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Thunderbird Club

#98,522
Gaolee said:
No pickup will make a 'Bird nasal and whiny like a Jazz, thank goodness! None will make it sound much like an upright, either. I still want Thunderbuckers in the 1991 someday. The stock pickups were more than adequate, but I needed chrome. So, it got Chinabuckers. They are good, but do not have the same well defined colors and edges as a Thunderbucker, So far as I can tell from recordings. Lollars, Lulls, and Thunderbuckers are all just a little different, but you cannot go wrong with any of them or their variants. String choice makes a difference, too. Chinabuckers with tapes has a sound I am enjoying a lot, even though it has more of a medium maroon sound than the usual black and blue green Thunderbird sound.
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I was experimenting to see how close I could get my VP on bridge pickup only to sound like my jazz on its bridge pickup. With the right EQing on the amp it’s surprising!
 
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Well, off to Paris today for a gig on Tuesday...back on Thurs..

Incidentally, gigged with Dillon Rose last night in Capitola and had a couple of drinks with his dad Jim Rosenberg (recently retired Epi CEO) and we discussed exotic woods and their availability (turns out Korina is a strain of mahogany Gibson invented that name for) and the VP TBird. He explained some of the effort required to offer that fine instrument at such an attractive price. I brought up the topic of a NR VP and expressed the interest out there for an instrument like this. He casually mentioned there was some talk and that he could relay my input..
I told him an NR II would be a compliment to the existing reverse VP line...we'll see.
Anyway, you guys have a great week!
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Well, off to Paris today for a gig on Tuesday...back on Thurs..

Incidentally, gigged with Dillon Rose last night in Capitola and had a couple of drinks with his dad Jim Rosenberg (recently retired Epi CEO) and we discussed exotic woods and their availability (turns out Korina is a strain of mahogany Gibson invented that name for) and the VP TBird. He explained some of the effort required to offer that fine instrument at such an attractive price. I brought up the topic of a NR VP and expressed the interest out there for an instrument like this. He casually mentioned there was some talk and that he could relay my input..
I told him an NR II would be a compliment to the existing reverse VP line...we'll see.
Anyway, you guys have a great week!
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Thanks for putting the bug in his ear. That’s promising that he casually mentioned there was some talk.
 
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Markamb1 said:
...Funny how something that can be your whole life at one point just fades into your past like that. It’s still there, it’s still part of your identity and how you came to be who your are but it’s no longer at the forefront of your mind... I guess you’re too busy developing the next layer of who you are in the stage of your life.
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Well expressed, that notion there.
 
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Gaolee said:
No pickup will make a 'Bird nasal and whiny like a Jazz, thank goodness! None will make it sound much like an upright, either. I still want Thunderbuckers in the 1991 someday. The stock pickups were more than adequate, but I needed chrome. So, it got Chinabuckers. They are good, but do not have the same well defined colors and edges as a Thunderbucker, So far as I can tell from recordings. Lollars, Lulls, and Thunderbuckers are all just a little different, but you cannot go wrong with any of them or their variants. String choice makes a difference, too. Chinabuckers with tapes has a sound I am enjoying a lot, even though it has more of a medium maroon sound than the usual black and blue green Thunderbird sound.
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Always intriguing, that color-oriented reference.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Well, off to Paris today for a gig on Tuesday...back on Thurs..

Incidentally, gigged with Dillon Rose last night in Capitola and had a couple of drinks with his dad Jim Rosenberg (recently retired Epi CEO) and we discussed exotic woods and their availability (turns out Korina is a strain of mahogany Gibson invented that name for) and the VP TBird. He explained some of the effort required to offer that fine instrument at such an attractive price. I brought up the topic of a NR VP and expressed the interest out there for an instrument like this. He casually mentioned there was some talk and that he could relay my input..
I told him an NR II would be a compliment to the existing reverse VP line...we'll see.
Anyway, you guys have a great week!
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Well done, my man
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Well, off to Paris today for a gig on Tuesday...back on Thurs..

Incidentally, gigged with Dillon Rose last night in Capitola and had a couple of drinks with his dad Jim Rosenberg (recently retired Epi CEO) and we discussed exotic woods and their availability (turns out Korina is a strain of mahogany Gibson invented that name for) and the VP TBird. He explained some of the effort required to offer that fine instrument at such an attractive price. I brought up the topic of a NR VP and expressed the interest out there for an instrument like this. He casually mentioned there was some talk and that he could relay my input..
I told him an NR II would be a compliment to the existing reverse VP line...we'll see.
Anyway, you guys have a great week!
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Great! Now yer telling me to spend what little money I have.:eek:
 
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PillO said:
I was walking through the grocery store and there was a little girl in a cart singing "Do You Know the Muffin Man" and I had to smile: initially because I remember my daughter being that age, but then because all I could think about was this song
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I knew that had to be Belew. Wish I could have been there. What a group.
 
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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
Why would you want it sounding like a Jazz?! :vomit:
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I’m enrolled in a Tuesday night jazz “ensemble” class and that’s the tone the instructor seems to like. My daughter is involved in the music school - To keep the peace, I have refrained from telling him to F off.
I have also met some really cool musicians there,
 
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