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Thunderbird Club
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godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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When I made my video of the new Epiphone 64 Thunderbird I had maybe15 minutes with it, today I got to spend a bit of time with the silver one at the store. While I lm still not wild about the changes where the fingerboard meets the body it is a very well made bass and worthy of the Thunderbird name. Typical of a lot of the MIC basses the nut is cut high. As for fretwork I give the Indonesian made basses the edge but only marginally. I suppose I'll get a red one. 
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- Mar 13, 2008
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The red is a beautiful color, much more vibrant and a bit darker than any of the online photos show.
Are you asking if you can you mount the pickup without routing?
Probably not without routing
Finally found a dimensional drawing on lollar's site.
.46" tall. I'll measure my pickups when I get home to see where that would put me
I put them in straight. If they stay that way, cool. If they don't? Also cool. IOW, IDGAS.
Nobody's twistin' yer arm, ya know.When I made my video of the new Epiphone 64 Thunderbird I had maybe15 minutes with it, today I got to spend a bit of time with the silver one at the store. While I lm still not wild about the changes where the fingerboard meets the body it is a very well made bass and worthy of the Thunderbird name. Typical of a lot of the MIC basses the nut is cut high. As for fretwork I give the Indonesian made basses the edge but only marginally. I suppose I'll get a red one.
If you increase the neck angle with a shim, you could get some additional room. Assuming of course that the bridge saddles can be adjusted up enough. Now I'm going to look at my J...
Had that thought as well. Saddle screws can be bought longer too if needed.
Weekend at Grandma’s house… When #1 grandson needs a workbench you do what you can. We have rules here. 
If you were serious, I would give you $1k for the bass. This is as good as a Thunderbird gets with the “modern” ceramic vs. Alnico TBird Plus pickups. They screwed up marketing them and cut the runs at limited numbers. I will never sell my beautiful Pelham Blue one. It’s a great Thunderbird. And very different from my astonishing ‘21 Faded Pelham Blue NR.Hmm. OK, I'll buy it, keep the case for the 67 NR, and throw away the bass.
That's pretty much the same as the Probucker 760 and the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop.
I’m missing something here. Isn’t the Tbird pup twice as wide as a J pup?
So you’ll have to rout anyway?
Nah, I wasn't. I get by OK for our limited gigs with my CoffinTM Case or Dean RockbagTM.
<CoffinTM case 
<Dean RockbagTM> 
yeah ok but 60’s NRs WILL fit the 2013 case perfectly….you can always give the ‘13 to charity…Hmm. OK, I'll buy it, keep the case for the 67 NR, and throw away the bass.
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