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Thunderbird Club

#14,961
Korladis said:
11.7k is overwound?
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Compared to these, yes.

Fender Original Jazz Bass Pickup Set
  • Original Jazz Bass Bridge
    DC Resistance: 7.5K
    Inductance: 3.35 Henries

    Original Jazz Bass Neck
    DC Resisitance: 7.25K
    Inductance: 3.2 Henries

DiMarzio Model J

Magnet:Ceramic
Output mV:150
DC Resistance:6.82 Kohm
 
#14,962
Dadagoboi said:
I'm building a lefty ExplorerBird for a customer but strung right handed, I joked I'll be able to play it as a Reverso. I know another Texas guy who learned to play that way. He buys both Lefty and Rghty basses but they're all strung backwards.


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It's actually going to be black/white pick guard with a LH bound and blocked ebony board neck. Pic is a photoshop job.
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VERY NICE, Perhaps you can build me one? I have a local source of tone woods I have been eyeing i.e. Macasara Ebony, Wenge, Claro Walnut, Jatoba etc although been difficult finding compitent luthiers in these parts, I'd rather give a TBer the business then Warwick, if interested please PM me thanks..
 
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#14,963
StephnG said:
VERY NICE, Perhaps you can build me one? I have a local source of tone woods I have been eyeing i.e. Macasara Ebony, Wenge, Claro Walnut, Jatoba etc although been difficult finding compitent luthiers in these parts, I'd rather give a TBer the business then Warwick, if interested please PM me thanks..
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Thanks for considering me for a build! PM sent.
 
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#14,964
StephnG said:
VERY NICE, Perhaps you can build me one? I have a local source of tone woods I have been eyeing i.e. Macasara Ebony, Wenge, Claro Walnut, Jatoba etc although been difficult finding compitent luthiers in these parts, I'd rather give a TBer the business then Warwick, if interested please PM me thanks..
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Some good looking work appears to come from this guy.
 
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#14,966
CharlyG said:
Hey, GC did me good! I first went to Sherman Oaks GC to see the T-Bird IV they had. The one in Northridge is much better! So, I went back to NR, returned my Spider Jam, traded them the 08 bird, and now I have a 15 bird with 1.5" nut!!!!! And came home with some cash....The rosewood on the 08 is better, but hey....they even let me swap strings so I can keep the new Pressurewounds I put on a few days ago

I will endeavor to learn how to do Spider Jam type stuff with computers?tablets/phones... Ableton Live videos, here I come!
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Enjoy your new bird. I love the neck on my '15. The width and shape are perfect for my hand.
 
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#14,967
I've had a Epiphone T-bird Classic for about 2 years? , anyway I've always had a love / hate relationship with it, I like the tone, It plays great, with a wonderful low setup. But it seems like I cant to get enough highs out of it, (I play with a pick),,not really muddy, but muffled sounding.....bummer, : ( , Anyway,,, I've had it in the case all winter, and have since, (around thanksgiving 2015), picked up a GK MB212 combo, but never played the 'bird through her until today. Holy sh*t....!!! it was like the clouds parted and the sun shown down on my tone. Growl for days, snarley, dirty, THE THUNDER was there! I ran out and picked up some Dunlop Superbrights SS, and will toss them on tomorrow. I know this is the bass thread, and not the amp section, but I just wanted everyone to know that the T-bird is for real, if your tone isnt what you were expecting, try some different tone settings or a different amp. GK's and Thunderbirds are a match made in heaven.
 
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#14,968
And so are SVT's and TBirds. My primary head is an SVT-3 Pro, and my spare is A fairly-old-but-recently-tuned-up GK 800 RB. The GK is a brighter voicing, but either of them through a pair of Hartke 410 cabs is pretty nasty. Both my gigging basses are strung with Dunlop Heavy Core "heavier" sets, since we're tuned drop C.
 
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#14,969
All the way with GK!

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#14,970
Couldnt be happier, I pretty much a Rickenbacker guy, ( big Chris Squire fan,,,,sigh,, still mourning,,, ), but have always been an Entwistle fan, so I had to have a 'bird in my stable. I'm just glad its working out now. My previous amp was an ampeg PF500, it never really got the tone I was looking for and it eventually crapped out, and picked up the MB 212 to replace it..... I've had the GK big iron in the past, 700RB, probably the best amp I've owned, but I foolishly sold it. The MB 212 is an incredible combo if a combo is what you need, 500 watts, 2-12" Neo's, all wrapped up into a 39 lb package. I'll try to post a pick if I can.
 
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#14,973
Dadagoboi said:
Compared to these, yes.

Fender Original Jazz Bass Pickup Set
  • Original Jazz Bass Bridge
    DC Resistance: 7.5K
    Inductance: 3.35 Henries

    Original Jazz Bass Neck
    DC Resisitance: 7.25K
    Inductance: 3.2 Henries

DiMarzio Model J

Magnet:Ceramic
Output mV:150
DC Resistance:6.82 Kohm
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Ah, okay. I mainly play Rickenbackers, (with current pickups) though, not Fenders, so I'm used to about 11-12k for a single coil pickup.

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Couldnt be happier, I pretty much a Rickenbacker guy, ( big Chris Squire fan,,,,sigh,, still mourning,,, ), but have always been an Entwistle fan, so I had to have a 'bird in my stable. I'm just glad its working out now. My previous amp was an ampeg PF500, it never really got the tone I was looking for and it eventually crapped out, and picked up the MB 212 to replace it..... I've had the GK big iron in the past, 700RB, probably the best amp I've owned, but I foolishly sold it. The MB 212 is an incredible combo if a combo is what you need, 500 watts, 2-12" Neo's, all wrapped up into a 39 lb package. I'll try to post a pick if I can.
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I mainly play Rickenbackers, too. But I don't really go for glassy highs. Don't even have a cab capable of putting them out (mine rolls off around 5khz). I mainly go for the bridge pickup only sound from my 4001 and 4003. Putting the Epiphone in series gives me a similar sound to that.
 
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