[quote name='Rayman' timestamp='1346186776' post='1786357']
They're just fabulous, I love the look and feel of Thunderbirds, I just have a dilemma with the tone of my Tokai, whether or not to tamper with it's electrics. I want a bit more of a punch to the tone. I've asked John East if he can offer me an EQ to put in it, just to give me some tonal options, but maybe it wouldn't sound like a Thunderbird any more, don't know. If it was a Gibson, it could be worth splashing the cash, but is a Tokai worth the upgrade, not sure, but the Baddass is a vast improvement on the stock bridge for sure...............
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I've heard nothing but good about the Tokai TBs...if it was me I'd maybe look at swapping out the pickups first. If you stick and East preamp in, then all you would be doing is preamping a pair of pickups that you've inferred aren't delivering. EMG make some direct replacements (TB-HZ) and if you shopped around, a pair would probably set you back around the same as an East unit and you'd have to think they would be better than the stock Tokai units. Alternatively, consider trying it through a Sansamp BDDI...even cheaper that the EMGs and at least you can turn it off!
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