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Thunderbird Club

#196,185
GBassNorth said:
Too funny. But thx for the vote.


LOL - IIRC there’s a running feud between Spector and Warwick because Stewart Spector worked with NS to create the Spector NS basses. Very unique in shape and design for their day. Then he turned to Hans at Warwick to help with the initial production run after which time Hans decided to copy the design and market it as his (Streamer bass). Some real bad blood between the two companies to this day. So I guess one could accurately state “the pic is either an early Spector or Warwick prototype”.


Thx for the kind words!

The Chinabuckers are clearly a bang for the buck bargain. They do sound good but like our Queen noted, probably not as much content as a VP pup and noticeably less than a Lull or Thunderbucker. The great news is, they have the same footprint as the more expensive options. So start with the Chinabuckers as a darn good sounding place holder and as time and money permits upgrade to Lulls or whatever if you feel inclined to try.

Once I lock in on the best pot and cap values for the Chinabuckers I’ll post it hopefully along with some audio clips of each option in the trial. An important note - there’s very very few pot choices (basically only two, both mini alpha brands) that will fit a Tbird in standard stacked thru the body configuration. When I find the magic pot/cap value I might try custom making a full sized CTS style pot that fits the bird. I think @JIO is doing something similar.


Only stands to reason, I read it here on TB, just before the OP flamed out in an epic rage quit.


Mine is holding up wonderfully! Post the link to your Etsy shop when you get it, I have some custom artwork I might want made into a gold foil appliqué for the BilingBird.


Puka shell chokers date mid 1970’s photos every time.
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hard to tell….looks like a Spector logo but then again, has what looks like a Dimarzio P? could be either I guess…
 
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GBassNorth said:
Once I lock in on the best pot and cap values for the Chinabuckers I’ll post it hopefully along with some audio clips of each option in the trial. An important note - there’s very very few pot choices (basically only two, both mini alpha brands) that will fit a Tbird in standard stacked thru the body configuration. When I find the magic pot/cap value I might try custom making a full sized CTS style pot that fits the bird. I think @JIO is doing something similar.
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I successfully merged two different pots into a stacked-pot, a 250k/100k - a stacked combo that isn't available. (250k for a P-pu/100k for the lipstick pu) The trick was the (white plastic) shaft interface. Some pots have a 'slot' shaft (lower one in this pic), and some have a 1/2 moon shape opening. (as the other had) I glued in a plastic cap cut flush from a superglue tube (shown) and drilled, filed and x-acto'd a correct opening. Once that was done I superglued the two pots together.

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Top cap/resistor is a treble bleed. V/V T - It was mostly successful but a P-pu has more winds than a lipstick so they will always be unmatched in output. I could have gone w/a stereo preamp but chose not to to keep it passive.
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JIO said:
I successfully merged two different pots into a stacked-pot, a 250k/100k - a stacked combo that isn't available. (250k for a P-pu/100k for the lipstick pu) The trick was the (white plastic) shaft interface. Some pots have a 'slot' shaft (lower one in this pic), and some have a 1/2 moon shape opening. (as the other had) I glued in a plastic cap cut flush from a superglue tube (shown) and drilled, filed and x-acto'd a correct opening. Once that was done I superglued the two pots together.

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Top cap/resistor is a treble bleed. V/V T - It was mostly successful but a P-pu has more winds than a lipstick so they will always be unmatched in output. I could have gone w/a stereo preamp but chose not to to keep it passive.
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surgical….nice…:thumbsup:
 
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JIO said:
I successfully merged two different pots into a stacked-pot, a 250k/100k - a stacked combo that isn't available. (250k for a P-pu/100k for the lipstick pu) The trick was the (white plastic) shaft interface. Some pots have a 'slot' shaft (lower one in this pic), and some have a 1/2 moon shape opening. (as the other had) I glued in a plastic cap cut flush from a superglue tube (shown) and drilled, filed and x-acto'd a correct opening. Once that was done I superglued the two pots together.

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Top cap/resistor is a treble bleed. V/V T - It was mostly successful but a P-pu has more winds than a lipstick so they will always be unmatched in output. I could have gone w/a stereo preamp but chose not to to keep it passive.
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Very cool Geo!
 
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GonePlaid said:
Not mine, but 'someone' here might be interested. https://reverb.com/item/35737594-gi...iteo-US-Conversions-2021Q4&utm_content=728x90
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That's the same one that's been up a couple years that I inquired about. They pretty much have no info on it, couldn't tell me if it's nitro or poly, or if they had the pickup cover (thought I was talking about the cover on the ACTUAL pickup, saying it couldn't be taken off as it was soldered). Apparently the owner overpaid for it, and is unwilling to budge on the price.
 
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D.M.N. said:
That's the same one that's been up a couple years that I inquired about. They pretty much have no info on it, couldn't tell me if it's nitro or poly, or if they had the pickup cover (though I was talking about the cover on the ACTUAL pickup, saying it couldn't be taken off as it was soldered). Apparently the owner overpaid for it, and is unwilling to budge on the price.
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Sounds like a stay clear of that one.
 
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D.M.N. said:
That's the same one that's been up a couple years that I inquired about. They pretty much have no info on it, couldn't tell me if it's nitro or poly, or if they had the pickup cover (thought I was talking about the cover on the ACTUAL pickup, saying it couldn't be taken off as it was soldered). Apparently the owner overpaid for it, and is unwilling to budge on the price.
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Apparently he'll still have it when the only things left are cockroaches and Keith Richards.
 
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