Thunderbird Club

[wolfkeller]

I've always wanted to try out the old Marshall, hiwatt, sunn and acoustic amps. I've never come across anyone who had one, ever. Personally, my GK 800rb into a 2x15 with the master and boost cranked is THE tone for me, just board. With it. I get like that, always something new and different for me.

 

[Stevis]

Actually that subpac back brace thing further down the page looks interesting too. I've been in a few gigs where I just wasn't positioned right to feel the thump of my bass. Something like that would be cool to try!

Actually that subpac back brace thing further down the page looks interesting too. I've been in a few gigs where I just wasn't positioned right to feel the thump of my bass. Something like that would be cool to try!

I was trying to find the link to something I read, which talked about a vibrating "plate" for bassists on stage. You stand on it and it helps address what you describe above and it also helps with the guitar/bass amp volume arms race and preserving our hearing. I just had a "duh" epiphany that this would be perfect in condo, when teamed with headphones.

 

[Haji]

My very first head was a 150 watt Acoustic. It sounded pretty good but couldn't hang against a half stack then. It was the 80's, after all. my brother won an auction for cheap and among the stuff on pallet was a CarverPM 1.5 power amp that he gave me. I paired that with a BBE 383 preamp and ran it biamped. Wish I still had that incredibly heavy beast. Heavy is good. Heavy is reliable.

 

[gaffster787]

I hate "boomy" sounding bass, so I usually plug the ports on my SWR and Genz boxes. I use generic 1500 W Crown power amps and drive them with an Aguilar tone hammer preamp. I made a custom 410 box using car woofers years ago. It sounds the best but I am afraid to push it more than a few hundred watts.

 

[JIO]

Maybe I need one of these to enhance home practice (which I just came across)?

…ah.., no

 

[Christine]

It might be kinda fun to just play left handed and see what happens. I might have to try that pretty soon. Being right handed but not strongly right handed means it might work eventually.

After I cut the end of my finger off I had a go and using a pick, it was useless for me, after a week of hard graft over the Christmas holidays I couldn't even play a scale. That's what prompted me to sell my first Tbird

 

[Christine]

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Looks very nice there mate. I'll be getting Y tuners anyway. Been looking around and Hipshot don't seem easy to find here so it looks like another mailorder job.

Same here, I had to get them from the states. I was thinking about the Y tuners too, I just love the way they keep that flat looking top line on the headstock, then I thought if I was putting a vintage looking bridge on then it would be better with the clover leaf.

Now I'm having second thoughts about the bridge, I'm considering getting a chrome 3 point and using Scott's badbird on a new build T Bird with some Mike Lull Pups for it which can be had in the UK

 

[Christine]

Colin - if you're ever in the states (near the Los Angeles area) be sure to look me up. It's a fun little jam room set up for bass, vocals and keyboard (shown in the pic) as well as two guitars and an electric drum kit (not shown in the pic). I'll buy all the pints you can drink!

It's a date mate but I doubt my drinking skills would put much of a dent in your wallet these days, I've turned into the proverbial lightweight

 

[Christine]

From the "famous people that play bass" thread

 

[DerekW]

From the "famous people that play bass" thread

I need a poster of that!

 

[EdO.]

T-Bird sighting! On Jimmy Fallon last night, Kings of Leon played. Bass player was playing a black T-Bird with white PG and what looked to be some sort of white binding trim around the body, tuner head was white with black route. Good looking bird and definitely had the sound.

 

[JIO]

T-Bird sighting! On Jimmy Fallon last night, Kings of Leon played. Bass player was playing a black T-Bird with white PG and what looked to be some sort of white binding trim around the body, tuner head was white with black route. Good looking bird and definitely had the sound.

He's been a T-bird player for a while now. It's a cool bird -

Watch Kings Of Leon Play “Waste A Moment” On Fallon | SPIN

 

[Nocturnal]

It is a cool looking Bird. Would be a cool sig model for him.

 

[JIO]

It is a cool looking Bird. Would be a cool sig model for him.

I agree - it looks to have MOP binding which would work well on a T-bird due to lack of contours like on a J or P. Dig the white-face hs too.

 

[TwyreZ]

He's been a T-bird player for a while now. It's a cool bird -

Watch Kings Of Leon Play “Waste A Moment” On Fallon | SPIN

Yes, Jared Followill also plays on Audio kitchen amp :Invalid Link Removed

 

[Nocturnal]

Looks like an interesting head, but for roughly $3100.00 I won't be trying one out.

 

[Larry V]

Why Jared Followill Plays the Gibson Thunderbird

"In the early years of Kings of Leon, Jared Followill used to play a Gibson EB-3 bass, but switched to a Thunderbird when he was presented one by Gibson. Jared talked to Invalid Link Removed about switching to the Thunderbird: “I’ve used a few different basses over the years, but I’m pretty horrible when it comes to knowledge on the technical side of things; I basically started playing a Thunderbird because Gibson sent me a free one. I tried it out for one show, and it happened to be a really amazing show—it sounded great, and our soundman was really pleased. Because of its longer scale, it was a lot harder to play than my EB-3—which I could just rip on—but in time I got used to it. It was a difficult transition, but it sounded better, and it ultimately made me a stronger player. It had clearer highs and lows, and I could get a certain crunch that was missing with the EB-3."

 

[Larry V]

Autographed Limited Edition Gibson Blackbird Bass Guitar

The ultimate Motley Crue AND bass player collectible! $2,000.

 

[Haji]

That story should be called "How Jared Followill Figured Out What We All knew Already."

 

[JIO]

Looks like an interesting head, but for roughly $3100.00 I won't be trying one out.

$3100.00 plus a roadie's salary to lug it to gigs!