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The Bass Zone / Re: Dean isn't afraid of Gibson
« on: June 26, 2020, 02:35:14 PM »
Oh, a 3000 dollar FenderBird. With EMG's. No thank you.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: CURRENT CATALDO
« on: May 07, 2020, 02:13:40 PM »
Looks great! Curious why you didn't change the neck pitch instead of sinking the bridge? Is there a benefit?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: April 22, 2020, 06:46:50 PM »Dogs D'Amour - Satellite Kid
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Shergold Marathon
« on: April 11, 2020, 02:38:17 PM »Very cool!
Mike Lutz of Brownsville Station played an earlier Shergold-made Hayman 4040 -- essentially the same bass -- but I think you need to emulate his outfit and stage moves. Especially the boots and open-chest shirt.
That bassist is cool as all get out. The guitarist on the other hand, looks like a cross between Geddy Lee and Garth from Wayne's World. Probably the one rock band where the bass player got more leg than the singer.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epi Vintage Pro question: fake?
« on: March 13, 2020, 03:46:02 PM »
That was most likely refurbished by a third-party outfit, not a factory job. There are several companies doing this. They get the damaged products from the shippers, or insurance companies, or whatever, fix them up and sell them as "USED" or "2ND". The biggest one is in I think Tennessee or somewhere in that vicinity, the name escapes me.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Custom Shop Aged Ripper
« on: March 13, 2020, 03:42:02 PM »
That's not the NOS one that sold in Austin a few years ago, is it? A local shop had a handful of Gibsons that were still in the original shipping cartons since the '70s.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 3-point bridge: how best to adjust the posts?
« on: March 13, 2020, 03:39:41 PM »Good tips. Also, I like to keep the front of the bridge just slightly higher than the back, not perfectly parallel to the body. Increases the break angle over the saddles and slightly counteracts the tendency to pull the inserts out of the body.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: single coil pup hum
« on: March 13, 2020, 03:36:10 PM »I have an old ‘55 Precision with a single coil Seymour Duncan. Now this was done 20 years ago and I forget all the details, however it has that hum. I’m thinking start with shielding and see how that goes and if still there replace the pup, maybe a Lindy Fralin ‘51 which supposedly would drop right in. Any one here have any suggestions for a better procedure or parts? Thanks
As you probably know, the pickup itself does not generate the hum, it derives from external sources. I can usually just turn 90 degrees or so, and find a physical position where the hum goes away. If it's there ALL the time, then most likely a grounding issue.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Bass IV question
« on: March 13, 2020, 03:31:39 PM »All I can say is that all early TB Plus innards looked like that and that there was no dif between Bass IV/V and '87 onwards TBird mounted ones. Changes came later.
When would you say Gibson started the changes to the pickups in the T-bird reissues? Any idea why they were changed? I remember someone posting a pic at one time of one that resembled a P-bass pickup underneath the standard black plastic cover. Myself, I'm used to seeing the black epoxy-potted pickups in the reissues.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Bass IV question
« on: March 06, 2020, 05:37:16 AM »Just for reference, how wide are those blade magnets? I've been looking for T-bird bobbins and magnets for some time now..
Don't know, I didn't measure them, and it's back together now. They look to be about the same size as standard PAF magnets.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Bass IV question
« on: March 05, 2020, 03:08:56 PM »
These pickups have the blade magnets only. There's nothing on the bottom plate except some remnants of adhesive. It's not really even a baseplate, just sort of a very thin tin cover.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Bass IV question
« on: March 04, 2020, 03:06:40 PM »Here's what the pickups look like. To me, they look much closer to real '60s Thunderbird pickups than the ones that came later in the reissues.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Just bought this $17.99 bass
« on: March 03, 2020, 06:49:14 PM »The seller's feedback on eBay does not look good.