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Thunderbird Club

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Mikaelbass said:
So I am still in love with my thunderbird. I use only the bel pickup and pick or pluck right above the pickup. So much fatness.

I experimented with some few years old chromes and I really liked the mid range girth and angry low end although I found the high end a bit distasteful and the E string pretty lifeless, especially when open. Anyone else use flats? I was thinking maybe T.I's or fender flats since Ive heard they have a bit of drive, or try them both etc. I put my dr Lo riders back on and they sounded seriously good just not quite the same THUMP as the flats.
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I tried Chromes on my TBird and feel that they are a good string for my bass. I have ThunderBuckers for pickups. This is only the second set of strings I've tried on this bass. I do not find that the open E is "lifeless". My experience with T.I.'s is that they're kinda soft. I've tried them on my Jazz bass and actually prefer LaBella deep talkin' flats on that bass.
 
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I have read that one should not open the case to a just arriving t bird (Gibson) for a day or so after traveling in the cold. True? My bass goes out wed from southpaw in Texas to here in Michigan where its currently a poopy 9°f. It has been said the temp needs to equalize to prevent cracking in the finish.
 
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wolfkeller said:
I have read that one should not open the case to a just arriving t bird (Gibson) for a day or so after traveling in the cold. True? My bass goes out wed from southpaw in Texas to here in Michigan where its currently a ****** 9°f. It has been said the temp needs to equalize to prevent cracking in the finish.
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I'm no sciencemologist, but I am pretty sure a guitar case isn't a temperature controlled vessel. It's meant simply to inhibit "physical impact damage" to the contained instrument. If it's going to crack, it'll crack in transport; not opening the case won't prevent it from happening.
 
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mistergoats said:
Any of you guys seen one of these before?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Waterstone-Voltaire-4-string-bass/291331202636?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=20131003132420&meid=ef292840899c4970b13fc367c20c3384&pid=100005&prg=20131003132420&rk=1&rkt=6&sd=381108548933&rt=nc
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Oh yes, that's been up on this thread a couple of times before...

Scott got one of the 8-string ones, but had to modify the Hell out of it, before he was satisfied with it... I think he ended up selling it again, but am sure he'll chime in soon. :)
 
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wolfkeller said:
I have read that one should not open the case to a just arriving t bird (Gibson) for a day or so after traveling in the cold. True? My bass goes out wed from southpaw in Texas to here in Michigan where its currently a ****** 9°f. It has been said the temp needs to equalize to prevent cracking in the finish.
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Hard as it may be, you should let the case (and bass) slowly come to room temp.
 
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wolfkeller said:
I have read that one should not open the case to a just arriving t bird (Gibson) for a day or so after traveling in the cold. True? My bass goes out wed from southpaw in Texas to here in Michigan where its currently a ****** 9°f. It has been said the temp needs to equalize to prevent cracking in the finish.
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The real concern would be going from room temperature to our current Michigan temps than the other way around. Going from sub freezing to room temperature slowly is the right thing to do whereas taking a room temperature instrument to bone chilling cold would cause "shrinkage" at a rate that could checker the finish.
 
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wolfkeller said:
I have read that one should not open the case to a just arriving t bird (Gibson) for a day or so after traveling in the cold. True? My bass goes out wed from southpaw in Texas to here in Michigan where its currently a ****** 9°f. It has been said the temp needs to equalize to prevent cracking in the finish.
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Agreed I needs to have Te to adjust slowly. In either direction. As in don't take it outside and open it either although I have no idea why one would do that. Give it a couple days to adjust to the temp inside.
 
#4,378
Another new guy here, thought id say Hi

Currently have an alpine white epi tbird classic pro, formerly owned a epi goth tbird I bought to experiment with setups and modding on (talk about extremes, all black to all white!)
Swapped the pro's bridge to a hipshot I scavenged from the goth before I sold it, super low action, plays like its worth a lot more than it is. ;)
Biggest problem I think is owning it may lead to a gibson.

Have some rics and other basses too, but there's just something fun about playing on a tbird that isn't quite the same as my others.
Not saying I'm planning in giving up my others, but I know there's always going to be a tbird in the stable.
 
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SVTbird said:
Another new guy here, thought id say Hi

Currently have an alpine white epi tbird classic pro, formerly owned a epi goth tbird I bought to experiment with setups and modding on (talk about extremes, all black to all white!)
Swapped the pro's bridge to a hipshot I scavenged from the goth before I sold it, super low action, plays like its worth a lot more than it is. ;)
Biggest problem I think is owning it may lead to a gibson.

Have some rics and other basses too, but there's just something fun about playing on a tbird that isn't quite the same as my others.
Not saying I'm planning in giving up my others, but I know there's always going to be a tbird in the stable.
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If you show me yours............................................






I'll add you to the club ;)
 
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