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Thunderbird Club

#232,182
TBird1958 said:
Still Thursday......
Busy day off.

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Legs...
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
nice….
tomorrow’s and Sat’s rig…..
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!….:hyper:
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Keep on rockin' in the New Year Chucky P! :bassist: (as I know you will!)



My this coming Sunday J1 afternoon B-day show gear & rig - I usually only bring one bass to gigs, but we have the whole afternoon to ourselves so I'll bring three for a change.

The Teiscobird 'cause it has drop-D for Heroes. Being one of my mainstay TSC's basses for years now, it's starting to get some 'honest' distressing/wear on my lightly applied nitro finish. A worn bass is a played bass! I'll update w/pics soon - it's currently at our rehearsal space.
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The Bass IV for most of the day. I've been using it primarily for rehearsals lately so it just seems/feels right to use it live. (1st time) And just because.., my beloved Jolana Kolorbas with beautiful original artwork by Czech Republic artist Elena Konovalova to grace the stage and get played on at least one song. (it sounds killer!)
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Ampage will be provided by my Ashdown 550 Spyder (thanks again Chucky!:thumbsup:) and '76 Ampeg B-15 Portaflex cab w/a late '60s JBL D140R speaker - bass nirvana. Pics will be taken on Sunday!
 
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#232,186
dave84 said:
Hi guys, today I offer you an unedited comparison between the Fender Meteora Bass and the Epiphone Thunderbird Classic Pro. A modern sounding bass against a more vintage sounding bass both with humbucker pick up.
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Thanks! Very interested in this! I have a Jazz Bass project coming up and I have to decide what pickups I'll put in the existing J-holes around the EB -style bridge pickup which will be routed in the middle (the so-called Richard Sinclair/The Rotters's Club mod). Those double-J's could be an interesting alternative.
 
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GonePlaid said:
I'm letting the 67 NR a rest for awhile(it's still my number one-always will be). Prolly take it to the shop after 1/1 to have a little check-up; maybe look into whether the 'superfluous' pup pot is kaput. I have neither the skills or the equipment to do it myself. So temporarily, at least, these will be-left to right-my backup and stage basses.
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dave84 said:
Hi guys, today I offer you an unedited comparison between the Fender Meteora Bass and the Epiphone Thunderbird Classic Pro. A modern sounding bass against a more vintage sounding bass both with humbucker pick up.
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Thanks for posting that. I like the format of the video. You listed the strings used and played a good riff to exemplify the sounds.
 
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PhR75 said:
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Not drilled 'n' screwed yet. But it's in the right place approximately, right?
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Looks to be too close the the center block from my '64. Should be closer to the center of the pick guard. I suspect they might have a fair amount of variation. Likely no jig was used to locate and install them. V's is more like my location, but maybe a higher from a quick look.
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dagrev said:
Looks to be too close the the center block from my '64. Should be closer to the center of the pick guard. I suspect they might have a fair amount of variation. Likely no jig was used to locate and install them. V's is more like my location, but maybe a higher from a quick look.
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Tug bars were indeed placed rather randomly. I've used a couple of locations any of which are correct. Do a google search, pick a location you like and run with it. Here's my three VPs sporting two different accurate locations.[ ATTACH]4918607[/ATTACH]
 

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godofthunder59 said:
Tug bars were indeed placed rather randomly. I've used a couple of locations any of which are correct. Do a google search, pick a location you like and run with it. Here's my three VPs sporting two different accurate locations.[ ATTACH]4918607[/ATTACH]
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Or leave it off like I did.
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