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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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I see you play guitar and I do too. Can you play a Bass VI like a guitar with Barre chords and such or are the strings too flabby? I've never played one although I do play Bass chords on my Basses. Just Curious!
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- Jun 30, 2010
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What I could do is print a copy-machine 100% copy of it. I think there's still one in the Pacifica library - I used to use it all the time. Let me know Irv if that's something that would help you do a close to exact copy of it.
- Jun 30, 2010
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Bass VI strings aren't flabby at all - one of these days I'll get one as I love the way it sounds. I've just never played 6-string guitar so it would be a steep learning curve.
I would definitely buy one for my latest project!
The King played a double neck with a Bass VI!
I can guess Scott says Probuckers and Veronica says Gibsons, but that you can’t go wrong with either. Lollars, Duncan’s, and the other usual suspects all deserve consideration. We already know you need to ever so slightly enlarge the routes for the Gibsons. If any of the others are slightly smaller, I’d consider doing that so as to not have to touch the routes.
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Hendrix chords and multi string power chords sound good, some cowboy chords can sound muddy.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Gibson RI, SD Custom Shop, Lollar are all good choices. How much money do you want to spend
I'm anxiously anticipating my Ketchup ...I mean new (to me) Bass too! I'll share with you all once she arrives!
We have some great people in this club!
Ok
One hit wonder in films, the follow up movie was terrible and I haven’t seen YS in anything since. @dagrev that bird is a Cockatoo, which we shorten (of course) to Cockie. Beautiful birds but can be destructive.
Yahoo Serious, I like to call him Whyso….
One hit wonder in films, the follow up movie was terrible and I haven’t seen YS in anything since. @dagrev that bird is a Cockatoo, which we shorten (of course) to Cockie. Beautiful birds but can be destructive.
A little too expensive for my taste! Plus if you turn the crank backwards it sounds like Hendrix.
Probably a safe bet, but ya never know. Each one has had plenty of time with their BaCH basses and each one has a vintage bird to reference the sound on. I’d suspect V to lean towards the still available Lull variant (SD ?) since Lulls appear to be unobtainable now.
Once the BaCH comes in I’ll know more about how much I’d spend on it. If it looks and feels and plays really nice I wouldn’t hesitate to drop as much money as it takes to get the best sounding pups for it. If Lulls were available I’d consider dropping those in. Does Lull source their Tbird pickups from a builder that will sell identical spec pups to individuals?Gibson RI, SD Custom Shop, Lollar are all good choices. How much money do you want to spend
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Some Lull production is handled by SD (they use TV Jones as well), while they're quite similar, Lulls do sound different than the SD Custom Shop.
Haji
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Just got the email from Epiphone regarding the Thunderbird 64. Love the color selection and the fact that there isn't a terrbacky burpse or black model.
Got mine the last Friday, used it at rehearsal last night, sounded great. I am also very happy with the way it plays, much better than I thought it would.
I wonder if you (the royal "you") could tell the difference in a mix.
