Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Took off work early and beat the porch pirates…

1979 4001FL

it’s got a couple factory quirks and some issues from being 45 years old but this is going to be a main player for sure.

That's no fun. Some dude already yanked the frets.
That was a bass I so wanted to love, but it didn't love me back.

 

[RedVee]

Took off work early and beat the porch pirates…

1979 4001FL

it’s got a couple factory quirks and some issues from being 45 years old but this is going to be a main player for sure.

What colour did they call that one?

 

[GonePlaid]

I am sure it works well. We could all learn from a wise man like Mike.

Yup. What not to do.

 

[WillyW]

That's no fun. Some dude already yanked the frets.
That was a bass I so wanted to love, but it didn't love me back.

What colour did they call that one?

I traded my most expensive base geetar for this one, I was fixing’ to pull the frets and paint it.

This is colour is called MapleGlo

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I may not be much of a player, but I know my music.

give yourself credit dude, you play well

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

WW…..

 

[Engle]

Not lately.

 

[Engle]

I managed to put the Casady pickup in a Tbird cover.
Made a bracket with the printer and embedded 4-40 nuts in the towers.

It needed 2” long 4/40 screws and they just came in.
I might do the fake screws on the ring and double sided tape it

 

[RedVee]

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I managed to put the Casady pickup in a Tbird cover.
Made a bracket with the printer and embedded 4-40 nuts in the towers.

It needed 2” long 4/40 screws and they just came in.
I might do the fake screws on the ring and double sided tape it
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Nice work!

 

[SubHuman]

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I managed to put the Casady pickup in a Tbird cover.
Made a bracket with the printer and embedded 4-40 nuts in the towers.

It needed 2” long 4/40 screws and they just came in.
I might do the fake screws on the ring and double sided tape it
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Sweet looking bass! I do think the T-Bird pickup is a classy looking design and it looks nice on that gold body. I found a set of Epi 760’s for my Epi Pro IV and am going to rewire the control harness. Any recommendations for pot values? Doing away with the current pre-amp.

 

[Stealth57]

Sweet looking bass! I do think the T-Bird pickup is a classy looking design and it looks nice on that gold body. I found a set of Epi 760’s for my Epi Pro IV and am going to rewire the control harness. Any recommendations for pot values? Doing away with the current pre-amp.

500k

 

[SubHuman]

WW…..
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For a minute I thought that was Overend Watts Thunderbird but his didn’t have those whitewalls.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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what kind of mic is that?

 

[BklynKen]

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I managed to put the Casady pickup in a Tbird cover.
Made a bracket with the printer and embedded 4-40 nuts in the towers.

It needed 2” long 4/40 screws and they just came in.
I might do the fake screws on the ring and double sided tape it
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Very nice, Irv. Did the metal cover affect the tone compared to plastic?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Question; if trying to use both channels at once guitar or vocals in 1 and bass in 2…

you would have to remove the fly cable? Wouldn’t you?

Yes, otherwise everything goes through both channels and (at the least) your eq is messed up.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

any Frippsters out there?….

 

[JIO]

what kind of mic is that?

I'm not versed in mic's but it was from our last TSC recording with Robert Preston here in SF and he mic'd it. (his mic)

 

[JIO]

NPR Tiny Desk 2024 entry - just under the wire! (submissions till 11:59 EST today) Wish us luck!

 

[SubHuman]

NPR Tiny Desk 2024 entry - just under the wire! (submissions till 11:59 EST today) Wish us luck!

Rockin’ sounds good. Good luck!

 

[JIO]

any Frippsters out there?….
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I had respect for him until his Covid era vids with his wife. Not so much anymore frankly.