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Dive! Dive! Dive!


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So this has been my latest project…. details are in the “build diaries” thread.

 

 I can’t tell you how much I love this thing. I’ve spent too much on it, but it was fun, and a decent but modest Thunderbird has been transformed into an absolute beast. Thunderous, piano like tone….. it’s absolutely my current favourite, I can’t put it down. Again, details on the build diary thread.

 

So is it worth spending the time and money on it? Absolutely yes, because I love it and plan to keep it. If I do sell it, I’ll loose money, so if it was something I was going to flip, I wouldn’t have spent so much.

 

It’s a really awesome Thunderbird. My mate already has a Gibson and an Epi Pro….. he wants this one too.

 

Very happy with it.

 

 

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1 hour ago, ezbass said:

Dive, dive, dive? Are you referring to the tendency of T’birds to be unbalanced or have you chosen the wrong Gerry Anderson series?

 

All that silliness aside - nice!

Lol…. Yep, it dives like Ronaldo if you let go….. keeps you on your toes!

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1 hour ago, Rayman said:

Lol…. Yep, it dives like Ronaldo if you let go….. keeps you on your toes!

Still looks cooler than a cucumber in Raybans though. Always fancied a white one like Martin Turner’s. Bring out a medium or short scale ‘bird and I’m all over it.

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Ahhhh Martin Turner…… I saw Wishbone Ash at Lancaster Uni in the 80s I think. Martin had just left, replaced by Trevor Boulder from the Spiders From Mars. 
 

but yeah….. a white bird with chrome pups….. nice 

 

 

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I glad you bought this! I was sooooo close to grabbing it myself then decided against it last minute. Clearly gone to the better home! Great work on taking a decent bass and giving it the shot of steroids it needed to be a superb beast! Looks awesome. 👍 

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Oh my - listen to Turner under headphones. What an awesome tone.

 

This live gig is with Ted Turner back in the band ( in fact it's the original mob ) after about a 14 or 15 year departure. He came back on the Nuveau Calls album which is a beauty.

 

Yes of course i got the CD  :) - had it for 30 years. Top music

 

 

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55 minutes ago, fleabag said:

Oh my - listen to Turner under headphones. What an awesome tone.

 

This live gig is with Ted Turner back in the band ( in fact it's the original mob ) after about a 14 or 15 year departure. He came back on the Nuveau Calls album which is a beauty.

 

Yes of course i got the CD  :) - had it for 30 years. Top music

 

 

It’s a shame that Ted didn’t have that same confidence in the early days. I think he had the best voice of all of them and was the ideal candidate for a front man. Things might have been very different.

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On the upside, I saw Ashbone-U-Wish many times and they were always great. Full disclosure, the members of AUW were/are good mates of mine, but that didn’t influence my opinion. The bass player, an occasional BCer, actually  depped for Bob Skeat on one of the WA tours; he is a man of many T’birds.

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It’s funny (or sad whichever way you look at it), when bands fragment, and original band members end up in a kind of tribute band playing their original stuff.

 

I haven’t seen WA since ‘81. There are now two versions? Martin Turners…. and Andy Powells? I assume they are the only original two in both bands…. 
 

I watched MTs version on YouTube, playing live….. not many people in the audience? Kind of sad. 

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35 minutes ago, ezbass said:

It’s a shame that Ted didn’t have that same confidence in the early days. I think he had the best voice of all of them and was the ideal candidate for a front man. Things might have been very different.

 

Quite agree, though Martin and Andy were very close to Ted in the vocal dept.  I loved Ted's guitar work too

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27 minutes ago, ezbass said:

On the upside, I saw Ashbone-U-Wish many times and they were always great. Full disclosure, the members of AUW were/are good mates of mine, but that didn’t influence my opinion. The bass player, an occasional BCer, actually  depped for Bob Skeat on one of the WA tours; he is a man of many T’birds.

 

 

Listen under phones to Skeat on Andy Powells WA. Another man with awesome tone.  Looks like a  Ray.

 

The recording of all of them is crystal clear - fabulous stuff.  Powell is still a talent to be reckoned with

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I’ve always adored the look of a T-Bird but I can’t get on with them despite having repeatedly tried. 
 

It’s a combination of the awkward balance and the playing position which puts the nut and headstock somewhere in the next county. 
 

I wish I could handle one but I can’t. That won’t stop me lusting after them tho. 

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3 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

I’ve always adored the look of a T-Bird but I can’t get on with them despite having repeatedly tried. 
 

It’s a combination of the awkward balance and the playing position which puts the nut and headstock somewhere in the next county. 
 

I wish I could handle one but I can’t. That won’t stop me lusting after them tho. 

Likewise. I think the T'bird and Firebird are the sexiest looking things, but the ergonomics just don't work for me, sadly. Doesn't stop me wanting either of them.

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It’s certainly a stretch to the nut, unless you strap it quite low…. I’m usually just below waist height, which brings the neck up a bit…..

 

but there’s always the dive, which I’ve never been able to solve…. Just part of the experience I guess.

 

Tonally, I love the sound so much.

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