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#308,241
Gaolee said:
It seems to go in cycles. For now, people my son and daughter-in-law's age are not especially interested in things that are old and preserved. Older people may be, but that's not what's coming. Thinking back to the 1970s and 1980s, there wasn't much reason to keep everything original for the most part. You made things work how you want and if that meant modifications, that was fine. It's still that way with plenty of things that are not considered classic now. In the future? Who knows. And who knows if the kids in their 20s and 30s ever decide they value the older things that are valuable now. Moral of this story is don't worry, be happy.
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Please stop with all this logic on Monday morning. :roflmao:
 
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dagrev said:
I'm a believer in, if it's yours---make it yours. That mod has served you well a really long time. Some dope doing it on a whim and then selling it 6 months later is another matter. What you did was value-added for your purposes and you keep using it for the purpose.
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It was around 1986 or 7. I wanted more variety of sound/tone out of the bass. These were the days when it was my only bass and I couldn't afford/justify spending money on a second bass. Besides, as you said - it was my bass so if that's what I wanted - that's what I did. Seymour Duncan made a pu targeted at the Thunderbird called a Hawk-Bucker. The Music store in KC (Quigley's) had one so I thought - perfect. I think it was $65 which was a lot of money to me. "Vintage worth" wasn't such a big deal then, at least not like now - probably more for Fender basses. I was an adjunct professor at the Kansas City Art Institute and the wood-shop student assistant, who played guitar mentioned "are you sure you want to do this?" I said - yah, let's do it. I never routed anything before so he helped. I had studied pictures of IV's and positioned it in the same location as an original. I sent a letter to Seymour Duncan on how to wire it and he sent a hand written letter back! Never regretted doing it as it gave me all I wanted & more. And yah.., as recently talked about here - to the grave. :)

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Gaolee said:
Sorry. Too much coffee already. Not enough booze last night. I was wiped out from diving in Puget Sound yesterday and didn't have the energy to kill enough brain cells to avoid logical thinking.
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What? You missed that beautiful, sunny 72 degree day we had yesterday and went diving?!
 
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JIO said:
It was around 1986 or 7. I wanted more variety of sound/tone out of the bass. These were the days when it was my only bass and I couldn't afford/justify spending money on a second bass. Besides, as you said - it was my bass so if that's what I wanted - that's what I did. Seymour Duncan made a pu targeted at the Thunderbird called a Hawk-Bucker. The Music store in KC (Quigley's) had one so I thought - perfect. I think it was $65 which was a lot of money to me. "Vintage worth" wasn't such a big deal then, at least not like now - probably more for Fender basses. I was an adjunct professor at the Kansas City Art Institute and the wood-shop student assistant, who played guitar mentioned "are you sure you want to do this?" I said - yah, let's do it. I never routed anything before so he helped. I had studied pictures of IV's and positioned it in the same location as an original. I sent a letter to Seymour Duncan on how to wire it and he sent a hand written letter back! Never regretted doing it as it gave me all I wanted & more. And yah.., as recently talked about here - to the grave. :)

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yeah, at least there's functionality to the mod which is more than I can say for.......this said, the tone knob is all I really need here (of course ymmv).....
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Chucky Stiletti said:
yeah, at least there's functionality to the mod which is more than I can say for.......this said, the tone knob is all I really need here (of course ymmv).....
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When I bought the II in Aug '78 I wanted and could have bought a IV from the same east-coast dealer for $50 more but back then $50 more exceeded my limit! :woot:
 
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Gaolee said:
Sorry. Too much coffee already. Not enough booze last night. I was wiped out from diving in Puget Sound yesterday and didn't have the energy to kill enough brain cells to avoid logical thinking.
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Apology accepted. A good penance would be Thunderbirds for active club members.

Well, I guess that's pushing it just a wee bit.
 
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