Thunderbird Club

[bylar13]

Interesting mish-mosh here:

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Bicentennial era pick ups
Older 3 Point Bridge
Gibson Tuners from a Victory bass maybe?
2001 body

 

[JIO]

The thought of driving a bike in Austin these days does not amuse me; the roads are over-crowded and the influx has brought a lot of insane drivers and increased road rage quite a bit. But in general, I will always enjoy two wheels more than four, except in atrocious weather. Merely miserable weather turns out to be merely annoying.

The Bay Area is totally over-congested when it comes to cars. Two-wheels takes advantage of the ideal when it comes to non-biz arteries - once away from the rat-race, the real CA 'dream' expands in front of your front wheel.

 

[JJR58]

Interesting mish-mosh here:

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Bicentennial era pick ups
Older 3 Point Bridge
Gibson Tuners from a Victory bass maybe?
2001 body

Uh,... no rhyme or reason here.

 

[JJR58]

The Tundra.

 

[fasterpussycat]

That’s a cool looking bass!

Yeah, I think another Thunderbird would have to be NR. But there are Jack Casadys and EB3Ls out there I don't need either.

At the moment there are higher priorities = recording equipment, Elf rehearsal amp, Roland sample pad ...

 

[Klondike]

Sweet! We hauled bikes every summer to the campground at Lake Hume in Sequoia Nat’l Park and rode the fire service roads. I forgot to mention, we had a newer Suzuki 120 that had the tranny with the switch for trail to road gearing. Downside was it was a three speed. On mine, you had to move sprockets, but it was a four. Saw my first bear riding one summer. I was like twelve. Good times!

A few years back I found myself close to the Sequoia National Forest. I was on my Suzuki Bandit (1200). Wow that was cool and dangerous! Hard to look at the road with all those trees, they are huge! And them there are the switchbacks!

 

[JJR58]

The Crux of the biscuit, is the Apostrophe.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The Crux of the biscuit, is the Apostrophe.

Apostrophe Now!

What a weird movie.

 

[JJR58]

 

[JJR58]

Mile after mile.

 

[fasterpussycat]

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That M6 is far too big and powerful for that apartment Jeff. I'm a nice person and will be happy to look after it for you. No charge.

 

[PillO]

Yeah, I think another Thunderbird would have to be NR. But there are Jack Casadys and EB3Ls out there I don't need either.

At the moment there are higher priorities = recording equipment, Elf rehearsal amp, Roland sample pad ...

And a JC. A red one.

 

[PillO]

The Crux of the biscuit, is the Apostrophe.

Dude, don't drop acid and post.

 

[GBassNorth]

I have never had a problem changing Thunderbird strings. Maybe I am doing it wrong.

Actually I think MCF was following the EB Cobalt instructions to the letter, which I've never done. I insert the string end into the center hole of the tuner then wrap once or twice around the post, insert ball end in the bridge and tighten to pitch with the tuner key. I think they recommend you insert the end of the string in the tuner hole then wrap half way around the post, then route thru the post split and wrap the other direction. Sounds overly complex to me.

Like any good scientist, you catalogue the criticisms that can be leveled then belittle the criticisms and those who would make them.
There are people doing real science. Unfortunately, it looks like many of the academics are not amoungst them.
But we should talk market research some time. Sometimes done as well thought out GIGO.

Hey, where would modern science be without belittling and berating deniers.
Academia nuts, roasted, salted or unsalted - still just nutz
I do plenty of market research, you hit the nail on the head. Between stacked focus groups and selective data sets, a lot of it is GIGO.

I now have a bass storage area which isn't the floor.
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Awesome!
You realize the mod is challenging you to see who can fill that void the fastest. Shoes and trucker jackets or basses and gear - the race is on!
We're all pulling for you! (Or maybe pushing you)

 

[JJR58]

Dude, don't drop acid and post.

Seriously, none of that crap for me.

 

[JIO]

Apostrophe Now!

What a weird movie.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yeah, I think another Thunderbird would have to be NR. But there are Jack Casadys and EB3Ls out there I don't need either.

At the moment there are higher priorities = recording equipment, Elf rehearsal amp, Roland sample pad ...

I had an Epi EB3L. Sounded great but the body's not enuff to counterbalance the extra neck length. Hadda sell it.(FWIW, JME)

 

[dukeorock]

Yeah, I think another Thunderbird would have to be NR. But there are Jack Casadys and EB3Ls out there I don't need either.

At the moment there are higher priorities = recording equipment, Elf rehearsal amp, Roland sample pad ...

Makes sense. I love my T Birds, but don’t need a roomful of em. Too many other ways to annoy the neighbors

 

[TBird1958]

Now, where's the fried chicken and undies pulled down to the ankles?

Don't go telling everyone, you silly!

 

[GBassNorth]

Note: just updated post 117205 to reflect new string selection and set up completion on the 2015 bird. It now reads as follows:

2015 Gibson Thunderbird = 2 to 8 slight lower mid hump, massive punch
2013 Gibson Golden Anniversary Bird = 3 to 7 no mid hump, slight scoop, good punch
2017 Epiphone Gibson Thunderbird VP = 3 to 9 slight high mid hump, strong punch
2017 Epiphone Goth Thunderbird stock = 4 to 6 significant mid hump, no punch
2017 Epiphone Goth Thunderbird modded = 1 to 9 significant mid hump, strong punch

I was in fact able to drop the action quite a bit with the new strings and at the same time was also able to raise the pickups closer to the strings without imparting too much unnecessary magnetic pull on the strings from the pickups. The action is now 1/16" clearance from the top of the 12th fret to the bottom of the E string (that's about half of what I was able to get with the Cobalt flats). The neck pickup has also been raised to a 5/32" clearance on the E string side.

Yes, I'm still getting a bit of phase/chorus on the G string but not anywhere else. Because of that I'll probably not reach for this bass as a first choice on orchestra, jazz and quiet passage type work where I might need to be spot on lockstep with a keyboard or other high octave instrument. But this thing just flat out screams bloody murder as it punches a crater in your chest. Perfect for Rock, reggae, alternative, club dub, electro trance, disco, country and so many other settings. Still not convinced the R Coccos are the best string for this bass but I've come to the conclusion that a light or medium gauge round or flat nickel or tape that's not overly prone to be drawn into magnetic fields is the right choice for these pickups.