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Thunderbird Club

Sidewinder is a humbucker. The coils are vertical and perpendicular to the strings, with the pole pieces parallel to the strings in the middle. Rails are sidewinders. So are mudbuckers. I think a large number of Thunderbird pickups are also sidewinders, but I'm not sure. You see what look like pole pieces sticking out of a mudbucker, but really, those aren't like the pole pieces you see coming out of a Fender pickup, Gibson PAF, or P-90.
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Here's a more standard issue, non-sidewinder humbucker design:
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Most all T-bird pu's are standard hum-buckers other the 1st RI's in the mid 70's which were sidewinders.
 
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I so wanna go off on this one. Firehawk?, Unusual Shaped 4 strings, Reliable electric bass?. All yours for the price of 169.00. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese. What crap!

I'm certain it's made of the finest wood-like substance, the bridge is cast lead too!