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Thunderbird Club

#260,161
GBassNorth said:
Brother, as a decades long avid Porsche driver, club member, Director of Advertising, and one time Cayman S owner I feel your pain. At some point in time we all have to take one for the team. Looks like it's your turn. So do your best to power through the inconvenience, hardship and humiliation that comes with owning a Porsche and try to keep a stiff upper lip. And for heavens sake, wipe that smile off your face! :thumbsup:
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#260,162
GBassNorth said:
I've always liked the warmth of the TB+ pickups, but the bite of the VP 760ProBuckers. Now that I have an Eppi CP with the TB+ pickups in roughly the VP positions I'm finding a lot of that great VP bite while retaining most of that TB+ warmth. They truly are great pickups.
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I've beat the dead horse before, but location, location,...well there isn't really another location. That neck pickup needs to be in the correct;) location. IMO. Maybe one day Gibson will stumble upon this little secret.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Brother, as a decades long avid Porsche driver, club member, Director of Advertising, and one time Cayman S owner I feel your pain. At some point in time we all have to take one for the team. Looks like it's your turn. So do your best to power through the inconvenience, hardship and humiliation that comes with owning a Porsche and try to keep a stiff upper lip. And for heavens sake, wipe that smile off your face! :thumbsup:
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dagrev said:
Really feel for you. They're kind of like German Yugos, right?:laugh:
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I'll try and do my best G. :roflmao:

And not quite Donnie. :laugh::laugh:​
 
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TT Rack-o-birds +1

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dagrev said:
But you miss out on all the workplace drama which is so fun!

I mostly work from my home office and I'm fine with that. It doesn't work for some people. Some need/want to get out and others need someone making sure they are working.
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I work in the office, but hardly anybody else ever comes in. It's perfect for me. I get windows, light, the office plants, plenty of space for work. And next to nobody around.
 
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Engle said:
Looking forward to it!
@Nocturnal was there more than one production run of the Epi NRs? Just wondering if the pickguard changed?
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If I go down the custom guard route I'll loan you my stock guard so you can make a template of it for potential future orders. I'll likely want a completely different neck hugging shape. I really detest the cutoff look of the stock NR guards where they meet the heel.
Interested in seeing Andy's answer. I have seen a couple of different materials used (pearloid and plain white) but don't recall seeing different shapes.
 
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GBassNorth said:
If I go down the custom guard route I'll loan you my stock guard so you can make a template of it for potential future orders. I'll likely want a completely different neck hugging shape. I really detest the cutoff look of the stock NR guards where they meet the heel.
Interested in seeing Andy's answer. I have seen a couple of different materials used (pearloid and plain white) but don't recall seeing different shapes.
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To my eye the PG doesn't quite look right with the PJ pickups. And the neck is pushed further out.
They actually stayed truer to the 60's shape than Gibson has when you look at the long edge on the treble side. When working out the PG shape for his RNR, @BklynKen pointed out how on the Gibson reissues that side is more curved. I flattened it as much as possible while still covering the screw holes.
 
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greggory garner said:
Sweet. How does your vintage pro compare to your others?
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There are two VPs, one stock and one with Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Gibson 60s copies. All 6 birds are completely different. The IV has La Bella black tapes and is very thumpy. The CP has EBCF strings and it has a good balance between lows, mids, and treble but some of the high end may be due to the strings. The stock VP has SIT Power Flats and has more low end than the CP but gets a little boingy if you turn up the tone. The SD VP has old round wounds but has the best balance. The lows are thumpy but with good definition and solid mids and highs that don't get boingy. The Pro IV has SIT NPS strings and can sound pretty much like anything you want due to active eq. I don't think it is quite as well defined as the SD VP. Lastly, the Gibson 2015 has SIT Power Wounds and is also very versatile. Not as much low end definition as the SD VP but unique given the pickups and coil taps.
 
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Engle said:
To my eye the PG doesn't quite look right with the PJ pickups. And the neck is pushed further out.
They actually stayed truer to the 60's shape than Gibson has when you look at the long edge on the treble side. When working out the PG shape for his RNR, @BklynKen pointed out how on the Gibson reissues that side is more curved. I flattened it as much as possible while still covering the screw holes.
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And did a fantastic job!
 
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GBassNorth said:
That's certainly a good list of mods if I decide to go down the mod route on the 95 NR. An idea I was toying with on the pickup end of the bass is installing a single coil GFS lipstick pickup in place of the split P and a GFS dual coil lipstick humbucker with a triple shot trim ring in place of the bridge pickup. If all the associated wiring is done right (requires some unique but easily doable wiring methods) it would be a Tbird with a bit of a Dano vibe going on. I do love the Dano sound, could be a very interesting player.
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One of the(few)things I liked about my Epi TBird 5er was the 'reversed' P pup.
 
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Stealth57 said:
There are two VPs, one stock and one with Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Gibson 60s copies. All 6 birds are completely different. The IV has La Bella black tapes and is very thumpy. The CP has EBCF strings and it has a good balance between lows, mids, and treble but some of the high end may be due to the strings. The stock VP has SIT Power Flats and has more low end than the CP but gets a little boingy if you turn up the tone. The SD VP has old round wounds but has the best balance. The lows are thumpy but with good definition and solid mids and highs that don't get boingy. The Pro IV has SIT NPS strings and can sound pretty much like anything you want due to active eq. I don't think it is quite as well defined as the SD VP. Lastly, the Gibson 2015 has SIT Power Wounds and is also very versatile. Not as much low end definition as the SD VP but unique given the pickups and coil taps.
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Awesome. Thanks man. Loving my VP so far, Ive got GHS precision flats on it at the moment. I'm planning on doing a refin in a baby blue and taking out the bridge pickup and plugging the cavity to make it a thunderbird II. Love the stock neck pickup in it.
 
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