Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

Anybody that has a significant chip in their Epiphone can see how thick the finish is!

There were a couple deep chips in the finish of the VP that's now Stealth's. I didn't measure it, but it was good and thick. Same with the poly on the fretless 'Bird, which was a Pro IV before its improvements. I don't think there's a chip in it, but you can tell that it's very thick. I had a bolt-on with a chip, and I'm pretty sure it was thick enough that you could tow the bass to Japan behind an oil tanker and the wood would be fine.

It's good and thick.

 

[dagrev]

It's the New Year's amateur crazies that and St. Patrick's amateur crazies that make me nervous. Pros know what they are doing.

I've mentioned before that my uncle (all of them actually), used to be professional drinkers and one always called New Year's Eve "Amateur Night" and would never venture out on that night and a few others. Fortunately they all cleaned up. The one mentioned worked with addicts and the homeless till he died in his early 80s a few years ago.

 

[dagrev]

I'm not saying it's bad, just thick. That finish is a big part of how Epiphone produces high quality guitars and basses at affordable price points.
I don't believe the finish thickness affects the sound of an electric bass.

I agree with you and think any difference is minimal if there at all, but would you mind posting that comment in the GP just for kicks?

 

[MCF]

So the new Gibson replacements are both the same resistance?

They do not distinguish between bridge and neck.

 

[JJR58]

I'm not saying it's bad, just thick. That finish is a big part of how Epiphone produces high quality guitars and basses at affordable price points.
I don't believe the finish thickness affects the sound of an electric bass.

Oh, i wasn't concerned at all about the thickness, other then it's just plain thick.

 

[Stealth57]

Oh, i wasn't concerned at all about the thickness, other then it's just plain thick.

My issue is with the white poly. For some reason there is a black undercoat. It’s impossible to do a invisible chip repair as the black always outlines the chip.

 

[Engle]

Oh, i wasn't concerned at all about the thickness, other then it's just plain thick.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

The Gibson reissue is the best overall bang for the buck IMO. We installed one in my BaCH II and it is awesome. It’s the same pickup used in the recent NR reissues.

Getting info on Greco pickups has been something I’ve been trying to do. It’s tough because the factories changed over the years. Matsumoko built them in the 70’s. Then there was a switch to Fujigen Gakki, Dyna Gakki, and possibly a couple others.

@GBassNorth swears by the late 70’s pickups which would have been when Fujigen was making the instruments. It’s anyone’s guess who made those pickups. Sometime during the early 80’s, the pickups started being wound in house.

I don’t know of anyone backward engineering the Greco pickups. It would be cool if someone would and produce reissues.

..we sound like wine snobs now….”don't really care for that Elbling varietal……not so much the vintage but the fact that it’s not from the north shore of the moselle……it’s literally ruining my Dover sole……”
the 89’s wherever they were made sound
just fine……
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[Count Bassie]

I agree with you and think any difference is minimal if there at all, but would you mind posting that comment in the GP just for kicks?

 

[JIO]

 

[MCF]

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You must make some exotic drinks if you keep a torch on your bar.

 

[MCF]

Whats the thickness of these pickups? Since i'm opting to get these for my own epiphone bird, i've a hunch i'll need to add a block/shim of wood in the original deep cavities. & might as well add them in now, since Sadly, i've some extensive fixes to do on my bird (crack in the body on the treble side wing, Clear coat finish cracking as well near the raised section & headstock. a friend from my old shop had done the clear work, & it did turn out nice, though started cracking/chipping away maybe a few months after it was done -.-) anyway, i'm doing a lot of work to get the bird in proper form, some reclear, repaint, wood work.

I don’t find published dimensions. I’ll try to remember to pull it and measure the depth, unless @Ringhammer does it. You will likely need to shim the cavity with foam, wood blocks, or something like the shims that Lollar sells.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

You must make some exotic drinks if you keep a torch on your bar.

absinthe is prolly still legal in CAN….

 

[JIO]

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I saw a small bathroom floor done like that - did you count how many pennies it took?

 

[JIO]

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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[Chucky Stiletti]

insidious little critter…..when do electrolytics go open?……

 

[Gaolee]

..we sound like wine snobs now….”don't really care for that Elbling varietal……not so much the vintage but the fact that it’s not from the north shore of the moselle……it’s literally ruining my Dover sole……”
the 89’s wherever they were made sound
just fine……
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When we start getting into the "nose" of a pickup, you know we are really all in on the snobbery.

Ah, was this pickup wound on a Tuesday? I can tell. It just doesn't have the low nose that a Wednesday pickup has.

 

[dagrev]

When we start getting into the "nose" of a pickup, you know we are really all in on the snobbery.

Ah, was this pickup wound on a Tuesday? I can tell. It just doesn't have the low nose that a Wednesday pickup has.

I find that some pickups have slight hints of caramel, often with a smokiness in the upper ear that finishes with a nuttiness like almonds (and other silly things).

 

[ThaCoast]

I don’t find published dimensions. I’ll try to remember to pull it and measure the depth, unless @Ringhammer does it. You will likely need to shim the cavity with foam, wood blocks, or something like the shims that Lollar sells.

My thought was to add a block of wood, & then use foam to aid with fine tuning height ajustments.