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Thunderbird Club

#264,221
GBassNorth said:
That’s why I was asking what strings it had.

I normally lean towards the darker side of the bass tone spectrum. As such I routinely solo the neck pickup and play between the neck pickup and the neck in finger style mode with the tone knob almost always less than half up. On Marshall’s bass I found myself turning the tone knob all the way up to max and blending in a sizable portion of the bridge pickup to get my normal dark creamy tone. It seemed to have a lot more bottom end than I’ve run into on other Tbirds, possibly even more than my Goth Tbirds. I’d say it’s close to a Gibby with TB+ pickups or an Eppi CP on steroids.

It you’re after deep dark and bold (not really mushy or muddy) then this is the bass for you. It’s not as over the top as a Greco but it’s certainly in that direction. If you like crystal clear glassy highs you might want to steer clear of this one and focus more on the VP.

As a side note - I’d definitely consider finding a set of these pickups for a future Tbird build. But no idea what pickups they are. I was told they’re actually guitar pickups but I don’t know which model.
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I asked Marshall if he has specs on them and all he said was “uh, I don’t know.” :)
 
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Anybody know about the SWR Goliath 1? Can’t find any info on it:
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#264,229
Count Bassie said:
I know this has been discussed... But if I wanted a little brighter pickup for my Epiphone Classic Pro 'Bird, what should I be looking at?
It's got the stock Thunderbucker+ now.
They're seeming a tad dark to me.
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I’d suggest these. In the CP positions they may be pretty good:

Epiphone Bass Pickup Probucker 760 Set | Embassy & Thunderbird Stock Pickup | DHL Express Delivery Included | | Reverb


The Gibson vintage re-issues could also be a great choice.

These have been brought up as well, I’m considering trying the Dominator:

Thunderbird Bass Pickups
 
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Count Bassie said:
I know this has been discussed... But if I wanted a little brighter pickup for my Epiphone Classic Pro 'Bird, what should I be looking at?
It's got the stock Thunderbucker+ now.
They're seeming a tad dark to me.
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You could try a different cap to see if that brightens things up a touch. Super cheap to test out.
 
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