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Thunderbird Club

#13,661
tomshepp said:
...Incredible how smashed up that thing is...... I mean, to split that maple neck like that, took some real force...
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Brought to his end, he was.

I'll note that it's still too bad to let a temper tantrum screw you out of something good... Not that I don't spend time visiting that neighborhood on occasion...
 
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#13,662
Just a Chinese pickups data point here. I ordered a set from eBay (8k & 9.2k) on 1/28/2016, just received them today (2/10/2016). Didn't take as long as estimated. Well packed too.

I was planning on putting the 8k in the neck position and the 9.2k in the bridge position. Seeing as how I tend to heavily favor the neck pickup, should I switch that up?

I'm going to work on installing them tonight.
 
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Awhile back I posted that I had a 3 point put on my tokai. It was purley for looks as it just didn't look right not having one. I was worried as it play awsome as it was. My tech really hooked it up. It sits very low and he got the action just as it was.
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Playing with a pick is a different animal. Seems to me that when I'm very attentive and methodical, I can do it for a while. And then a fit of needing to run, or something, begins bubbling to the surface and I drop the thing- just let go of it. To hang onto it is to allow it's limitation to be the rule.

Now that's not necessarily a bad thing, as limitations tend to lead to creative solutions... I'm getting there. You can get a different sound, etc with a pick, and I do want to explore that. It just means giving something up that I'm used to... Leaving the comfort zone. Since playing bass is my one absolute freedom cage, as it were, well it's just a nit's hair short of a sacrifice. But this is an adventure, isn't it?

Just musing.

Annnnnnd, back to work! :)
 
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hillerup said:
I couldn't agree more - but doing it to a vintage bird really is a crying shame, considering the rather limited numbers made... A broken 7ender is just a drop in the ocean in comparison.

With only 1040 Reversed 60's, 718 NR 60's and 1855 Bicentennials they are pretty rate. And given the numbers owned by members of this club and the group on Facebook, we could almost track each and every one of those birds down... :)
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Puts their rarity in perspective. Ones without headstock breaks must be pretty rare indeed.
Their cousin the RD is also pretty rare, particularly the Standard- Artists 2640 & Standard 916. It took a long time to find an ebony Standard. I think I read somewhere there were probably only around 100 made?
 
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