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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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@Miles_ONeal @TBird1958
Here’s the correct wiring for the Bicentennial Tbirds. Note the 3 pot values should all be 100K ohm.
Here’s the correct wiring for the Bicentennial Tbirds. Note the 3 pot values should all be 100K ohm.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,894
- 142,207
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
cool stuff....to think only Appice's still around.... they only show Bogert when singing....one of the best players ever......
I agree - he was my main man when starting out playing bass in 1966 -
- Jun 30, 2010
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Will be back on the Hotel Utah's stage in a few hrs w/Bond Girl - (Mesa house rig)
Man, that’s a beautiful bass. Love that red- I wonder if that was ever a standard option as with the Firebird VII?
Just a little sidebar here, since I've mentioned this old battle-axe before. Here it is close to the end of phase 1, stripping the old artwork and nitro. I don't know what to call this one anymore, since I'm kind of bringing it back to pre-artwork, and it's getting a Gibson re-issue Thunderbird p'up instead of the Rickenbackers that were in there (Jeff's old p'ups), so it's not a Heckinecker anymore.
I'm thinking it'll get shot with black poly, add a cream-white pickguard and trc, and a single chrome TB p'up.
Anyway, got it pretty much stripped.
View attachment 7512511
View attachment 7512512
Brass wire brush on a last treatment of stripper, a wipe-down with mineral spirits next. I'll probably set a block into the Jazz pup rout and make sure the new pup will fit about where one of the Ric p'ups was. There are a few holes to deal with from the old harness/pots. Plug/Epoxy this, sand that... Then at some point it's off to the auto body shop.
(Edit: I've got a friend who does auto painting, he's good at it. He's into bartering and has some carpentry he wants done at his house. I like the bartering idea, way better than working there and spending here- just a fair exchange. There's a better spirit to it I think.
Reminds me of a Hamer
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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It's a factory custom color.
Love that song and love playing it.
so true, totally dig how they honored Gibson shapes....Lowe and his 8 sting was uber cool..,Hamer made some cool basses.
really surprised to see Sting playing one...
4-1 USA, team looking REALLY good!...
Leon also played at least one reverse.
I tried some GHS pressurewounds on my NR tonight, and I really liked them! My fingers hurt, but I did like the little extra bite. I may go back to the EB flats, but will try the GHS for another gig in a couple weeks and then decide.
