Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Maybe better to start with ebony stain as opposed to leather dye? Or, if I start with the stain and don’t get the results I’m looking for, will that be a problem for the dye? Being oil/stain?

It's best to stay w/one or the other. Watco also makes ebony - thinner based, viscus to seep into the wood, no sheen and once cured - permanent. Brush on, wipe excess off. If more (darker) is needed - repeat once cured.

 

[JIO]

How common is it to have both a braided shield and a black wire?

I’ve replaced a number of pickups on other basses and never seen a three wire design.

Pick-ups can have as many as 5 wires, and as few as 2. 3 is not uncommon.

 

[bobyoung53]

Sounds like an original 360 stack. You can get top end by using the bright switch. A Grexa reissue has a treble horn, so no top end problems. Those are high-fi as well as liquefy.

You can hear both just fine on stage, but they do sound different in the audience from what you hear on stage.

I'm not conversant enough with 360's but the one time I did play through one in a rehearsal, I couldn't hear any bottom standing in front, I could with the V4-B cab but once or twice is not enough time to judge either one and the rooms were different. I'd like to grab a 360 and use it for a while although the chance of that happening is pretty slim. I'm at the age where I should be getting rid of stuff not buying more.

 

[bobyoung53]

yeah, oscillating….flick the hi lo switches back and forth and turn down the treble to 0 and see if it goes away…..
bring to Gardinos on Sat if all else fails…

The time tested technique of banging the head will sometimes work too.

 

[BklynKen]

The time tested technique of banging the head will sometimes work too.

Like with old TV sets?

 

[bobyoung53]

“Bombshell Bullys” go country….. this is gonna be fun/ny as he11...
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I like playing country, I mean the real stuff.....ducks.....

 

[bobyoung53]

Like with old TV sets?

Exactly!

 

[Stealth57]

yeah, oscillating….flick the hi lo switches back and forth and turn down the treble to 0 and see if it goes away…..
bring to Gardinos on Sat if all else fails…

With no instrument cable attached and treble and bass at 0, no noticeable hum up to 5 on volume. Then increases up to 10. Turning up bass increases hum. Turning up treble above 2 is more of a hiss. With a cable attached, the treble is more of a static blast than a hiss.

 

[bobyoung53]

I think the other factor that comes into play is plucking/picking position. I will move my right hand around a fair bit without really thinking about it, so I might not notice a subtle difference between pickups as much as a player that anchors their picking/plucking hand.

My first basses were single pickup basses, Japanese and then a P bass so I learned to vary the sound with technique. I was a P bass player for about twenty years, surprising how versatile they are.

 

[icefly]

Old pic revival from Google

 

[bobyoung53]

With no instrument cable attached and treble and bass at 0, no noticeable hum up to 5 on volume. Then increases up to 10. Turning up bass increases hum. Turning up treble above 2 is more of a hiss. With a cable attached, the treble is more of a static blast than a hiss.

Power supply electrolytic hum usually doesn't respond to the volume control and will gradually quiet down if you leave it on for a while.

 

[Stealth57]

Whacking the head does nothing.

can I get an amen…I mean an AHEM.

 

[JJR58]

Old pic revival from Google

Really dig your EB.

 

[icefly]

Really dig your EB.

Thanks. Bought 2 years ago; 2009 production year.
He's the reason I subscribed to Talkbass; started coming more often and subscribing after purchase.

 

[GBassNorth]

Thanks. Bought 2 years ago; 2009 production year.
He's the reason I subscribed to Talkbass; started coming more often and subscribing after purchase.

Very cool EB! If you’re not already a member you need to check this club out…
SG & EB Bass Club
lots of very sweet EB and SG stuff there.

 

[Syd Rayne]

Whacking the head does nothing.

can I get an amen…I mean an AHEM.

 

[Stealth57]

yeah, oscillating….flick the hi lo switches back and forth and turn down the treble to 0 and see if it goes away…..
bring to Gardinos on Sat if all else fails…

Since I’m heading to India for 5 weeks in another 2 weeks, I’m thinking just bringing it to the GTG makes more sense. Not like I don’t have another couple of amps.

Then I’ll be around if I need to visit again to pick it up and it won’t be hanging out in your workshop for a couple months taking up space.

 

[Stealth57]

Pick-ups can have as many as 5 wires, and as few as 2. 3 is not uncommon.

What the heck would 5 wires do? Coil tap or just a sick bas- designer?

 

[heatheroo1]

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Your basic VVT wiring is anything bare wire is ground - white is usually hot (+), black is also ground (-) This is for a J w/250k pots, but it would be the same for a T-bird w/500k pots.

Bear in mind that a std VVT wiring scheme will work for a 60's Bird or a modern Bird but NOT for a Bicentennial Bird. The Bi-Bird has the 2 pickups wired in series. Dunno why.......but they do.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

What the heck would 5 wires do? Coil tap or just a sick bas- designer?

two fully independent coils and a shield….5 wires…