Got my driveway done..everything was 10 inch ice chunks.
Snow plows really can’t do anything with it so our neighborhood roads are one way ruts.
Not really worried. I’m still on leave from surgery.
7 degrees this morning.
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Thunderbird Club
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Snow plows really can’t do anything with it so our neighborhood roads are one way ruts.
Not really worried. I’m still on leave from surgery.
7 degrees this morning.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
@GBassNorth George, do you recall the Pot values on your Bicie? I had a quick look at one of mine last night and it doesn't look like yours. I think I can do the rewire, have a decent, very small, hot iron to work with.
Thankfully reversible.
Head South young man, head South!
All three are ‘76 100k in mine.
Jeez. I’m really happy I pulled the trigger on one when I did. Looks nice.
www.andysvintageguitars.com
Same one on the verb, different ask.
https://reverb.com/item/92832615-19...tennial-bass-sunburst-with-original-hard-case
PRCE DROPPED - 1977 GIBSON THUNDERBIRD BICENTENNIAL BASS IN SUNBURST FINISH WITH ORIGINAL CASE - Andy's Vintage Guitars
Great condition for this rare Gibson US made 1977 Thunderbird Bass from the limited Bicentennial edition. These basses were only produced form 1976 to 1979 and less than 2000 were made, according to Gibson. This one is all original and its surprisingly light with a phenomenal sustain and such an...
www.andysvintageguitars.com
Same one on the verb, different ask.
https://reverb.com/item/92832615-19...tennial-bass-sunburst-with-original-hard-case
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,894
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
We would love a picture of your new Thunderbird II!
I have a Bad Bird II on my Greco II as well, it's shy though, hiding behind a bridge cover.
lol....strange breed drummers.....they seem to think that if they are not looking at you, you can't see them.....
to tailpiece or not to tailpiece.....hmmm....notice mine's not as shy......We would love a picture of your new Thunderbird II!
I have a Bad Bird II on my Greco II as well, it's shy though, hiding behind a bridge cover.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I would dig a Two Point like my Les Paul Oversize has on a Bird.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
The water on the California coast, all the way down through central America, is cooler than the water in the Caribbean or south Pacific. Probably because it gets deeper faster, doesn't have the same coastal reefs, and gets more cold, Arctic currents (Antarctic in the southern hemisphere). I don't know what water temperatures are like off of New Zeeland. That may be more like the Pacific Ocean here.
@TBird1958
There’s been a lot of discussion about that. I’ve heard said they are 100K ohm linear taper pots. Chuck confirmed that on his tone pot but there’s apparently no way to confirm that on the volume pots without desoldering them and I didn’t want to mess with mine since it’s all original. In hindsight I should have measured Marshall’s pots when I had it disconnected. If you decide to rewire yours it would be a huge help to confirm what each pot value is and let us know.
As a side note, I prefer audio taper pots vs linear but found very slim pickings in the market for a full size CTS pot at 100K ohms in audio taper with a 3/8” long threaded collar. Even linear tapers were very hard to find. If anyone out there has a supplier that sells these things please let me know. I love the sound of my ‘79 so much that I’m trying to get my Bicentennial pickup equipped White BaCH up to full Bi spec so I can have a Reverse and Non Reverse option in that glorious series configuration.
There’s been a lot of discussion about that. I’ve heard said they are 100K ohm linear taper pots. Chuck confirmed that on his tone pot but there’s apparently no way to confirm that on the volume pots without desoldering them and I didn’t want to mess with mine since it’s all original. In hindsight I should have measured Marshall’s pots when I had it disconnected. If you decide to rewire yours it would be a huge help to confirm what each pot value is and let us know.
As a side note, I prefer audio taper pots vs linear but found very slim pickings in the market for a full size CTS pot at 100K ohms in audio taper with a 3/8” long threaded collar. Even linear tapers were very hard to find. If anyone out there has a supplier that sells these things please let me know. I love the sound of my ‘79 so much that I’m trying to get my Bicentennial pickup equipped White BaCH up to full Bi spec so I can have a Reverse and Non Reverse option in that glorious series configuration.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Wait, what? That's not true?
nothing like the Gulfstream off the west coast.....
Series is stock on the Bice, but parallel is stock on most every other bass.
35 when I got up. 56 now. Still freezing at night, but a few warmer days, anyway!
A strange thought just crossed my little pea brain - I wonder if my Greco birds (which are pretty much balls to the wall basses) are wired in series? I’ve never checked, just assumed massive pups in parallel, but they sure sound like a series wired bass. I’ll have to check when I get home.
