When in doubt....remove...no, joking aside I've seen those installed both ways. Never confirmed the correct wayYep! And my neck pup cover is backwards-came that way(to me)
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IF I get the replacement pickguard, I'll install them the other way. (I'll keep the tug bar w/ the original PG). Or I might go PG-less. Depends on how it looks when I remove it. I have no idea what's under there. Could be a treasure map-or, more likely, an expired lotto ticket.
People quitting smoking might be why they stopped putting them on.
Thanks. But I’m in the fence how it would look with the stock black pickups. I didn’t express myself well.
I’m not ready to go down the ‘all chrome’ rabbit hole.
Totally hear that, I was surprised at how beautiful my 2013 looked without the PG. They dialed in the sunburst nicely.IF I get the replacement pickguard, I'll install them the other way. (I'll keep the tug bar w/ the original PG). Or I might go PG-less. Depends on how it looks when I remove it. I have no idea what's under there. Could be a treasure map-or, more likely, an expired lotto ticket.
Tempted now to remove the PG go back to the black h/w with the Hipshot, stock buckers and a set of La Bella 750Ns, think it would look hella cool
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I don't know, but I love 'em. There are covers on the P, both bridge and pickup, bridge cover on the EB-2, bridge and pickup on the '91. I'm thinking about a bridge cover on the Fenderbird but haven't drilled the holes yet.
Gaolee
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Um, no. Crack.
While I prefer black or sunburst, that's Really nice. Very rich color.
Basvarken
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I don't check in here that often. But I see a few of you have been discussing the bass that I built, the Brooks EB-TB.
The bass is a nine ply neck through construction with the body wings glued to either side.
The neck started out as a long beam of mahogany that was cut to strips on a saw table.
Then I put walnut veneer in between the strips. This pic was taken prior to glueing the nine ply together:
This picture with the masking tape shows the area where the neck and body part have to make an angle (to get the right height for the bridge). The masking tape was a guide for me to mark where I shouldn't plane away the overhanging part the fretboard runs into the body:
Here you can see the slightly raised part where the fretboard will be glued onto:
This is the back of the neck (or center piece actually). Before I shaped the heel. And (obviously) Before I glued the body wings:
Here is a picture taken just before the body wings were glued onto the center piece.
Note the pieces of cardboard on the table. They made sure the thinner body wings were bang in the middle of the thicker center piece:
The bass was sold to a fellow TalkBass user. He lives in Woodhaven.
It wasn't sold via TB though.
Hope this answers your questions. If not, go ahead and ask ;-)
The bass is a nine ply neck through construction with the body wings glued to either side.
The neck started out as a long beam of mahogany that was cut to strips on a saw table.
Then I put walnut veneer in between the strips. This pic was taken prior to glueing the nine ply together:
This picture with the masking tape shows the area where the neck and body part have to make an angle (to get the right height for the bridge). The masking tape was a guide for me to mark where I shouldn't plane away the overhanging part the fretboard runs into the body:
Here you can see the slightly raised part where the fretboard will be glued onto:
This is the back of the neck (or center piece actually). Before I shaped the heel. And (obviously) Before I glued the body wings:
Here is a picture taken just before the body wings were glued onto the center piece.
Note the pieces of cardboard on the table. They made sure the thinner body wings were bang in the middle of the thicker center piece:
The bass was sold to a fellow TalkBass user. He lives in Woodhaven.
It wasn't sold via TB though.
Hope this answers your questions. If not, go ahead and ask ;-)
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Yes I can see it now, that's the trouble looking at these things on phones, you just can't get enough detail
Shame on you for not checking this thread more often
it was me who had seen the thread on my phone rather than my laptop. it looked like there was a set neck joint in there but then built as a through neck and I couldn't understand why but I can see now it is just tape
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I check in a few times per week. But this thread moves fast!Shame on you for not checking this thread more often
Each time when I look, I have to scroll back at least ten pages worth of non Thunderbird related chit chat.
Tort PGs are only available for P basses, all other PGs in tort are made by this guy
I suppose that reminds me of the recent chat on British comedies, the very funny TV series Red Dwarf that is worth watching if you do like the British comedies, I think it was trailed in the US but the humour wasn't understood. I also think a US version was made of a couple of shows or a film but flopped but that might be my imagination.
Another worth a watch is the wonderful Father Ted, an absolute mickey take of the catholic church done in a non offensive and strangely respectful way. Very clever and loved by all over here (even the catholic church)
More madcap comedies are The Young Ones and Bottom, if you can get them on Netflix or something you may (or may not) enjoy them
Another worth a watch is the wonderful Father Ted, an absolute mickey take of the catholic church done in a non offensive and strangely respectful way. Very clever and loved by all over here (even the catholic church)
More madcap comedies are The Young Ones and Bottom, if you can get them on Netflix or something you may (or may not) enjoy them
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For the two people who aren't sick of this...one more single source tune...one note on bass (02 TBird w/Lollars and Cobalt flats) , manipulated to death with iPad apps, then recorded into Logic Pro and mixed
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Since a few days the entire Monty Python series and movies are on Netflix!
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