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Thunderbird Club
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I finally got the Epiphone TV Silver Thunderbird. I won't bore you with the aggravation I went through with UPS, but it here now!
It needed a bit of work when I got it. But nothing too serious.
Its the TV Silver version, but its aged to green. Not even a little bit silver - totally green. This is a plus for me, I love green basses!
It balances OK on a strap with a 3 inch canvas strap.
The tuners are loose and don't work very well. I'm going to need to replace them. I'll probably use Hipshot ultralights. Does anyone know what size the tuner hole is? I wish I'd thought to measure it when I had the strings off.
I could not get the truss rod to turn in either direction. But I didn't try to force it too hard because the relief was set right and it didn't need to be adjusted. I could probably soak it with solvent and work at it to get it to turn, but I'm not going to mess with it right now since it doesn't need to be adjusted.
It sounds great. Its got a big full sound. But it can also growl. The neck pickup fully on, and the bridge pickup at about half seems to be my favorite spot. But I'll have to play with it to figure it out.
I'm going to need to play around with the strap to figure out how to wear it. I tend to play with my thumb on the front pickup. So it seems to be most comfortable slung lower than I usually wear a bass, with the neck up. This also helps with reaching the lower frets since my arms are not that long.
Here are the pics!
It needed a bit of work when I got it. But nothing too serious.
- Frets were green and needed to be cleaned/polished.
- Output jack was broken such that it could not be tightened. Had to replace it.
- Nut was a mess and needed to be filed. The E string was way too high which was keeping it from being setup well.
- Fretboard was super dry. Oiled it up and it looks great.
- Needed a good setup.
- Needed a small neck shim to setup correctly. Used a small piece of business card.
- Changed to flatwound strings. Had the usual silk over the saddle problem so I had to remove the silk on the ball end of the strings with an exacto knife and tweezers.
- Strap button on the butt end was loose and the hole was out of round. Needed toothpicks and glue. This may require more attention later.
Its the TV Silver version, but its aged to green. Not even a little bit silver - totally green. This is a plus for me, I love green basses!
It balances OK on a strap with a 3 inch canvas strap.
The tuners are loose and don't work very well. I'm going to need to replace them. I'll probably use Hipshot ultralights. Does anyone know what size the tuner hole is? I wish I'd thought to measure it when I had the strings off.
I could not get the truss rod to turn in either direction. But I didn't try to force it too hard because the relief was set right and it didn't need to be adjusted. I could probably soak it with solvent and work at it to get it to turn, but I'm not going to mess with it right now since it doesn't need to be adjusted.
It sounds great. Its got a big full sound. But it can also growl. The neck pickup fully on, and the bridge pickup at about half seems to be my favorite spot. But I'll have to play with it to figure it out.
I'm going to need to play around with the strap to figure out how to wear it. I tend to play with my thumb on the front pickup. So it seems to be most comfortable slung lower than I usually wear a bass, with the neck up. This also helps with reaching the lower frets since my arms are not that long.
Here are the pics!
Hell, I have trouble with one thing at once.
awesome bass and post, congrats!
This on has the narrow nut width which I though was going to be a problem. But it doesn't bother me because the neck is really thick front-to-back and feels chunky. Overall it feels and sounds great. I just need to get used to the feel which is a lot different than the P-bass I'm used to playing.
On the news the other day. This is the season. They named him Hercules.
And what's 8 centimeters? Like, what, a foot and a half?Does he come when called?
If 8 kilometers is 4.8 miles and 100 is 10x smaller than 1,000, its 0.48 miles in size.
- Jun 30, 2010
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...on my '64 II -
It's a cool finish - very unique for Gibson or Epiphone. I've posted my preferred way to strap-on a bird here before - I play it at a more standard 45degree angle but ride the top part of the body at my right hip. That brings 1st position to a comfortable reach/position.
An old pic but demonstrates my tact. I also loop the strap in front of the lower bout which pulls it into my body and eliminates any tendency to neck-dive. I did it for so many years playing my '64 II - I ride all my basses like that now!
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,589
- 221,967
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,589
- 221,967
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Awesome - now that's the kind of "news" that's both entertaining and informative. I'm ready for the movie about one that was radiated, grew to be as big as the Sydney Opera House and destroyed Sydney (no offense to Sydney-ites, (is that a term?) - more symbolically like Godzilla destroying Tokyo on a regular basis...
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- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,589
- 221,967
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
When did spiders get reclassified as reptiles?
When Spiderman met Dr Alligator... (or was that Dr Ant-Eater?)
