Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

Rod:. "Hi honey, look at my 4 k bass. Isn't it nice?

Claudia:"You spent how much!"

Rod, "Uhhh love you."

I'm single.

 

[Stevis]

Now being a Fender snob, and after seeing this, i want, i want, i want..............................

We'll convert you!

Yes. The process works something like this:

 

[TBird1958]

Not to derail the NAMM talk (because honestly, that new "old" T-Brid nearly made me forget my question): has anyone put vintage-depth pickups in an Epi Classic? If so:

1. How did you get them close to the strings?
2. How did you hide the fact that they're only about 1/2 the depth of the TB-Plusses?

Tryna get this Chinese set installed. Pics welcome.

Here's my Nikki Sixx Mk.II that I put Lull pickups in, I cut some mahogany blocks out that I shaped like the routs, glued them in and later added some hard foam. Thunderbucker Raunch sells the rings and black spacers to stack around the pickups.

 

[hillerup]

We're never really DONE are we?

Nope...

Thought GAS was over for a while, until the three korina models and now these new Vintage Pro basses got announced..

 

[JJR58]

Yes. The process works something like this:View attachment 1033227

There won't be any need to hook me up to all that stuff though.

I was hooked when I played a single pup version of an original Gibson Bird.

 

[JJR58]

Nope...

Thought GAS was over for a while, until the three korina models and now these new Vintage Pro basses got announced..

It's never over I guess, hence the saying, never say never?, so, if you say "never", we would be out of gas?.

 

[TBird1958]

There won't be any need to hook me up to all that stuff though.

I was hooked when I played a single pup version of an original Gibson Bird.

Greco, you want a Greco Thunderbird II

 

[JJR58]

Greco, you want a Greco Thunderbird II

I lost out on one here not long ago.

Looked like a beauty, 2 pup model.

Didn't have the dollars.

 

[TBird1958]

The single pup II model is the Bird that RAWRS

 

[Stevis]

Now being a Fender snob, and after seeing this, i want, i want, i want..............................

We'll convert you!

There won't be any need to hook me up to all that stuff though.

I was hooked when I played a single pup version of an original Gibson Bird.

I own/play 7enders too, as do some others in the club. The group is quite tolerant of our lot because we can still appreciate the many wonders of "the bird".

 

[JJR58]

I own/play 7enders too, as do some others in the club. The group is quite tolerant of our lot because we can still appreciate the many wonders of "the bird".

It is a rare breed indeed. People just have to understand that and embraces it's magnificence.

The original Gibby single pup that I played weighed nothing, ok, so it weigh something.

It was beyond feather weight.

 

[JJR58]

It is a rare breed indeed. People just have to understand that and embraces it's magnificence.

The original Gibby single pup that I played weighed nothing, ok, so it weigh something.

It was beyond feather weight.

Oh, and I currently play a Squier dipped in plastic.

What's it made out of?, oh basswood, I mean, garbage wood. Ooops, did I say that?.

 

[Klondike]

I own/play 7enders too, as do some others in the club. The group is quite tolerant of our lot because we can still appreciate the many wonders of "the bird".

No, its only because we dont know you have 7enders. Lol

 

[wolfkeller]

Not to derail the NAMM talk (because honestly, that new "old" T-Brid nearly made me forget my question): has anyone put vintage-depth pickups in an Epi Classic? If so:

1. How did you get them close to the strings?
2. How did you hide the fact that they're only about 1/2 the depth of the TB-Plusses?

Tryna get this Chinese set installed. Pics welcome.

For mine doing that I cut some pieces of wood to the shape of the pickups, bout 1/4 thick and glued them in. That raised em up using good thick foam

 

[JJR58]

It is a rare breed indeed. People just have to understand that and embraces it's magnificence.

The original Gibby single pup that I played weighed nothing, ok, so it weigh something.

It was beyond feather weight.

Full disclosure, I did not own it, from someone's private collection, and he let me put my alien sweat on that beauty, I had all but maybe 2-1/2 minutes with it.

 

[Dadagoboi]

The original Gibby single pup that I played weighed nothing, ok, so it weigh something.

It was beyond feather weight.

The genuine article: well under 8 lbs and doesn't neck dive-even with big headstock and Klusons...

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!

 

[JJR58]

The genuine article: well under 8 lbs and doesn't neck dive-even with big headstock and Klusons...

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!

Ufff!!!!! That was it, not that exact one but, that was it!!!!!, I repeat myself when I'm distressed.............

 

[veebass]

The single pup II model is the Bird that RAWRS

Yep.

 

[veebass]

Here's my Nikki Sixx Mk.II that I put Lull pickups in, I cut some mahogany blocks out that I shaped like the routs, glued them in and later added some hard foam. Thunderbucker Raunch sells the rings and black spacers to stack around the pickups.

I just put high density foam under the pickups when I put EY Chinabuckers in my Gibson TBird. Used the EY rings and spacers from Thunderbucker Ranch.

Here's mine- I put two spacers under the ring for the bridge pickup. All ended up really solid.

 

[EdO.]

Oh, and I currently play a Squier dipped in plastic. What's it made out of?, oh basswood, I mean, garbage wood. Ooops, did I say that?.

I have a basswood Squier Mike Dirnt '51 P RI that I sometimes tradeoff with my Birds. Yeah it's light but it still sounds good. For a 7ender...