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Thunderbird Club

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Miles_ONeal said:
I think I've seen a total of two vids with Allen playing a Strat. The only two times I saw the band, Ed was still there. I wanted to go see them with Steve and the Honkettes, but that stupid plane crash.
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You're right. There are very few pics as well and it's impossible to tell much about the time frame. There are few pics from the Rossington Collins Band era.
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Bent77 said:
Love that Epiphone!
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Thanks! I got it for free from a friend and decided to modify it. The pickups are Artec Hot Rails which are basically Dimarzio XN2 copies.
I've always loved the look of Geezer Butler's John Birch SG basses and while I didn't have the courage (=funds) to get some John Birch pickups these were a good alternative. Not that they look or sound like Birch pickups but I've always loved the look of Hamers and other basses sporting the double rail Dimarzios too. The front pickup is approximately in the 60's T-Bird neck pickup position. It sounds "positively animal" (now who finds out where that came from wins the internet next...).
 
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PhR75 said:
Fretless Friday
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No T-Bird content 'though. Just heard that a 100 pages was needed quick but I may be late for that too...
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oh man, another lucky owner of an Aria Pro 1000? should have bought one when I could…..one of our members @Engle has one…is it fretless? If so, is that how you got it?…...
just can’t get enough of the tone of those….
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
oh man, another lucky owner of an Aria Pro 1000? should have bought one when I could…..one of our members @Engle has one…is it fretless? If so, is that how you got it?…...
just can’t get enough of the tone of those….
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Be calm, it's a de-fretted '81 SB700. Great bass anyway.

I believe Jack Bruce played a fretted SB1000. His fretless at that time was an early Spector (or was it an early Warwick prototype).
 
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GBassNorth said:
Thx.

Sounds very good, but I’m gonna see if I can get it to sound even better. Right now it certainly sounds on par with my Eppi and Gibby birds but the way I have it wired lends itself to lots of tone customizing for each individual pickup. So tweak away I will.

As for how it plays - nice but needs some fine tuning as well. The balance is fantastic, zero neck dive (and this is a light weight semi hollow body). The neck feels great, smooth and fast, very nice frets, but it is from a P bass so a tad thicker than the Tbird norm. The action is what I’m working on at the moment. I’ve probably had the neck off a dozen times fine tuning the geometry, looks like a 1.5 degree shim will be needed to place the neck at the optimum angle for ultra low 4/64ths action (measured at the 12th fret, string not depressed). Once I complete the shim work and reset the action she should be a super sweet player.




You guys are too kind!
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Nah. That's truly one of the most beautiful birds I've seen - both aesthetically and from an engineering standpoint. The pickups & wiring are what I've been planning for my old Epi IV.
 
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