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Thunderbird Club

#15,662
Andii Syckz said:
Yes they are on-on mini switches since it's one for each pickup to coil tap.



You could have Outer coil/humbucker/inner coil wiring on each pickup, or you could have series/parallel/single coil or even Humbucker/off/single coil. Really depends what you're after tone wise. here's a site that's useful for wiring like this Invalid Link Removed. i use it a lot when it comes to weird wiring that i'm after tone wise



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Or you can have something crazy like this
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Best of luck!
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Sometimes great ideas die before they ever get to materialize...

Appears that eventhough the Epi Pro pickups are indeed splitable, they don't have 4 conductors, but only 3... :(

As wired from the factory only 2 conductors are used (hot + ground) - The 3rd conductor is not used, but can be used to split the humbucker into a single coil. But with a reading of only 3.45k per coil it's hardly worth the bother...

Gonna try with either one 3-way toggle + one DPDT On-On mini switch to do parallel/series switching, or two DPDT On-On mini switches, which will allow me to switch between parallel/series and also switch between pickups.
 
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redstrand said:
When they're in series they act as one pickup, you only have one volume at that point. It just sounds killer in a mix
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Sartori said:
For whatever reason, on mine, even if I have one pickup selected (I had the tone control removed and a pickup switch added in its place), the neck is louder than the bridge pickup. This is not the case in parallel.
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redstrand said:
You'll need an on/on switch with 6 lugs underneath
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veebass said:
That is the case with my Jazz that is wired series/ parallel. The bridge volume is out of circuit.
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Sorry for reviving a 42 pages old discussion but I just recenly found this alternative parallel/series wiring schematic on another TB thread, which may be of interest for the club.

It appears that it's actually possible to make parallel/series wiring without taking one of the voloume pots out of the equation when i series mode, as previously posted...

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#15,665
redstrand said:
It still takes it out when you switch it, I have a separate switch. I got my tbird for cheap and just drilled another hole to accommodate the switch. Worse case I could wire it 2 volumes 2 tones. With stock pickups it stays in series.
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Hmmm... Interesting....

This is the thread from where I lifted the diagram, and they insist both volumes work independently:

wiring geddy in series

What does your 2nd switch do?
 
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#15,670
hillerup said:
Oh, its been answered alright and I've sent Larry tracings from a bunch of my Epi birds.

But the really short answer is:

Pickguard shapes and screwholes differ as night and day, and aren't interchangeable...

The Pro and the Classic Pro are probably the ones which are closest.
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I have a Goth, Pro IV, and a IV(bolt on). The dimentions listed for my three Birds fit perfectly. I was just throwing this into the mix in jopes of helping Larry with any confusion there may/may not be. Keep it, throw it away, makes no difference.
 
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NBD has just occurred!

Thanks to Andy, I was able to snag this beauty and there isn't a scratch or a nick on her! There is one thing that isn't stock as far as I know and it's not a deal breaker for me but it makes me shake my head a bit on why it was done. Lol

Anyway, here's some pics.

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So I finally have my SS Thunderbird and it's time to unload my SG Bass.
 
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Larry V said:
NBD has just occurred!

Thanks to Andy, I was able to snag this beauty and there isn't a scratch or a nick on her! There is one thing that isn't stock as far as I know and it's not a deal breaker for me but it makes me shake me shake my head a bit on why it was done. Lol

Anyway, here's some pics.

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So I finally have my SS Thunderbird and it's time to unload my SG Bass.
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So is that white paint on the edge of the headstock or did they actually remove wood?
 
#15,677
Larry V said:
It's silver paint. Odd that.

Edit: Now you've got me wondering, Scott. Is the headstock not supposed to be recessed on that one side where the silver paint is?
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Honestly not sure I had one for about a minute can't remember oneway or the other. Either way flat black touches up easy if you are inclined. I would use Mohawk flat black.
 
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