Thunderbird Club

[wolfkeller]

I just thought of another idea, maybe just having one volume for the neck pickup so the bridge is always on & i can dial the neck pickup as i please. But again, i might just like the new Sixx pickups full on xD

Thought I'd throw my monkey wrench in the mix! I have kill switches on a few of my birds, my LIVE basses. I'd have em on all my regular live basses for a couple reasons 1) I can very quickly kill my noise no matter where I'm at on stage or what I might be doing. 2) I run my pups full on live for the most part, but I've found I get a better old school T bird sound (too fast for love) with the bridge completly off. That said, I didn't run all my basses with no pots. Only my blackbird is like that. I did disconnected the tone on all my stage basses because I'd always somehow turn the tone down (yuck) but didn't notice cuz it it's so loud and crazy

 

[ThaCoast]

I'm opposite to that, i keep my tones maxed out (unless i need to bring the more mellow factor into play). Other than that, i usually have my basses full on maxed out

 

[wolfkeller]

I'm opposite to that, i keep my tones maxed out (unless i need to bring the more mellow factor into play). Other than that, i usually have my basses full on maxed out

Yeah, being disconnected, maxed out.

 

[kat888]

V-V @ 100%

Once I find the correct pup balance (with a screwdriver) I leave it alone, stop fiddling with it, find something else to play with...

 

[GBassNorth]

I normally set my neck volume near 75% and turn tone around 50% then bring the bridge pup up as necessary to sit in or cut thru the mix (usually between 25 and 50% up). Initial volume adjustments for the room are done with the master knob on the rig amp and dynamic on the fly song to song volume adjustments are done on the bass. I don't have a kill switch but my tuner serves that function and allows me to check tuning between songs or sets as needed.

I do wish my volume knobs were stacked so that once I have them set I could keep the ratios the same but change the overall volume by just grabbing both the top and bottom knob at the same time and turning up or down (basically the same as a master volume).

 

[kat888]

You mean this sort of thing?

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[vdub75]

I tend to turn down the Bridge pickup to between 4 and 0

would have bought a single pickup nonreverse if gibbon had made one in recent years.

 

[GBassNorth]

You mean this sort of thing?

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Yeah, I have about three of my basses set up this way and it works great. Two were custom active preamps I had John East build to my spec, one is an Audere preamp built to the same spec. The vol/vol stack works great if you're trying to reduce the number of knobs on the bass since it gives you a master volume option without an additional knob and associated wiring.

 

[kat888]

I tend to turn down the Bridge pickup to between 4 and 0

would have bought a single pickup nonreverse if gibbon had made one in recent years.

single pickup nonreverse with a single volume pot...

 

[kat888]

Also, has anyone changed to a Master Volume, Blend, Tone config?

That's the config on the Epi TBird Pro IV. From what I remember of these things, a blend pot at centre detent is sending 80% of the signal from each pickup to ground, which can't be a good thing. Someone please correct me if I have the wrong end of the stick here.

 

[Mike A]

I like the standard VVT config and usually use them with everything dimed... sometimes I'll roll back the bridge pickup to about 80-90% to let the neck pickup run full bore. If i need a little extra cut for some passage in a tune I might roll back the neck p'up, but it's rare.

 

[Count Bassie]

Got me a 215 Sunn yesterday. Looking for kickin' drivers now- currently loaded w Celestion PA spkrs... was used with an SVT, so ok for now...

 

[godofthunder59]

Bridge pickup off.

 

[Gaolee]

I use the neck pickup at about 9. Backing it off just a little makes it sound better, at least to me. The bridge and tone get moved around depending on what the room sounds like, what the song calls for, and whatever quirky opinions of sound I happen to have that day. Very little is set in stone. The 2015 has coil taps. The neck pickup gets run full humbucking 'Bird, but the bridge can go either way depending on the same factors as everything else.

 

[imdkoz]

Anyone see this yet?? Holy Cow!

 

[TBird1958]

Long time Koz!

That PG spoils it, otherwise it looks good. I doubt it sounds like a traditional Thunderbird, but that's ok - I have a couple like that

 

[Nocturnal]

Anyone see this yet?? Holy Cow!View attachment 971742

I like it!! Guard is okay but it would look better without it IMO.

 

[Marial]

Anyone see this yet?? Holy Cow!View attachment 971742

First 'Bird I've ever been truly intrigued by. I think it's stunning.

 

[Mosstone]

How do you guys dial in your two pickup thunderbirds? Is one volume backed off to let the other breathe or are both maxed out. I'm still kicking the idea of having individual volumes for each on my epiphone thunderbird & keeping the killswitch for ease of on/off use

I usually roll back the bridge pickup a little, unless I want a little more edge. Then, I'll roll back on the neck a bit and dime the bridge. But I really dig the sound of that neck pup!

 

[Mike.C.]

ALL: Took the PRO-IV out for the first time to rehearsal. It is strung with D'Addario Flats. I was blown away how well it cut through the mix of 2 guitarists + a keyboard.