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Thunderbird Club

#73,362
GonePlaid said:
Yes. My right thumb is on the front pup and right"pinkie"on the rear plucking with index and"bird"(appropriate)fingers. Ring finger just kinda hangs there. I took both of them off at one time and forgot where the hell I'd put them but got lucky and found them again. I like keeping it "as built". I f I wanna get rounder tone-on ballads, thumb goes on neck end,"pinkie"on front cover. Might be "bad"technique but it works for me.. Oh. If I'm using the plectrum,it's between pups.:bassist::)
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The fingers ?
 
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kat888 said:
This is probably controversial ... but I reckon the neck joint is pretty insignificant to the tone of an instrument.

pickups
strings
bridge

As long as the rest is tightly held together it's all good.
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Not particularly controversial as far as I am concerned. It is fact.
 
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Wait a minute, i had this, and it had an ebony board. Ok, 2 Gibsons with ebony boards then.
Old and losin it, that's my excuse.

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#73,370
Fab Superlative said:
I dig the mix & match silver/gold tuner fittings.
And the brass? nut- please elaborate on this a bit more. The score lines between string grooves, do these serve a purpose? or mainly aesthetics?
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Apparently the slots do help by isolating each string section - not sure it really does anything but it was worth trying. Brass nuts can either help or not. I always test a bass I make with a few different types (bone/brass/maple/ebony/tusk) to see which sounds best. I also have made dual material nuts of brass/ebony or brass/tusk or bone. In general this Warmoth neck is on a very special bass that sounds amazing. When you add up all the particulars, I'd have to believe they all contributed to that awesomeness.

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JIO said:
Apparently the slots do help by isolating each string section - not sure it really does anything but it was worth trying. Brass nuts can either help or not. I always test a bass I make with a few different types (bone/brass/maple/ebony/tusk) to see which sounds best. I also have made dual material nuts of brass/ebony or brass/tusk or bone. In general this Warmoth neck is on a very special bass that sounds amazing. When you add up all the particulars, I'd have to believe they all contributed to that awesomeness.

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OK. That's just too cool.:thumbsup:
 
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Mason Nagy said:
I need some help on some replacement pickups. Not really concerning my Thunderbird, but I have a Mexi P Bass that I am going to have routed for a Thunderbird pickup where the split coils normally would be. I am torn between the Thunderbucker Ranch 66S or the Lollars. Any opinions on these two or any other recommendations?
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I went with Lollars.

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JIO said:
Apparently the slots do help by isolating each string section - not sure it really does anything but it was worth trying. Brass nuts can either help or not. I always test a bass I make with a few different types (bone/brass/maple/ebony/tusk) to see which sounds best. I also have made dual material nuts of brass/ebony or brass/tusk or bone. In general this Warmoth neck is on a very special bass that sounds amazing. When you add up all the particulars, I'd have to believe they all contributed to that awesomeness.

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That P-bass is absolutely rIdOnKuLoUs!!! :cool::cool::cool:
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Yeah, I did not want to get into that debate since it's so heatedly discussed. I agree with Kubicki but the best pickups/electronics aren't going to do much for a bass that resonates poorly. In my experience, bolt on necks are brighter but don't sustain as long and lack the depth of a through body. All of this pre EQ of course.
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Just a bizarre thought-if one wants the bass body to resonate,"borrow"the Ziljian(sp?)cymbal formula and craft a body outta that!:laugh:
 
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#73,377
dukeorock said:
Ok, Done driving the girl crazy with this damn looper business...last one for awhile, I swear! Figured out some midi clocking stuff, so my loops don't flam when they retrigger...finally :)
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NICE! I realize you're using the term"flam"as in percussion,but that sounds like something Moe would say to Curly;)
 
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dukeorock said:
Ok, Done driving the girl crazy with this damn looper business...last one for awhile, I swear! Figured out some midi clocking stuff, so my loops don't flam when they retrigger...finally :)
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I hate when they do that... :laugh:
 
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