Thank you! Oh I will.. I plan to do some demos, recordings with it!
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Thunderbird Club
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I like early Elton, up to the mid - late 70s, and bits and pieces after that.
Crocodile Rock & Daniel were probably the first two songs I knew and liked - oh, and Rocket Man as well.
Very well done! Congrats!I was an Epiphone Thunderbird IV owner once. It was the bolt-on version with the baseball bat 1.73" neck. And haven't owned one until Spector has released it's limited Euro X run what was a no brainer for me being a lifelong Spector fan. It's an amazing bass but way different than a Thundebird. Only the shape in common.
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But always wanted a 'proper' Thunderbird and a Greco TB-900 what I was after, popped up in the EU.
I chose it over a Gibson for a reason...and I guess we all know that reason....the pickup.
And after a few weeks a TB-1100 has popped up in Japan for sale with OHSC, papers etc for a really good price and being the sole bidder, now I have the big brother of the 900 as well.
Not too bad getting back in the Tb game not only with one but two.
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They are nice. It functioned well and got nice low action. Just looked odd to me and wasn't going to fit the "restoration" of the '66. It's yours if you want it. Just don't post a pic of the Thunderbird you put it on. I don't think my eyes can handle it.
It's also a somewhat tarnished gold. I'm not sure it can be cleaned. But I didn't try anything on it.
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I will agree he is talented. Just not my cuppa. McCarthy was once quoted as saying that he wished that he had written Your Song. Too sappy for my tastes, but to each their own.
Never tried Melamine sponges on frets. Will do that next time.TLDR: Epi Vintage Pro is a winner.
The new nut was called for: the stock one was crappy plastic, was NOT correctly fitted, there was a gap between it and the end of the fretboard! I had a brass one, cut correctly and fitted tightly against the end of the fretboard once I scraped the lump of glue off of itthat was causing the gap.
The brass nut is so tight no glue needed to hold it in place.
Corrected the bridge tilt, the E side insert just slid right out ! I rotated it a bit to give the flutes new wood to bite into, slid a small strip of aluminum tape into the hole and a drop or 2 of titebond. Then put one thin piece of solder in the threads of both bridge posts , no more rattle, no more slip. No more tilt. Brass brush to remove rust from screw heads. Removed pickguard and pickup rings to give all areas a good cleaning.
Polished all chrome parts.
Installed Dunlop Dual Design pins.
Scrubbed the fretboard and frets with synthetic 0000 wool, then polished with Melamine sponge. Buffed the frets and fretboard to a high shine with cotton cloth.
Put a light coat of mineral oil on the fretboard. Buffed again.
Strung with the SIT PowerSteel 50-105’s.
Adjusted nut height, adjusted relief, (nearly flat) adjusted action and intonated .
Action low, will need to cut the G and E bridge saddles a bit to follow fretboard radius to get it lower without the A and D hitting the frets.
Paired it with a concho decorated “Lemmy”
strap.
Wants to sit level only takes a little right arm resting on upper bout to keep in playing position.
Setup amp in livingroom and will play in for a bit.
Feels great, hot and bright with the Power Steels.
Seems Quiet so may not copper shield it.
Not sure I’m digging the Pot taper or response. May go 500k linear TOCOS for Volume(s) and a 250k CTS no load for tone with a .047 cap.
Enough for today.
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My wife wants her.
I don't. Fooled with enough cows on the late in-law's farm. Told a funny story about one episode with my FIL and I during his funeral. In short a calf was ridding in the cab with us.
They advertise during NRL games. Captain's Challenge mostly it seems.
Indeed. I always what to here him do a blues album. He had the voice for it.
Yeah, that's one that can give chills. EJ was a master.
Worth both versions.
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They are. The market I stop at on the way to the mountain place carries them.
That whole album ...
- Mar 13, 2008
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I used to be nice.......................
Tell the wife these are mini Jerseys and only get to about 40" tall at the shoulder. Perfect house pets
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,899
- 142,257
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I’ll take it if no one else has! DM me (I will not put it on a TB)They are nice. It functioned well and got nice low action. Just looked odd to me and wasn't going to fit the "restoration" of the '66. It's yours if you want it. Just don't post a pic of the Thunderbird you put it on. I don't think my eyes can handle it.
It's also a somewhat tarnished gold. I'm not sure it can be cleaned. But I didn't try anything on it.
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there is always some mongrel project that it can be used on.
