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Roger, if you come to the next GTG you'll get to play a lot of Thunderbirds.............Just sayin' Come West!
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Thunderbird Club
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Roger, if you come to the next GTG you'll get to play a lot of Thunderbirds.............Just sayin' Come West!
(I was told (by me, but never mind that) Michael Jackson had his bass player use my red Greco in the studio on their unreleased cover of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band!
You lost me at the nonsense syllables “too much output”.All this talk about pickups... I'm still toying with the idea of putting some pups with a little more 'snarl' into my CP. There are offerings between around $100 to $400... Seems such a crapshoot because this is such a subjective area.
Sometimes I'm just totally at home with the Thunderbucker+, and sometimes I feel like they're a little too much output and a bit blurry. Anyone else have a similar experience with their stock CP? Am I the only one willing to violate my Classic Pro (waiting for 'Ahems' and wry wit to come rolling in)?
Assuming they’re real.
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You really need to make a GTG and play all manner of birds.
My CP sounds almost exactly like my TB+ equipped Gibson Tbirds. Dark and creamy.All this talk about pickups... I'm still toying with the idea of putting some pups with a little more 'snarl' into my CP. There are offerings between around $100 to $400... Seems such a crapshoot because this is such a subjective area.
Sometimes I'm just totally at home with the Thunderbucker+, and sometimes I feel like they're a little too much output and a bit blurry. Anyone else have a similar experience with their stock CP? Am I the only one willing to violate my Classic Pro (waiting for 'Ahems' and wry wit to come rolling in
I’d second that.
That’s cheaper than ChinaBuckers.
You couldn’t buy ProBuckers when I made my 66 Tribute bird last year. I had to buy an Embassy bass and then rip the electronics out. Came out great, sounds better than a VP due to the pup placement and possibly the dedicated vol/tone stack for each pickup…
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Facts!
Doing this helped me decide which way to go for pick ups.
Really opened up my ears to what I wanted my bird to sound like.
For my tastes, I couldn’t be happier.
Assuming they’re real, what does this mean? The seller has other Epi pickups at low prices. Did Epi change pickup suppliers (some comment that the latest Probuckers sound different than the older ones) and this is a liquidation? Or something more ominous about the future of Epiphone?
I'm staying tuned, Thanks V!Roger, if you come to the next GTG you'll get to play a lot of Thunderbirds.............Just sayin' Come West!
Yeah. One of my kids lives out there, so I've got two reasons. Yep...
I don't recall what's on there now, might be a recycled set of Dunlop Super Bright Stainless... Which aren't really all that clanky. I found them just should sounding, punchy with good top end.
I've sent off for those SIT Powersteels.
All this talk of pickups has me wondering.......
If you had a set of Lollar T-bird pickups in a drawer and wanted to use one of them in a P-Bass body, would you use the neck pick up or the bridge pickup for a 1 pickup application?
The bridge is about 9k and the neck about 8k IIRC. Any real difference in the application?
Asking for a friend....
If you had a set of Lollar T-bird pickups in a drawer and wanted to use one of them in a P-Bass body, would you use the neck pick up or the bridge pickup for a 1 pickup application?
The bridge is about 9k and the neck about 8k IIRC. Any real difference in the application?
Asking for a friend....
I put a set of these on my Rickenbacker 4003s recently and the transformation in sound shocked me. I had a set of D'Addario,, nickel rounds on it and it sound anemic. Now it sounds very full & balanced . With a touch of drive and a Hiwatt 200, very satisfying.
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I also tried the Ken Smith rock masters in stainless and did not like them at all. They sound, to my ear, like they have an inherent mid-scoop and I could not EQ it out or have it dissipate as the strings aged. Turns out, the drummer I am playing with is the shop manager for Ken Smith and I thought I had a hook up for strings at cost going forward...oh well! I did get to try a bunch of Ken Smith basses. Nice stuff but way to sophisticated for me1
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That said, I used the Greco measurements when I built this. Absolutely love it
Using the Chinabuckers even
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SIT NPS Power Wounds are fantastic. Great low, more mids through my rigs than the SS version, certainly more low mids, and really crisp highs. Almost SS like. I have the Power Steels on a couple basses and they have great lows and are nice and crisp as well.
I’d use the bridge one, but that’s just me.
