Thunderbird Club

[Engle]

I think I'll be turning up the preamp's internal gain pot. I found the Bartolini Classic Bass pickups are wound a lot milder than the stock Gibson pickups. The volume in series is a little quieter than the DiMarzio Model P in my Precision, and split is weaker than my Rickenbacker 4001.

Sounds like a plan. The Barts I have don’t have “CB” in the part number. I couldn’t find any info on them. They measure 6.24K and 8.55K.

 

[Engle]

Mongo is alive.

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Glad you got it running! It looks like there might be one strand of the braided shield threatening to touch the center lug?

 

[Engle]

There's a lot of this on the internet. It's how I know I'm in the last verse of the rock n roll song. Or maybe it's the outro... So I'm turning this bastard up and leaving marks.

Those people can have their forgettable chops.

I don’t watch those videos.

 

[Stealth57]

Glad you got it running! It looks like there might be one strand of the braided shield threatening to touch the center lug?

Optical illusion. Depth of focus makes it look close but it is well above the lugs. After I took the picture, I fixed it just in case.

 

[GBassNorth]

What looks like one of the anniversary? models - the gold ones - showed up in Ian's shopping vid, starting at 8:52

It's apparently at a place called Willie's American Guitars in St. Paul, MN, if any of you need to have one

Yep, it’s an Anniversary Bird. They’re getting harder to find and prices have about doubled in the last couple of years. I love mine, plays so nice. Unfortunately, Willies doesn’t seem to have it listed on their website. Although they have a couple of very sweet looking Rics…

 

[BklynKen]

Yep, it’s an Anniversary Bird. They’re getting harder to find and prices have about doubled in the last couple of years. I love mine, plays so nice. Unfortunately, Willies doesn’t seem to have it listed on their website. Although they have a couple of very sweet looking Rics…
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Other than aesthetics, those are the same as any other 2013, right?

 

[dagrev]

The Fusion Wound are Rock Brights rebranded.

Ah, I was thinking there was some difference.

 

[dagrev]

Yep, it’s an Anniversary Bird. They’re getting harder to find and prices have about doubled in the last couple of years. I love mine, plays so nice. Unfortunately, Willies doesn’t seem to have it listed on their website. Although they have a couple of very sweet looking Rics…
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That is a nice looking Ric.

 

[dagrev]

I don’t watch those videos.

Me either. I get a dose of humility every time I play.

 

[dagrev]

I like this seller's logo on Reverb.

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[Miles_ONeal]

That guy reminds me of Robert Fripp.

It's Fripp's body/stunt double.

 

[PaleAngel_90]

Congrats! That looks really cool, I would have been tempted myself.
And I'll raise you one autoharp.

Trixie Mattel regularly plays one in her drag shows, switches it up with an electro-acoustic guitar. By the way, how do you tune up that thing?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

41 hours without power. It was 54F inside when I left for work today. The birds haven't complained so far, but they're just sleeping. There were power PEC trucks on our streets an hour ago per Sharon and neighbors, but I think the're just the crews getting trees away from lines.
I meant to take the white bird outside for a quick shot against the ice on Wednesday, but forgot.

 

[PaleAngel_90]

Life goals.....that will never happen.

Especially #8










.....if I could just practice (a lot) more?

I LOVE this guy, he's so entertaining, and unlike Scotts bass lessons channel he's actually likeable.

 

[Instagator]

I like this seller's logo on Reverb.

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It’s a cool shirt too.

 

[bobyoung53]

Congrats! That looks really cool, I would have been tempted myself.
And I'll raise you one autoharp.

I hope you're doing a little Lovin' Spoonful with that.

 

[bobyoung53]

41 hours without power. It was 54F inside when I left for work today. The birds haven't complained so far, but they're just sleeping. There were power PEC trucks on our streets an hour ago per Sharon and neighbors, but I think the're just the crews getting trees away from lines.
I meant to take the white bird outside for a quick shot against the ice on Wednesday, but forgot.

Coincidence, the power was out here from Tuesday morning at 8:45 until Wednesday afternoon at 12:20. It's not cold here so that's no problem but the water gets pumped to the roof into a cistern so there was no water either. Highly irritating to have to walk down 9 flights and fill up 5 gallon pails of water. It's amazing how slow 28 hours can go by sometimes.

 

[GBassNorth]

Other than aesthetics, those are the same as any other 2013, right?

Spec wise I believe so. But the build quality may be a tad better since they were low run special releases. The neck and fret work on mine feels better than my 2015 Gibby bird.

 

[BklynKen]

Spec wise I believe so. But the build quality may be a tad better since they were low run special releases. The neck and fret work on mine feels better than my 2015 Gibby bird.

Probably the same goes for the left-handed models. Mine is still near perfect.

 

[bobyoung53]

What's going on here? I haven't been here for two days and only had 5 pages to go through.