Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

let’s do this!…
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It makes me smile every time I see a new pic!

 

[JJR58]

I’ve got a home gig with Spotify

 

[Miles_ONeal]

can’t beat them for the pice…..clearly not NOS stuff but EH runs a pretty tight QA program, definitely good quality and a tight vacuum…… not mine (GE NOS kinda guy) but an excellent performer, I think you’d approve..

I liked a lot of the EH tubes in guitar amps. Mike’s always seemed to care about quality, and is probably the biggest reason there’s a tube industry today. It’s too bad the factories ended up in Russia.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Great version! Perfect 5/4 time from the rhythm section, great sounding brass, and multiple excellent guitar tones.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Holy happy horse poopie! The new tailpiece/claw is huge…

marked “sung il” or “sun il” forgot already, I believe I have seen similar marking on Epiphone parts.

very well made, but more complicated than I wanted.

the studs lock so it isn’t going anywhere ever…

looks better installed than I thought it would.


Now I have to decide which strap, leaning toward the cheetah… red pleather was supposed to be pink when I ordered it but just the ends were pinkish…

I love the cheetah but not for that bass. I’d order them: scales, flowers, red, cheetah. But ghat’s just me.

 

[JIO]

New toy Saturday. But I do have some questions to others with acoustic electric basses:

1) where the 7ender to you anchor your thumb?
2) how far from the cabinet do you stand to kill the piezo feedback?
3) any string suggestions?

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Those types of basses always have bronze-coated strings on them (which I never liked) but I wouldn't be afraid of experimenting with different strings. Any hollow-body will feed-back, especially ones with thin walls like that one. I've used my Custom Kraft hollow-body (true hollow-body like yours) live and you can't leave your hands off the strings or it'll start howling. It's part of the deal and you'll learn it's boundaries. If you get Scotch Permanent Double-Stick tape, you can attach a finger bar to the body wherever it suits you. Just make sure you use isopropyl alcohol to clean the area 1st. As long as you don't press really hard on it while playing, it should stay put and not affect the finish.

 

[JIO]

Great version! Perfect 5/4 time from the rhythm section, great sounding brass, and multiple excellent guitar tones.

Thanks Miles! I'm fortunate to play with such talented musicians!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Has anyone with a bolt-on thunderbird, with a swapped bridge (either Hipshot supertone, or babicz), have you had the neck pocket altered or left alone? I'm debating if i route the pocket flat or leave it as is.

& string question; I've been a dominant D'Addario user & still am. Only select few of my guitars/basses have either GHS boomers or DR Hi beams (which really is on one pbass & they sound/feel awesome). Been running 50-105 D'addario's medium gauge set on my bird for a long time, & wondering what you guys would recommend the most? Note on strings, i'm not big on Ernie ball, having had lots of bad luck in general with em (from snapping a fresh string while stretching out, to immediate death the next day of installing them on a bass, & guitar i dislike the feel of em in general). I feel i'd stay within 45-105 or 50-105 as string gauge on the bird. I'll consider having a 100 gauge E string. Anyway, i figured with an all around new setup/life into this bird once again, might as well change strings & try something different. Also, roundwound exclusive, i've a few with halfwounds/flats which cover my darker/warmer bass tones.

Cheers!

The one bolt-on bird I used a Supertone on had no other mods. The CP has no neck pocket.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The Hipshot bridges are very well engineered and functional, but aesthetically, their 2 point and 3 point replacements don't work on 60's or 60's looking basses. IMO of course!
Locking studs are a pretty cheap addition to a 3 point.

I like ‘em just fine. Taste is a matter of taste.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Whose are you borrowing?

Abby’s, of course.

 

[Gaolee]

New toy Saturday. But I do have some questions to others with acoustic electric basses:

1) where the 7ender to you anchor your thumb?
2) how far from the cabinet do you stand to kill the piezo feedback?
3) any string suggestions?

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I have plenty of opinions about all that on doghouse. On ABG? Useless!

 

[Stealth57]

Abby’s, of course.

Abby Normal, rim shot.

 

[Stealth57]

I have plenty of opinions about all that on doghouse. On ABG? Useless!

Well, you’re a big help.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I have to say my ears aren't that critical when it comes to bridges. Nuts yes, but as long as a bridge mechanically does all that's needed I think they all sound good. The "high mass" thing is overrated in my opinion. I've used all three of those options and to me the important part is the saddle threads for proper string spacing. If it were me, it would come down to which one looks best on the particular bass. As in, I'd put a standard Fender threaded-saddle bent-plate bridge on a period-specific Fender bass.

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What’s your favorite nut material for Thunderbirds and why? Assuming there is one.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

New toy Saturday. But I do have some questions to others with acoustic electric basses:

1) where the 7ender to you anchor your thumb?
2) how far from the cabinet do you stand to kill the piezo feedback?
3) any string suggestions?

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I attack the strings anywhere from near the bridge to half way to where I’m fretting depending on the tone I’m after, so …

 

[Stealth57]

I attack the strings anywhere from near the bridge to half way to where I’m fretting depending on the tone I’m after, so …

Pick or finger?

 

[JIO]

The Hipshot bridges are very well engineered and functional, but aesthetically, their 2 point and 3 point replacements don't work on 60's or 60's looking basses. IMO of course!
Locking studs are a pretty cheap addition to a 3 point.

I know what you are saying - if wanting the look of the bass to remain stock, the Supertone looks 'aftermarket'. But I agree that the Supertone is a much better design and I also agree w/Miles that I just like it better.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Pick or finger?

Depends on the song, but probably more so with fingers.

 

[The EDP]

The EB p'ups look very bling indeed in their new gold covers.
Gonna wait until after the (supposedly) correct pickups arrive and I have it seen by the "Gibbo Technician" in the UK before I fit the surrounds (to both pickups), that'll give me plenty time to force someone else to make me surround shims as I'm far beyond clumsy ;-) when it comes to working with plastics!

 

[Engle]

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The EB p'ups look very bling indeed in their new gold covers.
Gonna wait until after the (supposedly) correct pickups arrive and I have it seen by the "Gibbo Technician" in the UK before I fit the surrounds (to both pickups), that'll give me plenty time to force someone else to make me surround shims as I'm far beyond clumsy ;-) when it comes to working with plastics!

Nice! Do you know anybody with a 3D printer?