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Thunderbird Club Pt.7

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#962
Right now, they're not really advertised or even listed on Hipshot's website for purchase. You have to call Hipshot directly to get them and specifically ask for the 'mini-clovers' for a Thunderbird - I was quoted $100 for the complete Ultralite set of 4 tuners w/mini clover keys. But when I called just asking for the keys, not the whole set because I had just bought the HB6C's, the rep was cool about it and sent me the mini clover keys at the homey hook up price. YMMV

Andii Syckz said:
Very nice!! Did you order direct from hipshot, or through another online parts thing? Cause i want on stewmac and it said sold seperately. And it's like 30$ so if its just one and not 4 for 30$ it kinda sucks. It would be cool to upgrade my goth's tuners. They work fine, just it would be something different. Obviously id' have black clovers :D
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#963
Just finished her moments ago. I custom cut an all black 2mm piece of pickguard material and added a custom cut super thin gold Thunderbird vinyl. I also restrung her with Black Beauties and lowered the bridge about 2mm.

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BTW, if anyone needs a Thunderbird vinyl, PM me. I've got'em in black, white, silver and gold.
 
#966
The 'oversize' cuts are really intriguing, haven't had a chance to compare the new Les Paul Bass with how I remember the 90's LPB's. I'd love to hear more from anyone with a Lull Ament or something custom like Jaibeau's NR. You'll have to let us know how your new NR works out on Saturday.

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View attachment 393440here is the finished mike lull non-reverse 5 next to a standard size lull - it's a bigun- get it Friday but get to break it in Saturday-
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#967
Furious_Man77 said:
The 'oversize' cuts are really intriguing, haven't had a chance to compare the new Les Paul Bass with how I remember the 90's LPB's. I'd love to hear more from anyone with a Lull Ament or something custom like Jaibeau's NR. You'll have to let us know how your new NR works out on Saturday.
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Speaking of "oversized" Les Paul bass, I have a goldtop in the classifieds "oversized"... But the bigger cuts I think are just an aesthetic thing, at least for me- I'm 6-3 so it just feels nice and girthty. I saw mike talking to the bass player of neon trees at namm, this guy is like 6-4 and at least 200+. Mike told me he's building him ament t-birds now. He takes a bit off the front and back to compensate for the larger footprint, this keeps it at that 9lb point, especially because of the Indian mahogany-
 
#969
BklynKen said:
Does Mike also do undersized T-Birds? Not that I'd be able to afford one of his basses, but just curious. I'm about 5'6" and 125 lbs. I'm a runner.
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Dude! Of course, his birds are amazing. Go to the site and do some research. He took a lot of time to develop a thunderbird that is more comfortable to play without compromising the classic Tbird look. His pickups also are spot on, another process that he took time to reverse engineer a 60's Tbird humbucker and make his own. I'm not gonna dog Gibson, but once you play his, it's REAL tough strapping a Gibson back on.
 
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jaibeau said:
Dude! Of course, his birds are amazing. Go to the site and do some research. He took a lot of time to develop a thunderbird that is more comfortable to play without compromising the classic Tbird look. His pickups also are spot on, another process that he took time to reverse engineer a 60's Tbird humbucker and make his own. I'm not gonna dog Gibson, but once you play his, it's REAL tough strapping a Gibson back on.
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Thanks. I did look around his site, but didn't see anything about sizing like that. What I'd want would be way too expensive for me. Left-handed is already a 15% upcharge. And I'd probably have it painted in that old Fender Antigua finish. I love that.
 
#971
Ha, I'm well under 6 feet tall and mostly torso - if it's more or less just aesthetics, it would be hard to justify the upcharge of having something built.


jaibeau said:
Speaking of "oversized" Les Paul bass, I have a goldtop in the classifieds "oversized"... But the bigger cuts I think are just an aesthetic thing, at least for me- I'm 6-3 so it just feels nice and girthty. I saw mike talking to the bass player of neon trees at namm, this guy is like 6-4 and at least 200+. Mike told me he's building him ament t-birds now. He takes a bit off the front and back to compensate for the larger footprint, this keeps it at that 9lb point, especially because of the Indian mahogany-
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#977
LJVSK said:
Just finished her moments ago. I custom cut an all black 2mm piece of pickguard material and added a custom cut super thin gold Thunderbird vinyl. I also restrung her with Black Beauties and lowered the bridge about 2mm.

uby8u7et.jpg


BTW, if anyone needs a Thunderbird vinyl, PM me. I've got'em in black, white, silver and gold.
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Nice! Looks great. PM sent.
 
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