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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #105 on: December 13, 2015, 08:49:45 PM »
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #106 on: December 15, 2015, 08:45:09 AM »
a handsome bass, indeed. i never did like the split pickups on the p bass.
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #107 on: December 15, 2015, 07:22:56 PM »
Thanks!

I feel exactly the same way.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #108 on: December 15, 2015, 07:57:41 PM »
That's why Leo put a chrome hand rest right over the pickup!

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #109 on: December 15, 2015, 08:32:33 PM »
Exactly...I just put the chrome back under the strings where it belongs.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #110 on: December 16, 2015, 05:51:30 PM »
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #111 on: December 16, 2015, 06:44:47 PM »
NIIIIICE!
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #112 on: December 16, 2015, 07:42:44 PM »
You know what would be cool?  A P body with 2 thunderbird pups :)
Hmm where have I seen that...


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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #113 on: December 16, 2015, 07:51:12 PM »
You know what would be cool?  A P body with 2 thunderbird pups :)
Hmm where have I seen that...
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Didn't Carlo build a Precision with Thunderbuckers? IIRC it had no pickguard and both pickups were moved further from the bridge.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #114 on: December 16, 2015, 07:53:39 PM »
Oh yeah! Carlo made a J-ish bass.  I prefer the P body shape though.
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #115 on: December 16, 2015, 07:55:16 PM »
You're probably right about it being a J body.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #116 on: December 17, 2015, 09:36:21 AM »
Didn't Carlo build a Precision with Thunderbuckers? IIRC it had no pickguard and both pickups were moved further from the bridge.

Mine's a mashup of 51P (slab body), 60 J, Godin Zeta and Guild Pilot.  There's '63 ThunderBucker in  the Trad TBird neck sweet spot and a hot single coil in the closer-to-the-bridge position.



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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #117 on: December 17, 2015, 10:02:22 AM »
How did you wire that Guild pickup?  250 or 500k pots?  How's it sound?
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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #118 on: December 17, 2015, 06:38:32 PM »
I've always loved that Thunder-J, and a two pickup P is something I have daydreamed about.

I haven't had a chance to play the DS1 model yet, but my holiday vacation from the 9 to 5 starts tomorrow.

On electronics, my standard harnesses are 250K, but I bought a bulk pack of 500Ks, so I'll probably wire up a few and trey them out.

One of the things I'm really proud of about my builds is the fact that all of the parts can be swapped out in a matter of minutes.

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Re: Lowe Shop Notes
« Reply #119 on: December 17, 2015, 10:01:53 PM »
Brad , apologies for the temporary thread derail.

Carlo, what's the difference in location of the Thunderbird neck pickup sweet spot and the Jazz Bass neck pickup location?