TY. My 76 y/o, somewhat arthritic hands are quite sensitive to changes in neck dimensions. Even the 67 gets a bit tiring by the end of the 3rd set. And tomorrow night's gig is 4 hours.
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Indeed. The sound ain't bad on those either.
I must say that my '06 has the same feel, just not the age and smoothness that age can bring. It very nearly feels the same. This is why my '64 is the gold standard in feel and tone. Nothing compares. Which explains why I had such a difficult time adjusting to the sound of the '06. (Until one plays the deal deal, explaining it misses a lot.) The '06 felt like a Thunderbird to me, but didn't sound like one (the gold standard I had known for decades). There's a poor analogy regarding true love and infatuation. Infatuation can certainly be fun and have its place, but it's no substitute for true love. Better analogies might get banned!
I have a gig coming up in a month on a notoriusly boomy stage and just realized this pedal will make my (and others) life there much easier.
I had the HPF at 80hz at the rehearsal space and it really helped with the room sound. Even if I dimed the Hiwatt's bass knob (it's usually at 11 or 12).
At home to the headphones to my usual cab sim setup I didn't need to set is as high at all (40 hz was fine) but it definitely is better to locate after the octave pedal than before it. The octaver needs all the frequencies to track better and HPF after it makes it sound tighter.
The LPF works fine too but I really doubt that I would use it (the whole pedal) as an alternative to a cab sim, especially if there's an overdrive in the chain. That needs a more complex EQ curve (i.e. the cabinet or a virtual "copy" of it) when going direct.
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Just noticed after the previous post--but nearly identical. Gibson did a great job on that bass. It would be perfection had the used the "correct" PUP spacing and tried to get PUPs that sounded more vintage. The TB+ do not. Only a problem if that's what one is used to hearing. Clearly people do get them to sound good and like them, they just don't sound like a vintage Thunderbird. Feel-wise my '06 is simply superb. I can't find a flaw in that respect.
And still you're not replacing the TB+ with Thunderbuckers or something? Seems like it would be near perfection there, then.
Here's something fun for Thunderbird Thursday. Cheap Trick playing all of Sgt. Pepper live. Tom Petersson with a Thunderbird II.
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I've yet to play one. Hopefully someday I'll get a chance so I can feel/hear the differences.
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Ridiculous price for the husk, go for the complete bass.
godofthunder59
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godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
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No wonder it sounds so good. ;-)That bass has a Badbird Bridge on it
TY. My 76 y/o, somewhat arthritic hands are quite sensitive to changes in neck dimensions. Even the 67 gets a bit tiring by the end of the 3rd set. And tomorrow night's gig is 4 hours.
If you are refinishing, but even if you aren't neck shapes can be changed.
I don't know why peepholes are so scared of this.....
it's only wood and wire...
I remember that afternoon leaving my house looking at the sky knowing something was up, you could see that a bad storm was coming. I left in my '62 Dodge Dart with no snow tires, got stuck near the lead singer's house in Worcester, Ma and stayed there for a few days.
Same here with my HPF. For some reason, at our practice space I get a really boomy low A that really bothers me. One of the guitarists said the same thing for himself after I mentioned it. The past two practices I've had the HPF set to about 80 as well and it really cleans up that boom.
It would, and that may yet happen. But I really don't want to get into changing all the black hardware out on it-- but I'm sure someone could make black PUP covers. Then there is the PUP placement.... PUPs would make a difference, but there's no addressing the placement issue. Right now I'm enjoying the LaBella black nylons. That gives it a different sound instead of trying to mimic the '64. I may even sell it at some point now that I bought the NR. Seems like I would recover my cost and then some given current prices. But I'm going to hang onto it for now. I've bought a bass and sold one to feel better about not having too many and regretted doing so. If I find that I'm just not playing it (plays so good I can't picture that), I may considering letting it go.
Yeah, price would have to be different that listed.
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I've heard conflicting opinions on this subject.
Some say shaving the neck may weaken it's strength.
It must have been a bad year because we had one in Mass from Feb 5th through the 7th that we also call the Blizzard of '78.
but if a neck is thinner from the factory how is it different?
the headstock could pop off at any minute anyway
