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So as I posted previously, I'm going to install Thunderbuckers and chrome everything out on my Epi Pro 5. I need to decide what passive control setup I want to go with. VOL/VOL/TONE is the obvious choice but I guess VOL/passive blend/Tone is an option too. Does anyone have advice or suggestions for the 4th knob? Would a series/parallel switch work with the Thunderbuckers? A kill switch is an idea but not that useful to me. I'd like to find some use for it although a dummy knob could be a last resort.


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I think the funnest part of this club is seeing the new members discovering the love of the Bird and telling us about it. That's fun because every single one of us has been there and done exactly the same thing. :D

We're eight new members away from one hundred more members since I joined. The family keeps on growing.
 
So as I posted previously, I'm going to install Thunderbuckers and chrome everything out on my Epi Pro 5. I need to decide what passive control setup I want to go with. VOL/VOL/TONE is the obvious choice but I guess VOL/passive blend/Tone is an option too. Does anyone have advice or suggestions for the 4th knob? Would a series/parallel switch work with the Thunderbuckers? A kill switch is an idea but not that useful to me. I'd like to find some use for it although a dummy knob could be a last resort.


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How about VVTT plus a 3 position microswitch....
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Very nice, yeah two tone knobs could be cool, don't have a bass with dual tone knobs. What does the 3 pos switch do?

Lets you select neck, bridge, or both pickups. I got an Oxford comma in there too!
 
Count, I see you have a 370 and 301. I haven't played my 'Bird into the 360 stack yet, but I'm looking forward to it. A Thunderbird through a big ol' pile of Acoustic Control stack will be sonic bliss!

Well the way this Thunderbird arrived on my doorstep, so to speak, was by letting go of the old Acoustic rig.

I live in a house that sets above the street, and you enter the basement by way of rough, mortared stone steps, and on a good day the cartage of big heavy gear is an often unwelcome addition to my day... I'm a carpenter for a living, and sometimes you want your fun to be just a little less work!

In winter it's a hazard when it gets icy and the piles heap up- I've hit the deck more than once with a big heavy cab. Also I'm not riding the Gravy Train, and have to make decisions about how happy I get to be with gear! Lol, a common problem to be sure. So it's gone, sadly, but it's created opportunity for my participation in this conference of the Birds, as it were.

Still got my Ampeg tank and trusty Trace head, so I don't feel too ill-served by circumstance. But it's ok that I didn't get the chance to dial the Thunderbird in with the 371! Still, I've got enough to be happy with. I'd come to terms with it all, am of good conscience. The guy who has it was heavily vetted (lol) and it's got a good home.
 
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And so it begins- in my corner... Where do you 'Bird cats go for aftermarket parts? I have noticed the pickguard on my bass, that it's a little less than regulation. Mods are legal in my musical instrument life, but some things, they just "ought to be". So I'm looking out for a T-Bird scratch-plate that'll suit an Epi Pro-IV...
Thanks!
 
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And so it begins- in my corner... Where do you 'Bird cats go for aftermarket parts? I have noticed the pickguard on my bass, that it's a little less than regulation. Mods are legal in my musical instrument life, but some things, they just "ought to be". So I'm looking out for a T-Bird scratch-plate that'll suit an Epi Pro-IV...
Thanks!

On the PG, Larry V should be your first stop.
 
So as I posted previously, I'm going to install Thunderbuckers and chrome everything out on my Epi Pro 5. I need to decide what passive control setup I want to go with. VOL/VOL/TONE is the obvious choice but I guess VOL/passive blend/Tone is an option too. Does anyone have advice or suggestions for the 4th knob? Would a series/parallel switch work with the Thunderbuckers? A kill switch is an idea but not that useful to me. I'd like to find some use for it although a dummy knob could be a last resort.


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Not really in the market for a 5 string but love the finish on this one!