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Thunderbird Club
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I'll checkThink your ballot's wrong. Didn't option 1 get 4 votes and option 2, 3 votes?
I've recounted and so far we have:
I voted for 1 BTW
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1 ______5
2 ______9
3 ______1
4 ______1
5 ______1
I voted for 1 BTW
Number Votes
1 ______5
2 ______9
3 ______1
4 ______1
5 ______1
I've done it b4. They put me and the drummer on a barely large enough riser in a corner behind the horns. The band is run by the horn men so, of course, they have room. This gig happens the first and third Wednesday each month. Their regular bassman needed time off and asked me to do it. Nuttin' else happ'nin' on a Wednesday, so why not? Helps me keep my reading chops in shape, too.
I fancy doing the text in a very dark shell just enough to give in brand identity on closer inspection but not enough to jump out and catch your eye. I'm getting out voted though
Realizing you asked our opinion, my question is whose bass is it?I fancy doing the text in a very dark shell just enough to give in brand identity on closer inspection but not enough to jump out and catch your eye. I'm getting out voted though
Only one of them is mine, the other has to appeal to some unfortunate soulRealizing you asked our opinion, my question is whose bass is it?
MSRP please..Only one of them is mine, the other has to appeal to some unfortunate soul
can't help it (and not to offend anyone) but the no text for some reason reminds me of a cheap pack of Chinese cigarettes..I fancy doing the text in a very dark shell just enough to give in brand identity on closer inspection but not enough to jump out and catch your eye. I'm getting out voted though
Don't know yet I need to work out how long it takes to make actual hands on bass but not as expensive as you may think, I am retired and this is just a hobby with a small extra income
So you would make a 7enderbird upon request?
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Psssst. There is text on your example...
No problem at all, did you see mine?
Ha! I knew that of all people it would be you lol. I jut said "it reminds me off"..
I did and I like it a lot.
I would suspect that one would be easier since you don't have to make a neck? Do you spray and do the final finish as well?
Still got the jigs for it
That one had an Allparts licenced neck, I'm on the lookout for a comfortable bound and blocked Jazz neck for it, I can't get on with the P neck at all. Yes I spray them with nitro, it's what I know really. The polishing was done with wet/dry down to 3000 grit then Farcells G10 and G12 on foam pads to get the gloss
Nice. If I recall, Entwistle used a P neck on his which makes me wonder, why would someone trade in the tapered beauty of a Bird neck for a P neck...hmmm...Still got the jigs for it
That one had an Allparts licenced neck, I'm on the lookout for a comfortable bound and blocked Jazz neck for it, I can't get on with the P neck at all. Yes I spray them with nitro, it's what I know really. The polishing was done with wet/dry down to 3000 grit then Farcells G10 and G12 on foam pads to get the gloss
Does the J neck have the same heel dimensions of the P?
They do, they are interchangable, there is a slight difference in the taper but it's so negligible I wouldn't worry about it.
Apparently Entwistle quoted that his fingers felt cramped on the bird neck. He must have had fingers like that face hugging thing on the "Alien" films
I love the Tbird neckHere's the quote from John Entwistle Gear: 1971-1974 | John Entwistle Bass Gear | Whotabs
From October 1994, Guitar World interview
Also, around Quadrophenia was when I changed to Gibson Thunderbird basses. Either Thunderbird or Fender/Thunderbird hybrids. I had bodies made with the Thunderbird pickup and bridge. The bridge is positioned a sixteenth of an inch forward of where it is on the stock Thunderbird. And I put Fender necks on because the Thunderbird necks were too thin on top.
From November 1975, Guitar Player interview
Once I realized the Thunderbird was the bass I was going to be playing for a few years, I panicked because they stopped making them. I went to Link Removed [156 West 48th St., New York, NY 10036], and told them to buy up the whole stock, so consequently I got ten two-pickup Thunderbirds. Some of them had harmonic, microphonic pickups, so I couldn’t use them, and with the rest, I just couldn’t get the action as low as I wanted. So I used the pickups and hardware and bought some blonde Fender Precision necks and had some old style Thunderbird bodies built for the Fender necks to fit, and I’ve been using them on stage more than the Thunderbirds. I use them for recording as well. Blonde Precision necks are my favorites; those and Rickenbackers. Thunderbird necks tend to be too thin down at the bottom. I get my fingers all tangled up when I go to the first fret.
From October 1994, Guitar World interview
Also, around Quadrophenia was when I changed to Gibson Thunderbird basses. Either Thunderbird or Fender/Thunderbird hybrids. I had bodies made with the Thunderbird pickup and bridge. The bridge is positioned a sixteenth of an inch forward of where it is on the stock Thunderbird. And I put Fender necks on because the Thunderbird necks were too thin on top.
From November 1975, Guitar Player interview
Once I realized the Thunderbird was the bass I was going to be playing for a few years, I panicked because they stopped making them. I went to Link Removed [156 West 48th St., New York, NY 10036], and told them to buy up the whole stock, so consequently I got ten two-pickup Thunderbirds. Some of them had harmonic, microphonic pickups, so I couldn’t use them, and with the rest, I just couldn’t get the action as low as I wanted. So I used the pickups and hardware and bought some blonde Fender Precision necks and had some old style Thunderbird bodies built for the Fender necks to fit, and I’ve been using them on stage more than the Thunderbirds. I use them for recording as well. Blonde Precision necks are my favorites; those and Rickenbackers. Thunderbird necks tend to be too thin down at the bottom. I get my fingers all tangled up when I go to the first fret.
