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Andrew
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Epi Elite T-Bird pickups vs. Gibson pickups
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August 28, 2008, 06:54:14 AM »
Were the pickups in the Epi Elite T-Bird the same as the pickups in the Gibson Thunderbird? If not, does anyone know how they differ?
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Re: Epi Elite T-Bird pickups vs. Gibson pickups
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August 28, 2008, 06:59:19 AM »
The prevailing theory is that the Elite pups were the same variation of a TB Plus pup you found in the recently deleted Les Paul basses, i.e. chrome covered and not teflon coated TB Plus pup entrails. Those chrome pups sound a bit more aggressive than the soapies.
All Eli owners I know were very pleased with the sound of those pups.
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lowend1
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Re: Epi Elite T-Bird pickups vs. Gibson pickups
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August 28, 2008, 07:30:20 AM »
Were those pickups standard humbucker size?
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Re: Epi Elite T-Bird pickups vs. Gibson pickups
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August 28, 2008, 07:51:03 AM »
Quote from: lowend1 on August 28, 2008, 07:30:20 AM
Were those pickups standard humbucker size?
I believe so but I've never seen one in person. Here's a pic still on the Epi site:
http://www.epiphone.com/elitist/thunderbird.htm
. Note that the pickups were US-made.
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lowend1
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Re: Epi Elite T-Bird pickups vs. Gibson pickups
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August 28, 2008, 08:13:45 AM »
If you ask me, (and nobody did) the Elitist is the design that they should be selling - Large headstock, large shaft tuners... and CHROME. The only problem (but not really) is the set neck construction.
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Dave W
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Re: Epi Elite T-Bird pickups vs. Gibson pickups
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August 28, 2008, 08:35:47 AM »
Set neck, a pickup size that isn't T-bird traditional, pickup construction no more like the original than TB Plus pickups and african mahogany instead of genuine mahogany. The Elitist really wan't close to the originals.
But nobody asked me either.
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shadowcastaz
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August 28, 2008, 08:39:49 AM »
I put some chrome TB's in my Hobbit "HO" and it has been my go to bass for some time.( Even though it is a short scale). I have been very happy with them . plenty of meat.
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Andrew
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Re: Epi Elite T-Bird pickups vs. Gibson pickups
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August 28, 2008, 10:11:51 PM »
I compared an Epi Elitist T-Bird to a Gibson 'bird one day and honestly preferred the sound of the Epi, so I was curious if it was the bass or if there was a difference under the hood.
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Dave W
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August 28, 2008, 10:28:07 PM »
Probably some of both.
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