Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

[66Atlas]

I always think of this bass with him.  Its hard to forget!

[uwe]

Who is that moustached second rhythm guitarist and where did the piano player go? 

[Basshappi]

My good friend just finished his album, Barry Sparks played bass on it. Here is a video they shot for it, Barry is playing his signature bass that is based on the Tbird.

[Basshappi]

And yes that is Mark Storace on vocals.
Pat Travers, Frank Marino and Les Dudek also appear on the album

[Stjofön Big]

Can't say for sure, but this here one, at c:a 2:05, looks like a T-bird. Unusual music for that great bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=139&v=SbPyKCNDzmI

[uwe]

I believe it's a Victory headstock (smaller than a TBird's) and also by the sound of it: too much click attack for a TBird and once the bass player starts doing those runs in the middle of the fretboard, that is clearly the sustain characteristic of a bolt-on, not a neck-thru. A TBird would sound mellower and less direct, more billowing there, that is also why you really don't see them in those late night show band settings where you want individual instrument sounds to be controlled as much as possible.

Great performance by the way. And Victory sightings are rarer than TBird ones, so you have a good eye!

[Stjofön Big]

Thanks, Uwe! You've got good ears!
I just discovered that you can see the bass in the backline, in the first few seconds of the tune. It sure looks more like a Victory than a Bird... Nice sound to it!

[Basvarken]

Riverdogs bass player Cary Beare played a Victory in the early nineties.
I can't find a video with any moving footage.
But here's a YT with just the still of the album cover, which features the Victory right in the middle. On top of a flightcase

[uwe]

Thanks, Uwe! You've got good ears!
I just discovered that you can see the bass in the backline, in the first few seconds of the tune. It sure looks more like a Victory than a Bird... Nice sound to it!

You know, we might be both wrong though ...  He might be playing a Victory guitar (it's hard to see, the filming is so blurry, but aren't there more than four tuners on his headstock?), because there is certainly another bass player playing along too, the guy with the dark curly hair from the house band on the far right (though he seems to chording rather than playing walking bass lines). But let's give our presumed Victory bass player the benefit of doubt! Don't you just hate it too to be mistaken for a guitarist?

[Basvarken]

Sounds like a five string. Or else definitely tuned down

[planetgaffnet]

I'm pretty sure these are in this thread, and pretty early on, but it has a meaning today... rip Mr Watts...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sih9OVokuQ

Just for the record, one of the female backing singers on that clip is Sue Holderness.  Better known this side of the pond for playing Marlene Boyce in the BBC comedy 'Only Fools And Horses'.

[TBird1958]

 Here's a little bit of "Cars" as we make our debut at "The Swiss" in Tacoma, WA. 3/3/2017

Played the Purple '77 for the first set.

[uwe]

  - I bet no one said "That bass is too low in the mix!"

Great to see that tune played live.

[TBird1958]

- I bet no one said "That bass is too low in the mix!"

Great to see that tune played live.

That was a pretty good show, they had us cranked up in FOH, looks like we'll be in their rotation about every 6 weeks or so. We're going to re arrange the song a bit like Fear Factory's version - a bit more guitar. 

[Basvarken]

Kings of Leon with a white Thunderbird