Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

Someone earlier said that Fender bass specs are relatively high action and although they were an improvement what my Jazz came with I decided on lowering the action so-

Instead of .012 at the 6th or 7th fret for trussrod setting I went with .008 and for the string height settings from the bridge (measurements taken at the 17 th fret I went as follows-

Instead of Fender's suggested 2.4 mm height for the E string, I went with 2.0 mm, and instead of 2.0 mm for the G string I went with a little less than 1.75.

Mind you this is what they recommend for a radius of 9.5.

No buzz thus far!

Any measurements you can share?

I haven’t measured in a long time. But your heights of 2 and 1.75 mm are probably about my starting specs. I set the neck to be pretty much visibly flat. Probably about your .008. And tweek from there. I like low action. But I play mostly finger style with a light touch and lots of amp. And I’m not much of a slapper.

 

[TBird1958]

Basic translation: "To the fallen, on the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Gela". 1983.
Remembering (from an Axis perspective) the US/UK amphibious assault of Sicily in preparation for the invasion of the mainland which proved so costly reiterating Napoleon's view that Italy like a boot, best entered from the top....

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Italy was Churchill's doing, he had this whole "Soft Underbelly of Europe" thing going on, it was the Allies biggest misstep of the war, as the Germans were very good at defending terrain that was in fact very good for defense.
It would have been wiser to bide time and resources, then land on the French Mediterranean coast after D-Day, or just taking Southern Italy for the airfield at Foggia.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

Basic translation: "To the fallen, on the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Gela". 1983.
Remembering (from an Axis perspective) the US/UK amphibious assault of Sicily in preparation for the invasion of the mainland which proved so costly reiterating Napoleon's view that Italy like a boot, best entered from the top....

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...it being a lot easier to walk than to swim.

 

[ectoflanger]

I haven’t measured in a long time. But your heights of 2 and 1.75 mm are probably about my starting specs. I set the neck to be pretty much visibly flat. Probably about your .008. And tweek from there. I like low action. But I play mostly finger style with a light touch and lots of amp. And I’m not much of a slapper.

Regarding my black Aria Pro II explorer style bass- I did go by feel and by the time it was over, I had tightened the trussrod until I got buzz, then backed it off an 1/8 of a turn and alll the bridge saddles were as far down as they could go. Just like the white one the Neil had set up.

Also I finally put two and two together- the larger or longer the radius, the lower you can put the strings without fret buzz.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

So in the midst of my move, I found a deal I could not pass up.
One owner
1969 Dodge D100 Sweptline base
318 LA engine 727 TF trans
Manual brakes and steering .

Original maintained condition, survivor.

 

[TBird1958]

So in the midst of my move, I found a deal I could not pass up.
One owner
1969 Dodge D100 Sweptline base
318 LA engine 727 TF trans
Manual brakes and steering .

Original maintained condition, survivor.

Love that color too!

 

[ectoflanger]

Herw’s one of Will Lee’s early gigs- a nice jazzy slow burn-

 

[dagrev]

Italy was Churchill's doing, he had this whole "Soft Underbelly of Europe" thing going on, it was the Allies biggest misstep of the war, as the Germans were very good at defending terrain that was in fact very good for defense.
It would have been wiser to bide time and resources, then land on the French Mediterranean coast after D-Day, or just taking Southern Italy for the airfield at Foggia.

Yes. He was obsessed with his plan and never entertained it might have been a bad idea. One of the funny things about him that made no sense whatsoever. He never admitted it was a poor idea. I think the closest he ever got was something along the lines that it was more difficult and less productive that thought.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Someone earlier said that Fender bass specs are relatively high action and although they were an improvement what my Jazz came with I decided on lowering the action so-

Instead of .012 at the 6th or 7th fret for trussrod setting I went with .008 and for the string height settings from the bridge (measurements taken at the 17 th fret I went as follows-

Instead of Fender's suggested 2.4 mm height for the E string, I went with 2.0 mm, and instead of 2.0 mm for the G string I went with a little less than 1.75.

Mind you this is what they recommend for a radius of 9.5.

No buzz thus far!

Any measurements you can share?

Sorry, no Fenders here. I have played a couple of low action Fenders. No idea what Fender specs, though.

I don't measure. I check the relief by holding down the E string at each end and tapping it in the middle.
And I usually set the action where it feels good.

I just set the action as low as I can without undue fret noise when playing not too hard. Thanks to V's advice, I've come to embrace string noise when playing hard.

Note: String noise doesn't hug back. More like a wild, passionate kiss. I can live with that.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

So in the midst of my move, I found a deal I could not pass up.
One owner
1969 Dodge D100 Sweptline base
318 LA engine 727 TF trans
Manual brakes and steering .

Original maintained condition, survivor.

That's awesome, dude!

 

[TBird1958]

Yes. He was obsessed with his plan and never entertained it might have been a bad idea. One of the funny things about him that made no sense whatsoever. He never admitted it was a poor idea. I think the closest he ever got was something along the lines that it was more difficult and less productive that thought.

He (Churchill) was opposed to Dragoon, and wanted to land troops on the Istria Peninsula and go through Trieste. Dragoon was a successful landing with low casualties and a fairly rapid advance up the Loire valley.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

He (Churchill) was opposed to Dragoon, and wanted to land troops on the Istria Peninsula and go through Trieste. Dragoon was a successful landing with low casualties and a fairly rapid advance up the Loire valley.

Your new axe? Gorgeous bird.

 

[Stealth57]

Finally back at it and got the audio files figured out and moved to a different mixer software. Waveform was just too buggy. This is from Mix Pad.

Dropbox

 

[TBird1958]

Your new axe? Gorgeous bird.

Nope, one of our friend @Basvarken Rob's beautiful builds.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Your new axe? Gorgeous bird.

it really is.....

 

[ectoflanger]

So in the midst of my move, I found a deal I could not pass up.
One owner
1969 Dodge D100 Sweptline base
318 LA engine 727 TF trans
Manual brakes and steering .

Original maintained condition, survivor.

Nice! One thing- thought older Chrysler engines were a sort of blue/green color at the time-

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Nice! One thing- thought older Chrysler engines were a sort of blue/green color at the time-

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Love that color too!

Iridescent Copper, Sold in 68, and lived in San Jose for 25 years , Portland for several years, Oxidized and beaten by the Pahrump NV sun for 20 years, then under a tarp on the driveway for 15 more years in Tracy, ca.

242k miles. No smoke, good compression, pulls solid vacuum, trans shifts firm.
Only one spot of rust cancer.

 

[MCF]

So in the midst of my move, I found a deal I could not pass up.
One owner
1969 Dodge D100 Sweptline base
318 LA engine 727 TF trans
Manual brakes and steering .

Original maintained condition, survivor.View attachment 7361628View attachment 7361629View attachment 7361777View attachment 7361778View attachment 7361779

Now that’s a pickup truck!

 

[Ringhammer]

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I had a blue 225 in a ‘71 Dodge Demon. If it had only been a 318 or better, 340, I possibly would never have let it go.

Had a blue 318 in a ‘73 Duster.
I think also a red 318 in a ‘68 Coronet 440.

I seem to recall the 318 in my ‘76 Ramcharger was also blue.

As much as a Mopar fanboy I am, I traded off the Ramcharger in the very late ‘80’s and didn’t own another Mopar until I got my 2011 Charger in 2013.