By the look of it those are active EMG pickups, no?
If you enlarge the pic, they look like normal 90s/00's black TB-pickups and they read R.B.
Rex has a PJ + preamp set with Seymour Duncan, but I don't see any sign of SD.
Irrespective of what many of us think of active circuit basses, an active TBird would actually make sense within the Gibson palette for someone playing music like Herr Brown.
You think they already have the name TRexBird protected?(https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--v6G9HVEG--/t_Resized%20Artwork/c_fit,g_north_west,h_1054,w_1054/co_ffffff,e_outline:53/co_ffffff,e_outline:inner_fill:53/co_bbbbbb,e_outline:3:1000/c_mpad,g_center,h_1260,w_1260/b_rgb:eeeeee/c_limit,f_auto,h_630,q_90,w_630/v1623739932/production/designs/22544564_0.jpg)
As long as the battery is full, an active bass is a safe bet in a live setting if you know neither the location where or the rig over which you will be playing. You can compensate for most deficiencies and also make a decent stand against a double bass drum.
As long as the battery is full, an active bass is a safe bet in a live setting if you know neither the location where or the rig over which you will be playing. You can compensate for most deficiencies and also make a decent stand against a double bass drum.
This is my solution. It's attached to my strap.
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That "I only sound like myself over my own amp" I've always regarded as a guitarist whiney thing.
My requisite reply to every new Thunderbird that comes out: I assume there will be no left-handed version.
And that ain't right.
Yup, in the end that is all that's left.
The pickups, straight from the T-Rex's mouth: https://twitter.com/REJASFROMTEJAS/status/1541165498305351680
That's my spirit animal.
If The Dude qualifies as a spirit animal, sign me up.
Overall construction is very similar to the Gene Simmons Thunderbird. Thicker body, looks like a set neck but there is a raised center section on the top of the body. The neck profile felt like the Gene bass as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK2R-cMvXFs
I wonder if it actually comes with the Hipshot Xtender in the video. But it basically seems to be the G2 Thunderbird with a raised center block and possibly different pickups.
and
different inlays,
no bound neck,
mahogany fingerboard instead of ebony,
and a pre-amp.
So no.
Not a G2.
At all
I wonder if it actually comes with the Hipshot Xtender in the video. I had one in my hands about a month ago. But it basically seems to be the G2 Thunderbird with a raised center block and possibly different pickups.Basically it is a G2 with a raised center section, active pickups and the Hipshot Extender.
Rob meant to say Rosewood fingerboard.
From what I have heard is that the Bass extender is standard.
I don’t quite understand what the pre amp does, since the controls are VVT.
I would love to see another short scale bird .
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Do I detect a beginning elementary school teacher look/aura, Miss/Fräulein Feld? :-X
A short scale neck-thru? Gruesome.
Let's see: Given the inherent limitations of that particular niche brand of undersized bass guitar, anybody getting a proper sound out of it truly deserves to be lauded.
PS: I find Stanley's bass playing extremely physical and muscular. I can marvel watching him while Jaco - no doubt a brilliant player - leaves me cold. Weather Report is nice to hear plus airy and all that, but Return to Forever is 'heavy jazz rock' that connects with me.
PPS: Together with the TBird, the Ric 4001/4003 is the artisiest, purest, most idiosyncratic & complete plus prettiest bass design ever. Nuff said.
Well that was a nice thread derailment.
I once shook his hand. He's a giant. He plays his upright bass like a ukulele.
Here he is with another shorter-than-34" neck-thru. Gruesome? I think not.
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I've never heard a Stanley Clarke bass tone that has approached pleasing.Didn't he use an EB-2 on the first RTF album?
Didn't he use an EB-2 on the first RTF album?
I picked up a 4000 after using a 4001 for years and was quite surprised to find I did not miss the neck pickup and the extra knobs one bit .I had a 4000 in the early 80's, est Ric I ever owned! I sold it to finance my move to Boston in '83 to become a Rockstar.
In fact , the simplicity of just two knobs is nice .
Great sounding bass .
If Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy was recorded with an EB-0, then it's the best use of an EB-0 I've heard. But on another interview he said, "Before the Alembic I was playing a Gibson EB-0, and it’s a nasty-sounding bass. It looked like a Chet Atkins guitar." Huh? Maybe he had an EB-2 or an EB-2D? I've never seen a picture of him with a Gibson (other than one with a black G3).
Didn't he use an EB-2 on the first RTF album?
I must admit though, the only RTF albums to get my attention was no mystery and hymn of the 7th galaxy.
I spent a few hours learning the title cut of the latter back in the day, so I guess he was some kind of early influence - but I admit that his tone was not really spongeworthy.
I can't fault his playing. The speed and technique he achieved on The Romantic Warrior is very impressive. It's the plastic-y ultra treble and low action scuzz that I don't really like in his tone.
I'm pretty sure it was an EB-2 or 2D.
When Steve Swallow switched from upright to BG he also went with an EB2D. He said in an old interview that he felt weird with a solid body bass.
He got a nice sound out of it too. Didn't he put a mudbucker in bridge position?