Recent content by 4005

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    What is the body thickness of an early 70’s Fender P Bass?

    Thanks for posting, I need to talk w/ him again tomorrow find out a bit more I think he said it was stripped, Cheers
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    What is the body thickness of an early 70’s Fender P Bass?

    A Friend of mine asked me this because he has a ’73 Fender P Bass that is 1 5/8” thick a Warmoth body that’s 1 ¾” & another that he was told is a early 70’s body but it’s 1 ½” thick, I’ve yet to see a photo of it if I get one I’ll post but he asked if Fender varied the Body thickness over the...
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    Thunderbird Club Pt.IV

    Really nice Bass!, my two 64's still have the mutes I just can't bring myself to remove them, maybe after I change over to one Scott's newer Bridges
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    Thunderbird Club Pt.IV

    Great looking Bulldog!
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    Thunderbird Club Pt.IV

    Look's like your ’77 was made 18 Basses after mine which is also Natural Finish
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    Thunderbird Club Pt.IV

    pretty sure I have D'addario EXL-170 Nickel Roundwounds on at lease 3 of mine
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    Bass used on Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

    If that's the Pointy Bass I'd like to see some clear photos of it, ok found this http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/herefordandworcester/hi/people_and_places/music/newsid_8297000/8297033.stm
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    Bass used on Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

    From a Mott Bootleg DVD I have 1970 clip- very Early P Bass w/ Orange / as seen here on youtube 1973 clip I see Ampegs Anyone know what that odd pointy Bass is? kind of looks like something UK builder J Birch would make
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    Bass used on Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

    I seem to recall seeing a clip or photo of him with a SB Tbird & thought that his Bass was refined white as some point I'll have have another look,
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    Thunderbird Club Pt.IV

    Ahh ! Ok so Greco does it better then Gibson;) !!
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    Thunderbird Club Pt.IV

    Mark is it a trick of the Eye or is your upper bout strap button closer to the neck then the Bass in the pic or for that matter my ’77?
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    83 FENDER WALNUT ELITE II P-BASS?

    I've been seeing this on the PHX CL for sometime now it's nice but $5K?
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    Thunderbird Club Pt III

    Ok no worries I only mentioned the Squire because I have a 62’ RI Jazz & am always looking for a backup I heard great things about the Classic Vibe model & yeah it seems very nice for only $379, RE: the Spector I have had no experience w/ them the SG Bass I’m guessing is 30&#8221...
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    Thunderbird Club Pt III

    Welcome Bass Drummer First off you must understand we’re all Thunderbird Addicts over here! That said if you’re just starting out my first though is to tell you to get a Jazz Bass, I looked at a Squire Classic Vibe the other day that was under $400 that seemed very well built but if you tried a...
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    Thunderbird Club Pt III

    Mark you Rock the Burny Bird real nice it really sounds great what did you string it with?