Where can I find a resource to decode the serial number on my Thunderbird bass? Not sure if the first 2 numbers are the year or the first is a factory code.
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Try these, they should help. I think the third one is the one I've used most often.
Epiphone Serial Number Lookup - Authority Guitar
Link Removed data project.org/serial/epiphone
(Without the extra spaces. For some reason the link was getting censored?
)Epiphone Guitar/Mandolin Serial Number Decoder - GuitarInsite
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Hello, fellow Epiphoners (I'll work on it)!
I recently (yesterday) scored a great deal on an Epiphone bass for which I've been looking for quite some time.
An Epiphone Rock Bass/Power Bass. It was built to be the competition to Fender's "Jazz" bass, without the mis-shapen body.
The person from which I bought it was a phenomenal guy and sent me a video of him, playing the bass before I bought (I've been leery of Reverb sellers for quite some time).
He gave me permission to post that video here. So, here goes:
I recently (yesterday) scored a great deal on an Epiphone bass for which I've been looking for quite some time.
An Epiphone Rock Bass/Power Bass. It was built to be the competition to Fender's "Jazz" bass, without the mis-shapen body.
The person from which I bought it was a phenomenal guy and sent me a video of him, playing the bass before I bought (I've been leery of Reverb sellers for quite some time).
He gave me permission to post that video here. So, here goes:
Apologies if this is a well-worn topic (my searching skills regularly fail me).
I have a black Epiphone EB0 from 2008; it's pretty much spotless. Very nice - so nice I don't want to start drilling holes in it. But with my rotund shape and the neck strap lug placement the body tilts downward and it's not easy to play standing; I can't see what I'm doing when I need to.
Has anyone solved this problem without permanent modifications - maybe something similar to the acoustic guitar string at the headstock end of the neck but heavier-duty, or some other fix?
I have a black Epiphone EB0 from 2008; it's pretty much spotless. Very nice - so nice I don't want to start drilling holes in it. But with my rotund shape and the neck strap lug placement the body tilts downward and it's not easy to play standing; I can't see what I'm doing when I need to.
Has anyone solved this problem without permanent modifications - maybe something similar to the acoustic guitar string at the headstock end of the neck but heavier-duty, or some other fix?
I have the same problem. I usually just tuck the lower end of my bass under the strap to help tilt it back.
I play with the strap adjusted shorter, so the bass sits higher, and actually tilts upward where I can see it better. I don't have any pictures of me playing because I really don't want to see what it looks like.
I see what you mean - put it on the upper slopes and not the lower ones.I play with the strap adjusted shorter, so the bass sits higher, and actually tilts upward where I can see it better. I don't have any pictures of me playing because I really don't want to see what it looks like.
Just tried shortening the strap. Less comfortable on the right arm, but it works well enough for me. I looked in the mirror, and I do see what you mean.I play with the strap adjusted shorter, so the bass sits higher, and actually tilts upward where I can see it better. I don't have any pictures of me playing because I really don't want to see what it looks like.
Thanks.
What kind of strap do you use? For neck dive I got a wide swede one. Still dives a hair but better than with skinnier strap.
I'm using a wide nylon strap. The neck dive doesn't bother me, but the d*mn thing weighs much more than any other bass I have that I need the wider 3" strap.
Are current EB0s lighter than my 14 year old example?
Mines a 2001 made in Korea epi eb0 weighs about 8.5 lbs. But it's modded (supertone bridge, reissue guild bisonic on neck, novak h22 middleish, varitone instead of tone knob). Stock would be a hair lighter. My eastwood jetsons jr just a hair heavier at 8.8.
Don't know know what newer made in China ones weigh.
Question for the Embassy owners. I just picked one up. Great sound and super comfortable to play.
One question though, when turning the blend knob all the way towards the bridge it cuts out. Is this normal wiring?
One question though, when turning the blend knob all the way towards the bridge it cuts out. Is this normal wiring?
I don't have an Embassy, only Thunderbirds, but are you sure its wired up as a blend?
And not as a volume the way Thunderbirds are?
this seems like the proper place to post a screenshot that is driving my excitement. no other thread seems to fit...
i’ve never seen a blend knob do that. It sounds to me like a defective pot. I assume it’s definitely the blend knob, not volume.
