Thunderbird Club

[ThaCoast]

So i've decided to ditch the EMG TBHZ pickups in favour of Epiphone Deep Sixx pickups! Cheaper & it'll be loud as hell i'm sure. Reason why the swap is cause in the eventuality if ever i decided to part with it, i wouldn't be so bummed out. But after a final fresh up in it's looks, i'll give it another go

 

[kat888]

Now, who doesn't like Goth chicks?

Here's one of my Goth Thunderbirds hanging out with her kid sisters...:

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You need some P90s just to round the family off...

 

[PillO]

F0r some reason it's bothering me that the knobs on the T-bird don't match the others.

Yes, change the knobs on the guitars.

 

[Korladis]

Yes, change the knobs on the guitars.

I actually like the ones on the guitars more.

 

[Christine]

Now, who doesn't like Goth chicks?

Here's one of my Goth Thunderbirds hanging out with her kid sisters...:

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I'm liking the twin thumb rests, only just noticed them

 

[Christine]

I'm liking the twin thumb rests, only just noticed them

Actually they're not thumb rests, it the end of the pups This getting old and blind is no fun

Edit: and replying to your own posts is worrying too!

 

[GBassNorth]

Now, who doesn't like Goth chicks?

Here's one of my Goth Thunderbirds hanging out with her kid sisters...:

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That photo is just pure sex! I especially like the finish on the Eppi LP, black satin, yum!

 

[GBassNorth]

You forgot about replacing the tortie pickguard with a custom one.... The sacrilege!

Y'all got that right. Them there is fightin words!

 

[Ross W. Lovell]

Each to their own, I guess - I don't particularly like the bridges on my Pro-IV and Pro-V...

My issue regard the quality and the functionality.

Die cast is horrible and no strength, hence the torsion problem.

Functionality is flawed as bridge design keeps you from lowering the bridge to my liking IF bass side is correct height, treble side is limited.

Give me the adjustability of the PRO-V, the quality is a bonus.

 

[Nocturnal]

There is a beautiful Spector Tbird style on page 2682 of the Spector Owners Club thread. Regardless of the gold hardware it is a beauty (I have never been a fan of gold hardware on 98% of basses for some reason)!!

 

[EdO.]

Been a proud 'bird owner since yesterday. Side-by-side with a Cort B4 this bass looks like (and feels like) heavy artillery compared to a rifle
Bought it new in a store as "b-stock" for $480

Brand new old stock for $480 USD? IMO you got a pretty darn good price on it, what year is it? Gave more than that for mine and it was used (identical to yours, early edition 2008 model but it did come with a case though). Nice find! Good looking Cort too, I keep finding myself looking at A5's thinking I ought to get one.

On a side note - I thought my B string was a bit floppy and weak compared to the E and A. I know that some of the early edition Pro V's (mine being an early 2008 model) had issues with the pickups not being properly wired or properly adjusted or something like that for a 5 string, though the seller stated that had been fixed on mine previous to them selling it. Took it to my luthier recently for a good setup and pointed out the issue to him. Went up from a 125 to a 130 B which really helped with the floppiness, he somehow added some additional neo-dyno-something-or-other magnets on the B side of the pickup. The B string is now even in output to the others, made a huge difference in the sound from the B. FWIW.

 

[Christine]

There is a beautiful Spector Tbird style on page 2682 of the Spector Owners Club thread. Regardless of the gold hardware it is a beauty (I have never been a fan of gold hardware on 98% of basses for some reason)!!

The last time I saw a Les Paul custom was way back in the late 70s, that was black with gold hardware, it was gorgeous, expensive mind if I remember correctly it was something like £1600 when a standard Les Paul was something like £450

 

[Count Bassie]

So i've decided to ditch the EMG TBHZ pickups in favour of Epiphone Deep Sixx pickups! Cheaper & it'll be loud as hell i'm sure. Reason why the swap is cause in the eventuality if ever i decided to part with it, i wouldn't be so bummed out. But after a final fresh up in it's looks, i'll give it another go

The Deep Sixx are in fact loud as hell. . They are also a bit on the "wooly" side, as I learned last night at (what may be) our last reggae gig of the season at our summer haunt... although they seem to bellow a good deal deeper, and generally louder than the DiMarzio P/Js w/ Artec pre on my Mutant Hamer, the Hamer is tighter, clearer sounding. It's not a put-off by any means, just noteworthy.

 

[Klondike]

I'm liking the twin thumb rests, only just noticed them

They have thumb rests on guitars?? How wierd.

 

[Klondike]

There is a beautiful Spector Tbird style on page 2682 of the Spector Owners Club thread. Regardless of the gold hardware it is a beauty (I have never been a fan of gold hardware on 98% of basses for some reason)!!

Looks like he has D'Adarrio Half Rounds on the REX w/black hardware.

 

[Butcherboy]

Something completely different...new bird in the flock...RD Artist Bird (Ray Dietrich?) with remodeled headstock....too long for it's case...

 

[TBird1958]

View attachment 942696 View attachment 942696 Something completely different...new bird in the flock...RD Artist Bird (Ray Dietrich?) with remodeled headstock....too long for it's case...

How frickken cool is that!!!! WoW!

 

[Butcherboy]

How frickken cool is that!!!! WoW!

......not that cool....originally sold in a Tbirdcasee long enough for the remodeled headstock....electroniccs didn't work as they should....but I like the remodeled heastock, it feels like the perfect Tbird neck.....

 

[hillerup]

F0r some reason it's bothering me that the knobs on the T-bird don't match the others.

You needn't worry... This is my 2nd Goth, which I haven't modded yet, and which will get a completely different makeover. My primary Goth already has the same knobs, but wasn't home for the photo shoot.

 

[hillerup]

You need some P90s just to round the family off...

I do have a couple of Wildkats with P90's in them - But they don't come in flat black finish.... I do however have them in the White and Black Royale finishes...

I only wish they would make/had made a Goth Firebird too...