Alembic since first seeing Phil Lesh’s bass they modded. That’s a beauty!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It’s getting closer to your home, There’s a Grand Funk RailRoad song in there somewhere.

I just realized the similarity of GFR’s guitar intro to that and Mike’s guitar intro on the Monkees’ “Pleasant Valley Sunday”.

 

[WillyW]

It’s an Alembic Dragon Wing bass. Commissioned by John Entwhistle to replace his Buzzard bass (which replaced his Thunderbird and Exploiter basses). He unfortunately passed away before Alembic finished it. I think Alembic made a total of about ten of them in different woods and with various options, so they’re very very rare. Mine was built in 2005 and has a beautiful Cocobolo (rosewood) top and Mahogany body with Signature electronics (vs the much more expensive Series electronics) and side LEDs. The craftsmanship and attention to detail is phenomenal, and of course it plays and records wonderfully.
A screen shot of my Dragon Wing before it was finished that shows a control layout option that was being considered. That’s a lot of knobs, fortunately the original owner went with the standard Signature electronics (which already has enough knobs)…
View attachment 4506563

And for a sense of scale here it is with its distant cousin…
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Even if I could talk Alembic into building another one there’s no way I could afford it, so it’s pretty much a home studio Queen these days.

I like that a lot, I would totally rock and exploiter, I should save up my pennies and just get one…

 

[GBassNorth]

That's very cool. An old friend of mine got to play one of Entwistle's Buzzards a year or two ago. He said it was great to play.
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One of those (either Status or Warwick) is on my bucket list. Almost pulled the trigger on one a few years back, hesitated for a day and it was gone. Prices have rocketed since making it less likely to happen anytime soon.

If only I had your looks
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One of these is not on my bucket list. But that’s some seriously skilled carving (or even some cool photoshop).

 

[GBassNorth]

I like that a lot, I would totally rock and exploiter, I should save up my pennies and just get one…

The Exploiter is very cool. As a lower cost option I’ve been desperately trying to find an Aria BBZ in the states (plenty in Russia for some reason) but few and far between here.

 

[Larry V]

Where did you get a sketch of me without a melon on!?

Post Office...

 

[ToddOfThunder]

...and you got me by 12 years, George.





2nd grade. January birthday.

I’m January as well, I was 7.

 

[Larry V]

I’m January as well, I was 7.

I was 8 about to be 53 on the 3rd of January.

 

[Gaolee]

Same here, flying into Bimini.

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I have been in some pretty dodgy airplanes at times. Flying from Ohio to North Carolina as a 10 year old on an old Piedmont plane that went through the passes in the Blue Ridge Mountains was an experience. Those are not high mountains. I believe those were piston powered. It sure was exciting to me, since I was on my own. It was a very different time and place.

Then there were some loud, obnoxious high wing planes that Allegheny had. As I recall, those were still in use in the 1990s when I went back to Ohio for my grandfather's funeral. I was in a seat right next to the prop. That was loud. Then there are the small planes that you take on occasion in Alaska. No need for TSA, since there's only eight people on the plane. Those bounce all over the place both on the ground and in the air. Getting where you are going is more of a resultant vector than anything resembling an intentional path.

I think I was about 13 before ever getting on a jet plane to anywhere.

 

[BklynKen]

I have been in some pretty dodgy airplanes at times. Flying from Ohio to North Carolina as a 10 year old on an old Piedmont plane that went through the passes in the Blue Ridge Mountains was an experience. Those are not high mountains. I believe those were piston powered. It sure was exciting to me, since I was on my own. It was a very different time and place.

Then there were some loud, obnoxious high wing planes that Allegheny had. As I recall, those were still in use in the 1990s when I went back to Ohio for my grandfather's funeral. I was in a seat right next to the prop. That was loud. Then there are the small planes that you take on occasion in Alaska. No need for TSA, since there's only eight people on the plane. Those bounce all over the place both on the ground and in the air. Getting where you are going is more of a resultant vector than anything resembling an intentional path.

I think I was about 13 before ever getting on a jet plane to anywhere.

This one was made by Saab.

 

[GonePlaid]

I have been in some pretty dodgy airplanes at times. Flying from Ohio to North Carolina as a 10 year old on an old Piedmont plane that went through the passes in the Blue Ridge Mountains was an experience. Those are not high mountains. I believe those were piston powered. It sure was exciting to me, since I was on my own. It was a very different time and place.

Then there were some loud, obnoxious high wing planes that Allegheny had. As I recall, those were still in use in the 1990s when I went back to Ohio for my grandfather's funeral. I was in a seat right next to the prop. That was loud. Then there are the small planes that you take on occasion in Alaska. No need for TSA, since there's only eight people on the plane. Those bounce all over the place both on the ground and in the air. Getting where you are going is more of a resultant vector than anything resembling an intentional path.

I think I was about 13 before ever getting on a jet plane to anywhere.

Allegheny=Fairchild/Fokker F27's.

 

[Gaolee]

Allegheny=Fairchild/Fokker F27's.

Loud Fokker, for sure.

 

[dagrev]

The times I have played them, the fanned frets didn’t seem to take much getting used to.

Looking at them makes my eyes and head hurt. Seems like an optical illusion.