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Thunderbird Club
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I've got a unused set of SIT Power Steels. I'll trade if you if you like. I have the Power Steels on everything that calls for them as far as I can tell. I haven't tried any of the Fusion offerings. No worries either way, just an option.I didn't know you had one! Sweet!
It's raining like a MF here in Seattle.
Played the 7enderbird at rehearsal last night, it's pretty sweet but I'm not loving the strings so much - SIT Fusion Nickel, a little soft and not enough clank, mark it up as experience.
EDIT: Scratch that since you don't care for the Power Steels. Have you tried their NPS Power Wounds? Might not have enough clank for you, but they have great mids.
- Jun 30, 2010
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Speaking of Fenderbirds, I've seen these come up for a while - a good visual hybred of a Jaguar-style body with a NR T-bird'esque pg. ESP make quality guitars/basses in an affordable price range. I've seen this model posted for less, over a grand seems a bit steep. But active, string-thu, 5 bolt neck, EMG pu's, high-mass bridge and decent looking - I don't need another bass but I'd rock one. Kind'of a Fenderbird from a different angle.
ESP LTD GB-4 Bass Vintage White White Pickguard 799493274196 | eBay
ESP LTD GB-4 Bass Vintage White White Pickguard 799493274196 | eBay
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Yeah it's pretty much ready to rock! I might change it over to a 2 piece bridge when I paint it a colour.
I guess this idea isn't going to work......
What's going on there?
Go hipshot ultralites 1/2" clovers. Ive got some on my squier pbass affinity series from 04 (slowly replicating my first pbass when i was younger but had traded back then). They look great & feel sturdy. Also lightweight, so no dive.
I don't remember if we had done this in other portions of our now closed off Tbird clubs, but i just measured the pickup distance from the nut in my treebird
Neck pickup is 27 3/16"
Bridge pickup 31"
Compared to a vintage unit (if you recognize this bass/picture as yours, please credit yourself!l)
27" neck pickup, 30.5" bridge pickup.
Epiphone isn't too far off, they are sitting closer to the bridge than the neck.
Neck pickup is 27 3/16"
Bridge pickup 31"
Compared to a vintage unit (if you recognize this bass/picture as yours, please credit yourself!l)
27" neck pickup, 30.5" bridge pickup.
Epiphone isn't too far off, they are sitting closer to the bridge than the neck.
Someone decided to measure from the 12th fret wire to the mid line of the pickups and created a Wiki with all the different models.
Thunderbird Pickup Distances | TalkBass.com
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On a recent build - I adapted overlap like this. It took a bit of band-saw removal & filing of base-plate material but the tuner pegs cleared each other.
I do like their black tapes on the TV Silver you worked on. Makes that one a unique Thunderbird.I was going to say the same - my strings of choice. EXLBT Nickle-wound to be exact.
Reminds me I have a few to measure yet.
Well, you see, I had these tuners from an Epi eb0? just laying around, been meaning for a while to see if they'd fit my CP without having to do much, if any, mods......it would seem that the answer is no.
So I'll just stick with the current Schallers, I suppose
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I support all Gotoh products - great quality, many versions offered and fairly priced. For "Y" tuners they offer the best version - specifically the ones you posted.
Love the look of the Gotoh batwings. Hipshot Ovals are cool too.
Kind of the Kardashian of the Tbird world.
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- Jun 30, 2010
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Kind of the Kardashian of the Tbird world.
I'm not entirely clear on what that exactly means.., but it sounds provocative...
(more "curvy/hip-py"?)
