Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

Just added SD pickups and Hipshot bridge. Sounds amazing. Gotta hunt down some chrome tuners and a black-white-black pickguard...

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Very nice. That is a choice case. Where did you find?

 

[hillerup]

It is a feature of the new BB series
Yamaha - BB435 5-String Electric Bass Guitar - Teal Blue

6-bolt Miter Neck Joint
Miter bolting holds the neck closer and tighter to the body fusing these two separate components into one. Compared to a conventional bolt-on joint, miter bolting offers more efficient transfer of string vibration throughout the body, for improved sustain and outstanding resonance that brings every note to life.

It's beyond me how a product video like the one on the link, actually sells a bass...

Such boring an uninspired sound and playing on that video...

 

[Jakeman]

Very nice. That is a choice case. Where did you find?

As far as I know, that's the original case (bass is 2001) - I actually need to do some work on it, as it's a bit worn and the instrument has a tendency to slide around.

 

[hillerup]

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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This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

 

[hillerup]

Thanks - It started out an overly heavy ash body with sparkle finish. (it was cheap from Stew Mac) I used various widths of forstner drill-bits to remove as much wood as I could from the back. It also has a brass bridge plate on the back that the brass bridge is bolted to like a sandwich to dynamically anchor the bridge into the body. Even removing all that wood - because the neck (ebony/wenge) is heavy - the finished bass is still heavy but not excessively so. The pu is a Novak Darkstar and it has one stacked 500k pot. (V/T) All of that resulted in an amazing instrument regardless of looks. It sounds massive, like a very musical wrecking-ball. I feel that every aspect of it contributed to how it sounds. It wasn't planned out - it evolved and it's alive!

Looks amazing!

But with all those body routings and the heavy ebony/wenge neck - Doesn't it neck dive, then?

 

[hillerup]

That's very cool of you guys to play requests when you know them.

I was at a local bar listening to some friends' band doing covers mostly when a slightly inebriated woman asked the lead singer if they could play a song, don't remember which, and my friend responded with, "We're not a jukebox." TBH, I was a little disappointed to see her dismissed in such a way.

Even if the lady was told that they stick to their playlist it would have been better than the "jukebox" response.

Either that or saying they didn't know the song would be better and less rude than the "jukebox" comment.

 

[hillerup]

Already on

So... Aren't you going to tell us about your new home?

 

[JIO]

Looks amazing!

But with all those body routings and the heavy ebony/wenge neck - Doesn't it neck dive, then?

Thanks! The stock body was crazy heavy, around 6lbs! So even removing lots of wood, the finished bass is around 10lbs and doesn't neck-dive. (upper horn near 12th fret saves it from doing so)

 

[theFixer]

So... Aren't you going to tell us about your new home?

Well... there’s not much to tell. It’s a sh!thole... but it’s a start

 

[Larry V]

Well... there’s not much to tell. It’s a sh!thole... but it’s a start

I couldn't hit the "like" on that comment but I understand. Good luck on making it yours and like I said before, "Onwards and upwards!"

Progress happens when you keep moving forward.

 

[theFixer]

I couldn't hit the "like" on that comment but I understand. Good luck on making it yours and like I said before, "Onwards and upwards!"

Progress happens when you keep moving forward.

Thanks Lar! That’s the plan

Fixin’ to put some carpet down over the plywood floor in the living room right now. Kinda flirtin’ with the idea of some o’ that green indoor/outdoor carpeting. If I pull the diffusers off the heat vents, I could have a little indoor putting green

 

[dukeorock]

Pedalboard is getting ridiculous now

Have one more on the way for pitch based stuff. Still figuring out where I want to put the HPF/LPF. And before you OCD nerds start yapping about the lack of tidiness, I still don’t know how I’m ultimately gonna route everything, so I keep moving stuff. It’ll be all tidied up soon enough

 

[Larry V]

Thanks Lar! That’s the plan

Fixin’ to put some carpet down over the plywood floor in the living room right now. Kinda flirtin’ with the idea of some o’ that green indoor/outdoor carpeting. If I pull the diffusers off the heat vents, I could have a little indoor putting green

Too bad this all didn't go down a couple of months ago. There's a company in Flint, D.E. McNabb Co. Flooring, that sells used Auto Show carpet to the general public at ridiculously low prices. I've known guys that have redone their places for very little money. It might be worth calling them to see what if anything they might have left.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

No. I prefer the rounder sound of flats-currently"Chromes".I DID use rounds years ago but noticed they had a tendency to chew up my fingers and the frets. I never noticed any difference on or off but I wasn't really looking for that. For awhile in the late 70's, I used Ernie Ball"Red Tubies"nylon tape wound and,yes,they were RED. BTW, on my Epi 5 string NR it's a P/J set-up and I rest my thumb on the"P" pup. I rarely use the "J"

Cool. My first TBird (a 78 I bought brand new and got ripped off in Europe 20 years later AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!) had flatwounds. Needless to say, they were not cool at the time so I put a set of GHS Boomers on it and WHOA! I had no control over it anymore. I then took the advice of my music teacher and of a Martin Turner interview and rubbed the strings with BBQ sauce to deaden them! That worked until I realized that I could not get the Piano Bass sound popular in those days, so I started boiling my strings instead as 20 dollars a pop for a Swing Set was a little steep for me back then. I did notice a tone difference with the covers off and suspect it was because of the interaction of the metal cover with the pickup magnetic radiation pattern. An interview with James Jamerson later confirmed this when he mentioned the same thing (and not for reasons of the foam mute in PBass bridge covers) but tone in general. I was thinking of adding these on my Bach for looks..

 

[Gaolee]

Pedalboard is getting ridiculous now
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Have one more on the way for pitch based stuff. Still figuring out where I want to put the HPF/LPF. And before you OCD nerds start yapping about the lack of tidiness, I still don’t know how I’m ultimately gonna route everything, so I keep moving stuff. It’ll be all tidied up soon enough

Just don't let Kat see it. For several reasons.

 

[JJR58]

Well... there’s not much to tell. It’s a sh!thole... but it’s a start

I had to hit the like button, simply cause we all gotta start somewhere, and make things better.

 

[JJR58]

Pedalboard is getting ridiculous now
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Have one more on the way for pitch based stuff. Still figuring out where I want to put the HPF/LPF. And before you OCD nerds start yapping about the lack of tidiness, I still don’t know how I’m ultimately gonna route everything, so I keep moving stuff. It’ll be all tidied up soon enough

How are your box's?

 

[GonePlaid]

Cool. My first TBird (a 78 I bought brand new and got ripped off in Europe 20 years later AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!) had flatwounds. Needless to say, they were not cool at the time so I put a set of GHS Boomers on it and WHOA! I had no control over it anymore. I then took the advice of my music teacher and of a Martin Turner interview and rubbed the strings with BBQ sauce to deaden them! That worked until I realized that I could not get the Piano Bass sound popular in those days, so I started boiling my strings instead as 20 dollars a pop for a Swing Set was a little steep for me back then. I did notice a tone difference with the covers off and suspect it was because of the interaction of the metal cover with the pickup magnetic radiation pattern. An interview with James Jamerson later confirmed this when he mentioned the same thing (and not for reasons of the foam mute in PBass bridge covers) but tone in general. I was thinking of adding these on my Bach for looks..

Hmm. Interesting. My covers were off for years.By the time I put 'em back on,I'd changed strings numerous times and my hearing was headed south so I didn't really perceive any diff. I do recall-barely-that the older EB's had a lever operated felt"thingy"(technical term)that came up just in front of the bridge for muting but other than trying it out I didn't use it. Because my 5 string NR Epi-Bird has P/J pups and no covers it sounds VERY different from the 67. Also has different strings. I like the Epi but it definitely does NOT have that THUNDERBird sound we all know and love! Also, when I sold my '68 EB-3, I wanted it to look original-w/ pup cover-so I had to order one. Not that easy to find!

 

[GonePlaid]

Well... there’s not much to tell. It’s a sh!thole... but it’s a start

May be but it's YOUR sh!thole to do with as you see fit.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Pedalboard is getting ridiculous now
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Have one more on the way for pitch based stuff. Still figuring out where I want to put the HPF/LPF. And before you OCD nerds start yapping about the lack of tidiness, I still don’t know how I’m ultimately gonna route everything, so I keep moving stuff. It’ll be all tidied up soon enough

Is that step programmer just a programable expression pedal?