NancyJohnson

I have the Sex Pistols 'Some Product' album...despite the attitude etc. what's always struck me was how well spoken the guy was compared to today's yoof. The line that always cracks me up is when Sid descibes Steve Jones; 'I thought he looked like a turtle.'

I just spotted these on an email from The Stratosphere place in the US; the Omega bridge is made by/for Allparts - you can get one for $48 from the 'sphere. P

[quote name='Jonesy' timestamp='1449500517' post='2924092'] I was thinking exactly the same the other day!! If only someone made after market pups that sound like a Ric then I feel a project coming along! [/quote] I love the tone I get from my various basses; they all have individual characteristics and I can fairly easily get them to produce a similar sound, but the Rick had something different straight out of the box. Reckon that a project would need to be done properly, with the right parts and on a decent Thunderbird source bass.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1449497239' post='2924018'] One thing I thought from the video is that Eric Stewart seems to be morphing into Gerry Marsden. Mind you they can't be too far off in ages. [/quote] My wife said Lol looked like Alan Titchmarsh.

Try it out! I owned one for a few months, it went out of the house maybe five times, two of those occasions someone tried to nick it. While subjective, it sounded just lovely...and I mean really lovely. Man if I could afford to take the guts out of a 4000 series and drop them into a Thunderbird I'd be in happyville.

I recorded a punky version of ELOs Mr Blue Sky a few years ago. A mate of mine had tabbed out the closing sequence, but not the actual phrasing, so we just belted through it playing it in eights. It was completely wrong, but the actual sequence was just fantastic.

Addiction. A horrible, but unshocking and early end. Loved early STP.

Let's see how I get on with my search for the washers...

I've gone with the poll. After a massive level of voting (eight votes) it's been installed on the white one. Didn't need the blanking plate unless I'd wanted action about a centimeter off the neck. Pics to follow. P

Not helping!

My Thunderbirds have these machines on them: ...it's become apparent that the washers between the peg and the gear-housing needs attention - one of the black washers on the D split earlier tonight and on closer inspection they're all looking a bit poorly. Anyone got an idea of whether Grover do a refurb kit or if anyone who stocks these? I'm having a fairly fruitless search on the usual sources (Allparts etc.) Thanks Paul

Just get a Sansamp BDDI and ditch the last three on that list. Keep the Markbass as flat as you can (or if there's an effect loop, plug it into the return). With the Rick and the Jazz you'll get tone to die for.

All black. And black.

Can I vote in my own poll?

One reply? This IS going well.

As mentioned in a previous post, I'm picking up a Babicz FCH Thunderbird bridge on Tuesday. So a bit of fun. I'm down to two Gibsons now, my white one and my black gothic one, both currently fitted with Hipshot Supertone bridges. Which bass should I install it on? P

They're great strings. I bought a few sets in New York back in May. They were like $20 a set.

I know this is an old thread, but for 2016 Gibson seem to be dropping the Babicz and EB pickups/wiring and going back to pre-2015 specifications.

Picking one up from Bagshot next Tuesday. Weeee!

[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1448283370' post='2914099'] this was mine, does it still have the custom pickguard I made or have you gone back to the original one? I really liked this bass, I only sold it because NancyJohnson asked so politely. Matt [/quote] I went with the original pickguard...it's so good. Man that bass has been to hell and back. Long, long story. I love it.

I have a large box of bulbs that came to me when we cleared out my dad's garage when he died (22 years ago last week...jeepers). I might have look through that tonight to see whether there's any bulb alternatives; the 12v is fine, more than enough, but 9v would be better. Wondering whether I could use 12v with a higher wattage to run at 9v for lower output.

I have it running 12v at the moment, so an extra power cable to the board. I did hook it up to 9v, but it's not bright enough. Long-term I'll probably upgrade the PSU to one that has a 12v out as well. I'd be happy making these up for anyone who wanted one - I'm sure I could source the individual components cheaper than going to Maplins. P

I am sorted! Yay!