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Thunderbird Club

#197,044
JIO said:
It is, and thanks for your interest! :) The Kolorbas wasn't even that expensive - owning artwork is proportional to what a person is willing to justify its cost. I'm an artist but can't afford to be a "collector" of art. I see all kinds of beautiful art I can't possibly afford, so when I see something like this within my range of acceptance financially - I go for it! I believe in supporting gifted artists and have done so when I can. I also have artwork by artist friends which always takes priority. (I have only so many walls!) I'd seen stock Jolana Kolorbas's and liked them, but when saw this special one - I couldn't resist. In purchasing it (eBay) I developed a dialogue with the seller over the two months it took to arrive and he sent a very nice Christmas/holiday email thanking me for purchasing the bass. It made the whole transaction more human and in turn made the bass even more special. People complain about eBay all the time but if done right it's a way to connect with distant parts of the world in a positive way.
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I don't care what it sounds like--it just looks fantastic! Good buy in my book.
 
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#197,046
JJR58 said:
Tal rocks!!!
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I saw her a few years ago with her own band. The show was at one of my favorite SF venues "The Great American Music Hall" and it wasn't crowded at all. We were right up front. She's very big within certain circles but as a band-leader you'd have to know about her through Jeff Beck and a number of others she's played with. It was a vey cool show, not so much jazz but interesting original material and she sang also.

She played this bass - a vintage Harmony hollow-body. She also played a Fender bass.
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GonePlaid said:
Gig last night(Saturday)@ same place I 'sat in' on sax Friday night. Sax experiment was 'interesting', but prolly a 'one-off'(too much b.s. for the small gain). We'll see. Anyhoo, back on THUNDERBIRD for last night's gig. Felt good to be 'home'.
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Nothing like some good sax. Seriously. I know what some of you were thinking. You know who you are.:laugh:
 
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JIO said:
I saw her a few years ago with her own band. The show was at one of my favorite SF venues "The Great American Music Hall" and it wasn't crowded at all. We were right up front. She's very big within certain circles but as a band-leader you'd have to know about her through Jeff Beck and a number of others she's played with. It was a vey cool show, not so much jazz but interesting original material and she sang also.

She played this bass - a vintage Harmony hollow-body. She also played a Fender bass.
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So cool Geo!!!
 
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#197,052
bobyoung53 said:
Sorry for the tome that follows :laugh::
I've had the NR Thunderbird in my possession now for at least two or three months straight, and this thing has become my first choice among the six I have out here which includes three Fenders, a Ric and another Gibson which I also really like (EB4-L). It's got just about everything I could want in a bass and I could easily see this being my only bass, IF (heaven forbid) I absolutely could only have one. I LOVE the neck, I have reg Rotosound Swing Bass on it, 105s, and have the action pretty low and virtually no buzzes and I like to dig in. It sounds great acoustically, nice and loud. The neck invites high register playing, the neck is really fast. There are no dead spots and it's got a nice fundamental all the way up the neck right from the low E. It also sounds great through both amps I have out here, an SVT and a SS Ampeg, both through one or two Ampeg 15's.
I'm even thinking of buying another one and having a luthier take the fretboard off and putting an ebony fretless board on it, I dislike plastic feeling coated fretlesses and urethane isn't hard enough IMHO. I super glued one and it works and sounds good and is hard as nails but WHAT a PITA that was.
I also have played it with my Pat Pending :laugh: flannel mute(s) and it can do just about anything a flat wound P bass can do. It sounds great with both fingers and a pick. It also has a nice loud punchy E which is also a must for me, it's light and balances well.
This is the second brand new Gibson I have bought, the first was a 2018 LE Thunderbird and both were just about perfect. I have 5 or 6 Gibson's now, many of them older and they are all very well made and constructed.
I did bring this to a jam in Mass a while ago and thought it sounded great in a band situation too, that was with the stock strings, I like the Rotos better.
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OK, let's go over the rules one more time. You just can't say things like: "It's got just about everything I could want in a bass and I could easily see this being my only bass." It goes against everything sacred, like Thunderbirds are one-trick ponies, etc. Next you'll saying crazy things like headstocks stay on and there's no horrible neck dive. So please keep this kind of misinformaiton off this form. The Ministry of Truth is always listening.;) :laugh:
 
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dagrev said:
OK, let's go over the rules one more time. You just can't say things like: "It's got just about everything I could want in a bass and I could easily see this being my only bass." It goes against everything sacred, like Thunderbirds are one-trick ponies, etc. Next you'll saying crazy things like headstocks stay on and there's no horrible neck dive. So please keep this kind of misinformaiton off this form. The Ministry of Truth is always listening.;)
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Then the Ministry of Love gets it's hands on you!
 
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GBassNorth said:
Wonder if it has anything to do with the area you live in. Brooklyn, NY gets bloody hot and humid in the summer and bitter cold and dry in the winter with a whole bunch of humidity and temperature swings in between. If you transport your bass out of the house to play out a lot, that’s a whole bunch of environmental swings all year long. I gotta admit, since I moved to SoCal from the Midwest I’ve hardly adjusted a truss rod for seasonal changes. My problem here is fret sprout with all the super dry hot air.
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So true. In such a dry climate can you have a humidification system for the house? We need them in the winter here. Like with many things, there are downsides with them so it's a matter of weighing what's a cost and what's a benefit. We had one at the other house and had no issues. I also had a climate control system put on our piano and it very noticeably stays in tune much better between turnings and just keeps the thing more happy all around.
 
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JJR58 said:
It’s also possible that by not loosening it a bit during that time, that, that may have played a part in that.
But hard to say.

I’ve had ‘62’s on up to ‘71’s.
And not a one moved.
Then again, this was back in the mid to late ‘70’s.

I will say this though.
My last Pre CBS was a ‘65 Pbass.
Bought from Bob S. at Guitar Crazy in PDX circa ‘95-‘96.
That bass went back and forth with me to Cali and back to PDX twice.
Not once did it ever need an adjustment.
And those Cali summers are brutal.
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In my experience the pre CBS Fenders never need adjustments or move--even the '62 J never moves with the seasons. Can't say that about others I've had. My '64 Thunderbird and Epi are super stable, as well as all other Thunderbirds, but the '76 is a mover for some reason. All G&Ls were stable as well. My Ric oddly enough moved around a bit.
 
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#197,060
icefly said:
In the last few days, when I have the chance to play for an hour or two, I've been playing with a pick.
Definitely I sux with a pick, but I've loved TBird sound with a pick and bridge pickup (Oasis - Wonderwall and Beatles - Get Back). Funny to say usually I don´t like this combination, but I´m enjoying these days.
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Stay at it. It's great option. I'm playing more and more with a pick these days.
 
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