I sucessfyly and pretty easily disassembled one. The reassembled bridge will actually look a little cleaner as it will no longer use the nuts that keep the intonation screws attached to the bridge.
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Thunderbird Club
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I sucessfyly and pretty easily disassembled one. The reassembled bridge will actually look a little cleaner as it will no longer use the nuts that keep the intonation screws attached to the bridge.
The screws have a groove for a stainlees c-clip and will use a teflon washer between the clip and the bridge.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,587
- 221,960
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
It appears to be air cooled at the moment.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,587
- 221,960
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Happy last TT of the year from the fraternal twins.
2024 Final Friday Fabulous Foursome…
Doh! I missed the last TT as usual...recently I've missed so many things here.
But nothing new happening in my T-Bird or related world, no new basses or even pickups acquired. The pair of TB+ are looming in my shelf quite ominously as if they are whispering in my ear to what parts to get. That in mind, a fretless P with an unlined rosewood neck and a those pickup in G&L or Wal -ish positions could be something that....see, it happens all the time!
I did record with the Decola -equipped Telecaster and got a rather good zeuhl -type sound. I played the drums too and for once I was satisfied with the playing. Just a short excerpt here:
But nothing new happening in my T-Bird or related world, no new basses or even pickups acquired. The pair of TB+ are looming in my shelf quite ominously as if they are whispering in my ear to what parts to get. That in mind, a fretless P with an unlined rosewood neck and a those pickup in G&L or Wal -ish positions could be something that....see, it happens all the time!
I did record with the Decola -equipped Telecaster and got a rather good zeuhl -type sound. I played the drums too and for once I was satisfied with the playing. Just a short excerpt here:
Thanks!
What I find most interesting about the Thunderbird offering is that there are so many variations available in the voicing of these birds.
That pic has a Greco that sounds nothing like the ChinaBucker equipped NR, which sounds nothing like the Lull equipped Petersson Reverse, which sounds nothing like the TB+ equipped Eppi CP. there are just sooo many options out there for TBird voicing it’s actually one of the more versatile bass styles I’ve found.
Here's a project for you. Put the same strings in all of those basses and record a sample riff with each through the same signal chain, so everyone can hear the difference in the pickups. Many have asked about the sound of Greco pickups especially, so an all-else-equal comparison would be really nice. If you have the time and inclination.
Very nice! This got me thinking should I make a black pickguard for the Alpine White VP. On the other hand the tugbar would be useless then ('cause it would be invisible!) and I'd lose the Martin Turner qualities. If the pickups were black...hmm, those TB+ pickups lurking in the closet....no!
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- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
