Bassists who use a Thunderbird?

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at least
occasionally have used a Thunderbird in a performance - and I'd like
to find pictures of the bass players during a performance with the
Thunderbird.

If anyone has any bassists who should be on the list, please let me
know!

So far, I've come up with John Entwistle, Tom Peterson, Nikki Sixx,
and Maya Ford (The Donnas), and Chris (?) of Nirvana. Not a great
start, but a start, anyway!

Thanks!

Mike

[Dave Pardy]

<webwe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Simon Gallup (sp?) of the Cure used one for all but twoof the tracks on
Bloodflowers. There's an entire DVD of it (Trilogy). HTH

[David Bourke]

> > I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at least
> > occasionally have used a Thunderbird in a performance - and I'd like
> > to find pictures of the bass players during a performance with the
> > Thunderbird.
> >
> > If anyone has any bassists who should be on the list, please let me
> > know!
> >
> > So far, I've come up with John Entwistle, Tom Peterson, Nikki Sixx,
> > and Maya Ford (The Donnas), and Chris (?) of Nirvana. Not a great
> > start, but a start, anyway!

Peter Overend Watts of Mott The Hoople
Frankie Poullain of The Darkness

[Smak!]

Pete Way of UFO and later Fastway:

http://www.i-way.co.uk/~tristang/UFO/alan/Pete.JPG

Outt..
Jeff.

[jimedvic]

<webwe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I can add Lenny Kaye from the Patti Smith Group, Arthur Kane from the New
York Dolls, Sam Yaffa in his days with Hanoi Rocks and the bassist from Ash
whose name escapes me right now!
Mike H

[mo fo]

Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith

<webwe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at

[The Chris]

webwe...@hotmail.com wrote in news:r6obv05tnfqjmd8td2bdn4enhca5l1p41u@
4ax.com:

Dave DeMarco - Baltimores busiest bassist!
http://www.davedemarco.com/

[Tom Declerck]

<webwe...@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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Alex Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten uses an Epiphone Thunderbird. Does that
count?

http://www.goth-city-radio.com/goth-city/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/Berlin_
13.03.04/neubauten_33.jpg

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

I've been an Aerosmith fan since Toys In The Attic. Can't BELIEVE I
didn't know that!

Thank you.

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Absolutely it counts! And thanks for the information!

Now I just have to find a picture of him and the Thunderbird in
action!

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Been there, done that, signed the guestbook!

Thanks for the information AND for the availability of a picture with
the Thunderbird!

That Hoey deal must have been fun!

Mike

On 25 Jan 2005 15:53:34 GMT, The Chris <cab...@nospam.hotmail.com>
wrote:

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

How could I forget Manson?!?! The picture I saw of the bass player
with the Thunderbird was what attracted my attention in the first
place.

Thanks much!

Mike

On 25 Jan 2005 04:03:01 -0800, "David Brillhart" <dbri...@home.com>
wrote:

>Twiggy Ramirez (AKA Geordy White) who used to be in the Marilyn Manson
>band.

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

And the embarassing thing is that I have a picture of Killer Kane up
on my wall since the Dolls 2004 shows (and Killer's death) and still
couldn't think of it!

Thank you!

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Two good pieces of information - thanks.

I didn't know Way played a Thunderbird, and I was unaware he played
with Fastway. Was that while Jerry Shirley was still there, or are we
talking about a different Fastway?

Mike

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 01:57:44 -0500, "Smak!" <smak...@comcast.net>
wrote:

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Didn't know about Watts, but I just bought the Darkness CD and somehow
managed to vaporlock at the promo pictures. Looks like the Thunderbird
is all he plays....

....smart man!

Thanks!

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Have to scrounge for some pictures. With any luck, I'll find this - or
if worst comes to worst, just a DVD screen cap or something.

Thanks!

Mike

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:43:49 GMT, "Dave Pardy" <Da...@notarealaddy.com>
wrote:

[Tom Declerck]

<webwe...@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:au6dv0hjja3p6kojk...@4ax.com...

> Absolutely it counts! And thanks for the information!
>
> Now I just have to find a picture of him and the Thunderbird in
> action!
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:13:25 GMT, "Tom Declerck"
> <tom.declerck*nospam*@pandora.be> wrote:
>
> ><webwe...@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> >news:r6obv05tnfqjmd8td...@4ax.com...
> >> I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at least
> >> occasionally have used a Thunderbird in a performance - and I'd like
> >> to find pictures of the bass players during a performance with the
> >> Thunderbird.
> >>
> >> If anyone has any bassists who should be on the list, please let me
> >> know!
> >>
> >> So far, I've come up with John Entwistle, Tom Peterson, Nikki Sixx,
> >> and Maya Ford (The Donnas), and Chris (?) of Nirvana. Not a great
> >> start, but a start, anyway!
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
> >Alex Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten uses an Epiphone Thunderbird. Does
that
> >count?

here you go

http://www.svalastog.no/div/ENtour/files/ENtour.htm

Tom

[Pony from Tampa]

On 25 Jan 2005 15:53:34 GMT, The Chris <cab...@nospam.hotmail.com>
wrote:

>webwe...@hotmail.com wrote in news:r6obv05tnfqjmd8td2bdn4enhca5l1p41u@

A Peabody Prep graduate playing bass? For a living?
Had a distant cousin that went there, walked away with piano, violin,
composing, ....all kinds of stuff. Funny thing though, with all the
players in the family, never once saw her pick up a guitar. Guess she
figured that there were already too many in the family. :)

[The Chris]

Pony from Tampa <pony...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:rn7dv0tn4pvqsjraq...@4ax.com:

He does everything for a living - plays drums (as he will be doing for
our gig on Friday), teaches, plays guitar, writes, and records....

Truly a remarkable musician... Glad I hooked up with him.

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Thanks very much, sir!

Mike

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:32:23 GMT, "Tom Declerck"

[Pony from Tampa]

On 25 Jan 2005 20:15:11 GMT, The Chris <cab...@nospam.hotmail.com>
wrote:

Kinda miss the old town. But then I look at the weather up there and
decide here is better. I am getting rather tired of dodging
hurricanes though. :/

[Remove NOSPAM to reply]

>I didn't know Way played a Thunderbird,
> and I was unaware he played with
> Fastway. Was that while Jerry Shirley
> was still there, or are we talking about a
> different Fastway?

Well, he was the "way" in Fastway, but hge quit the band even before the
first record came out. On the back cover were photos of Fast Eddie
Clarke, Jerry Shirley, and Dave King...there was no bass player
pictured...ISTR there being a bass player credited, but I don't have
that LP any more, so I don't know who it was. Maybe Eddie played bass on
it?

~Rich
See my gear at the link!
http://community.webtv.net/one4rich/RichsGuitarPage

[Remove NOSPAM to reply]

>I've been trying to put together a list of
> bass players who at least occasionally
> have used a Thunderbird in a
> performance - and I'd like to find
> pictures of the bass players during a
> performance with the Thunderbird.

I think Brian Wheat from Tesla played one occasionally. Didn't Leon
Wilkeson from Lynyrd Skynyrd use one, too? Maybe Leon's replacement is
the guy I'm thinking of...I saw something on VH-1 Classic...it could be
new footage, I wasn't paying that much attention, to be honest. Skynyrd
really hasn't turned my crank for a umber of years.

[mo fo]

Charlie mcCracken was Fastway's original Bass Player.
\
Pete Way "disappeared" right after he and fast Eddie Clarke came
up with the idea for Fastway. and I think he did something with
Ozzy around that time. Also did a band called Waysted, they
opened for Maiden on Somewhere in Time tour.

~Mo Fo

"Remove NOSPAM to reply" <oneNOSP...@webtv.net> wrote in
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: >I didn't know Way played a Thunderbird,

:

[mo fo]

Didn't Mike Watt from the minutemen play a Thunderbird? Not sure.

<webwe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at

[mo fo]

http://guitargeek.com/gearview/671

[mo fo]

cool thunderbird pics...
http://www.basetendencies.com/Gear.html

and another Thunderbird artist

~Mo Fo

[mo fo]

http://www.geocities.com/saturnspinin/gear.htm

Mikey from Weezer

[mo fo]

http://archive.bassplayer.com/gifs/covers/9509cvr.jpg

pic of Mike Watt with Thunderbird for ya!

~Mo Fo

[BaltiMoron Magazine]

I cant beleive all these replies,and not one mentioned the late great Allen
Woody,of Allman Bros and Govt.Mule .He and Warren Haynes played matching
Custom Shop pieces in their live show.Dusty Hill of ZZ Topp has been known
to sport a Firebird Bass on occasion,and has several in his collection.Tommy
Shannon played one when he toured with Johnny Winter in the early 70s,to
match Winter onstage as well.
Entwistle,before he went with Alembic,played a "FenderBird",in the
70s.These were custom made for him and sported the FireBird style body with
a glued in Fender Jazz bass style neck.Do a google pic search on him or The
Who and keep your eyes peeled.

[BaltiMoron Magazine]

Click this link for a good Who gear site,and pics and info on
"The FenderBird"

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/bass/equip-entwistlegear-71-74.html

"Dave Pardy" <Da...@notarealaddy.com> wrote in message
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>
> <webwe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:r6obv05tnfqjmd8td...@4ax.com...
> > I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at least
> > occasionally have used a Thunderbird in a performance - and I'd like
> > to find pictures of the bass players during a performance with the
> > Thunderbird.
> >
> > If anyone has any bassists who should be on the list, please let me
> > know!
> >
> > So far, I've come up with John Entwistle, Tom Peterson, Nikki Sixx,
> > and Maya Ford (The Donnas), and Chris (?) of Nirvana. Not a great
> > start, but a start, anyway!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mike
>

[The Chris]

Pony from Tampa <pony...@hotmail.com> wrote in

news:b0ddv01equdhvevjs...@4ax.com:

The old town isn't that great... I'm sure where you are you're having a
good time. I'm a transplanted New Yorker... I miss the old town too, but
I know I'm better off :)

[Pony from Tampa]

On 26 Jan 2005 02:01:21 GMT, The Chris <cab...@nospam.hotmail.com>
wrote:

Nope. Italian food here sucks. Nobody can steam a crab or make crab
cakes to save their life. But......

[The Chris]

Pony from Tampa <pony...@hotmail.com> wrote in

news:292ev05d9nl75j7sh...@4ax.com:

See, that doesn't sway me. As long as there's good Chinese Food in town,
I'm okay....

You sound like the end of 'Goodfellas' - "I ordered spaghetti and tomato
sauce, and I got chinese noodles and ketchup" :)

Have to agree - isn't much great Pizza here...

[The Chris]

webwe...@hotmail.com wrote in news:d77dv0pgvdgcoqituf0n1s6qbfvnu840q9@
4ax.com:

Fastway was named after him - 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, and Pete WAY -
however, he left before the recording of the first album - and I'm not
sure if he ever came back. Shortly thereafter, he formed WAYsted...

But, in the beginning, it was with Jerry Shirley.

[jimedvic]

"BaltiMoron Magazine" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hows this for a strange coincidence......... my bass player turned up for
last nights practice.................... with an epiphone Thunderbird! I
have to say that for the £230 he paid for it I'm impressed. It really
'growls'!!
Mike H

[David Bourke]

> Didn't know about Watts

Nice boots!
http://isoul.atspace.com/watts.jpg

...and a bit of wordplay fun.
http://www.anagramgenius.com/archive/petero2.html

...Wattsy was always into spoonerisms and silly nicknames,
so perhaps he'd appreciate the above.

db

[Richard3to16]

Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash played a Thunderbird bass.

[Pony from Tampa]

On 26 Jan 2005 04:33:38 GMT, The Chris <cab...@nospam.hotmail.com>
wrote:

Spend a lot of time down in Little Italy. What can I say? Vellegia's
spoiled me.

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Actually was able to find a couple of pictures. It was usually a white
Thunderbird. He's a skinny dude though, isn't he?

Thanks!

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

I've spent 2 days now trying to find a Skynyrd picture with a
Thunderbird. One of the guitarists played a Firebird, and I find
pictures of that. I gotta think there's something to your thought -
because when you see pictures of the Skynyrd tribute bands, several of
those bass players use Thunderbirds. I'll keep hunting.

Thanks!

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Thank you much! I was surprised to get even a few responses in the
newsgroup - I never imagined I'd get this much help! Which is a good
thing, because I never realized there were that many bassists who used
a Thunderbird!

Still can't find a picture of Lenny Kaye with a Thunderbird though.

I'm a HECK of a lot further along than I thought I'd be at this point.

Thanks!

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

I actually found a few pics of the Fenderbird. He also did play a few
Thunderbirds, and I found a picture of him at the base of some stairs
in his house with his toddler son - they both have Thunderbirds - just
the kid's is a lot smaller!!

Thanks.

Mike

[webwe...@hotmail.com]

Got it.

Thank you!

Mike

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:32:23 GMT, "Tom Declerck"
<tom.declerck*nospam*@pandora.be> wrote:

>
><webwe...@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
>news:au6dv0hjja3p6kojk...@4ax.com...
>> Absolutely it counts! And thanks for the information!
>>
>> Now I just have to find a picture of him and the Thunderbird in
>> action!
>>

>> Mike
>>

>> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:13:25 GMT, "Tom Declerck"
>> <tom.declerck*nospam*@pandora.be> wrote:
>>
>> ><webwe...@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht

>> >news:r6obv05tnfqjmd8td...@4ax.com...
>> >> I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at least
>> >> occasionally have used a Thunderbird in a performance - and I'd like
>> >> to find pictures of the bass players during a performance with the
>> >> Thunderbird.
>> >>
>> >> If anyone has any bassists who should be on the list, please let me
>> >> know!
>> >>
>> >> So far, I've come up with John Entwistle, Tom Peterson, Nikki Sixx,
>> >> and Maya Ford (The Donnas), and Chris (?) of Nirvana. Not a great
>> >> start, but a start, anyway!
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >

[Gary Hendershot]

webwe...@hotmail.com [webwe...@hotmail.com] a écrit dans l'article:

>
>
> I've been trying to put together a list of bass players who at least
> occasionally have used a Thunderbird in a performance - and I'd like
> to find pictures of the bass players during a performance with the
> Thunderbird.
>
> If anyone has any bassists who should be on the list, please let me
> know!
>
> So far, I've come up with John Entwistle, Tom Peterson, Nikki Sixx,

> and Maya Ford (The Donnas), and Chris (?) of Nirvana...
>
===================================================================

Just looking down your list, I can add a couple more T-Bird players:

* Paul Rudolph of Hawkwind and Pink Fairies: He was Lemmy K's
replacement after Lemmy left Hawkwind (to form Mötörhëäd). Paul
played T-Bird on the Hawkwind's incredibly spacey "Warior On The
Edge Of Time" album.

* Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash: Martin Turner was probably the
first bass player to make a name for himself playing the T-Bird
(starting in the 1969/70 time period). Nikki Sixx and others
have mentioned Martin Turner as an early influence. Martin Turner,
along with the likes of Chris Squire, John Entwistle, and John
Wetton were part of the vanguard that pushed the bass to the
forefront of the mix with bass solos, riffs, and gnarly tones.

As for my experience with the Gibson Thunderbird, I owned and played
a 2-humbucker'd 1976 reverse Thunderbird for several years. Even
though I liked the T-Bird's deep tones, I eventually got tired of
dealing with the neck-heavy demeanour of the beast and sold it back
in the late 1980s. I really wished that my old T-Bird had a
*non-reverse* body -- I'm sure I would have kept it.

C:\Gary_H@>
http://www.gary-hendershot.com/
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mailto:ghend...@gmx.de (junk mail)
Houston, TX USA

[Peter Huggins]

The Datsuns
The band that played on "The Kids In The Hall" - I forgot their name,
sorry
The 4 Seasons, believe it or not ! They used matching Firebirds and
Thunderbirds when they first came out, like 1963-64

Grins, Peter
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[Daniel Dreibelbis]

In article <23515-41F...@storefull-3315.bay.webtv.net>,
guitar...@webtv.net (Peter Huggins) wrote:

> The band that played on "The Kids In The Hall" - I forgot their name,
> sorry

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.

--
Dan Dreibelbis, Guitar Nerd - Better Living Through Home Recording
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[Gary Hendershot]

Gary Hendershot [ghen...@gary-hendershot.com] a écrit dans l'article:

>
>
>
>
>* Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash: Martin Turner was probably the
> first bass player to make a name for himself playing the T-Bird
> (starting in the 1969/70 time period). Nikki Sixx and others
> have mentioned Martin Turner as an early influence. Martin Turner,
> along with the likes of Chris Squire, John Entwistle, and John
> Wetton were part of the vanguard that pushed the bass to the
> forefront of the mix with bass solos, riffs, and gnarly tones.
>
>

By the way, some photos:

http://www.wishboneash.co.uk/yearbyyear_1970.asp

http://www.wishboneash.co.uk/gallery.asp

http://www.wishboneash.net/Fans/photos.html

[pin-medic]

Pete did play bass on the first album, but due to some kind of legal hassle,
he did not request credit. I have a ton of pictures of him playing a
Thunderbird bass BTW.

Oh, and add Brian (Tesla) Wheat to the list. Kelly Nickels from LA Guns used
them too, as well as Eric Stacy from Faster Pussycat.
<webwe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[pin-medic]

Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith used one for years.
"Pony from Tampa" <pony...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Grotus]

and Chris (?) of Nirvana.

I think Novoselic used an Ibanez bass.

[Gary Hendershot]

webwe...@hotmail.com [webwe...@hotmail.com] a écrit dans l'article:

>
>
> I've spent 2 days now trying to find a Skynyrd picture with a
> Thunderbird. One of the guitarists played a Firebird, and I find
> pictures of that. I gotta think there's something to your thought -
> because when you see pictures of the Skynyrd tribute bands, several of
> those bass players use Thunderbirds. I'll keep hunting.
>

===================================================================

Yes, it was, errr... Rossington,I believe, that played a FIREbird on
certain classic Skynyrd tracks.

However, I'm fairly certain the 2 (?) bass players that were in
the 1970s-era Skynyrd did not regularly play a T-Bird. The first
Skynyrd bass player played a Gibson EB-2 semi-hollow bass (has a
30-inch scale), then later switched to a Fender P-Bass.

I recalled seeing a picture many years ago -- maybe 1975 or so -- of
the Doobie Brothers playing in concert. A couple of them were playing
Firebirds and the bass player was playing a Thunderbird.