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Thunderbird Club
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^um yeah, this. Just having some fun.I think most of us are parodying those out in GP that will jump on any mixed drivers. Well designed cabs will work well; poorly designed cabs will sound like. Regardless of number and size of drivers.
There are those that hear a single piece of wisdom, adopt it as their own without any understanding, and parrot it back incessantly. And that is why your Thunderbird sounds terrible, always heads directly for the floor, and then without warning the headstock spontaneously pops off.
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It’s like the beginning of an old science fiction movie
It’s like the beginning of an old science fiction movie
Yep, gonna be invaded by the scariest monsters that are defeated by stairs*Invalid Link Removed
It’s like the beginning of an old science fiction movie
*yes, I know that they can now fly - the result of talentless hacks taking the shortcut to Denoument.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Careful now. You may be going down the same electronica rabbit hole my brother is in. He was a bass player. Now he's a synth, uh, player? I'm not sure if you play or program what he does. It is interesting sounding, whatever it is.
Dia duit. I am 50% Irish and 50% Sicilian. If me wanna say Patty me say Patty.
Hello friends!
One of my tuning keys is worn out but still functional, the handle tends to slip on the shaft when tuning up the G string after tension starts building, I believe it's been deformed inside so the flat side no longer locks it tight since it wiggles compared to the others when the small screw on top is removed.
I'm low key looking for new tuners, however I'm not sure what size I'm looking for and I don't want to de-string it to remove the tuner and measure the hole in the headstock so I'm turning to you my thunder comrades:
Does anybody here perhaps know what size the tuner holes in the Epiphone Thunderbird (Goth) headstock is? I have googled, it has led me to believe it's 14mm but I'd rather have confirmation if possible. =)
One of my tuning keys is worn out but still functional, the handle tends to slip on the shaft when tuning up the G string after tension starts building, I believe it's been deformed inside so the flat side no longer locks it tight since it wiggles compared to the others when the small screw on top is removed.
I'm low key looking for new tuners, however I'm not sure what size I'm looking for and I don't want to de-string it to remove the tuner and measure the hole in the headstock so I'm turning to you my thunder comrades:
Does anybody here perhaps know what size the tuner holes in the Epiphone Thunderbird (Goth) headstock is? I have googled, it has led me to believe it's 14mm but I'd rather have confirmation if possible. =)
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Me: Making Homer Simpson drool noise while saying meeaaaatttttt. drool
Did you make hamburger Paddys yesterday? Oh, boy!
14mm holes on both my Goth & tbird IV. I think I need a set for my VPro.. it's tuners look nice, but the one for the D string is sort of wonky, like it's slipping.
Gaolee
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14mm is about .55 inches. I think Hipshot tuners come in 1/2" sizes, so that might work. I like Hipshot Ultralight tuners a whole lot, and you can get them with cloverleafs. The Thunderbird specific cloverleaf tuners are just a bit smaller than most, so you have to call them and coordinate with them to be sure there's no problem. The regular size clovers work, but overlap slightly, which means there's a small chance of a conflict between adjacent tuners.
This was the best i could do for St. Patty's day.
Those burgers would have been perfect with the above.
Those burgers would have been perfect with the above.
With the addition of the VP and an official baby flock can I get my number?
Pretty sure I am taking the rest of the day off from work
He actually had a series of shows booked starting in May. Still very sad.
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It is quite the rabbit hole, but I love doing whacky electronic stuff. Most of my stuff is ‘experimental,’ which is a nice way of saying ‘unlistenable.’ Most of it involves bass in one way or another, though
Very listenable to me. Quite vibey in fact.
Measure the post diameter across the top. Much as it pains me to say this, you may be better using something with inches on it. All three of mine are 1/2" diameter. Yours will be either 1/2" or 3/8".
[Update:] I have the large post version of these on two of my Birds and they are so good I often don't need to tune for days. Why pay a premium for branded tuners which come out of the same factory?
TK-7566 Single Lightweight Small Post Bass Key
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Butcherboy
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There are different listening 'registers' or 'locations' or whatever. Three chord rock'n'roll and Marshalls on 11 works on a different location to experimental noise making. There's very little music which is truly unlistenable.
