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Thunderbird Club
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Never heard that. Cool song. Would sound extra awesome on the Thunderbird.
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How is the neck profile on your Goth? I've found they range from shallow/slim to baseball-bat thick. I've used both on my Teiscobird builds and like both. The hs scallops are different from one to the other also. I've found three different versions.
TT. Was playing this earlier this evening. This bass really plays well. It only wishes I did.
It’s wide at the nut, but fairly thin, not at all baseball bat like. I like it just fine.
I found the same thing.
My first Goth (born in 2017 IIRC) was made in China and had a very narrow neck and nut width. My second Goth, which was made in Korea has basically a P bass neck in width and is a much much better built bass in every way. I haven't looked up the date from the serial number on the Korean Goth yet but for a while it had me thinking the China Goth was a counterfeit.
Would be interesting to see which years had which necks and if there's any consensus on build quality from plant to plant.
Damn, the news about Tim Bogert was a real bring down today. He was unwittingly a huge influence on me, I listened to Cactus and BBA a lot when I was learning to play, but was always trying to more ape guys like Geddy Lee, Jack Bruce, Squire, Barry Oakley, those guys, but listening back I do hear more Bogert than probably any of them besides maybe Glenn Cornick. Even my brother, who I'm currently teaching bass (and got me back into Cactus, since I have to learn the songs again to teach them to him), has commented saying my playing has similarities to Tim. I'm not at that level, but damn am I gonna miss him, I'd rank him up there as my favorite US bass player of the period.
I saw the original quote over on The Gear Page I believe, and it just made so much sense. There's a lot of talk, especially here on TB, that tone is all in the fingers, and I can't say I subscribe to that. It's in the style of play and attack, but if I played the same as I do on an EB-2 with flats into a B-15, it wouldn't be the same tone. And an unamplified bass is nothing without the amp, and I know at this point my tone? Yeah, the vast majority of it comes from using basses strung with rounds into a full Sunn 2000s. It wouldn't be the same into an SVT.
I saw the original quote over on The Gear Page I believe, and it just made so much sense. There's a lot of talk, especially here on TB, that tone is all in the fingers, and I can't say I subscribe to that. It's in the style of play and attack, but if I played the same as I do on an EB-2 with flats into a B-15, it wouldn't be the same tone. And an unamplified bass is nothing without the amp, and I know at this point my tone? Yeah, the vast majority of it comes from using basses strung with rounds into a full Sunn 2000s. It wouldn't be the same into an SVT.
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All the Goth necks I've used were purchased used, so no way of knowing when or where they were made. But as I've said, there are at least a few very different Goth necks/hs's out there. I can only imagine it had to do with where they were made; in China, in Korea, and in Indonesia factories.
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Do you know if they all have the same heel dimensions, (i.e. Will a China Goth neck fit a Korean goth body?)
My 2007 Chinabird (AFAIK, the first year they were built in China?) Has the identical neck & headstock to my older? Korea? bolt-on 'bird. 1.73 nut width.
Neither are a Goth, but the same basic necks should have been used on all models in production at the same time, yes? (maybe?
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My 2007 Chinabird (AFAIK, the first year they were built in China?) Has the identical neck & headstock to my older? Korea? bolt-on 'bird. 1.73 nut width.
Neither are a Goth, but the same basic necks should have been used on all models in production at the same time, yes? (maybe?
We'll never know. It's the same story for certain Fender basses - the 'famous' years/models are exhaustingly documented but other than those - the details of all the rest fall between the cracks.
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Without removing the necks I can only assume they are at least similar as the width at the heal is fairly consistent on any T-bird neck.
I, too, enjoy my copy. I make an effort to not drool too much.
Minor update - I dropped this off at the local small guitar shop shortly after posting the picture, and got it back yesterday. It plays much easier now that it's been set up and the razor edges of the frets along the neck are gone. Basically when I practice there will be more sweat and lots of tears, but not as much blood.
My Goth’s neck is slim taper but wide across the nut. It is from China not sure when but I guess 2011. It also has a gold refurbished sticker so...???
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One of a couple go-to basses in my band is my Teiscobird that has an Epi Goth T-bird neck. It is the baseball-bat variety and I love it. I'm lucky to like a number of neck profiles even as my preference is mostly based on my '64 T-bird.
note how the bevels comes to a peak - some leave a gap and have varying degree of angle of the bevel - I've installed quality Gotoh tuners and a Dunlop Drop-D since this pic.
