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Oh wait, I have a beer. Maybe just bring me another.
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Thunderbird Club
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Help! I've fallen and I can't get up.
Oh wait, I have a beer. Maybe just bring me another.
I know! I need to upgrade my boot game
@fdeck shares circuits IIRC
Have you heard the “studio run through” version?
...You had too many and fell over?
But good save on the beer. Headstock OK?Nice, what did you have in your signal chain to record this clip? Sounds great.
Also, I once suggested that a jazz-funk band I was in should cover Black Night. I was outvoted.
Yep. A band at the peak of musicianship. Squire was so amazing. An example of why I think the HOF is a joke. Waiting until he passed to admit them was a travesty.
I used the Thunderbird to a Tech21 DP3X (Dug Pedal) to Aguilar AG 700 playing very low through my SL410x/SL210x Stack.
Let’s talk some settings and tones. Now that I’ve had some more time to play my new Tbird.
First off this bass is super fun to play. It’s way lighter weight than it appears as well.
What is the consensus on setting Pickup height? On most my basses I set the pickups as close to the strings without hitting, usually for maximum output.
Will they sound better lowered down some?
So far my fav settings are tone on full, either both pickups on full or either one rolled off a tad. I can’t decide my favorite yet. From what I’ve played so far I feel the classic Tbird tone is Tone and both pickups full.
I’m not sure if I like the neck pickup solo’d but the bridge pickup solo’d starts to get into Ric territory which is pretty cool because I love Rics. Actually the feel of the Tbird reminds me more of my Rics than any other bass I’ve played. The ergonomics or neck-through feel or thin body or all of the above puts Birds and Rics in the same family imo.
Anyway, now I’m just rambling, but I’m loving this bass alot and I’m wondering where you all set your pickup height and what some of your favorite setting are?
Also I’d be curious if anybody makes a big single coil Bird sized pickup? That might be cool.
First off this bass is super fun to play. It’s way lighter weight than it appears as well.
What is the consensus on setting Pickup height? On most my basses I set the pickups as close to the strings without hitting, usually for maximum output.
Will they sound better lowered down some?
So far my fav settings are tone on full, either both pickups on full or either one rolled off a tad. I can’t decide my favorite yet. From what I’ve played so far I feel the classic Tbird tone is Tone and both pickups full.
I’m not sure if I like the neck pickup solo’d but the bridge pickup solo’d starts to get into Ric territory which is pretty cool because I love Rics. Actually the feel of the Tbird reminds me more of my Rics than any other bass I’ve played. The ergonomics or neck-through feel or thin body or all of the above puts Birds and Rics in the same family imo.
Anyway, now I’m just rambling, but I’m loving this bass alot and I’m wondering where you all set your pickup height and what some of your favorite setting are?
Also I’d be curious if anybody makes a big single coil Bird sized pickup? That might be cool.
Pickups as high as possible. Tone and neck pickup on full, bridge pickup rolled off a little.
I play with a pick and find I need to back the pickups down a tad below max height to keep the signal from getting kinda ratty.
I keep the neck pick up on full, bridge pickup on about 7 or 8 and tone on full.
they do that over and over. Travesty is correct.
I too play with a pick. 
For pickup height, I run the screws down until they just start to pull down the pickup, then about 1 full turn more (making sure, though, that the pickup sits level, because ocd
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Neck pickup full, bridge pickup 7-ish, tone 7-8.
For pickup height, I run the screws down until they just start to pull down the pickup, then about 1 full turn more (making sure, though, that the pickup sits level, because ocd
).Neck pickup full, bridge pickup 7-ish, tone 7-8.
..Damn! It’s a Picassobird!
I like my tone on the darker side than many here.
The norm for my birds (not including the 2015 bird, it's a whole different story) is ...
neck pup up as high as it can go without contacting the strings when depressed at the last fret
bridge pup set the same or lower
Neck volume at about 8
Bridge volume off normally but sometimes as high as 5 if needed
Tone anywhere between 0 and 5
A great pour. It has been a little scarce here locally since this pandemic stuff started. Although I haven’t made a concerted effort to find it, the local place I usually get it hasn’t had any in stock for a few weeks.
