I had D'Addario tapes on the 67 NR for quite awhile. Liked them a lot, but I wanted to try the EBCF's. I might go back to tapes some day, but for now I'm pretty pleased with the Cobalt Flats.
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Thunderbird Club
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Curious as to why? Although I really like my stock one, only mod is the Babicz.
I’ve had my VP for about a month now and am really enjoying it. It plays really well. But the reach for my short arms to the D and G tuners does make me wonder why. Not complaining though, it’s a great bass for the money. Let’s hope when the VP NR finally comes out, they do it with a little smaller headstock.
I could see myself driving that. A blue one would be cool.looks like Chevy got it right, 2020 Corvette with mid engine configuration...first time in person..
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Upper register access, it meets the body at a different location compared to a Gibson.
Man. That’s low.Does anyone else set up his/her Bird for lots of clank? John Entwistle style. Mine is set up very low like all my basses (~1mm action). It gives a lovely clank, but the first fret sometimes frets out depending on the weather (the rosewood absorbs moisture and expands on a rainy day).
Doesn't matter much to me. I get up to the 12th fret about once per gig.
Looks like a blast to drive and a real bang for the buck bargain in the high performance category. That said, I know more than a few Porsche GT3 RS track drivers that aren't concerned about being overtaken by the new C8 on a road course, a quarter mile drag strip, or a top end run.
The same professional level driver in each car would almost certainly clock a faster road course lap time in the rear engine porsche. But as I said earlier, overcoming the disadvantages of a rear engine car vs a mid engine car takes a lot of money and engineering effort, which is why the GT3RS costs magnitudes more than a C8. The Corvette clearly offers 95% of the Porsche performance at 30% of the cost, that's a winning combo in a lot of people's books.
Have fun today! Wish I was there with you. I've hot lapped the C7 at Laguna Seca and it was a blast (a little wild, but still fun). Hopefully I'll get a chance to do it with the C8, should be a huge improvement. Unfortunately our Porsche Club events have all been put on hold this year. Maybe next year will be better.
Interesting article...
2020 Chevy Corvette Z51 vs. 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Track Tests
An actual head to head run with pro drivers would be neat to see - seen a lot of YouTube amature hour stuff but nothing legit so far.
Until the tires lose adhesion and the fun begins.
I play around 10-15 pretty regularly. That is a sweet spot on a lot of basses.
Man, what’s the corkscrew really like? (I’ve only ever done it on the PlayStation!)
Because you can't put tapes on chrome hardware... ?
It's OK, we are all shallow here.
Dumb question my bridge humbucker sounds dull compared to the neck humbucker. Is there something wrong with it or is there anything I can do to fix it?
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I seriously doubt that my conjecture is right--but it is something I would consider doing if I were Gibson/Epi to help avoid that temptation. Because a fake 60s Thunderbird would be WAY more valuable (and way more tempting) than a fake '80s G&L.
Given they way some companies make decisions it may not even be as thought out as my likely silly possibility. Larger companies have a larger pool to draw stupidity from it seems. Small companies margins are such that they generally don't have as much cushion to survive the same levels of weird decisions. In the end, I doubt we will ever know, and if we do find out it may be nothing more than a real head-scratcher.
Maybe Gibson is planning on making a spot on reproduction so the Epi needed to be different! That there boys is some serious crazy talk!
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How does the string height compare between the two?
Its about a quarter to half of and inch difference
Hi. There is no such thing as a dumb question around here. You’re asking about on the white T-bird in your avatar? First thing to try is adjusting pickup height and see/hear if there is a difference. Ask as many questions as you need. Lot’s of help to be had from the group here.
This is much better. I'm not all that fond of modern Corvettes though they are made here. This might have some promise.looks like Chevy got it right, 2020 Corvette with mid engine configuration...first time in person..
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