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Thunderbird Club

#1,702
Finally got my latest Bird out to a gig, enjoying the heck out of playing it, in spite of the heftier neck, as compared with the rest of my Gibson & Epi Birds:



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bassplayer8953 said:
Finally got my latest Bird out to a gig, enjoying the heck out of playing it, in spite of the heftier neck, as compared with the rest of my Gibson & Epi Birds:



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Great shot! Thanks for posting it - Pelham Blue coolness!
 
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ThaCoast said:
Like just the typical hipshot or gotoh style tuners. i'd want something different looking
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Andii, I used this type on my Warmoth Bird. I like the look a lot. They sort of remind me of bat wings for some reason. Great price too. They are not black paint tho. Black Chrome is more like a transparent black but you don't really notice the difference from a distance, only up close. Most of the time I don't even realize they aren't solid black They hold the tuning for a long time too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bass-Tuners...e-/271549874098?pt=Guitar&hash=item3f39a23fb2
 
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Nocturnal said:
Andii, I used this type on my Warmoth Bird. I like the look a lot. They sort of remind me of bat wings for some reason. Great price too. They are not black paint tho. Black Chrome is more like a transparent black but you don't really notice the difference from a distance, only up close. Most of the time I don't even realize they aren't solid black They hold the tuning for a long time too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bass-Tuners...e-/271549874098?pt=Guitar&hash=item3f39a23fb2
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Those are actually pretty cool. I was looking into like sperzel and such, but i think these will do great. Well either this, or hipshot lollipop tuners just to stir away from the conventional clovers/triangle tuners. But again, not for now, later on down the line for sure.
 
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Doing my bit to make a long thread longer: I finally finish sanded the oil job on the Epi neck, and laid some new flat black paint on the body today. I think I'm gonna have the headstock cut down before I put it back together, and as previously mentioned this one's gonna get a low B and lose the G.
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Still gotta sort out the pick guard and truss rod cover. Pretty sure I have that solved...just have to fund it!
 
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Thanks, Andii!

Its probably a psychological hang up with little basis in fact, but it always feels to me that painted necks are slower. I can't really think of a reason that would actually be true, but its a perception I have; even the two painted-neck basses I've owned ended up sans paint.

This one's just gonna be a player and I don't really care about resale value at all, so that's why I didn't bother doing a really clean, squared up finish removal job. Just didn't seem to be worth all that extra work to me. If I cared about ever selling it, I'd have done a complete job on it.
 
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Nocturnal said:
Andii, I used this type on my Warmoth Bird. I like the look a lot. They sort of remind me of bat wings for some reason. Great price too. They are not black paint tho. Black Chrome is more like a transparent black but you don't really notice the difference from a distance, only up close. Most of the time I don't even realize they aren't solid black They hold the tuning for a long time too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bass-Tuners...e-/271549874098?pt=Guitar&hash=item3f39a23fb2
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great design - great price - good recommendation
 
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Haji said:
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I'm routing an Epi Goth body and it is solid mahogany, apart from the frt/rear center platforms which are laminated solid mahogany. It's a substantial hunk of wood - mine started out at 5.2lbs. If weight is a factor, by routing 1" deep under the pg - you can lose nearly 1lb. (5.2 to 4.7) A sub 9lb bass is much nicer to your shoulder/back over the night.
 
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hillerup said:
LOL..! Good observation, indeed... :)

Actually that horrible cover was made before I joined the band and has been the source to a lot of problems for the band - like poor sales for example (despite having made an excellent album) and lack of shows.

At that point the stage show incorporated two girls in very tight military uniforms with (you guessed it) machineguns and other military paraphanalia... :)

We've since abandoned this concept (fortunately) since it was way over the top, and had an adverse effect on the band - both show wise and internally.

Not making things better - the "cover girl" was the singer's wife, and they went through a nasty divorce later on... So the concept had to go... ;)

It was a fun concept for a while, but it proved problematic in the long run...
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Well....this is rather humorous. Posting your album cover got me deleted because the girl on your cover had bare boobies.

So, the album cover apparently still causes problems :)
 
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JIO said:
I'm routing an Epi Goth body and it is solid mahogany, apart from the frt/rear center platforms which are laminated solid mahogany. It's a substantial hunk of wood - mine started out at 5.2lbs. If weight is a factor, by routing 1" deep under the pg - you can lose nearly 1lb. (5.2 to 4.7) A sub 9lb bass is much nicer to your shoulder/back over the night.
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That's interesting. Does routing under the guard change the balance substantially? I don't mind the overall weight so much as the neck dive; my particular bass is only slightly heavier than my Sterling SB4...but there is a difference.
 

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