BassTractor Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Today a bass (I think) was almost seen on tv that I remember from days long gone, and it was obviously like a Thunderbird, but made so as to discern it from it, making for a more modest, more rectangular-like shape. Anyone any idea what it could have been? It's not an important question, but I'm trying to build up my memory again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 DeArmond Jetstar? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnutkj Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Gibson RD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Vox SomethingOrOther™ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnutkj Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Or maybe something I can't quite get a clear picture of - I'm imagining something black and compact, maybe made by one of the 80's shred-guitar companies? Unless you mean a Steinberg headless, but that's not particularly Thunderbird-y. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1968 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Explorer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Gretsch Billy Bo bass? Based on the (fairly recent) Billy Gibbons / Bo Diddley signature guitar version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 1 hour ago, hooky_lowdown said: DeArmond Jetstar? Love these - have aged well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) Do Diddley bass? none more rectangular Edited July 27, 2019 by Delberthot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Thanks, folks! None of those I'm afraid. Think of it as a bass that you immediately think is a Thunderbird, and then, milliseconds later, you realise it's a copy that tried to be just different enough. It's slightly in the direction of a rectangle - with for example a lesser pronounced lower horn than a real Thunderbird. I think it existed in the seventies, but as my memory is lacking I cannot be sure. In case I think eighties is a fair guess. In the mean time, I've done some more googling, and the Schecter Sixx Bass comes very close, see below, without being exactly the one I saw on tv, which seems slightly closer to a rectangle again and which had pronounced inlays in the neck. Again, this is not important stuff. I'm just interested. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Washburn B20 Stage? My first good-quality bass was one of these. Should have kept it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Someone mentioned non-reverse Thunderbird earlier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Gould Stormbird? ... or Eastwood Stormbird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Cataldo JAEbird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Thanks, guys! As to @EssentialTension's Stormbird and @Chiliwailer's Non Reverse T-bird, I'd seen those earlier and then thought to myself that if they had had the typical Thunderbird non-reversed reversed non-reversedreversedness, they could be rather close. The Cataldo too is close, but in my eye somewhat closer to a T-Bird again. In the mean time, I've been trying to find the tv-programme online for a screenshot. Will keep you updated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Wtf is it?! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Googling and googling, I found the same question on TalkBass, and there they didn't solve it. When I started this thread, I though it was a well-known bass and therefore easy, but now it seems to me this isn't easy at all. So I think it's not worth the energy, and that it's best to put this at rest. Thanks again, everyone! Bert (However, for those who love stuff like this and who are not gonna be stopped, let me try in different words: Basically, it's a Thunderbird shape. No Non Reverse, no other things that make it weirder or more regular. However, if you can see the Thunderbird as basically a bendy parallellogram, then this bass still is a bendy parallellogram but less pointy. As a result its body probably is wider, or seems wider. Neck has large inlays (though that may have been an artefact of the resolution). One-part bridge near end of body. It looked rectangular and chromey. Two single-coil pups, or pups that look like them. I saw no scratchplate, but it may have been there Headstock not seen.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Fenton Weill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Dingwall D Roc? https://images.app.goo.gl/Xw6UB1aFnRGiWvcH9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Esp stream Esp Phoenix Schecter Ultra Bass Spector USA Rex bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nada Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Gibson Krist Novoselic Signature RD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, James Nada said: Gibson Krist Novoselic Signature RD? Was just about to post...”Gibson RD?” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Rather than everyone posting photos, Bertie old boy, can you remember what you were watching? Channel etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 minute ago, NancyJohnson said: Rather than everyone posting photos, Bertie old boy, can you remember what you were watching? Channel etc. *starts new thread: Please remind me: Tv program featuring a bass between a rectangle and a Thunderbird* 👍 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown_User Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 8 hours ago, NancyJohnson said: Rather than everyone posting photos, Bertie old boy, can you remember what you were watching? Channel etc. Disagree. I'm enjoying browsing all these photos! Some lovely basses on show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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