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Thunderbird Club
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badass!… bet’s one heck of an interesting bass to play..
very well said…Beauty!!!!
All three are good choices in my book.
I swear a LOT and I'm not a Navy Trucker like @GonePlaid . I have been called something that sounds like "trucker" a lot in my life.I have often heard the expression of swearing like a sailor or a trucker so I think that means GonePlaid pulls double duty in that department.
I would have to work at saying "dang" so I might as well say what I mean.
My son was talking about these vids the other day. He’s 34. My folks still have a sleek wall mounted rotary wall phone he used to love to play with when he was little. Thinking about it, we didn’t have any in our house when he was born. But still………
I kinda came to a similar conclusion on my BaCH II. I really wanted a IV but just couldn’t bring myself to the point of carving up a rare pristine BaCH II to get there. So this is happening instead…
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
what are you doing for pups on that?…finish?……something about bolt on neck Birds just seems so odd to me…
That they are. He lived way longer than anyone would have imagined. I saw him a couple times with CSN back in the day and then when CSNY toured Neil’s Living With War Album (mid 2000’s). I’m sad Crosby passed.Dropping like flies
- Jun 30, 2010
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Other than the obvious physical difference between a neck-thru, a set-neck, and a bolt on neck - the goal is vibrational continuum. A set-neck is where the body/neck are glued together approximating a continuum. A bolt-on, depending on how it's bolted-on, also approximates that continuum. Whereas neck-thru and set-neck have variations on ply's and wood, bolt-on technology has gone though many more advancements since Leo Fender introduced the (cost saving) concept/design in the late '40s. Point being - a dynamic 'coupling' of body to neck (however done) will translate to the same end result - a vibration continuum. Our T-bird was born neck-thru, but much of the conjecture about added "sustain" (or whatever) of a neck-thru or set-neck bass is just that... talk. At the end of the day - they all rock if done correctly.
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- Jun 30, 2010
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Dropping like flies
A bad time for flies...
Undecided on the finish at this point but leaning towards a subtle black paisley. The pups and hardware are from a VP equivalent (Eppi Embassy bass) donor. I have bolt on, set neck and neck through birds, they all feel about the same to me. I will say playing the BaCH back to back with the 21NR does highlight how much thicker the new NR neck is.
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I like mine. But I prefer my Epi Blackbird (because it’s lighter and I can get the action low without shimming). That seems to be on the high side for what they go for in very good or better condition nowadays ($250 - $400). See it, touch it, play it. You’ll know if it chooses you. But pass if it doesn’t. There are plenty of them for sale at any given time. At least around here.
I’ve given up on the EBCFs. I’ll give them to you next time we meet.
When we first moved Vandenberg, we only had to dial five numbers.
LOL - that does seem like an oxymoron doesn’t it. Here’s what’s at the top of the list right now, but could change as the build progresses…
…not as in your face as my Fender pink paisley, and a lot of it will be covered with a parchment pickguard. I had kicked around a vintage NR or Gibson color, or maybe even a distressed relic finish but with the Wenge/Wenge bolt on neck and shiny chrome hardware it didn’t feel right.
Sounds great, I haven’t found a bass I don’t like them on yet.
