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Hi, I realise that this is a bit of a wild shot but by any chance do you still have the Bass Player May/June 1991 Muzz Skillings for sale? If so, can you post it to the UK? Thank you ,

I have an Ibanez Destroyer II bass that I bought in 1984. I think it's from 1982.

. Hi, the body was routed for the single coil. It's a replica body, flat no contours. The Model One sounds great. Not at all "muddy". I just need a membership number now :-)

Does this count? I had this assembled. I call it my HillBilly bass as it's a cross between a Dusty Hill style bass and a Sheehan inspired one. Stacked controls. Model One and a Strat type bladed humbucker.

Here is a link to a drop box video where I demonstrate my tele styled bass. https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg295zenwrm0kk1/HillBilly Bass.mp4

I've not posted for a while. Here's a link to a video on drop box where I'm demoing my TBird style basses https://www.dropbox.com/s/1yjx1lln02t7146/JAE%20basses.mp4

I have one and I really like it. I use the neck pick up a lot.

Turns out this was a fake. Entwistle talks about it in the book "Bass Culture" Story here: Invalid Link Removed

That's an Ibanez. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] I saw Jim Lea at the Liverpool Empire May 5, 1975. And he used the bass for the encore.

Can I join? Assembled for me by kgbmusic.

I've a BB714BS and I've modded another bass by adding a dual blade humbucker at the neck. It might be worth doing this if you have a bass you like but want the sound of a neck pickup.

For the full story on the UK slab basses you could read this Invalid Link Removed

I take it you won't be doing as much work on this, as you needed to do on the Waterstone, to make it playable? ;-) Don't forget you can send it to Liverpool, UK, if you don't want it! :-) Not that, that will happen! :-)

Some time ago a British guitar magazine ran an article on some of Phil's basses that were for sale. Complete with pictures. There was also an article in an issue of bass player. http://www.bassplayer.com/article/phil-lynott-thunder--lighning/148748 Which says the following: Though Phil...

I've two Yamaha basses. A BB714BS and a RBX200. The latter is the 1987 design and I got it dirt cheap. The neck is great. Fast and flat. However, it's missing the truss rod nut. Does anybody know what side the truss rod thread is? 10/32 or the metric equivalent 8mm? Any help on this will be...

Hi, does anybody know the truss rod thread size on a Yamaha RBX200 bass, 1987 design, that terminates in the body? I've been given a perfectly playable bass with a great flat neck but the truss rod nut is missing. I'm hoping someone knows the size of a suitable replacement.

Apparently the Warman Dominator quad rail pickup can be used in bassess. According to ebay "Being a blade type pickup it can be used on a wide variety of string spans, including a bass, we've even had a customer fit them to a 17th Century Clavichord and in either bridge, mid or neck...

That's given me more inspiration for my 8 string T-Bird project :-)

I have bought some parts from them, via their eBay shop in the UK. As far as I can tell these are exactly the same parts as used on any name bass etc that is manufactured in China or the Far East. A lots of manufacturers who outsource their building and parts appear to use this supplier. For...

Hi, I've an Ibanez Destroyer II bought in 1984, 32" scale. I'll post a picture when I can.

Could you tell me the size of the through body string ferrules please? I've the same type bridge that I'm going to use on an 8er build. Needs to be strung through the body and I want to make sure I get the correct size ferrules.

Hi, I'm in the process of building and 8 string Thunderbird bass. I have managed to source an 8 string bridge which appears to be identical to the bridge on the Hagstrom 8 string bass reissue. That is, it requires the strings to be loaded through the body. Does anybody know what size string...

By a weird coincidence I have just ordered a model one humbucker! I have a spare Sky designed by Kent Armstrong music man style humbucker which I'm thinking of using in the bridge position. It is either that or a pecision type pickup combined with the model one. I'm going to draw up a full...

Dear all, thanks for this forum in the last 12 months I have gone from having no Thunderbird type basses to owning 3 of them! I don't know whether to say "thank you" or to curse you for the inspiration that you have given me. I have previously posted pictures of my fenderbird build and of my...

Hello fellow Thunderbird club members I'm after your advice. After being inspired by some of the postings in previous parts of the club I've ended up with two Thunderbird inspired basses. One, a fenderbird with an all maple neck built from parts. Pictures previously posted. The other...

Jimmy Lea "Slade alive", John Entwistle " The Who - live at leeds" and Andy Fraser bass break on "all right now". I think that at some point in every band that I have been in, no matter what style of music that I play, I have at some point quoted a bassline from the above triumvirate!

Issue 83 of the British bass guitar magazine has an interview with both Steve Harris and his technician regarding all of his basses. It gives details about the wireless system that uses etc http://www.bassguitarmagazine.com

this might help http://www.albinhagstrom.se/ This is their official website. Includes history and pictures. http://www.albinhagstrom.se/bases.htm#panel-8

As there are no frets on a fretless bass scale length does not matter. If you have an unlined neck you be using your ears to play in tune rather than looking at the "fret" position on the net. On a fretless bass the octave point on the open string will always be halfway along its length...

Yes, so am I. I had the pleasure of meeting the man on a number of occasions. If my memory serves me right I think you have one of Noddy Holder's HiWatt amplifiers and possibly you are also the person who has a replica James Lea bass? Jimmy Lea was filmed using a hired Thunderbird bass in...

thanks Mark For doing this. In a sense this bass is a combination of all my bass influences. I tried to combine the best bits from a Jim Lea influenced EB3 along with a big John Entwistle influence. In a very short period of time in 1972, when I was 14, I bought "Slade alive", "The Who live...

Pic of my Fenderbird. Picked this up Saturday July 14. I bought the body complete with all hardware from fellow talkbass member mrkev. The neck and machine heads was supplied by harrier guitars uk, neck ferrules by warman guitars uk and kgb guitars in Merseyside assembled it and set it up. i've...

By coincidence I will be taking the parts for my fenderbird build to my local guitar repairer/maker tomorrow. I bought a maple neck with a maple fretboard from a company called harrier guitars in the UK. Theoretically, the neck should've dropped straight into the pocket on the Thunderbird...

Might be worthwhile looking at Invalid Link Removed I got a 12 string mando guitar from them. I have no affiliation with them.

Thank you RedNeckBBQ. It's a pity that my Fenderbird project has MM sytyle humbuckers. Kev updated the ones that were on it when he bought it to ones from Wilkinson. He preferred the look of the all black ones. I hope to have it finished by August and I'll post pics then.

Hi fellow TBers, Last night I had an interesting telephone conversation with Kev Zell, ex Marionette, about Thunderbird basses. He's the guy who owns one of Overend Watts Thunderbirds. He said that he first saw a picture of a Thunderbird bass on the cover of The Runaways "live in Japan"...

Hi fellowTBers, does any body know anything about the Westfield Thunderbirds? I have just purchased one via ebay.uk and I'm happy with it, not only for the price that I paid but in general. However, I can't find much information on it. Does anyone know where they are made? What type of wood...

As promised pictures of my Westfield TBird and the body for my Fenderbird build. CiceroProfundo #265

I'm waiting arrival of my Westfield Thunderbird bass that I've just won on ebay. I've also managed to get a thunderbird body loaded with pickups, hardware etc from fellow club member Mr Kev (He's got Overend's tBird) via ebay. I've sourced a neck. Unfortunately it's got a rosewood board not a...