Why Sixx went to Schecter....

[uwe]

Too late!!!



 

[NOT]

I got the chance to play this bass at Sam Ash. Looks a lot better in person. Although, it's not Thunderbird pretty. And sure doesn't sound like a 'Bird either. Sounds just like his Spector bass tone. Plugged into a small Ampeg combo it and it was easy to achieve his 'Girls, Girls, Girls' tone. The bass felt like his Epi Blackbird Model. And the neck was much larger than a Thunderbird. Very P bass-ish.

If it had an actual Thunderbird shape, I'd be all over it.

Overall a very nice bass, but it looks like a cartoon-ish Thunderbird IMO.

[Granny Gremlin]

It's the Pontiac Aztec of basses.

No, I, like you, drive a Legacy wagon (05 GT). I just didn't think the bass looked that bad.

LOL.  I know I am in a very small minority, but I actually like the Aztec..... the Sixx Sig is a fugly beast though, especially in that horrible burst.  Much worse than the car (I even like the yellow ones).

[TBird1958]

LOL.  I know I am in a very small minority, but I actually like the Aztec..... the Sixx Sig is a fugly beast though, especially in that horrible burst.  Much worse than the car (I even like the yellow ones).

 I think your vision clouded by excessive Back Bacon consumption 


Aztek 

[uwe]

I got the chance to play this bass at Sam Ash. Looks a lot better in person. Although, it's not Thunderbird pretty. And sure doesn't sound like a 'Bird either. Sounds just like his Spector bass tone. Plugged into a small Ampeg combo it and it was easy to achieve his 'Girls, Girls, Girls' tone. The bass felt like his Epi Blackbird Model. And the neck was much larger than a Thunderbird. Very P bass-ish.

If it had an actual Thunderbird shape, I'd be all over it.

Overall a very nice bass, but it looks like a cartoon-ish Thunderbird IMO.

It had good reviews in the German Gitarre & Bass mag, but they said too that there wasn't much T-Bird tone to it. But then I don't think that Nikki ever played his Birds for the tone, he obviously liked the Overend Watts look of them. That is not to say that he doesn't care about his tone - his bass tone with Mötley is never anything less than mighty live -, but that he doesn't shun away from a nice P-Bass snap & growl either, IIRC he has a P-Bass too which he dearly loves and doesn't smash up.

[NOT]

"It had good reviews in the German Gitarre & Bass mag, but they said too that there wasn't much T-Bird tone to  it. But then I don't think that Nikki ever played his Birds for the tone, he obviously liked the Overend Watts look of them. That is not to say that he doesn't care about his tone - his bass tone with Mötley is never anything less than mighty live -, but that he doesn't shun away from a nice P-Bass snap & growl either, IIRC he has a P-Bass too which he dearly loves and doesn't smash up."

Yes, I never understood the big hoopla over Nikki Sixx's bass tone. I really dig it. I've seen them live 5 times and each time it really stands out. Especially on certain songs. 'Primal Scream', 'Afraid', 'Louder Than Hell'. Although the Schecter in a live setting didn't sound as mean as his Thunderbirds. Although I do have a Tbird bias...

While watching the road crew set Mötley's show up, I noticed all of his Schecter Sixx Basses are kept in Gibson Thunderbird/Blackbird Hardshell cases. Wonder if the interior had to be modified...

[stiles72]

In this interview, Sixx references his '59 P-bass as influencing the Schecter...

[planetgaffnet]

In this interview, Sixx references his '59 P-bass as influencing the Schecter...

So the Schecter didn't make it into the Crue video.
P

[Nocturnal]

I found it odd that they used a clip of him playing a Thunderbird to promote the new bass 

[uwe]

The superior will always be the natural enemy of the only "good".

[TBird1958]

 That bass is a turd that even Nikki can't polish.

[Hörnisse]

I'd like to find one of these someday.  I've got the NJ version but it doesn't have the slab body with binding like the USA one.



Nikki rocking the Mockingbird bass. (and Mick with the Warlock guitar)

[Nocturnal]

I would love to add one of those Warlock's to the collection!! Especially with that headstock. The white with black binding is pretty sweet looking too.

[Blackbird]

A similar one went on the Bay..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1985-Bc-Rich-NJ-Series-Warlock-Bass-Vintage-White-MIJ-/111174271525?pt=Guitar&hash=item19e280c225&nma=true&si=mEKXB1tmc2glvfby3YB0dopiEYE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Nocturnal]

I had seen that one. I was tempted by it but really would like to hold out for the one with binding.