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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Just downstrokes, until this band I never would have played a bass that way, I'd been a bedroom player for quite a few years and rarely touched a pick. The Nasty Habits music just required so much more drive than I could ever get from my fingers ( finger stamina was lacking too) that I became a devout pick player very quickly. I know it's not the Carol Kaye method but it works for me, a song like Billy Idol's "White Wedding" just demands a crisp pick attack, I love the early part of the song when it's primarily bass and drums, nothing like that Big Angry Piano tone and being out in front of the crowd
If i did have that sort of dough to spend,
I'd probably chicken out and go the route of finding 2 or 3 Birds.
Late '90's on up.
Wouldn't be vintage......................
Maybe mod one or two.
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,895
- 142,212
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Easy now, we should only be careful enablers here 
Easy now, we should only be careful enablers here
It's cool, i don't expect anybody to go easy on me.
You sure?Easy now, we should only be careful enablers here
Yeah, great stuff. I really like how when playing live, Billy Duffy repeats the guitar intro a second time before the rest of the band comes in.
We're up to five exclamations now. Follow along.
We're up to five exclamations now. Follow along.
A Bird for every exclamation.
I don't recall what particular issue you're having with the three point bridge but just about any problem with it can be fixed cheaper than buying a new bridge. About the biggest problem with the 3 point is loose inserts pulling out. If that's the problem there's a dead easy dirt cheap 100% effective DIY solution.
If you really want to go with after market solutions there are two bridges that are specifically made for TBird replacements - Hipshot and Babicz. Neither are cheap but I think the Hipshot is a bit cheaper and it does have routing on the bottom side to allow space for raised face body inserts. Anything else you buy will require the removal of the inserts so the bridge can sit flush on the body. There might be a two piece (saddle bar that screws into existing inserts) and hard tail (to hold the ball ends) that would give the Bird a more vintage look, but I suspect it doesn't cover the single front bridge mount hole of the newer birds.
Again there is a fix for the original bridge, using it would be my advice.
I've been lucky with shipping. I did mail a bass recently I'm a hardshell. The case wasn't that great, I threw it in for free. The case ended up damaged but not the bass. It wasn't damaged to the point where it could not be used. Buyer made a big issue and charged me back. He was wanting to return a $900 bass over a free damaged case.
Well, I insured for $900 and did a claim for $300 (FedEx ) as a lefty case for a Tokai is impossible to find. They took about a month and several calls by me but I got the $300+ the original $50 shipping AND the seller dropped of the case at FedEx as evidence. They sent it back to me. Woohoo!
