Yep, I've had that conversation with them (Andertons) before too. I sympathise with the fact that trying to get info out of Gibson regarding delivery dates on Gibson and Epi product, is akin to getting blood out of a stone. But they pissed me off over the delivery dates for the 2017 EB, by just making them up, (nothing more than a guesstimate on their part), and every week just moving the "expected" date forward one week, when of course, the delivery still hadn't materialised. It would be far more honest to list the expected "in-stock" date for any Gibson/Epi product as "unknown" until they actually have it in their hands. A point I relayed to the Andertons chap who gave the "talk" at the recent BC bass bash.....
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Thunderbird Club
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No 62, but 2 x 682?
Thanks, Ken - Fixed!
You'll need to let clivem know. He's gonna have to fill out change forms now at the DMV, passport agency, etc.
Just out of interest..... Has anyone got an opinion on the ESP LTD Stream models. The [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] with the "walnut" natural flame finish keeps catching my eye. 
Gaolee
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Not redundant at all. And, you will get as many answers as there are of us. I currently have the eBay pickups we typically call Chinabuckers in my bass. They are inexpensive and not too bad. They aren't as good as some of the other more expensive options, and don't forget that a lot of the sound comes from strings and the amp you play through. Add in the recording skill or lack there of, and playback equipment and I'm not sure how anybody can get a good idea of anything over the internet.
So, from my perspective the Chinabuckers are OK. They may or may not be a step up from stock. I think they were in the 1991 I put them in. They would have been a step down in the 2001 that still has stock pickups. For some reason, they sounded awful to me last night and I couldn't get the bass to sound like I wanted. A week ago, it sounded great. Go figure. Given time, I'm probably going to put another set of pickups into the '91, and they will be Lulls or Thunderbucker 63s. I'm not sure which. It may come down to something completely superficial, because it always does.
That's a long way to say that if you figure it out, let us know, because some of us have been monkeying with it for a long time and still haven't got there.
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I agree that 'good' or 'best' is an individual choice, for sure!
I'm using Lollars, so i can only attest to a comparison between those and the TB's.
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ThunderBuckers were commissioned to be exact clones of the pickups that have sounded great since '63. I own around eight originals.
63 ThunderBuckers sound exactly like the pickups in this bass, my '64 IV.
66s were cloned from my Embassy pups. They're the same as NR spec. Basically Gibson used the bridge pickup from the Reverse and put it in the neck position and wound a hotter bridge pickup when they switched to chrome cans.
Next step with ThunderBuckers was the 'S' which is a hotter wind than a 66 B and MAX which has as much wire as you can wind on a TBird bobbin and hotter mags.
One concept, many flavors.
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I personally love them, smooth, articulate, crisp, can get grindy, very even across the tonal spectrum. But try and check out Thunderbuckers as well. And I agree, hard to judge demos from vids on YouTube and such.
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Gotta clean my glasses, I'm seeing things sdrawkcab!
Out! Out, darn Spot!
Seriously, that's one cool bird.
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Yeah, the pg doesn't work for me either.Nice bird - shame about the pickguard...
Very nice, looks like you could shave down a Bird to get those body lines without much fuss, the pick guard looks out of contour at the front though.
Gaolee
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It's what happens when you make a 'Bird pointy, then try to put an SG pickguard on it. Too bad it's so expensive. I kinda like it, in a trying to hard to be the same only different kind of way.
I wonder if Henry will go after him for some kind of copyright thing.
I wonder if Henry will go after him for some kind of copyright thing.
