Thunderbird Club

[GBassNorth]

what pups? strings? any clips? Looks fabulous.

Thanks. The pickups are first generation 760ProBuckers installed in the correct 1966 positions. Strings are Cobalt flats.
No sound clips yet, I need to shim the neck to compensate for the different neck pocket depth and heel thickness first. That will get the action down where it needs to be, too high right now.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Six Gibsons, all regular reverse:
1995 burst
1997 ebony
1999 ebony
2001 natural
2001 burst
2003 white

One Gibson Short Scale
2011 matte black

One Epiphone VP
2017 white

One Greco TB -70(?)
198x color TBD, either white or ultra dark green.

So seven Gibsons, two "other"

I trust you all went to the poll page and took the poll as well...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My MIL had a silver one when I met my wife. Total POS.

I hope you mean the car!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

There are times I think it would be fun to have my old Kasino (the Kustom sans tuck and roll) 200 and matching big 215 cab. It was LAF. But in reality, it wasn't all that great.

I'd love to find one locally with a fried amp and/or speakers and replace the guts with better quality parts.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I guess it's human nature to feel the need to participate with a comment, regardless of how useful or topical it is.

I have no useful reply to this.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I replied in the other thread already with general info, but for the true Tbird enthusiasts here's the more detailed run down on the 28 Tbirds I own (listed in order of playing preference for each category)…

Reverse Birds:
Mike Lull Tom Petersson Tbird
Epiphone Goth (capped)
Epiphone 60's Reissue purple sparkle
Greco 1990 Tbird
Fernandez Burny Tbird pink
Gibson Gold Anniversary Tbird
North BlingBird
Epiphone TV Silver Ltd Ed
Epiphone CP 2012
*Epiphone SilverGoth Mudbucker VI
Epiphone VP first run edition
Mike Lull 5 string
Greco II 1977
Gibson 2015
Spector Rex5 Pro
Dingwall DBird
Epiphone FrankenGoth
Sammick Youth Tbird IV
*North ThunderWick
**Fernandez Burny Tbird white

NonReverse Birds:
North ThunderCaster
Gibson '21 NR Reissue
Acasia 5 string
*North '66 NR Tribute Fretless
BaCH Bluebird IV
BaCH IV
Epiphone PJ Tbird
Savannah Tbird Bass Ukulele

Wish List:
1960's reverse IV
1960's NR IV
Bicentennial Tbird
Alembic Tbird
Gibson Nikki Sixx

*build or mod currently in progress, finished bird may move further up or down the playing preference list when done.
**bird currently in route to my house, may move further up or down the playing list when it arrives.

I'm curious why the Greco is so far down the list and the 64 Epi is so high.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The vintage Dimarzio's loaded in my Hamer Blitz and St. Blues PJ bass KILL!! Love those pickups!!

I don't recall what a Dimarzio-equipped bass sounds like (V, don't you have one?) but I fell in love with the brand early on when I put a pair of SDS-1s in my Hagstrom. The original pickups were somewhat anemic. The Dimarzios are *killer*.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Two VPs is all I need.

Keep telling yourself that (says the guy parked on just one).

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Cool Canadians, love this!

Great stuff! Yet another band I am finding out about way late. That Modulus sound great.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

LET'S DO THIS!!!!

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Break a metaphorical leg! But watch those windmills.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Most of our (few) gigs are at Elks Clubs or American Legion Posts. We occasionally ask each other "Is this the 'Big Time'?

Y'all should do a VA hospital tour.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Dafina Roots Band was a fantastic West African band.

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With a lefty bass player!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Two leftie bass players on the same bill? Wouldn't see that every day,

Contractual requirements!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That's MonoNeon style.

And look how it messes with his tone!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Yup, it's trippy! I'm also not a fan of capos.

My capo use is pretty much limited to learning new songs in a hurry from a recording in a different key. I take one to gigs in case there's a key change I don't want to cope with in the moment (still trying to get back to where I was on guitar that I didn't need to do that) but in ~10 years of playing have had to do that exactly once.

 

[MCF]

I'd love to find one locally with a fried amp and/or speakers and replace the guts with better quality parts.

I don’t know. Quality cabs are designed for specific drivers. Finding a set of decent drivers for a box someone on Reverb once described as sounding like a cow farting isn’t practical at all.

 

[MCF]

I hope you mean the car!

Jeez. Of course I meant the Pinto disguised as a Mustang.

 

[MCF]

Great stuff! Yet another band I am finding out about way late. That Modulus sound great.

They've been around with some breaks for a long time. I like them. I've listened to them enough on Spotify that they come up in my feed occasionally. I'm thinking Rich is probably well aware of them.

 

[MCF]

I don't recall what a Dimarzio-equipped bass sounds like (V, don't you have one?) but I fell in love with the brand early on when I put a pair of SDS-1s in my Hagstrom. The original pickups were somewhat anemic. The Dimarzios are *killer*.

Jeff suggested I try Dimarzios in my anemic 7ender PJ.

 

[Ringhammer]

I trust you all went to the poll page and took the poll as well...

Sure did.