So 7 ply here, looks like.
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Thunderbird Club
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Thank you.!But I'm hoping for some more rehearsals... My favorite but so far was a guitar solo. I'm really lucky to have landed with this group.
It happens. Samick has a pretty good rep though.
If my Rosewood boards look dry, I’ll use Music Nomad F1. A drop or two on each fret, rub it in and wipe with a dry cloth. The Fender and Dunlop products are also ok. I don’t care for lemon oil, but that’s just me.
I think some of the plies are super thin (like on new versions) and hard to distinguish on an old Thunderbird. I think. (Cogito ergo sum!)
Yes, but some good playing all around. They got lucky landing you as well.
Let's be honest here....You moved to get away from the bad influence!Good thing i have a fair amount of control, and broke.
Mainly the latter.
Lot's of options, but one is baby oil works just fine. Like with any product, don't drench the wood. I'm not crazy about citrus oils. There is debate that that that actually cause some drying. I don't know and haven't tested it and am not wasting time figuring it out since there are plenty of other options. I do know that when I put lemon oil on cabinets it didn't last as long as baby oil. And baby oil is cheap.
I'll be the heretic.
I've been playing for 19 years and I've never put any special whiz-bang juice on my fingerboards. My dad's cheapo Korean strat from the 80's similarly has never been conditioned and while its pot metal bridge has come apart, the fingerboard remains uncracked. I make a point of not playing with dirty hands and keeping the instrument from getting wet or getting left in extreme temperatures. Maybe I'll learn the hard way, maybe it's all marketing, I dunno.
I do know that commercial furniture polishes should be avoided, and would suggest you only use things designed for open grain wood, preferably designed for use on guitars. Note that things like lemon oil polishes say they're safe for any sealed wood.
Attending a GTG this year could have possibly pushed me over the edge.
So at least i won't have that infliuence inside my head.
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Are you referring to the guitar pickups that came in some bolt neck Tbirds? I would guess Epi would install whatever hot humbuckers they had available. The ones I've played sounded great!
I've always used lemon oil on rosewood fingerboards.
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Attending a GTG this year could have ppssibly pushed me over the edge.
So at least i won't have that infliuence inside my head.
We'll get our hands on you, one way or another!
I use Almond oil. Not acidic and works for a long time on kitchen cabinets.
It's not a GTG if Jeff isn't there.Attending a GTG this year could have ppssibly pushed me over the edge.
So at least i won't have that infliuence inside my head.
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My 2019 looks like this.
They're not exactly a guitar humbucker, they use rail magnets inside instead of being their standard 6-pole guitar humbuckers they used at the time. I don't know of a six string they used these pups on.
This is also consistent with T-bird humbuckers usually being a rail design.
Here's a comparison of them under magnetic viewing film vs a generic 6-pole design.
I do kinda wonder how T-birds would sound with some of the lower value Seymour Duncan rail models on the market. IIRC they have a set that's close to the 14k bridge, 8.5k neck range. Would probably have to do a little routing though. If I ever come across a through-neck with trashed electronics, maybe...
