Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Congrats Donnie!

Thanks, Irv. Going to be an interesting project. Hopefully just not an expensive one!

Strings are on and repair is holding fine. I didn't know if I would hear popping and cracking or not! TR needs adjusting. That and pickup height is next to work on now that strings are on and so is the headstock.

 

[Bent77]

Thanks, but don't do that. Much appreciated


Louisville is bigger than I care for. Or I might resort to the same thing as you! We're in the city, but in a area not heavily populated. People get on my nerves!
Mostly surrounded by woods and a golf course.
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Your guests look like a bunch of turkeys

We live in a county of 170k. But it’s a really big county at 2400 sq miles

 

[dagrev]

I'd go with Rotosound RS66. I found the SIT Powersteels felt very rough after my fingers got used to flatwounds.

Even their Powerwounds tend to be more rough than say Boomers and most NPS strings. But if it's a good match tone wise I can live with about anything (except EBCFs, apparently).

 

[TBird1958]

Whiskey
Tango
Foxtrot

An original pickup from my '89 after I'd potted it in a '76 can.

 

[dagrev]

You mention the original pickups - I’ve gotten several messages inquiring about them, so I might as well put it out there. Lost them, along with a bunch of other gear, in a house fire. Sucks to find out they’re highly regarded, but they’re by far not the biggest gear loss in that event. It was years ago so I’m past it, but some really good stuff burned up. I was able to get a lot of instruments out, but the SVT and Bassman rigs were too heavy to hustle out of there. Most of the important instruments made it out except for two I’ll never get over, that were blocked off by fire - my ‘77 Jazz and a ‘76 Rick 3001.

Sorry to hear that. But glad you got out. The old TB+ pickups are love or hate them. Just depends on the version and preference. That to say highly regarded may be a bit too strong for most anyway!

 

[dagrev]

I would finish that off with a mahogany back strap. Maybe further down the neck and not so far up the headstock as this:
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That's a great idea. All depends on how much I'm going to rack up on this. I want it nice, but I need to be careful. Of course for every $ I put into it, it will likely be double that in end value. Certainly won't be losing what is put into it.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

SVT SAT.....

 

[dagrev]

I do find it interesting that the “Eppi” Tbird 760ProBuckers on eBay are actually cheaper than EY “ChinaBuckers”. I personally think there’s some counterfeiting or side sales or some other nefarious dealings going on. That said, they might sound perfectly good.

I could be mistaken but my recollection is that the 760ProBuckers I removed from a trashed Eppi Embassy and installed in my ‘66 NR tribute bird had the word Epiphone stamped into the metal plate on the under side of the pickup. I’ll try to find a pic to see if I’m recalling things correctly.

Update:
My memory was correct. My ProBuckers are stamped with the Eppi logo on the back plate, see photos a couple of posts down in this thread.

Yes, now that you mention it, when I pulled mine on one of the VPs it did have Epiphone on the back.

 

[dagrev]

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Cheech and Chong there? Denver is a free the weed city after all.

 

[MCF]

Told the wife if I had to live in the city I would probably need to resume drinking

 

[MCF]

Thanks, but don't do that. Much appreciated


Louisville is bigger than I care for. Or I might resort to the same thing as you! We're in the city, but in a area not heavily populated. People get on my nerves!
Mostly surrounded by woods and a golf course.
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Mine too. Present company excepted.

 

[Engle]

Happy Flag day!

 

[Stealth57]

Happy Flag day!
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Ok

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Happy Flag day!
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Yeah!

 

[Engle]

I would actually cover the entire back of the headstock.
Overall this is an attractive way to repair this

You're bridging the angle with a flat piece, so it doesn't really work to go all the way up the headstock. Although you could follow it with another thick veneer over the back of the headstock.
I would also want to leave the serial number intact.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Ok
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never really liked that one....
this one the other hand....

 

[Engle]

That's a great idea. All depends on how much I'm going to rack up on this. I want it nice, but I need to be careful. Of course for every $ I put into it, it will likely be double that in end value. Certainly won't be losing what is put into it.

Do you have a router? It's pretty easy to make a jig to route for a back strap.

 

[dagrev]

Ok
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Start your own county?

 

[Engle]

Ok
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Yeah!
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I should have added today is the 60th anniversary of the Maple leaf flag.

 

[Stealth57]

Start your own county?

OK, you can refer to me as Malik.