Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

Jk, as much as I would like to gig that bass I meant the Melody Maker body with a std scale even if it meant enlarging the body accordingly as in your LP......btw, how do those sound? anything like the one you tried at the store through that Deluxe?...

It sounds pretty good, I would say "modern" if that makes sense but nothing like that one I played at Emerald City Guitars....

FWIW I saw a post by Rob @Basvarken regarding a new pickup that is faithful replica of the ones used in the late '60 Les Paul basses, hopefully he'll chime in.
I guess it's a low impedance stacked humbucker made in conjunction with Gemini


Who is this wanker?

 

[AllieCat]

Did you folks see the Mike Dirnt signature Grabber G-3?

https://www.gibson.com/products/epiphone-mike-dirnt-grabber-g-3-natural-exclusive?view=epiphone

 

[RedVee]

Did you folks see the Mike Dirnt signature Grabber G-3?

https://www.gibson.com/products/epiphone-mike-dirnt-grabber-g-3-natural-exclusive?view=epiphone

Where is George Takei when you need him?

 

[JIO]

Where is George Takei when you need him?

 

[Engle]

Did you folks see the Mike Dirnt signature Grabber G-3?

https://www.gibson.com/products/epiphone-mike-dirnt-grabber-g-3-natural-exclusive?view=epiphone

Looks nice! Ebony board!

 

[GBassNorth]

I didn't realize the bridge route was that deep on a Warwick.

That’s actually very close to a standard route depth, but I did have it routed 1/8” deeper just in case I needed a string drop from the neck geometry. Figured I could always add a shim if needed vs having to reroute the bridge seat.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Kind of reminds me of Ronnie Van Zant and Al Kooper (producer). They were playing Simple Man and Al said to not bother recording it. R said: "Al, you have nice Rolls Royce in the parking lot, why don't you go sit in it and we'll do this song." Al said he didn't think it was that good of a song and they should work on something else. Ronnie put his arm around Al and started walking toward the door and said, "You just go sit in your car, we'll let you know when we're finished." Which Al did--and Simple Man is more popular today than ever.

A fave since the first hearing.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

In my world, if ya wanna P, use the bathroom.

 

[Basvarken]

It sounds pretty good, I would say "modern" if that makes sense but nothing like that one I played at Emerald City Guitars....

FWIW I saw a post by Rob @Basvarken regarding a new pickup that is faithful replica of the ones used in the late '60 Les Paul basses, hopefully he'll chime in.
I guess it's a low impedance stacked humbucker made in conjunction with Gemini


Who is this wanker?

Yes! I'm super excited about this.
Thank you for asking Mark.

Last weekend I installed the prototype of the Brooks Gemini pickup into my modified golden oldie Epiphone JCS.

The pickup is a dead-on replica the best sounding bass pickup of all time: the Gibson low impedance stacked humbucker that was used in the Les Paul Bass between 1968 and 1979.

At least in my opinion.
I really think they're amazing.

Extremely silent. Magnificent dynamic response. Tight low end. Chrystal clear top end. And very versatile.
For years I roamed Ebay and Reverb to score them to put in various bass guitars. But last few years they've become as rare as hen's teeth. And when you finally do find one the prices are astronomically high.
Many times I tried to find a pickup maker who can replicate it. And many of them said they could. But in the end they all had to admit they couldn't.

Until now!
Gemini Pickups from the UK joined forces with Brooks.
I sacrificed an original and carefully dissected it. Which was not a sinecure by the way.
The pickup revealed its very unusual architecture. And step by step we reverse engineered it.

And now the first prototype is alive!

If you have any further questions I'll be happy to answer them.

 

[watt]

much respect to https://www.talkbass.com/members/godofthunder59.68706/ so big time for helping make "bluey" (my gibson '66 non-reverse tbird) the bitchin bass I love, truly. besides the most happening _badbird bridge_ he also did the pickguard so I could rock a '51 pbass pickup in it in honor of dusty hill!

on bass, watt

mike watt's hoot page

mike watt's hoot page. here's a page put up on the web by me to let folks know what's up in my wack life. I live in pedro. I work the thud staff. I jam econo.

hootpage.com

Beautiful Thunderbird II! Yes the Badbird Bridge will solve those problems. Used by Tom Petersson, Mike Watt, Geddy Lee and many others. Intonation without modification for 63-69 Thunderbirds. Send me a dm. View attachment 7338855

 

[dagrev]

A fave since the first hearing.

I know. Al must have had some bad smoke or something!

 

[MCF]

much respect to https://www.talkbass.com/members/godofthunder59.68706/ so big time for helping make "bluey" (my gibson '66 non-reverse tbird) the bitchin bass I love, truly. besides the most happening _badbird bridge_ he also did the pickguard so I could rock a '51 pbass pickup in it in honor of dusty hill!

on bass, watt

mike watt's hoot page

mike watt's hoot page. here's a page put up on the web by me to let folks know what's up in my wack life. I live in pedro. I work the thud staff. I jam econo.

hootpage.com

Hey Mike! Great to see you checking in. Yep, Scot is great.

 

[TBird1958]

much respect to https://www.talkbass.com/members/godofthunder59.68706/ so big time for helping make "bluey" (my gibson '66 non-reverse tbird) the bitchin bass I love, truly. besides the most happening _badbird bridge_ he also did the pickguard so I could rock a '51 pbass pickup in it in honor of dusty hill!

on bass, watt

mike watt's hoot page

mike watt's hoot page. here's a page put up on the web by me to let folks know what's up in my wack life. I live in pedro. I work the thud staff. I jam econo.

hootpage.com

Thank you for dropping by - Much respect!


My "Bluie"

 

[dagrev]

No Thunderbirds will be used at the CMAs tonight. So here's a nice '66...

 

[dagrev]

More FedMess laziness.... FYI this isn't the front porch, and it is light rain....

 

[MCF]

More FedMess laziness.... FYI this isn't the front porch, and it is light rain....
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I’ve personally not had many issues with FedEx, other than a few crazy routes that delayed deliveries. I’ve had more issues with UPS, including lost packages and one that got “emptied” along the way. But the thing with both is that the people who deliver to our house are always nice and know to place packages behind the pillars on the porch.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

People who are experts and educated in the finest of schools can make as many stupid decisions as the dude on the corner. Cracker Barrel.... Large companies can better absorb dumb decisions whereas smaller or family businesses can't, thus often they are run more efficiently and wisely.

The 1908 quake wiped out more than 30 thousand folks....yikes....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

WW...

 

[dagrev]

WW...
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That did it. The next project is an ivory white NR.

 

[TBird1958]

WW

I has it!