Fine, I guess. I’d say they were lively and well balanced. However, I didn’t really give them a chance, they never got to rehearsal, and the strings that came on this one when I got it were rather dead flats, so it’s hard to say.
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Thunderbird Club
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Fine, I guess. I’d say they were lively and well balanced. However, I didn’t really give them a chance, they never got to rehearsal, and the strings that came on this one when I got it were rather dead flats, so it’s hard to say.
Gotcha. My lull has been my first foray into tbirds and I love the big sound with the articulation that it has and the body that comes with it. Jazz basses always scoop themselves out and either sound thin or super boomy. I'm looking to rout a jazz out and some black bird pickups would be ideal. I have some Bart soap bars in a bass and I love that so I'm curious about their TBird pickup
I can say they are wired to be able to be coil split, so, with push pull volume controls it could make for a very versatile setup.
I have a set of Barts and a while back I recorded and posted an A/B comparison with one of them and a Chinabucker in my J.
I've read that the Barts are dark and the Chinabuckers are thin. To me they both sound pretty good and were very close. IIRC someone commentented that the Bart was brighter - not what I expected!
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Just the "normal noises" here at the asylum!
Some very nice Canadians visited Seattle, I dragged a "local miscreant" out as well!
If you're thinking about selling them lmk. (Still trying to raise funds for that Rick btw if you still have it)
I'm gonna price out some Duncans this week
Still got the Ric
The Duncan’s run $210 each
I’ll give you the Barts if you buy the Ric.
Man, I’m glad I got a hold of a SideWinder and some ThunderBuckers when I did.
And my Lollars.
I’m all set for the next basses they go into.
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- Mar 13, 2008
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Now why would one of these be headed to my domicile?
First gig in quite some time. Venue was really cool, converted railroad maintenance shed.
Took the Ric instead of the T-Bird but have to say, I missed the T-Bird’s punch and having to use an undersized house amp did not help. Still really fun.
Took the Ric instead of the T-Bird but have to say, I missed the T-Bird’s punch and having to use an undersized house amp did not help. Still really fun.
I like the Lollars a lot, I have the shiny nickel ones in the white ‘03, tuned E standard/drop D. I have another pair of black nickel in my ‘95, tuned D standard/drop C. I scored some Thunderbuckers in the natural ‘01 I scored a few weeks ago, tuned Eb standard/drop Db, and so far I like them a lot, and I have a Curtis Novak set in my ‘22 VP, and once I found the right strings for it (heavy GHS boomers) I also like those. The white VP I have is the only one with stock pickups (760’s), and they just sound great in that one.
Sending you all some Sunday Sunshine...even if the playing is a bit cloudy with meatballs.
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Very cool. I really like your BaCH!My phone makes these videos.........I don't even have to ask it.
It was a lovely Summer, I will have my memories of you all. Thank you!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mQ9VH2gMw-8?feature=share
Cause you don't have enough Tbird shaped objects, that's why!Now why would one of these be headed to my domicile?
Yours is pretty sweet too Marshall.
After trying DI and now a mic, I found it much easier to get the bass to cut through mic’ed. Or maybe it’s the B-100r.
