Why not? More room than most of our band 'areas'(no stage).
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Thunderbird Club
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The 7ender flats were 'OK'
. GHS Brite flats(euphemism for 'not very good'). Only strings I've ever thrown away within a week.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I like it, but not for that price.
And ash tonewood. So, to recap: Too much $$$, ash body, and J pups. Nope.
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Staple pickups of some kind. Those might be interesting instead of whiny and burpy.
Explorer body on the Method granite cleaner bottle. Looks like a Fender headstock, though.
The Lackland AFB have an F-82 twin Mustang on static display. I would so dearly love to be flown in one.yeah, figured you’d dig the backdrop
Great playing as always. Love the bolo, I have a similar one!
I can’t get on with that Tele-esque HS on a bird…
Let's see...
Mahogany body - nope
Mahogany/walnut laminated neck - nope
Neck through - nope
Humbuckers - nope
Gibson inspired headstock - nope
Three point, two piece, or beefy full contact bridge - nope
Sub $1000 price point - nope
Sexy gloss finish - nope
Looks like I'm passing on this one. I might have taken a second look if the price were closer to $500. At least then I could justify the cost to drop a couple of Humbuckers in it and maybe slap on a Hipshot bridge and still be under $1000.
So there's this thing...
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Sorry, I'd have to wear rubber gloves and a hazmat suit just to touch it. The fur looks like it's been hit with splooge, played hard, and put away wet. I'll pass.
Speaking of flats.. I used to have this 70s Morris P-bass from Japan. At some point I put GHS Precision flats (name brothers should play nice), and I never looked back. Currently working on just ordering some for Jack Casady. Has anyone tried those on a bird and with what result?
I tried getting a little glue in there over a year ago. Even with no strings it stays together tight, but can be very slightly opened up under the nut with some pressure on the front of the headstock. I was concerned about dong more harm by trying to get some glue in there so I just stopped. Even with pressure, a flat toothpick was too large and wouldn't get beyond the surface (under and long the nut notch). I figured if it's still that tight, it's likely not going anywhere. But may give it another try one day.
I like a lot of GHS strings, but refuse to try those. Sound like the DA half-rounds. I do really like the GHS Pressurewounds. It's a compromise that actually works. Feel way better than ground or half-wounds too. If I could only have one string, the PWs might be it. Great string that fits many sonic situations. You should maybe consider some at some point.The 7ender flats were 'OK'
Can only image what it smells like. No telling what lives in the fur!
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A great measuring tool that you may find you'll use more than you think you would.
$20, If you do buy one, watch a video on all the ways it can be used to measure.
I have the Precision Flats on a '06 Gibson Thunderbird (which sounds different from the 60s version or the Epi VP. Not sure how it would compare to other Epi Thunderbirds). Sounds really good with modern Gibson pickups. Good match for what I'm shooting for anyway, which is clearly not angry piano. Have a few of those strings on other basses as well.
