Thunderbird Club

[PaperbackRyder]

Question: it the pickup on the single pup tbird in the same location as the (mid) pup on the two pup tbird?

 

[Gaolee]

JMB opening for the Mavericks....... View attachment 7124440

Opening for the Mavericks wouldn't be too bad a gig.

 

[TBird1958]

Question: it the pickup on the single pup tbird in the same location as the (mid) pup on the two pup tbird?

I'm almost positive that they are. Maybe Donnie @dagrev can chime in.

My '64 II

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I'm almost positive that they are. Maybe Donnie @dagrev can chime in.

My '64 II

Yours matches what’s in the club wiki for the early IVs, so yes.
https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/thunderbird-pickup-distances/

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Two songs by the Cranberries and a Suzanne Vega during lunch. This manager has good taste!

 

[Stealth57]

Yours matches what’s in the club wiki for the early IVs, so yes.
https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/thunderbird-pickup-distances/

It's what I went with on the Willbird.

 

[dagrev]

Question: it the pickup on the single pup tbird in the same location as the (mid) pup on the two pup tbird?

Almost certain that is so. I will get the wiki. Edit: See Miles' post below.

 

[dagrev]

Two songs by the Cranberries and a Suzanne Vega during lunch. This manager has good taste!

The Cranberries and not the Raspberries, right?

 

[RedVee]

With the spare time I had from all the snow I was wondering about good control loop technologies just the other day.

*I have no clue what that even means. Even if I knew what it meant I'm pretty sure I wouldn't know what it means.

But what's the deal with "coconut water"? Please reassure us you had coffee.

Well, when a coconut gets very very scared…

 

[dagrev]

Well, when a coconut gets very very scared…

Yuck! But now we know and our worst fears have been confirmed.

 

[Gaolee]

Yours matches what’s in the club wiki for the early IVs, so yes.
https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/thunderbird-pickup-distances/

I didn't think Gibson was so consistent back when. They used templates? Who knew!

Logically, if they used a template, the template could have routes for both single and double pickup versions. They would only route the hole for one pickup if that's all they planned to install. No need for two different templates. But then, this is Gibson we are discussing.

 

[_Tay_]

Tay,
If all goes right I’ll be able to post some sound clips. Photos are guaranteed, and plenty of them.
Thinking high gloss piano black body with a black block and bound maple/maple neck and black hardware.
Settled on Bartolini split in line single coil Jazz type pickups mated to an Aguilar OBP2 preamp. Could use a Warwick bridge and hard tail or a Hipshot bridge, along with ultra light tuners. Should be a fun build and unique sound.

Sounds awesome can't wait to see this creation! The Warwick bridges are pretty cool at tinkering with the set-up. Do like them babicz bridges too.

 

[GonePlaid]

I didn't think Gibson was so consistent back when. They used templates? Who knew!

Logically, if they used a template, the template could have routes for both single and double pickup versions. They would only route the hole for one pickup if that's all they planned to install. No need for two different templates. But then, this is Gibson we are discussing.

'Zackly.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I'm almost positive that they are. Maybe Donnie @dagrev can chime in.

My '64 II

Interesting, all this time I thought it was...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Wednesday's White Bird.

Yes!!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The Cranberries and not the Raspberries, right?

Ha ha! Yup. Did the Raspberries even have more than one song?
Never mind. I don't even care.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Yuck! But now we know and our worst fears have been confirmed.

You got people milking captive coconuts, scaring them half to death for "water", and killing them for meat.
FREE THE COCONUTS!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I didn't think Gibson was so consistent back when. They used templates? Who knew!

Logically, if they used a template, the template could have routes for both single and double pickup versions. They would only route the hole for one pickup if that's all they planned to install. No need for two different templates. But then, this is Gibson we are discussing.

Yup. An efficient, elegant approach on many levels.

And if I am recalling correctly, in the Gibson factory tour video, we saw some templates used for routing or drilling.

 

[Stealth57]

You got people milking captive coconuts, scaring them half to death for "water", and killing them for meat.
FREE THE COCONUTS!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You got people milking captive coconuts, scaring them half to death for "water", and killing them for meat.
FREE THE COCONUTS!

I was born down south on a chicken farm
Near Nashville, Tennessee.[1]
T'weren't nobody there
But a sky full of air,
Seventeen billion chickens, and me!
And then one day,
I said, "Hey, hey, hey!
Think I'll drop a little <three letter hallucinogen name deleted>."[5]
It blew my mind,
I got real fine,
And I set my chickens free!
There were chickens in the cauliflower,
Chickens in the corn,
Chickens playing Thunderbirds,
Chickens in the barn.
There were chickens driving Cadillacs
To Washington, D.C.
When I SET MY CHICKENS FREE!

(From memory (one line edited for TB TC relevance), as printed in Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book"[3][3.1].)


[1] Hi, Mark R![2]
[2] Where'd Dukeorock go? I know he's still around outside TalkBass.
[3] Oddly enough, I did not.[4]
[3.1] The comic drawings that accompanied this were great, especially the chickens riding in the 1960s-style convertible Cadillac, sporting sunglasses, wings atop the doors, etc.[6]
[4] No questions will be entertained on the subject at this time.
[5] TB.nanny avoidance
[6] Did these chickens inspire the Blues Brothers? Enquiring minds want to know!