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Thunderbird Club

#59,221
Larry V said:
I'm sure, Gbass is feeling the love about now. :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Congrats on your golf tournament performance, G. I rarely play anymore but have fond memories of my golf league days in the mid-90's. Lots of fun times and camaraderie with my crew back then. :)

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I had no idea that you used to be Hooters waitress.
 
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This was the guy that trained me... we had a similar look. :rolleyes:
 
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Count Bassie said:
View attachment 2862445 So, concerning pickup placement, what's the convention on where to set pole pieces with respect to nodes along the course of the strings?
I'm looking at replacing the neck position unit here with a DiMarzio Model One. String spacing works out fairly neat.
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Great question! I had the exact same question about 10 years ago when I was doing a bass build. Conventional wisdom was the 1960s P bass pup placement was ideal. What I found is that a lot of variables impact where that pup works best for you.

Specifically...
String selection - flats or tapes or round nickel, or round stainless?
Right hand placement - do you play near the neck or the bridge or over the pup?
Pic or finger playing style - which do you do more of?
Right hand thumb anchor habits - do you float or anchor on a pup or a thumb rest?
Personal preference on tone - do you like deep and dark or bright and crisp?

I ended up buying a sacrificial bass and tubbed out a pup cavity that went from neck to bridge. Then I installed the pup about where I instinctively play and moved it up and down the body from there until I got the sound I liked best. The split P pup ended up reversed from the traditional Fender installation and nearly a couple of inches closer to the neck. TB "experts" said it wouldn't sound like a P bass - they were dead wrong.

One could easily do this with a Goth. You can pick those up used for around $150. Experiment, learn, apply, and have fun creating YOUR bass.
 
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Dadagoboi said:
For a definitive answer you need one of these as well as the pup(s) and rig you'll be using. Anything else is cockamaimy 'theory'. What matters is your ears. IMO

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This is Furk the Experts Week, right?
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EXACTLY!
Just saw your post Carlo. Your picture is worth ten thousand words (it's been adjusted for inflation).
 
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Nocturnal said:
Could be the same version that was used on several Epi basses as well. It looks like the one I used when I rebuilt my Goth and it was listed as coming from an Epi bass.

Found this on GC's website. Mentions some parts but aside from"brass bridge" it doesn't mention it.

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I got that bridge on my Epi Les Paul Special bass as well. :)
 
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Larry V said:
I'm sure, Gbass is feeling the love about now. :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Congrats on your golf tournament performance, G. I rarely play anymore but have fond memories of my golf league days in the mid-90's. Lots of fun times and camaraderie with my crew back then. :)

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Happy Birthday Larry!!! :)
 
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dukeorock said:
Ha! Seeing that more and more. Some folks make such great use of effects and still have a good signal path, but I’ve never run more than two pedals at a time, which is two more pedals than I’m currently running.
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Been contemplating selling my comp, but it's such a good (and expensive) comp and it's good to have, just in case, and I know I'd regret selling it. That and the flanger makes two.

Over in guitar world, the gig I'm going to at the end of the month, Steve Cradock has two massively populated boards. Paul Weller has two pedals, an OD and a Space Echo simulator.
 
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