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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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Checked middle to both outer lugs. Same zero to 550.
- Mar 13, 2008
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playing at the brewery today at 3….. frigging niners play at 3:30…..
Not that I'm a Niners fan..........cuz you beat the Seahawks 3 times this year, but dammit a win over Dallas would be nice today.
That's got a nice neck now plus it's ebony, I even had RS66 Rotos on it for a while with virtually no wear. With no frets it feels more shallow front to back than a fretted P bass. The neck on the P bass is nice too but I like J necks better.
I'm $h1t for brains when it comes to playing fretless, but I sho' like looking at'em. The TFs are especially striking, IMO.
Try one last quick thing. Hook your meter up to the bridge pup leads and wiggle and bend the wire a bit. Just a quick check to make sure you don’t have a damaged pup lead. The resistance reading should remain unchanged and around 9K.
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I did hear the bass player after us with a Squier P (sale guy you saw playing with Ross at Shrine) plugged directly into the SWR and it did sound very good.
From last night.
Here's Ross playing his ES-320. 1976 Firebird against the piano.
This woman was really good. Great vocals and she played bass at the same. Also quite petite. The J Bass looks huge on her.
Here's Ross playing his ES-320. 1976 Firebird against the piano.
This woman was really good. Great vocals and she played bass at the same. Also quite petite. The J Bass looks huge on her.
I’ll give that a shot after I drink one. I checked everything for continuity and resistance. Made sure the soldering was tinned properly and secure. Tested everything again. Still no output…
Time to take a break before things take flight.
I'm not exactly a monster either but I started young kind of by accident and concentrated on trying to sound like I was playing a fretted bass unless I wanted to slide or something.
A nice sounding Goth, going to keep electronics stock, maybe a cap change.
And here we go
Epi Goth body refin'd white, Aerodyne Jazz neck, Hipshot bridge and XTender (installing later today). Stock Goth pick-ups, came back with a top-notch set-up. Sounds like an e Epi Thunderbird IV (same pickups, I believe) which is fine and very different from the Silver FenderBird, which has EMG actives. Plays beautifully and should see action at next rehearsal. A 1/16" shave on both sides to adjust pocket to neck, depth untouched. Fretboard darkened a bit, body finished with satin polyurthane satin 0°, which protects against daily use. A charm to play !
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Beautiful. The pickup covers, at any rate, are the same as those in the IV, so I would assume the same pickups.
Restrung the NR with GHS boomers. They're quite a bit stiffer than the stock strings, so I imagine I'll have to adjust the setup slightly.
I thought that last word was “missing”, which would have been a great retort.
When you say “still no output” you mean from the bridge pup only, correct? You do still get a good output signal from the neck pickup, correct? If you’re not getting an output from either pup you probably need to reverse the wires on your output jack.
The cap change is the silver bullet on the Goth. A must!
