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Thunderbird Club

#339,681
MCF said:
This has probably only happened a few times in the five years they’ve been around. Scott once traded a set with V for Probuckers. To each their own. I can’t imagine ever doing such a thing. I suppose a misguided soul or two may have swapped them for a set of (god forbid) EMGs or something. About the only way I would do a swap is if a set of Thunderbuckers magically appeared. But if that ever happened, the Reissues would find their way into one of my other Thunderbirds.
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Pure preference on my part, but given that the reissue NR has the neck pup closer to the neck (deeper sounding--and a bit too hollow.less middy compared to normal Thunderbird spacing), I ca see 760s being a perfect match in that. For me (and Scott it seems), they would likely tighten up and brighten up the NR since it's by nature deeper than a 60s Thunderbird. Conversely I would think the new reissues pups would be great in any version of Thunderbird with more "correct" spacing. If I were to built a NR, I would almost certainly get the Gibson reissues.
 
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MCF said:
A kinder, gentler time. I was eleven. I loved my Beatles. But these guys owned the Central Coast airwaves. And I was hooked.
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We played it and other CCR songs in my High School combo - "There's a bathroom on the right..."
 
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MCF said:
My heart tells me to drive up and buy it. Just because. I’m trying to find a way to get up to hear Geo play on 04/01 in San Francisco. Not certain yet…

My head tells me buying that is as stupid as me wanting an ACC 360 rig. I’ll still get a 360 if I can. But I’ll pass on everything else. At least I think I will. There’s a minty Ampeg SVT-410HLF Classic up on the mountain with a $400 ask. Tempting to have a ported cab option up there. Right now I run the SVT up there through a wonderful Berg NV610. I wonder how the M6 Carbine would sound through it….

Tell me I’m nuts. Please.
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Wanting a 360 is pure logic and reason. Not nuts. Sane.
 
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dagrev said:
Pure preference on my part, but given that the reissue NR has the neck pup closer to the neck (deeper sounding--and a bit too hollow.less middy compared to normal Thunderbird spacing), I ca see 760s being a perfect match in that. For me (and Scott it seems), they would likely tighten up and brighten up the NR since it's by nature deeper than a 60s Thunderbird. Conversely I would think the new reissues pups would be great in any version of Thunderbird with more "correct" spacing. If I were to built a NR, I would almost certainly get the Gibson reissues.
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I installed a Seymour Duncan bridge "Hawkbucker" (recent introduction by SD then expressly for T-bird owners) in my '64 II in the late '80s because my (only at that time) bass sounded too dark for me. Once I did, the bass opened up (for me) and since then I prefer mid/treble to bass/boom. (with a decent foundation of bass of course...) But as time goes on I just try to get the mix correct for live, which is usually a blend one way or the other per song in the set. It's why I favor on-board controls (ala tone pot) - not every song, but some require tonal changes and I adjust accordingly.

My most recent completed build pushed the two pu separation to Dano territory, but still not to '60s "north-south" locations. Sounds amazing... ask Marshall & George...

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MCF said:
A kinder, gentler time. I was eleven. I loved my Beatles. But these guys owned the Central Coast airwaves. And I was hooked.
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They were certainly popular in Seattle, at the time I didn't know they were a California band, I had them pegged for Louisiana in my early teenage brain.
 
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JIO said:
It was the drawl...
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These two kinda were responsible.......

I still like them both a lot, and they were fun songs to learn as I began playing them on my Mateo EB-0 copy in '74.



 
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TBird1958 said:
These two kinda were responsible.......

I still like them both a lot, and they were fun songs to learn as I began playing them on my Mateo EB-0 copy in '74.



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Bayou (Cali meets Florida) surf music... :) I know a drummer/friend who lives where CCR did their early garage time in the East Bay. Guitar sounds classic Tele. CCR were part of the late '60s "referencing the past/revivalist" movement... in everything... and successfully 'expressed' a "classic" cajon vibe. After all, these CA guys were pro's... (no intentional bias expressed here... ) :rolleyes:
 
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Some fun from Friday night, our first time at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA., this was early in the night. We had a good crowd and the venue liked us and what we played (New Wave) as it was a bit different from their usual - we'll be back :)

 
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