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Thank you.
Yes, generally. I have two Js and they have a very different lows than the Thunderbirds. I'm not good at describing tonal textures, but I would say the Thunderbird lows are thicker, and sound lower as well. The VPs don't seem to have the lows of my '64 or the '06--or the '64 Embassy for that matter. The modern Thunderbirds are the monsters of low! Due to the PUs and the neck PU placement.
Yes! A fellow Dead Head. Red Rocks is one of my favorites.
I've built a few basses but I'm no Luthier by a long shot. That said, when playing a bass in a mix I just don't really notice any difference between neck through, set neck or bolt on. When noodling around in the practice room I think I feel a bit more sustain and maybe a slightly different attack and decay with my neck through birds vs my set or bolt birds, but it's very subtle and could just as easily be confirmation bias.
Oh snap! I forgot the new Schallers are single piece buttons. Sorry.Discovered a flaw in that plan, I have
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...I forgot the screw & button are one-piece
But, making progress on my test-run for the other end!
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went well! thx...the stock bridge pup on the 13 NR continues to be a PITA as the bottom screw (controls side) slowly comes undone (forgot about this since the bass sported three screw 70's winders for a while) and starts rub on the G string (I know ahem) making it useless...then I remember and screw it down and all good until next time....don't wanna super glue it down a' la Fred Flintstone soo trying to figure out how to fix it....no spring? different screw? dunno..
They are touching? Can that happen?..... Oh, I get it. The pic of you is where you are staring at them in utter disbelief.......
How did the gig go with the BBs?
) with steel rounds for some of the more synthy 80's stuff, thing is, with yesterday's BL we go from a pool of great Bay Area players but you never know who's showing up to play so....
Ooh nice don’t see many of those non reversible it’s called ain’t it confusing as that came 2nd to reversible you’d think it’d be the other way around all the same shame they don’t do any more rereleased versions in 6 string to well exact replicas like the 60s with custom colours been in standard that’s why I like fender they’re great instruments that you can get custom colours that won’t cost upwards of £2500^
yeah definitely...people kept their distance, actually doable if the venue is large enough..to answer your question the short cutie is this gal (Darby)..
California Casualty works pretty well..
Have you tried removing the offending screw, inserting a toothpick in the screw hole and snapping off the excess, then reinserting the screw? Probably no glue needed.
That started out the heavy dark burst?
I have a '15 and can say it is close. The Flamingo ('91) is close. But the '01 is the pixie dust bass. All are Gibsons. I have other bass guitars, but those are the ones that have the little extra.
From a playability and feel standpoint, it's a Gibson Thunderbird. From a sound standpoint, it has the amazing DiCola pickups and coil tapping. I put tapes on mine to see how that would work. Just fine, as it turns out. The pickup magnets could move a Volkswagen, so you have to lower the pickups instead of raising them. If you want overdrive, they will blow things up if you let them. Or you can get a much sweeter sound out of them. It's hard to explain all the tone colors that come out of that bass. I haven't found any strings that don't work on it, either.
