interesting, Mike and Donnie’s seem to have remained goldish…
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Thunderbird Club
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Not sure when the Custom Shop 'birds ended, but if the serial numbers are to be believed, my Custom Shop "Redbird" is an '06, made in Korea (Saein).
My '08 Blackbird was made in China (DaeWon); the '07 burst I used to have was, apparently, one of the early production Chinese models (Unsung).
I kind of wonder if, at least some of?, the Custom Shop Thunderbirds were a bit of Epiphone clearing out the last of the Korean parts, as they shifted production to China?
?Just lucky, I guess.
It is more gold than it appears in my pic.
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wonder if whoever repaired the crack used the original..?Just lucky, I guess.
It's never been changed.
Getting a jump on Thursday(since Thursday I might forget it's Thursday)
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I had one years ago, those humbuckers actually were a little more open than a Gibson Mudbucker but those basses should have also had a mid pickup. Fender made a huge mistake when they eliminated the original single coil pickups for those IMHO.
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It was the same sound as an EB-O. Mud. But that was what bass players wanted then - more about feeling bass than hearing delineation. (18" drivers also) Kind of like double-bass players in jazz - the bass moves underneath the soloists and blends with the kick drum - and bass solo's were barely audible, which became the butt of jokes unless you were a bass-player.
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Many players modded theirs with a 2nd pu, but many players added that pu under the neck on P-basses.
Kenny Gradney had a wisely modded Telecaster as he had another humbucker located at the Stingray or Ric bridge pickup position, not too close too the bridge. Sounds great on this clip (the bass kicks in after a minute):
He probably uses the bridge pickup only but with those not-too-far-apart pickup locations I'm sure the blended sound is good too.
Pickguardian.com made the custom PG; used the original as a pattern, then sent both to me.
I traded my Tele for a used late 60's CAR P bass with an early 70's fretless rosewood neck on it in 1977 and the owner had a humbucker right against the neck. He asked for it back though and I gave to to him. Not sure if it was a Fender or an EB-0 pickup.
Yes, that thing sounds good. They were pretty good pickups, I have some cassettes from 1976-77 of my band with my Tele bass through an SVT with Rotos on it and it actually sounded fairly good considering.
The band ain't bad either...
Damn, I shot myself in the foot again. I thought I was G.A.S. free but apart from that ESP Bass IV that J.I.O. posted a while ago I want a Kenny Gradney -style two humbucker Tele.
Better take a walk in the snow to cool a bit.
Actually took one today. Want some snow? Got plenty around here:
Pat Vega did something similar with single coils..
The band ain't bad either...
Damn, I shot myself in the foot again. I thought I was G.A.S. free but apart from that ESP Bass IV that J.I.O. posted a while ago I want a Kenny Gradney -style two humbucker Tele.
Better take a walk in the snow to cool a bit.
Actually took one today. Want some snow? Got plenty around here:
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Beautiful, I love snow and miss it. I grew up in Massachusetts.
wonder how different Seth Lover 7ender design is from the original…
