Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

So, if anyone cares, my Probucker 760s from my 2019 VP show the following impedances:

• 8.63k neck
• 9.52k bridge

The yellow in the neck p/u cavity is card stock added due to insufficient foam under the pickup to get the height I wanted.

 

[TBird1958]

So, if anyone cares, my Probucker 760s from my 2019 VP show the following impedances:

• 8.63k neck
• 9.52k bridge

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The yellow in the neck p/u cavity is card stock added due to insufficient foam under the pickup to get the height I wanted.

Son of Willy W, look at that toe claw!

 

[Stealth57]

I’ve been considering selling (or trading) a set of ThunderBucker 66’s I have to get a set of the SD Custom shop T-bird pickups. Not that they are bad, but they have kinda become my least favorite pickup compared to all the others…

Love my SDs.

 

[Stealth57]

So, if anyone cares, my Probucker 760s from my 2019 VP show the following impedances:

• 8.63k neck
• 9.52k bridge

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The yellow in the neck p/u cavity is card stock added due to insufficient foam under the pickup to get the height I wanted.

SDs are similar.

 

[Stealth57]

grits and cupcakes........unmistakably Italian....

Dude, polenta and gianduja.

 

[RedVee]

Thought I’d throw in a Friday arvo song, a bit of happy sax involved.

George Young, Harry Vanda (The Easybeats) getting some left over songs out and giving young brothers Malcom & Angus Young pre AC/DC experience in the studio. Malcolm, Angus & George’s older brother Alex Young (Grapefruit) on Sax.

Marcus Hook Roll Band just a name used for the project, later on they did a similar project called Flash & The Pan.

Can’t Stand The Heat.

Anyway, I like it.

 

[RedVee]

One more for luck.
If you ever wondered if Malcom Young could handle lead guitar duties, wonder no more. Harry Vanda on vocals.
Silver Shoes & Strawberry Wine. I’d call it “bluesy” though not sure that is completely accurate. It works for me though.

 

[JJR58]

I'm feeling better because I thought the same. Glad it wasn't just me. But Jeff if giving way his Pbass, right? Or do I have that wrong too?

That P goes with me to Germany.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Dude, polenta and gianduja.

Gianduja (a fancy name for Nutella) doesn't look like that and Polenta con Schie never has scallops....

 

[Stealth57]

Gianduja (a fancy name for Nutella) doesn't look like that and Polenta con Schie never has scallops....

Gianduja used as the base for a soufflé. OK, the chef doesn’t know Italian from French.

 

[TBird1958]

Studio time.

 

[Gaolee]

Gianduja used as the base for a soufflé. OK, the chef doesn’t know Italian from French.

I only speak cretin, so I don't know what you are talking about.

 

[JIO]

And I spent a boatload of hard earned cash on Babicz bridges. Why? Being shallow is expensive!

Schaller 3D roller-saddle bridges are one of the best bridges out there. Like everything they have risen in price from around $70 to now over $100. Hipshot makes high quality well designed bridges for under $100. I just bought a German Sandberg bridge for $77. You can buy a Fender bent-plate bridge for under $40, and Gotoh makes a slew of high quality bridges well under $100.

Schaller 3D - early '80s 'high-mass', curved base to match fb radius, 5 screw anchoring, roller saddles for precise string spacing, and interlocking riser plate to raise bridge if needed. They come in silver, black, gold, bronze and in 4, 5. and 6 string bass configurations. They even made an 8-string bass bridge - but unfortunately I don't think they make it anymore.

Sandberg

 

[JIO]

Studio time.

You are recording?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Studio time.

Great pic! Love how that bass plays..

 

[GBassNorth]

Gianduja used as the base for a soufflé. OK, the chef doesn’t know Italian from French.

I don’t know jack about different Italian dishes, but my first thought when looking at that dish with the “grits” and shrimp was that it looked like a French restaurant size serving not an Italian one. Either way I bet it tasted good. I did have shrimp fried grits in Nashville and I gotta say it’s one of the best breakfast meals I’ve ever had (and easily four times the size of the one in your pic).

In my European travels I found French food to be very tasty with a beautiful almost petite presentation; Italian food to be very tasty and overwhelmingly large portions served; German food to be very tasty with large servings as well and potatoes somehow prepared to fit in every meal; English food was, well, creative and sometimes quite good but sometimes quite mundane (I’ve never been a stew kinda guy). Obviously there’s a thousand exceptions to these generalities, but generally speaking, I could pretty much count on a restaurant dinner to fall into line with my expectations. Don't get me started on Asian cuisine. YMMV

 

[Stealth57]

I don’t know jack about different Italian dishes, but my first thought when looking at that dish with the “grits” and shrimp was that it looked like a French restaurant size serving not an Italian one. Either way I bet it tasted good. I did have shrimp fried grits in Nashville and I gotta say it’s one of the best breakfast meals I’ve ever had (and easily four times the size of the one in your pic).

In my European travels I found French food to be very tasty with a beautiful almost petite presentation; Italian food to be very tasty and overwhelmingly large portions served; German food to be very tasty with large servings as well and potatoes somehow prepared to fit in every meal; English food was, well, creative and sometimes quite good but sometimes quite mundane (I’ve never been a stew kinda guy). Obviously there’s a thousand exceptions to these generalities, but generally speaking, I could pretty much count on a restaurant dinner to fall into line with my expectations. Don't get me started on Asian cuisine. YMMV

Breakfast grits vs dinner grits. It’s all boiled cornmeal.

 

[TBird1958]

You are recording?

Noooo, "Studio" Thunderbird.

 

[TBird1958]

We'll discuss rare Thunderbirds later...........
The Cat has decided we're to have a nap together.

 

[Gaolee]

Schaller 3D roller-saddle bridges are one of the best bridges out there. Like everything they have risen in price from around $70 to now over $100. Hipshot makes high quality well designed bridges for under $100. I just bought a German Sandberg bridge for $77. You can buy a Fender bent-plate bridge for under $40, and Gotoh makes a slew of high quality bridges well under $100.

Schaller 3D - early '80s 'high-mass', curved base to match fb radius, 5 screw anchoring, roller saddles for precise string spacing, and interlocking riser plate to raise bridge if needed. They come in silver, black, gold, bronze and in 4, 5. and 6 string bass configurations.
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The Shaller bridge looks like the one on the fretless. I have been thinking about how to replace the black hardware with chrome now that it is getting a new metallic bright green finish. That bridge and some chrome mini-clovers would make it pop in a way the black hardware just doesn't. It has a black pickguard. I'll have to think about that for a bit if the hardware gets swapped out.

Babicz bridges are absurdly complex and they have a price that reflects that complexity. I like the way they look, so the price is only pain once, and then I'm happy.