John Deere Fenderbird

Psycho Bass Guy · April 18, 2013, 09:42:14 AM

Quote from: godofthunder on April 17, 2013, 02:18:37 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmm I'm a a IH Farmall man myself. Makes me sorry I sold the poor thing. Well RS is in Tennessee

No they're not. They're in Winchester, Kentucky, much closer to Ohio than Tennessee. Besides, RS didn't do the John Deere finish. The fact that the music store knows the original color and says it's a refin makes me think they did that finish (or knows who did) but don't want to take credit for it. There's nothing wrong with a tractor-themed bass, but this is one of RS's limited run Explorer-birds. Anyone looking to resell it after painting it like that doesn't get what that bass is about.

Quote from: TBird1958 on April 17, 2013, 11:54:15 AMThe pups, you want to love them 'cause they're chrome but they are a bit on the weak, listless side.

I've speculated that those Fralin custom pickups were designed around a tube guitar preamp. They don't sound very T-Birdy at all until they're fed into a high impedance tube input stage. Then, they get VERY growly. Into most s/s bass amp preamps, they would be pretty listless.

slinkp · April 18, 2013, 10:41:26 PM

Maybe Derek Smalls commissioned it to play "Sex Farm"?

godofthunder · April 19, 2013, 05:46:58 AM

Your right Kentucky! My bad. When I had the bass it sounded great through the Hiwatts. I know Mark was pretty disappointed in their sound, wonder if he was using SS rig at the time?

gearHed289 · April 19, 2013, 12:04:41 PM

Nothing a pair of TB+ can't fix.

TBird1958 · April 19, 2013, 02:18:07 PM

Quote from: godofthunder on April 19, 2013, 05:46:58 AM
Your right Kentucky! My bad. When I had the bass it sounded great through the Hiwatts. I know Mark was pretty disappointed in their sound, wonder if he was using SS rig at the time?

Yeah, GK 1001RBII. Still, no love lost. It's a sometimes expensive epiphany to realize that one was meant to play a single type of bass - For me that's a Reverse Thunderbird, anything else just doesn't last around my house.

Highlander · April 19, 2013, 04:51:22 PM

Have you ever tried a prolonged session with an RD...?

TBird1958 · April 19, 2013, 05:23:36 PM

Quote from: HERBIE on April 19, 2013, 04:51:22 PM
Have you ever tried a prolonged session with an RD...?

Uwe's re-issue, I had my way with it quite a few times

Highlander · April 19, 2013, 05:27:07 PM

Has that finally sated that lust or do you still hanker after an Artist for a while...? Mind you, weren't you entertaining the thought of an Explorer (or maybe a Carlo E'bird?) ...?