police squad

can of worms, well and truly opened!! I don't sit on the fence with this topic. I have my views and my ears but IME I can tell the difference between ash & alder, active or not, maple or rosewood. Then plug in a steinberger (old one) and there's a totally different tone compared to anything made of wood

yes Congratulations from down here in sunny Deal

I can always change them back if I don't like them

EYs have turned up. They look great. I may try and fit them this weekend. I'll do a before and after video and see how they differ

you won't be disappointed with a Flea bass. I am amazed how good the pickups are, especially the bridge one. For the first time in nearly 30 years of gigging I find myself dialing in the bridge pickup. If I didn't keep buying basses (in the past couple of months, a Status and a thunderbird) I would still be using it on all my pub gigs. but it still comes to every gig and I'm using it this saturday

yep still using mine. Re strung it over the weekend with some swing bass. I'll be using it this weekend

very nice. I bought Nancy Johnson's ivory one a few weeks back. Love it

I've stuck an order in with EY. Cheap enough, we'll see. I may also try the Mojo ones. I'll do a few gigs with the EYs first. I have gigged my Tbird twice now. 2nd gig was better as I set it up better for my playing style. The Gibson pickups dont sound too bad but they lack a little sparkle. I had the preamp clipping nicely on the 2nd gig and it was quite entertaining (for me anyway)

I've just bought a white Thunderbird from Paul. Lovely bloke with a lot of lovely basses, which he got out to show me. (Love the Lull JAX) Makes great coffee and we chewed the fat for over an hour Top Bloke Martin

yes. I recently bought a 1985 series 2000 and love it.

excellent.

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1494961882' post='3300043'] Personally I'd go for Nickel- hipshot do some mini clovers for modern T-birds, and I got a nickel three pointer for about £35. I'll keep an eye on this thread as I might upgrade the pickups in your old T-bird too, Police Squad! [/quote] Have you used it much?

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1494870344' post='3299213'] I think these are the ones the guys over at LBO got moist over recently. [/quote] what output would I go for, 8K or 9.2K Nickel or chrome? What's the finish on the white TB Nancy Johnson? It's black isn't it? At those prices, they've got to be worth a go?

So, good people of the forum, on Wednesday I shall be collecting a Gibson Thunderbird. I am thinking about replacement vintage pickups for it Does anyone have any experience of the 'Mojo' pickups? [url="https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/product/thunderbird-bass/"]https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/product/thunderbird-bass/[/url] any other suggestions welcome.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1494325663' post='3294944'] Sorry. You didn't say that you were looking to be "convinced" - just asking for suggestions as you couldn't think of any. Maybe try being a bit more specific in your questioning if you wish for a specific answer. BTW, what [i][b]would[/b][/i] convince you? [/quote] I'm not actually bothered what the OP thinks. This has been a most enlightening thread. I never knew Keef played bass on anything. It probably explains why I like some rolling stones basslines and can't make head or tail of others

Bryan Adams

yep, I've met up in many motorway services to do deals. Recently I sold my spector to a guy from Sweden who was touring here. Always a pleasure to meet the buyers and sellers

I gigged with one for years. It was USA made, so was my transporter cab. Eventually I sold it as it was playing up a bit (intermittent crackle and I couldn't find it) but I had already bought another one, which I still have, set up in my rehearsal room

The only thing I don't like is the strap. I feel trussed up but the bass does hang really well from the boomerang thing. Maybe it's time to take it out on a police gig again

yep, still loving mine

Driven to tears is my favorite Police song. It's a real tough one to sing and play

looks just like me 4 string

Basswood is similar in sound to alder. There is plenty of difference in tone from different woods.