Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

I would disconnect everything and test each component separately. It's a little more work, but it will be easier to find the trouble.
And you can do a nicer job than whoever was in there before.
Edit: just saw you posted its working. Maybe there is an intermittent short at the pickup.

Or stray solder/wire underneath/inside the pot.

 

[MCF]

SIT Fusion Nickel........Something, something.

Odd. I’ve never had a set of SITs on my guitars or my basses that wouldn’t stay in tune. Are you sure the tuners aren’t slipping? I know you put the originals back on it.

 

[GonePlaid]

Well, come to a GTG and I will make you my famous Oatmeal Stout. Creamy goodness.

Appealing but 3K miles for a beer is a tad over my driving range.

 

[Stealth57]

Well, looks like I need a Probucker 760 neck pickup. I have continuity between the braid and hot lead and zero ohms across. Dead short .

 

[TBird1958]

You need to set the formulas to music.

The formulas I can remember now are for mixed drinks........

I can make (and enjoy) a Manhattan....

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Appealing but 3K miles for a beer is a tad over my driving range.

Or you could throw your name in the hat to host one!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well, looks like I need a Probucker 760 neck pickup. I have continuity between the braid and hot lead and zero ohms across. Dead short .

If you desolder the braid from the pickup body, do you still see the short? If so, the short is inside the braid and you just need new wiring.

 

[Stealth57]

Or you could throw your name in the hat to host one!

2026

 

[Stealth57]

If you desolder the braid from the pickup body, do you still see the short? If so, the short is inside the braid and you just need new wiring.

I’ll do that mañana. Too tried of messing with it for today.

 

[BklynKen]

SIT Fusion Nickel........Something, something.

I guess you need steels.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

serious TBird geekage while Dave’s B-15 braying in the background…….
truly priceless……

 

[Stealth57]

serious TBird geekage while Dave’s B-15 braying in the background…….
truly priceless……

If they saw us coming at night, they’d run to the other side of the street.

 

[JJR58]

Someone caught me in the twilight zone.

 

[RedVee]

over a Stang any day…
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Had a matchbox toy version. That’s as close as I have ever gotten to one from memory. Maybe a private import at a show.

Mercury were done here before the 60s. afaik

 

[TBird1958]

serious TBird geekage while Dave’s B-15 braying in the background…….
truly priceless……

We did get a little caught up in the geekage there I love it, you guys all made it so much fun!

 

[Gaolee]

I played that bass again at rehearsal Sunday, love how plays but the strings are just not working in very well, they're prone to going out of tune after being played, much more so than any of my others. May have to try some Ken Smith Burners.

The Flamingo probably needs Burners again. Kat talked me into putting those on it, and I hated them at first. Once they broke in, after a couple weeks, they were fantastic for a long time. They were 50-115 or something like that. A little thicker than the usual.

 

[Gaolee]

Just remember to keep at least one kidney, please!

They got machines for that now. No problems.

 

[Gaolee]

Well, looks like I need a Probucker 760 neck pickup. I have continuity between the braid and hot lead and zero ohms across. Dead short .

Well, considering that you plan to modify one and keep the other stock, that means you have a spare of each pickup. Or did before one died.

 

[Stealth57]

Probably a silly question, Did you check the pickup when it was disconnected from the pot?

Yes. Zero ohms.

 

[Funkengruuven]

Yes. Zero ohms.

Sorry, I missed to post previous. Lindy Fralin and Curtiss Novak will wind a period correct T-Bird pickup for you.