Thunderbird Club

[Instagator]

FenderBird Friday....

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Gotta have that drop D tuner.

 

[Bassmike62]

My Fender-bird is in two pieces









Fender (-ish):

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-bird:

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Cat!:

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Two pieces or one, still counts, that white Bird is magnificient.

 

[Bassmike62]

Gotta have that drop D tuner.

Yup. I found out a few days after getting the bass that this model is a double drop D.

 

[dagrev]

Thats pretty much it in a nutshell. 60s Nonreverse Thunderbirds had hotter pickups than the 63-65 so that's probably why I like the Epiphone Probuckers better, they seem hotter with a little more grit. I don't have meter readings to compare the two though. Both are great pickups but the 760 Probuckers suit my playing style best.View attachment 4855956 View attachment 4855958 View attachment 4855959

If Gibson would add a little depth and bigness to the Epi 760s, they would essentially have a great 60s reproduction/replacement pickup.

 

[dagrev]

with Stu Hamm at NAMM 2019….God how I miss pre-Covid days…..
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I bet he was glad to meet you. Highlight of his NAMM no doubt. Seriously. If not, it should have been.

 

[dagrev]

Hey. Yours came with a polish cloth. I feel cheated.

Mine has the cloth. Maybe the only include them with the Beautiful Burgundy's.

 

[dagrev]

Me too also. I have a stupidly high falsetto(up to C above the treble clef staff), but no tenor.

Who knew you could do Frankie Valley (SP?)?

 

[dagrev]

Interestingly, wild turkeys fly very well-and make a lotta racket. Also not quite as stupid.

They do. Even flying solo in open air they make a crazy amount of noise. If in a tree and they go to take off it will scare poopie out of you. But they will bang into the fence trying to get in or out of the yard. After a while they remember they have wings and will fly over. They can get pretty high up in a tree if they want.

 

[dagrev]

They're just a bit too expensive-for me-to try as an experiment when I'm perfectly happy with EBCFs or SIT PowerFlats.

Yes they are. I try to find them lightly used. Like most flats, they will last well over a decade, making them pretty cheap.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Gracias amigo.

niente…

 

[dagrev]

The one I just bought has fiber saddles, not sure if I'll change it out for a Deluxe bridge that also fits it.

I can understand why. But you might like the older style. Not sure how it affects the tone, but I would think it softens it up a bit.

 

[dagrev]

Saw a flock fly on to the roof of a two story house. Problem for them was the building integrated solar roofing panels. Their claws had nothing to grab on to and they all turned into bowling balls. Forgot they could fly.

There are unintended consequences to everything. Except Thunderbirds, of course.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

And even if just dropping the tubes in upped the power, it would require both transformers to be over-spec'd by 20% to begin with, or one of them would blow the first time you slammed it. (To continue the car analogy, think of the output transformer as the transmission. A bigger motor could rip it up when you punch it and dump the clutch. Can't think of a good power transformer analogy. Oh, well.)

yeah….the fuel pump…

 

[dagrev]

And according to one of our members, they have a swinging sex life!!

I think the little blue turkey pill only kicks in this time of year.

 

[dagrev]

Gotta have that drop D tuner.

Never use mine.

 

[dagrev]

Not anything I was looking for last night, but had to click on it. I was looking for unpleasant sprays to keep two homeless guys from setting up a condo on a property.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

wondering if this would cover a 22 NR….

 

[godofthunder59]

wondering if this would cover a 22 NR….
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Are you planning on using the three point mounting locations? It won't work the saddles will be to far back to intonate

 

[godofthunder59]

If Gibson would add a little depth and bigness to the Epi 760s, they would essentially have a great 60s reproduction/replacement pickup.

Honestly I like my Epiphone Vintage Pro Thunderbirds better than my Gibson 2022 Nonreverse Thunderbirds. It's better built and sounds better imho. To each thier own of course. If you want more bass out of the Epi 760 Probuckers I find the tone control very effective.

 

[GonePlaid]

Who knew you could do Frankie Valley (SP?)?

He has(had?)tenor. The only way I can hit tenor-ish notes in natural voice is to back waaay offa the mic. And only on harmonies. If I'm singing lead, those notes sound strained(they are)and harsh(that too).