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Re: T-Bird Studio Strings
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2008, 10:37:36 AM »
I use the heavy gauge Rotosound flatwounds on my Thunderbird, which means I get to have the unusual silk colorings of Herr Harris' favorite football club.
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« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2008, 02:56:34 PM »
I just acquired a TB Studio 5-string last month and had Mike Lull do the set-up - the intonation was way off before and he just transformed it with D'addario Chromes.  Esp.  the B-string which was "clangy" sounding compared to the other four,  with flats on there the B's Fundamental is much clearer.

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Re: T-Bird Studio Strings
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2008, 05:42:28 PM »
 I'm going way out on a limb here, probably towards blasphemey ( or at the least, heresy ) While I agree with several others that RotoSound should be the string, I find them so infuriatingly inconsistent that I use F*nd*r stainless in a 45-105 gauge. Strings, like most things musical are sooo subjective that it really does depend on your ears, and touch and how they " feel " . My advice, buy a different set for the next several string changes, eventually you will find the " right " set.

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« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2008, 07:34:23 PM »

Woo-Hoo! I'm a Jr. member now!


Of course, your humble administrator can change the post requirements for each level and also the name.  :-X

Maybe a newbie will become a Seafoam Green Member, working his way up to Chrome Member....heh heh.

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« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2008, 08:40:24 PM »
Of course, your humble administrator can change the post requirements for each level and also the name.  :-X

Maybe a newbie will become a Seafoam Green Member, working his way up to Chrome Member....heh heh.

 Just remember Seafoam Green is a F*nd*r colour ( with all respect ) but is that poly or nitro?

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Re: T-Bird Studio Strings
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2008, 10:49:15 AM »
Your username is Bass VI and you can't spell out Fender?  :P

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« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2008, 05:48:20 PM »
Just start newbies out at "EB-0" and work them up to "EB-4L" ? :D
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« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2008, 05:59:12 PM »
Just start newbies out at "EB-0" and work them up to "EB-4L" ? :D

Henry J. would probably sue us. ;) And I'm only half-kidding.

Besides, we've got to consider the non-Gibson contingent.

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Re: T-Bird Studio Strings
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2008, 12:28:47 AM »
Your username is Bass VI and you can't spell out Fender?  :P

Only out of respect, I'm still a Seafoam Green member! I would change my username to EB-6 if I owned one..........................Hmmmmm.....or built one ;)
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Re: T-Bird Studio Strings
« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2008, 10:17:09 AM »
Well what about:


Squier Precision (0 - 50 posts)
Epiphone EB3 (50 - ...etc.)
Fender Jazz
Gibson Thunderbird
Rickenbacker 4005
Warwick Buzzard

Or so.

And on-topic:

I play mostly roundwounds. I only have d'Addario Chromes on the Burns. Is it me or do steel strings feel awful? I like the feel of nickel strings much better. And the sound too.

On my basses mostly fairly cheap d'Addario's or Fender 7250s.

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Re: T-Bird Studio Strings
« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2008, 01:08:53 PM »
I don't think anyone's mentioned TI Jazz rounds - I loved those on my TB!

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Re: T-Bird Studio Strings
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2008, 11:24:16 AM »
Newbies should be called "Kalamasuzies".

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