Thunderbirds. New arrival.

[NancyJohnson]

The black Gibson TB arrived a couple of days ago; the whitey and black Hamer FBIV arrived about three years ago. Hipshot Supertone bridge incoming for the new arrival (damn those three-point bridges are [i]awful[/i]).

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[neepheid]

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1345889665' post='1782757']Hipshot Supertone bridge incoming for the new arrival (damn those three-point bridges are [i]awful[/i]).[/quote]

+1 for that. I see not everyone agrees though (on the outpost for instance). However, I've never heard anyone providing me with any reason why they prefer to keep the three pointer other than "tradition".

I get shot of them whenever I can (Supertone on my RD Artist, hell yeah).

Nice birds. I really ought to get working on my headless bird project once more.

[pst62]

Lovely, lovely things. not to keen on the Hamer though.

[NancyJohnson]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1345890661' post='1782770']
+1 for that. I see not everyone agrees though (on the outpost for instance).
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Yeah, Mark is a bit of a trad boy/girl, but he just seems to want to rip put all the stock guts and put Lulls in!
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[Rayman]

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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[NancyJohnson]

[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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[Rayman]

Yeah cheers, I'll bear all that in mind. I've got a Hartke VXL Bass Attack on the way, that might help, and it was cheaper than a Sansamp.

[MarkG3]

Very nice! Especially the white one is there much tone difference between them?

[NancyJohnson]

I used them both last night and the black one is a tad fuller/phatter than the white one...it's about ten years older so I guess it's feasible that wood has mellowed; nice though...all good.

[hatori]

Loved my Tokai Thunderbird ,sounded great with my Marshalls (JCM 800 superlead and superbass) no mods needed.

[CPBass]

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1345889665' post='1782757']
The black Gibson TB arrived a couple of days ago; the whitey and black Hamer FBIV arrived about three years ago. Hipshot Supertone bridge incoming for the new arrival (damn those three-point bridges are [i]awful[/i]).

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A stunning trio if I may say so.

[NancyJohnson]

[quote name='Voodoosnake' timestamp='1347128863' post='1797291']
A stunning trio if I may say so.
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Why yes you can. Cheers! Dependent on how funds go, I'll hope to be adding one of the new non-reverse Thunderbirds.
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