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The Epiphone Thunderbird Club

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portaflexer said:
This should get you in the ballpark. ;)

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BTW, if you're taking the time to replace the tuners/bridge (silver or black) I'd highly recommend the Hipshot SuperTone bridge and Ultralite tuners. Both install without any modifications to the bass & exceed the quality of the stock Epi or Gibson parts.
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Looks great with the chrome, here's mine:

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#725
It's been done :)
I found it much easier to shave the sides of the neck tho........ beats repainting.
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#730
o_s said:
I just wrote walkthrough for one fix for the Thunderbird neckdive on my blog. Hope it helps someone: http://thefatbass.wordpress.com
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I will probably try this.

My band lol's at me b/c I got the danged Epi T-Bird and can't use it onstage and barely in practice b/c of that neckdive!
Sounds great though and want to use it on our closing song each show.
 
#734
rockstarbassist said:
Also, do you know what bit size you used to drill the new hole into the neckplate screw cavity? Don't wanna strip it out... :o
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Instead of drilling through the neck plate, consider drilling around the corner of the body, where next to where the neck attaches. Easier than drilling through the metal neck plate, & will put the strap button as far forward as it can be. Somebody on one of these forums posted a pic of a strap button in this position a while back. If you can find it, you'll see what I mean. As for the size of the bit, get out your bit set (assuming you have one, of course), find the largest size bit that slides in and out of the old hole easily. That's the one you should use, the screwdriver & screw will do the rest, creating threads as you screw it in.
 
#735
bassplayer8953 said:
Instead of drilling through the neck plate, consider drilling around the corner of the body, where next to where the neck attaches. Easier than drilling through the metal neck plate, & will put the strap button as far forward as it can be. Somebody on one of these forums posted a pic of a strap button in this position a while back. If you can find it, you'll see what I mean. As for the size of the bit, get out your bit set (assuming you have one, of course), find the largest size bit that slides in and out of the old hole easily. That's the one you should use, the screwdriver & screw will do the rest, creating threads as you screw it in.
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That actually was what I had planned on doing initially, but that walk-through looked "cleaner" and less DIY, if that makes sense. I'll see what I can pull together b/c I'd really like to use this thing live!
 
#737
Mine is a 2005 or so I got from a guy who thought it was too heavy. He had never adjusted the neck and it looked like a potato chip. A little setup solved a whole lot of problems. Strap button has been moved now and I strung it with black DG strings. It gets played a lot.
 
#738
Gaolee said:
Mine is a 2005 or so I got from a guy who thought it was too heavy. He had never adjusted the neck and it looked like a potato chip. A little setup solved a whole lot of problems. Strap button has been moved now and I strung it with black DG strings. It gets played a lot.
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Where'd you install the strap pin?
 
#739
Put it here............ Way easier than drilling the neck plate - balances the bass better too.
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