Good stuff! Kinda wondered where you'd been.
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Thunderbird Club
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Good stuff! Kinda wondered where you'd been.
When I get the replacement, I'se gots to check that all o' the screws are tight. Shoulda done that with this one. Didn't think a new one needed a post set-up set-up.
I gots a set o' those on my EB-0. A little too deep talkin'.
Hmm. Funny lookin' TBirds.
Since the Epi Embassy turned out to be a "Mooneye"*, I'm gonna be stuck playing that horrible old 67NR tonight(Saturday). It'll be a struggle, but I think I can muddle through.
(There may be some sarcasm attached to this^ statement.)
*To clarify "Mooneye", my friends and I saw a real POS-mobile going down the road. Barely. It had a pair of those "Moon" eyes on the fender-the only thing decent on the entire car. Thus, anything afterwards that was NFG became a "Mooneye".
(There may be some sarcasm attached to this^ statement.)
*To clarify "Mooneye", my friends and I saw a real POS-mobile going down the road. Barely. It had a pair of those "Moon" eyes on the fender-the only thing decent on the entire car. Thus, anything afterwards that was NFG became a "Mooneye".
On another note(Eb), I ordered one of these to put on the gigmobile. So if I start saying VDF instead of WT7, that's why.
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Just had a late-night, booze-induced thought: I'll have a pair of Mooneyes tattooed on each knee 'cos they ain't worth a damn either.Since the Epi Embassy turned out to be a "Mooneye"*, I'm gonna be stuck playing that horrible old 67NR tonight(Saturday). It'll be a struggle, but I think I can muddle through.
(There may be some sarcasm attached to this^ statement.)
*To clarify "Mooneye", my friends and I saw a real POS-mobile going down the road. Barely. It had a pair of those "Moon" eyes on the fender-the only thing decent on the entire car. Thus, anything afterwards that was NFG became a "Mooneye".
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Just wondering if y'all were aware: this club posts a lot. LOL!
I don’t normally go for brighter sounding strings, but the new NR is such an inherently dark bass it needs a bright string to make it sing. I’d think the DTB strings would be very dark on the NR, but then again I’m only playing with fingers, a pick might brighten it up nicely.
I recall when he had it refinished. Absolutely love it!
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Yeah. We've had all these discussions on tone woods, but what about tone plastics?
Clearly it's this one...
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I’d been trying to get the Forest Service to remove the two dead trees visible from my back deck.
Storm took them out Tuesday.
Storm took them out Tuesday.
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They sound great on my Custom Kraft hollow-body played w/a pick.
But then, pretty much all flats sound good played with a pick & palm-muting to my ears. 
My Bond Girl bass started out w/GHS Precision Flats, then LaBella DTF's, but for a while now D'Addario EXLBT nickel rounds. Eventually I may return it to DTF's - such a great tone.
Sure miss PillO.If all of you have your fingers fall off--remember PillO and I warned you.
They do sound great, though.
Frankly, they can all get aggressive with stainless steel strings and eq tweaking. That’s why I love them. But the original early 60s Tbirds are the most aggressive to my ears.Curious to know; I've only played a handful of thunderbirds in my life; my dad's blackbird, some epi bolt ons (burst, goth, blackbird), the active pros, the classic pros. I'd wanna know out of the gibson range/years, which bird is the most "aggressive" sounding.
Having never played any old school ones, i've no clue if 60's or 70's birds, or 80's birds would be in terms aggressive. Mind you, they all sound like angry pianos, lets get that outBut between a 60's parallel wired Bird IV vs a 70's series wired bird IV, vs the post 87-88 parallel bird IVs - how would anyone go by classifying & explaining each era of bird's tone.
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I think Chris Squire had something to do with that choice for the bridge.
