Thunderbird Club

[GBassNorth]

@PillO Sorry

This one could explain a lot about @PillO
A little blunt force trauma goes a long way…

 

[GBassNorth]

Chuck, this one’s for you.

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Yummm, I wish I could be there!

 

[PillO]

As far as set up goes, I find the two piece to be the quickest of the bunch to set up, followed closely by the three point, then the Supertone and finally the Babicz.
For looks, it’s the two piece.
For flexibility, it’s the Supertone.
For engineering marvels, it’s the Babicz.
For sound, I can’t really tell the difference in any of them.
For playability, it’s a wash because I very rarely ever play by the bridge, or rest my hand on it, or do windmills.
For cost, it’s the three point, it comes free with the bass and works perfectly good.

What kind of nonsense is this? Those are all reasonable design criteria. Far better musical criteria are:

Coolness of the alpha-numeric part number,
Colour,
Number of clouds in the sky last tuesday, and
Talkbass consensus opinion of the manufacturer.

 

[PillO]

Bar bridge?

 

[dagrev]

This one could explain a lot about @PillO
A little blunt force trauma goes a long way…

You know you are hanging with the wrong people (Rule # 56)... When a court jester comes to render medical assistance.

 

[dagrev]

I thought we weren't going to post any more pics of our Princess Fingers Club meetings.

I don't remember you dancing that night. Or looking like that. I guess we stayed way too long.

 

[dagrev]

And to think that putting pennies on the tracks to watch freight trains squash them used to "amuse" us especially showing off the deformed specimens afterwards, I think those would have been much more fun! Could you imagine the punch of one long enough to go across both rails
AND even one that long probably wouldn't be noticed by the engineer thus the advantage of watching it from a distance may have spared you the "scar factor"

We used to love building model cars (remember those!), and then packing them with firecrackers and other such devices.

Now kids live dangerously with the fear of sliding off the couch while playing X-Box.

 

[dagrev]

I think Princess fingers is hiding out waiting to take us by surprise!

Is there going to be a R U M B L E in the streets if the rhetoric gets heated?

 

[WillyW]

Is there going to be a R U M B L E in the streets if the rhetoric gets heated.

more like a windmill slap fight.....

 

[dagrev]

 

[WillyW]

 

[WillyW]

 

[C-60 Bass]

Others may have answered but... I have a VP with 105s on it. The relief should be easily adjusted. If not comfortable doing it yourself, just about any music shop can take care of that. Once you get the straight, then work on lowering the bridge--if it still needs it. I haven't heard of anyone not being able to get a VP nice a playable, and think your's is going to be no exception. It's possible, but would be odd. I've had a couple of basses where adjusting the neck was not an option and had to go to lighter strings. Well worth it to keep a great sounding bass.

Thanks. Im happy with and have adjusted the the trussrod - gone either side of about .012 at the 8th fret. Also had the action up and down within that range.

I'm a pick player and usually get away with low/comfortable action on bass's, even though quite an 'aggressive' right hand player. To not have fret rattle on this bass is making for an uncomfortably high action and im real disappointed

 

[Engle]

The Gene Simmons G2 TBird is a pretty cool bass, except for that pickguard. @simongpaez asked me to make a white pg with a TBird for his. 3 ply with a Gibson style decal:

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

The Gene Simmons G2 TBird is a pretty cool bass, except for that pickguard. @simongpaez asked me to make a white pg with a TBird for his. 3 ply with a Gibson style decal:
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Just sent you a DM

 

[simongpaez]

The Gene Simmons G2 TBird is a pretty cool bass, except for that pickguard. @simongpaez asked me to make a white pg with a TBird for his. 3 ply with a Gibson style decal:
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Agree the bass is amazing but I had a hard time with the original pickguard
Now it looks great
thanks my friend for a great job
I might get a black one next

 

[Stealth57]

Before I start ripping into things on my CP, I'll ask the experts. The pickups are really high and hot. I tried lowering them using the screws but there isn't much downward travel. Is there a big block of hard foam under the pickups? The volume is blasting even with a setting of 2-3 compared to all my other basses.

Also, the tone knob makes huge changes even on settings of 1-2. Not sure what the fix for that is other than changing the pot to a higher value or the cap...

 

[Das Jugghead]

Hey guys and gals just found out about this thread via another TB member. I have a (hopefully) straight foward question for the group here. I am interested in finding a five string Thunderbird which seem to be somewhat rare. As such I am contemplating building one from a kit. Does anyone have any recommendations for or against any particular kit.

Many thanks in advance.

 

[dagrev]

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You're not making fun of The Princess Fingers Gang are you? When we put on our street fighting clothes we're ready to get it on....

 

[GonePlaid]

Hey guys and gals just found out about this thread via another TB member. I have a (hopefully) straight foward question for the group here. I am interested in finding a five string Thunderbird which seem to be somewhat rare. As such I am contemplating building one from a kit. Does anyone have any recommendations for or against any particular kit.

Many thanks in advance.

This is the only one I currently know of(not mine, tho I had one like it). It has P/J pickups. Part of the reason I sold it. Epiphone Thunderbird Non-Reverse 5-String Sunburst Electric Bass Guitar w/ Gig Bag | Reverb

Also this but it's in Japan: Epiphone Thunderbird T-Bird Pro-5 Epiphone Thunderbird 5 strings | eBay
No affiliation on either.
Hmm. Found another: [This invalid link has been removed]