Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

I love Rickenbackers, especially 4001s. I do love to toss a little trash talk at 7ender but, really we all should be playing what makes us happy regardless of the name on the headstock

ahman Vicky -

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Some of their old stuff is so weird...

almost kinda spooky...

 

[MCF]

Cleaning up the fingerprints on my VP today, I noticed the Rotosounds appear to be contacting the pickup covers at some points in my playing....Kerang!

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The covers do look pretty high. I don’t know those pickups. Is there much of a gap between the top of them and the cover? If not, I’m surprised you’re not getting a ”chorusy”effect.

 

[Engle]

The covers do look pretty high. I don’t know those pickups. Is there much of a gap between the top of them and the cover? If not, I’m surprised you’re not getting a ”chorusy”effect.

I’m not getting that chorus effect. I have other basses with string marks on the pickups - I tend to dig in pretty hard sometimes.

 

[bylar13]

Since @dukeorock & @JJR58 are showing their new basses I figured I could post this, since I just got it back from the shop:

I had the neck pick up moved so that it is 1 1/2 inches from the base of the neck. WAY more low end. It was almost five inches from the neck previously.

I also added a MIJ Jazz neck, 62 Re-Issues, new pickguard from Warmouth and Schaller tuners. This bass sounds so much better with the Lollar pickus now in the "correct" spots!

Here is how the pickups were configured before:

I may add the pickup ring depending. Its a dummy that is glued on.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Since @dukeorock & @JJR58 are showing their new basses I figured I could post this, since I just got it back from the shop:
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I had the neck pick up moved so that it is 1 1/2 inches from the base of the neck. WAY more low end. It was almost five inches from the neck previously.

I also added a MIJ Jazz neck, 62 Re-Issues, new pickguard from Warmouth and Schaller tuners. This bass sounds so much better with the Lollar pickus now in the "correct" spots!

Here is how the pickups were configured before:

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I may add the pickup ring depending. Its a dummy that is glued on.

How cool, bet it sounds phenomenal..

 

[PillO]

A what? We all tell time with cell phones these days. What's a watch do?

Tells you what just came in on your cell so that you don't have to look at it. But you do have to put your readers on...

 

[PillO]

Since @dukeorock & @JJR58 are showing their new basses I figured I could post this, since I just got it back from the shop:
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I had the neck pick up moved so that it is 1 1/2 inches from the base of the neck. WAY more low end. It was almost five inches from the neck previously.

I also added a MIJ Jazz neck, 62 Re-Issues, new pickguard from Warmouth and Schaller tuners. This bass sounds so much better with the Lollar pickus now in the "correct" spots!

Here is how the pickups were configured before:

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I may add the pickup ring depending. Its a dummy that is glued on.

Miller beer?

But very cool otherwise.


Humbuckers>Split Coil>Single coil

 

[ThaCoast]

So after a slight modification, it fits. Not the greatest i might add, as this bass has been built with a slightly larger than normal body so it kinda presses the case a little outwards But my Epi bird fits with no problem, just need to stick a piece of foam under the neck for it to be raised properly. & i can carry my other basses in this too. Overall win, for a used case.

 

[bylar13]

Miller beer?

But very cool otherwise.


Humbuckers>Split Coil>Single coil

Not Miller beer......

 

[PillO]

Out there........
Formanta Bass-l Bass Guitar USSR Soviet Vintage

Bizarro switches, weird plug; love it. Just don't want to use it. I like things that look complicated, but things that I use I like to be simple.

 

[PillO]

Not Miller beer......

It's after 10 pm. Accurate reading no longer guaranteed.

 

[GonePlaid]

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So after a slight modification, it fits. Not the greatest i might add, as this bass has been built with a slightly larger than normal body so it kinda presses the case a little outwards But my Epi bird fits with no problem, just need to stick a piece of foam under the neck for it to be raised properly. & i can carry my other basses in this too. Overall win, for a used case.

That looks like a better built case than the ones they list now.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Miller beer?

But very cool otherwise.


Humbuckers>Split Coil>Single coil

Miller ain't bad..

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

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So after a slight modification, it fits. Not the greatest i might add, as this bass has been built with a slightly larger than normal body so it kinda presses the case a little outwards But my Epi bird fits with no problem, just need to stick a piece of foam under the neck for it to be raised properly. & i can carry my other basses in this too. Overall win, for a used case.

Did you get that case used?! If not from where?! I’ve been looking for that style coffin case ever since I got my Warlock!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Since @dukeorock & @JJR58 are showing their new basses I figured I could post this, since I just got it back from the shop:
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I had the neck pick up moved so that it is 1 1/2 inches from the base of the neck. WAY more low end. It was almost five inches from the neck previously.

I also added a MIJ Jazz neck, 62 Re-Issues, new pickguard from Warmouth and Schaller tuners. This bass sounds so much better with the Lollar pickus now in the "correct" spots!

Here is how the pickups were configured before:

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I may add the pickup ring depending. Its a dummy that is glued on.

prolly look better w/o the neck pickup ring. Something about those humbuckers flush with the pickguard that looks really cool..

 

[JIO]

Since @dukeorock & @JJR58 are showing their new basses I figured I could post this, since I just got it back from the shop:
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I had the neck pick up moved so that it is 1 1/2 inches from the base of the neck. WAY more low end. It was almost five inches from the neck previously.

I also added a MIJ Jazz neck, 62 Re-Issues, new pickguard from Warmouth and Schaller tuners. This bass sounds so much better with the Lollar pickus now in the "correct" spots!

Here is how the pickups were configured before:

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I may add the pickup ring depending. Its a dummy that is glued on.

I dig both versions - the original (modification) is very G&L and the later is more Rick pu position. I'm partial to that L-2000 pu position but only with their pu's and pre. Both are good but I bet the bassier N-pu position is cool.

 

[jpmcbride]

I'm interested in the guard if Nocturnal doesn't take it.(

He already got it. I bet it would look great on the flat black Goth. Here's the link to buy one if you want.
Handmade metal pickguard fits Gibson Thunderbird scratchplate hand engraved bass T Bird

 

[jpmcbride]

Short Scale Gibson Thunderbird Bass. Wow! Has anyone seen or played one, or have one? How do they sound? Can they be found out there? I'd love to get one.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

A what? We all tell time with cell phones these days. What's a watch do?

These days? It watches you.
So now you know who watches the watchers- the watches. And the watch watchers.