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Thunderbird Club

#296,282
Stealth57 said:
Told you I suck but no one ever believes me or you all are too kind :p

And yes, @JIO had that '64 working last night. I wasn't in line with the 15 but was still getting punched in the chest. Yet, the sound was just creamy low end.
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I forgot to add this emoji - ;) :laugh:! (fixed it!) The bird was rockin'! Nice to have you and your wife in the house! :thumbsup:
 
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JIO said:
It's nice to have at least one hollow-body in the collection - they offer such a unique sound. I have 2, one 30" scale, one 34" scale. My '68 Custom Kraft is lighter than your JC as it's a true hollow-body... no central beam.

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The Casady doesn't have a central beam. It has a thick fluted layer on the inside of the top and back. There is a solid section under the bridge.
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Stealth57 said:
Lots of choices on the Jack Casady bass. Please feel free to correct me if my research is wrong.

1) There are two separate output jacks. The top is for the original Epi pickup and the side is for the two Dark Stars.
2) The left most (in the photo) knobs are volume and tone for the Epi pickup.
3) The rotary switch (50, 250, 500) are resistor selections. But, I understand that these are connected to the Epi volume pot and, thus, are more of a gain vs. tone change.
4) The right most knobs are for the Dark Stars volume and tone.
5) The three way switch is Dark Star neck, both, bridge.

The last bit of research indicated that this is NOT a semi-hollow body bass as I believed, but a true hollow body. The statement was that the only center block is under the bridge and no center beam. I don't have a scope to look inside to verify.

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Oh, I stand corrected - I just figured the weight came from more wood. On my Custom Kraft, there is no floor to ceiling center piece but there is a 4"x1/2" center length from the heel to butt glued to the ceiling. The two pu's have shallow routes in that ceiling-piece.

As the two jacks in the JC are independent of each other, I wonder if you could use a splitter/Y-connector to blend/incorporate the two?

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JIO said:
Oh, I stand corrected - I just figured the weight came from more wood. On my Custom Kraft, there is no floor to ceiling center piece but there is a 4"x1/2" center length from the heel to butt glued to the ceiling. The two pu's have shallow routes in that ceiling-piece.

As the two jacks in the JC are independent of each other, I wonder if you could use a splitter/Y-connector to blend/incorporate the two?

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Sounds like I’ll have to try that. I plan on taking it to Seattle. Maybe that will be a good exercise with folks that actually know how to play. :D
 
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I used the '21 NR and Ashdown today. Vast improvement over the Ampeg tube head. Tighter lows like I was kind of expecting. Not super perfect tone as I still wanted to do EQing, but way, way better and one I think I can live with. The tone by itself was OK, but in the mix it sounded pretty good, and definitely improved. I will have to try it again to know for sure. I'm weird, one time a bass sounds good and the next time I'm not impressed. So it's looking promising but not a guaranteed keeper yet. It definitely was not frustrating or disappointing as is normally the case with that one. I'll try it again Wed or next Sunday. I left the compressor off as I didn't want add too much and not know what was doing what in the limited time I had. Had SIT Power Wounds on the NR.

Very interested in seeing how the '55 Pbass does. It's one I've not been happy with since my old Peavey MkIII. The Ashdown being so light, it's not a hassle to take it on occasion if it's makes a bass sound way better. The '55 may go if the Ashdown doesn't help with that one given I could likely sell it for a little more than what I paid for it around 81/82.


This is a great little head. (Not my pic.)
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Gaolee said:
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This is a Mike sized place to play, except I play the doghouse and the Flamingo there. It is a miracle nothing gets broken. The guitarist plays a fancy Les Paul that cost him some insane amount of money. He stands where the headstock will only hit the keyboard player/singer. Smart man.
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I like the drums. What are they? Nothing is ringing a bell.

The Thunderbird ain't too bad either.
 
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