• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Thunderbird Club

#181,981
dagrev said:
Couldn't agree more! I love a FSO from time to time and this is one of them. Fantastic bass that will never go till I can't play. Maybe not even then.
View attachment 4353185
Click to expand...

Specs about this curvy beauty?

On subject of FSO, this has been my main since 2013, when i had retired my only FSO which had served well from 2008 til then (i still have it, just more of a studio bass than a gigger)
upload_2021-7-31_22-37-14.png

Though with the plethra of basses in my disposition, its a fun variety to rotate & shuffle around
 
  • Like
Reactions: GBassNorth, dagrev, Gaolee and 7 others
#181,986
Butcherboy said:
… Greco update… offered a white PG to my red (neck diving) 1990 TB-70 (bass with the lowest playable action I ever owned) and a red Firebird sticker to my (neck diving) 1976 SB-850 (PJ pickups)….

View attachment 4353097
Click to expand...
that SQ’s really growing on me….interesting subject…
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: MCF, Butcherboy, PillO and 1 other person
#181,988
KaraQ said:
I agree! :thumbsup:
The Babicz & the 3-point are best/easiest, for me to do muting with the heel? of my hand, while still giving me a good bit of range & flexibility.

The bridge on the Pro 5 is the worst of all the T-bird bridges, imo :rollno:

If I had a Pro 4, I'd probably dump the bridge for the Babicz fch-3, or just put a 3-point on :bag:
Click to expand...

I disliked the Pro V bridge, never mind that it was horribly off center and warped on my bass. The Supertone A worked out great. Sorry if I told you this before. I think you'd like it. I just doweled the original holes and drilled new ones.

type-a-v-full-body.jpeg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Goatrope, Butcherboy, dagrev and 9 others
#181,990
Miles_ONeal said:
I disliked the Pro V bridge, never mind that it was horribly off center and warped on my bass. The Supertone A worked out great. Sorry if I told you this before. I think you'd like it. I just doweled the original holes and drilled new ones.

View attachment 4353342
Click to expand...


The bridge on mine is, I believe, working as intended.

I just don't like the design, especially the saddles.
I've always found the two-grub-screw method of adjustment annoying at best. It bugs my ocd; it's simetimes a real struggle to not break out some precision measuring tools (left over from my machine shop days :cautious: ) to get each saddle perfectly leveled......

I just do my best to ignore/forget about it :whistle:


And, maybe relatedly, I find it curious, all the people going on about how high-mass bridges are better due to increased contact with the body, but the saddle still is connected to the bridge by the same two tiny grub screws as a bent-plate bridge :thumbsdown:
 
  • Like
Reactions: RedVee, GBassNorth, Gaolee and 5 others
#181,991
Nocturnal said:
The only case I found was a Coffin Case that was made for large/odd shaped basses. I believe Gone Plaid has the same case these days. When I sold the Bach the guy didn't want the case. He said it was too cheesy and he just couldn't "do it". The smart thing for him would have been to take the case to make sure nothing happened to the bass on the way home, then flip the case to make a few bucks.
Click to expand...
Coffin case? What Coffin case?
1002181354-00.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Butcherboy, RedVee, Keith Rawlings and 6 others
#181,996
Chucky Stiletti said:
meant for flying Vs?
Click to expand...

It is an odd duck - the exaggerated 'hips' and quilted velour is what marks it as funerary but that shape can conform more snuggly done right. There may be basses/guitars that take advantage of the wider bouts... but I've yet to see one.

upload_2021-8-1_8-29-22.jpeg
 
  • Like
Reactions: RedVee, Gaolee, MCF and 5 others
#181,999
JIO said:
It is an odd duck - the exaggerated 'hips' and quilted velour is what marks it as funerary but that shape can conform more snuggly done right. There may be basses/guitars that take advantage of the wider bouts... but I've yet to see one.

View attachment 4353552
Click to expand...
that bass must be BIG…..does it sound as good as it looks?
 
  • Like
Reactions: RedVee, PillO, Nocturnal and 2 others
#182,000
KaraQ said:
The bridge on mine is, I believe, working as intended.

I just don't like the design, especially the saddles.
I've always found the two-grub-screw method of adjustment annoying at best. It bugs my ocd; it's simetimes a real struggle to not break out some precision measuring tools (left over from my machine shop days :cautious: ) to get each saddle perfectly leveled......

I just do my best to ignore/forget about it :whistle:


And, maybe relatedly, I find it curious, all the people going on about how high-mass bridges are better due to increased contact with the body, but the saddle still is connected to the bridge by the same two tiny grub screws as a bent-plate bridge :thumbsdown:
Click to expand...


Finally - someone that actually gets it!

I’d take a three point over any bent plate made. I’ve had waaaay too many “self adjusting” grub screws and “floating” grub screws and stripped grub screws and lost grub screws. Any high mass bridge that utilizes the bent plate grub screw feature in their design has really done nothing more than add a weak link into an otherwise strong chain.

From an engineering standpoint I’ve yet to see a more robust design than the Babicz bridge, but truth be told, I can set up my three points in a fraction of the time it takes to dial in a Babicz. That said, I can dial in my VP two point even quicker than the three point, and it also solves the loose stud issue (loose studs, that’s a scary thought - ahem) so that’s my favorite bridge design.
 
  • Like
Reactions: RedVee, dagrev, KaraQ and 7 others

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back