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Thunderbird Club

#65,601
dukeorock said:
Beautiful bass and a great tip! Thanks so much! I ordered mine without rings. We’ll see how that goes, but I really like the spartan look Jeff got on his ‘Bird with the rings off. Easy fix should I change my mind :)
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Babicz is installed on the 2001. I hope the pixie dust didn't stick to the 3 point. Intonation is more or less set, and the string heights are about right. I might be able to lower them even more, but there's a point of diminishing return. I don't have the kind of finesse that lets you play with a paperclip's worth of space between the strings and frets. I think it looks good. The 2001 will keep its black trim, and it's going to keep its stock pickups. Next mod - d-tuners for the 2001 and 1991.
 
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Gaolee said:
Babicz is installed on the 2001. I hope the pixie dust didn't stick to the 3 point. Intonation is more or less set, and the string heights are about right. I might be able to lower them even more, but there's a point of diminishing return. I don't have the kind of finesse that lets you play with a paperclip's worth of space between the strings and frets. I think it looks good. The 2001 will keep its black trim, and it's going to keep its stock pickups. Next mod - d-tuners for the 2001 and 1991.
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Will, may we see?
 
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Larry V said:
I mean, it's a bit gaudy but not ugly by any definition I'd use. I couldn't see spending $10,000 on a bass much less $250,000 so any arguments for or against this bass are meaningless.
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I'll agree that the materials used are individually beautiful for the most part... but IMHO, there's at least 4 basses worth of inlay material on that one bass, which (again... in my opinion) leaves "ostentatious" in the dust & goes straight to gaudy. The body wood is absolutely beautiful... so why they would choose to cut it into such a weird skerglankety little body, is beyond me. Is it beautiful? Yes. Is it a beautiful bass? Not to me.
 
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theFixer said:
I'll agree that the materials used are individually beautiful for the most part... but IMHO, there's at least 4 basses worth of inlay material on that one bass, which (again... in my opinion) leaves "ostentatious" in the dust & goes straight to gaudy. The body wood is absolutely beautiful... so why they would choose to cut it into such a weird skerglankety little body, is beyond me. Is it beautiful? Yes. Is it a beautiful bass? Not to me.
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Perfectly worded! And I was just telling a friend at lunch, “you know, I just don’t think the word ‘skerglankety’ gets used nearly often enough these days” :)

theFixer said:
Damn... looks like that thing was built for that place! It's the only place it would blend in!
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You’d never find it!
 
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dukeorock said:
Beauty is definitely subjective. Heck, my girl still says I’m good looking. My mirror can not confirm her findings :)
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My lady says that too, but my mirror doesn't lie :(

Thunderbird82 said:
Thanks guys. Just wondered if you guys who play thunderbirds use it as purely as a rock bass! I’m finding it quite versatile.
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I play mine for whatever style of music I am playing. Of course most of that is rock, but I find Thunderbirds to be far more versatile than the the general TB population claims.

Gaolee said:
Babicz is installed on the 2001. I hope the pixie dust didn't stick to the 3 point. Intonation is more or less set, and the string heights are about right. I might be able to lower them even more, but there's a point of diminishing return. I don't have the kind of finesse that lets you play with a paperclip's worth of space between the strings and frets. I think it looks good. The 2001 will keep its black trim, and it's going to keep its stock pickups. Next mod - d-tuners for the 2001 and 1991.
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Put the Hipshot Supertone on my 2001 and it didn't chance the unique character of that bass.
 
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theFixer said:
I'll agree that the materials used are individually beautiful for the most part... but IMHO, there's at least 4 basses worth of inlay material on that one bass, which (again... in my opinion) leaves "ostentatious" in the dust & goes straight to gaudy. The body wood is absolutely beautiful... so why they would choose to cut it into such a weird skerglankety little body, is beyond me. Is it beautiful? Yes. Is it a beautiful bass? Not to me.
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It looks like a skerglankety sitar.
 
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