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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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- Jun 30, 2010
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Why would you do this? Are you on pain meds???
Or should be?
I could have posted Kenny G's version...
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Beware of pushy, tall girls.......
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Oooops, my bad, totally spaced the Greco's.
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
So close to the real deal, even at today's higher prices a Greco really gets you very, very close to a Gibson for tone, not quite as close for "feel"
Wie wäre es mit
Schweinshaxe mit Sauerkraut und Bratkartoffeln
There are many good restaurants serving it in Dusseldorf, a must everytime I visit that city. And of course they also have the
What? He’s just Scott’s roadie…Geddy has bushier eyebrows!(not to mention I'm "not worthy"* of tuning his bass!)
*Waynes World quote - surprised they never had Geddy on their 'show'.
So long as you have a top notch cook on your side.
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
- 142,236
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Col. Klink, ve are zending you to ze Russian Front!
General Burkhalter, let me assure you............
They’re some of the best!Beware of pushy, tall girls.......
All this talk of favorite sounding birds as it relates to specific pickups is interesting and informative. But don’t under estimate the importance of pairing those pickups with the right string. I’m finding that my favorite bird can go up or down a notch in the ranking depending on which strings I have on it at the time.
Case in point - the ranking of my birds a few weeks ago would have had the Greco II with ancient TI flats at the top of the heap followed closely by my capped Eppi Korean Goth with Cobalts and then the Greco IV with boomers. The new Acaica Fan Fret with Nordstrand Zin sidewinders and Peyson Black Daggers (similar to black beauties) was way down the list. After installing Peyson Stainless Flats, that bass has leapfrogged over the Grecos and Goth and has become my go to for best bass tone.
Of course that now has me wondering if the Greco IV would jump to the top with Peyson flats instead of boomers (I ain’t never messing with the strings on the Greco II). Bottom line, a good bass will always sound good regardless of the string choices, but that same good bass may sound great with the right string choice. Unfortunately, the pairing process seems to be as much trial and error as science.
Background and current ranking info:
Acacia Thunderbolt 5 string fanned fret, Nordstrand Zin Blade 5 sidewinder pups, Peyson SS Flats
Greco II, Stock pups, TI Jazz Flats (assumed, but possibly very old Roto flats)
Epiphone Korean Goth with .022 tone cap, stock Goth pups, Cobalt flats
Greco IV, Stock pups, GHS Boomers rounds
North BlingBird, Chinabuckers, Optima Gold rounds
Gibson 50th Anniversary Tbird, stock pups, Optima Gold rounds
Epiphone VP, stock pups, Fender 7150 rounds
Gibson 2015, stock pups, La Bella Black Tapes
Spector Rex5 Pro, stock EMG pups, D’Addario XL rounds
BaCH, Stock Altec pup, Chrome flats
Epiphone China FrankenGoth, Bartolini pickups, La Bella Black Tapes
Epiphone China Goth with Fuzz Cap, stock Goth pups, La Bella Black Tapes
Case in point - the ranking of my birds a few weeks ago would have had the Greco II with ancient TI flats at the top of the heap followed closely by my capped Eppi Korean Goth with Cobalts and then the Greco IV with boomers. The new Acaica Fan Fret with Nordstrand Zin sidewinders and Peyson Black Daggers (similar to black beauties) was way down the list. After installing Peyson Stainless Flats, that bass has leapfrogged over the Grecos and Goth and has become my go to for best bass tone.
Of course that now has me wondering if the Greco IV would jump to the top with Peyson flats instead of boomers (I ain’t never messing with the strings on the Greco II). Bottom line, a good bass will always sound good regardless of the string choices, but that same good bass may sound great with the right string choice. Unfortunately, the pairing process seems to be as much trial and error as science.
Background and current ranking info:
Acacia Thunderbolt 5 string fanned fret, Nordstrand Zin Blade 5 sidewinder pups, Peyson SS Flats
Greco II, Stock pups, TI Jazz Flats (assumed, but possibly very old Roto flats)
Epiphone Korean Goth with .022 tone cap, stock Goth pups, Cobalt flats
Greco IV, Stock pups, GHS Boomers rounds
North BlingBird, Chinabuckers, Optima Gold rounds
Gibson 50th Anniversary Tbird, stock pups, Optima Gold rounds
Epiphone VP, stock pups, Fender 7150 rounds
Gibson 2015, stock pups, La Bella Black Tapes
Spector Rex5 Pro, stock EMG pups, D’Addario XL rounds
BaCH, Stock Altec pup, Chrome flats
Epiphone China FrankenGoth, Bartolini pickups, La Bella Black Tapes
Epiphone China Goth with Fuzz Cap, stock Goth pups, La Bella Black Tapes
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- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,588
- 221,967
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Best tasting. But wurst is best for comedy.
I am partial to some sauerbraten with spaetzle. Schnitzel of any kind is always good.
I had excellent German food in Milan. Every day for lunch I had cotoletta milanese; schnitzel with basil and tomatoes.
