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Thunderbird Club

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Scott, (GodofThunder59) is my Thunderbird brother from another mother!
If ever there was a Bass made just right for someone, it's a Non Reverse Thunderbird and Scott.
 
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Liam McMonigle said:
I'm actually scottish but reside in England! ;)
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Even better! In all sincerity Scotland is the one place I haven't visited that I very dearly want to, so very beautiful - I'm quite jealous!
 
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TBird1958 said:
Even better! In all sincerity Scotland is the one place I haven't visited that I very dearly want to, so very beautiful - I'm quite jealous!
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Oh yeah, cos Glasgow is beautiful...:p


In seriousness I love the highlands of Scotland, I went up to live in a little cottage, miles from anything, surrounded by woods and ravines etc, it was so therapeutic, being away from any civilisation for a few days, and there was a fresh water stream from the mountain behind us which you could drink out of. Great experience
 
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TBird1958 said:
Even better! In all sincerity Scotland is the one place I haven't visited that I very dearly want to, so very beautiful - I'm quite jealous!
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Sign me up for that trip too!!!

Never been to Scotland, but would love to...

We must not forget all those great things that have come out of Scotland: Midge Ure, The Skids, Big Country, Simple Minds... and Bay City Rollers! ;)
 
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Well, one of the most sought after finished for an original Thunderbird is Inverness Green :)



This place is less than a mile from my home.....210 varieties of Scotch!
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So I finally got myself a decent chromatic tuner and sat down to dial in my Studio 5. I put in stronger P/U springs and slightly longer P/U screws to allow me to bring the bridge P/U closer to the strings. Two hours and a busted D string later and its intonation is damn near perfect across the fretboard. My B string is a bit sharp at the octave but at that frequency it's unnoticeable to my ear but not to the tuner. I ran out of saddle adjustment.

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Well, as promised (after a month of waiting), here's a pic of my new Epiphone Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro.
I was going to take a shot of it next to my rig but I didn't end up making it to my jam, as I shattered my car's rear window when I closed my hatch on the tip of my speaker cab & spent an hour cleaning that mess up. :(

Here it is next to my Fender Modern Player Jazz Bass Satin.
They're almost polar opposites in colour scheme. lol
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Haji said:
Is it possible to get chrome tuner paddles by themselves instead of replacing the entire tuner? I'd like to swap the paddles rather than replacing all the machines on my Epi Goth. I suspect I already know the answer to that question, but I'm gonna throw it out there anyway.
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If it's a Goth, wouldn't you want to keep it all black? That said, I replaced the tuners on my Gibson and the Hipshot tuners look and perform better than the Grovers. Cost about $100 to replace them if that matters.
 
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TBird1958 said:
Scott, (GodofThunder59) is my Thunderbird brother from another mother!
If ever there was a Bass made just right for someone, it's a Non Reverse Thunderbird and Scott.
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Thanks Mark I feel the same.:) Me and Tbirds go way back I have been playing them exclusively since '76. I got my first NR in '78 and never looked back. I don't have a exact count but I have at least 5 60's NRs and 15 others Thunderbirds of various stripes.
 
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Most of my basses have Rotosound RS 66LD one them. Fortunately these are available locally. Flats I use on Hofners and my fretless basses I buy off ebay, same for the occasional B string for the one bass I have strung BEAD. $8.54 shipped sounds like a deal to me.
 
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I wish I could buy local... just taking a drive and buying what I want would be excellent but GC doesn't carry much variety and they're my only music store even close and they're a 25 minute drive one-way just to have them tell me, "I can order it for you."

I did buy my Chromatic tuner from them the last time I was in though so I do try to buy brick and mortar whenever possible.
 
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