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Thunderbird Club

#195,321
GBassNorth said:
Bling bird update…
Wrapped up the control wiring, all soldered and ground tested, passed with flying colors, not a hum or buzz even under fluorescent lighting. Connected output jack to the amp and tap tested each pup. Each volume/tone stack works as intended.
In the home stretch now - Centered, squared and aligned all the hardware (three pups with trim rings and a bridge and hard tail all on a raised center block demands a lot of attention to detail and triple checking all the gaps and spaces). Everything is now prepped for drilling all the mounting screw holes (nearly 50 without a pickguard) and final assembly…
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Will do that work tomorrow in good daylight.
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Please just stop. I thought this was going to look good, but clearly it's a huge mistake. It only gets worse with each new set of pics. Just box that part-out bass up and send it and I'll buy the parts from you so you don't take a bath with this clearly failed project.




;)

Stunning! You should take orders. After sending pics to Gibson...
 
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GBassNorth said:
Bling bird update…
Wrapped up the control wiring, all soldered and ground tested, passed with flying colors, not a hum or buzz even under fluorescent lighting. Connected output jack to the amp and tap tested each pup. Each volume/tone stack works as intended.
In the home stretch now - Centered, squared and aligned all the hardware (three pups with trim rings and a bridge and hard tail all on a raised center block demands a lot of attention to detail and triple checking all the gaps and spaces). Everything is now prepped for drilling all the mounting screw holes (nearly 50 without a pickguard) and final assembly…
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Amazing!

I want one! :drool::drool::drool:

...but could never justify my need for one. :crying:
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
He was clearly well on the way with what's still in the thread. Sad.
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It is. I thought it an unusual post, which then elicited varied responses and he didn't know how to take the non-serious ones. In the GP I've had people who thought they were more clever than they actually were make ignorant comments on occasion, but I just ignored or thanked them for their time and deep insight and moved on. I noticed people were being funny but he didn't take it in fun, and got offended. Life is difficult--it's far more difficult when you're easily offended. I really feel for the guy and hope he just had a bad day not bad decade. Another reason why I truly appreciate the people in the Thunderbird Club.

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#195,325
GBassNorth said:
Just remember, askin ain’t gettin


Understatement!


Sorry to hear the journey has been a tough one, but it sounds like good progress is being made. Here’s hoping the rate of recovery speeds up.


Seems to me there was a company down under (Bulldog Guitars?) that was making NR kits.


The ones I just bought tested at 10.8k ohms on the bridge pup IIRC.
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I’ll check mine again. Thought I had 9.2 and 10.1

Anyone notice a sound difference, or was that my imagination? I have the neck pickup in the middle position at the moment. It seemed to have more growl. But it hard to say using hammered strings and a pine body. The mahogany body isn’t ready yet
 
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dagrev said:
It is. I thought it an unusual post, which then elicited varied responses and he didn't know how to take the non-serious ones. In the GP I've had people who thought they were more clever than they actually were make ignorant comments on occasion, but I just ignored or thanked them for their time and deep insight and moved on. I noticed people were being funny but he didn't take it in fun, and got offended. Life is difficult--it's far more difficult when you're easily offended. I really feel for the guy and hope he just had a bad day not bad decade. Another reason why I truly appreciate the people in the Thunderbird Club.

TT
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Most of y'all get my rather warped sense of 'humor' and know I wouldn't say something mean/nasty. One of the great downfalls of this type of communication is the lack of tone of voice. Emojis(or the "/s") don't always convey intent. OK, enuff seriosity. Back to the important [stuff]: Gibsons.
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dagrev said:
It is. I thought it an unusual post, which then elicited varied responses and he didn't know how to take the non-serious ones. In the GP I've had people who thought they were more clever than they actually were make ignorant comments on occasion, but I just ignored or thanked them for their time and deep insight and moved on. I noticed people were being funny but he didn't take it in fun, and got offended. Life is difficult--it's far more difficult when you're easily offended. I really feel for the guy and hope he just had a bad day not bad decade. Another reason why I truly appreciate the people in the Thunderbird Club.

TT
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GonePlaid said:
Most of y'all get my rather warped sense of 'humor' and know I wouldn't say something mean/nasty. One of the great downfalls of this type of communication is the lack of tone of voice. Emojis(or the "/s") don't always convey intent. OK, enuff seriosity. Back to the important [stuff]: Gibsons.
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I likes y'all, see we let you post your re-badged epiphones without any hassle...

Those are the Kalamazoo Epiphones by way of Indonesia, and finished in Finland correct?
 
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GonePlaid said:
Most of y'all get my rather warped sense of 'humor' and know I wouldn't say something mean/nasty. One of the great downfalls of this type of communication is the lack of tone of voice. Emojis(or the "/s") don't always convey intent. OK, enuff seriosity. Back to the important [stuff]: Gibsons.
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I'm offended.


I know, get in line.
 
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dagrev said:
Hopefully it will be a fun night. My black nylons will arrive by mail today.



Strings you nuts. Black.... nylon.... strings. LaBella Black Nylon Stings.
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Shave those legs and treat yourself to something really special - Nice stockings feel SO good!

This remonds me I need to order some new 500K pots and .047 cap for this bass today.
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TBird1958 said:
Shave those legs and treat yourself to something really special - Nice stockings feel SO good!

This remonds me I need to order some new 500K pots and .047 cap for this bass today.
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so leg hair sticking through the nylons is NOT the look to go for.... noted...

I still haven't tried the .015 or .022 uf caps... I have them in my ebay cart along with a lot of expensive stuff, and I want to buy all of it at once...
 
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