Hilfe! Need quick idea how to save spending 8,500 bucks ...

[Highlander]

...some exceptionally dubious British humour (?) from the eighties...

[FrankieTbird]

back to the original topic...

[Dave W]

Ah, I see you get Stew-Mac's Trade Secrets too.

Now Uwe will have to make an offer on the korina Steinie. 

[Highlander]

There was once a crazed moment that I thought of doing something that radical to my RD, but I'm past that point of my life, now... 

That looks kinda cool...

[uwe]

By perjury of eviction order from this forum you will not, absolutely not turn your poor RD whose sufferings have already been endless into a paddle bass!

[Highlander]

Uwe, Uwe, Uwe......

You already have the only inside track on my plans, why do you think I'm working so hard on getting this shed up and running...?

Trust me, I'm enjoying myself far too much to risk eviction...   

But will you be hunting for that korina paddle...?

And what of the "Shadocastz Special" ... surely you have some influence at the "custom shop" to get one of those beauties in your sites...

[n!k]

But Uwe, there are gold-plated strings to purchase of the non-acoustic variety.

[uwe]

I thought the Optima strings were no longer produced, whenever I see a forlorn set at a shop it looks vintage and either has some strange gauge or scale (which is why it has been sitting in the shelf probably). Never heard of the Alchemy ones, only found out now, sounds interesting, have to get a pack, thanks!

http://www.deanmarkley.com/Strings/Bass/RandyJacksonAlchemyBa.shtml

EDIT: Thanks for the tip, just ordered three sets of the alchemy and two of the Optima ones.

[uwe]

Herr N!K, thanks for your exquisite recommendation, I've put a set of Alchemy strings on my Korinabird and the bass has really come alive (the D'Addario acoustic bronzes had sounded a little flat/docile as you would expect), the strings finally do the pups (which are sixties remakes, not TB Plus pups, i.e. they have that slightly overdriven sound) justice.

Never mind that they look more "greenish mustard-yellow" than gold to me!

Uwe

[Bionic-Joe]

Uwe, Are those Gold pickups like the Orvilles or the real 60's??? Because in my opinion, the Orvilles kick the $h!T out of the original 60's pickups. The new black ones and the 70's aren't a pimple on the ass of those USA made (for export only) chrome jobbers.

[Dave W]

AFAIK they're modern pickups.

[n!k]

You're welcome, Uwe! Being a rather reserved man myself I had heard good things about the Randy Jackson strings but couldn't justify the outlandish gold coloring.

[uwe]

AFAIK they're modern pickups.

I thought as much too initially (though they really didn't sound like them, too clear, missing that pronounced low mid thump TB Plus pups are renowned for), so I wrote to Phil and asked:


"----- Original Message -----
From: "Uwe Hornung" <Uwe.Hornung@CliffordChance.com>
To: phil
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:48:42 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: AW: Korina Bird VI

It's a beautifully crafted instrument, Phil, and features the best fret job/lowest action of any of my many Birds - truly the Master Luthier at work!!! It's a joy to play and while I generally find gold hardware an acquired taste, it looks awesome on this one!

What's lurking underneath those gold pup covers though? TB Plus pups?

Kind Regards

Uwe"

and Herr Jones then dutifully elucidated things for me:


"From: phil
Sent: Freitag, 8. Mai 2009 01:58
To: Hornung, Uwe (Litigation-FRA)
Subject: Re: AW: Korina Bird VI

Hi Uwe!

Great! I am glad you like it! And those are just like the original pickups, with 2 lap steel coils,magnet-loaded, just as per the original 60's production Thunderbird pickups. I prefer the sound and tone of those, over any other T-bird pickup.

Best regards,

Phil"

So now I probably own what you could call "Phil Jones Custom Wound TB Pups"!

[Chris P.]

Cool!

[uwe]

Nothing compared to a custom-built Warwick of course.