New Pickup Day: Thunderbird in a Precision

[kevinpmajka]

This was expensive to get routed and get a custom guard, Bayou Audio harness, and installed, but it's great and I'm really happy.

That's a USA Custom Guitars body finished in reranch that started with a split coil pickup. I had an epiphone bass that I enjoyed a lot but really found myself not liking the poly finish and didn't use the bridge pickup.

This is great! I have a bisonic precision in the works too. It's LOUD. On my amp, I am using the padded input to be similar output to my other parts precision basses.

The pickup is a Thunderbucker Ranch 66N pickup. The pickguard is a 60's reissue white / black / white from WD. They hate that route template on file. 250k pots per Thunderbucker Ranch's recommendation. (Just in case anyone else does something similar).

 

[Riff Ranger]

That looks sharp I hope it sounds as good as it looks!

 

[kevinpmajka]

Thanks! I'm really pleased. I maybe should have gone for the 63N for lower output, but it's great and a very nice tonal color compared to my maple and rosewood neck precisions.

Very excited about the upcoming Bisonic project, which has been in the works for 8 months mostly due to funds and getting a proper pickguard made.

That looks sharp I hope it sounds as good as it looks!

 

[Riff Ranger]

Thanks! I'm really pleased. I maybe should have gone for the 63N for lower output, but it's great and a very nice tonal color compared to my maple and rosewood neck precisions.

Very excited about the upcoming Bisonic project, which has been in the works for 8 months mostly due to funds and getting a proper pickguard made.

I look forward to that one as well. I have had Starfires on the brain lately for some reason.

 

[Thumper]

This was expensive to get routed and get a custom guard, Bayou Audio harness, and installed, but it's great and I'm really happy.

That's a USA Custom Guitars body finished in reranch that started with a split coil pickup. I had an epiphone bass that I enjoyed a lot but really found myself not liking the poly finish and didn't use the bridge pickup.

This is great! I have a bisonic precision in the works too. It's LOUD. On my amp, I am using the padded input to be similar output to my other parts precision basses.

The pickup is a Thunderbucker Ranch 66N pickup. The pickguard is a 60's reissue white / black / white from WD. They hate that route template on file. 250k pots per Thunderbucker Ranch's recommendation. (Just in case anyone else does something similar).

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Very nice, plain, simple but tasty, in fact elegant in it's own way. I'm not going that route on my ThunderP, but sure dig what you've done.

 

[bradd]

Nice! I have a 66S in a tele bass, a 5 string set in a Gibson EB5, and a couple of loose pickups waiting for the right body. They're my favorite pickups! If you don't mind flexible strings, the TI Jazz Rounds pair up nicely with them.

 

[Thumper]

Sunbeams also work nicely.