The two EB basses of mine are the only Gibson instruments of mine with replacement pickups, and the only instruments of a quality brand with third-party pickups. So I didn't return it but definitely wanted passive replacement pickups, and there are very few Thunderbird sized passive pickups available. when just taking strings and wood into considerations. :( However, I liked the tone of the "pure" bass, i. Since my string action is fairly stiff, there was lots of space between strings and magnets - no significant improvement. I tried with lowering pickups as much as possible. What it does it does well, but I find myself happier with the EB overall. I also like the tone of my 1987 Gibson IV, but it's less versatile to my ear. Tone is a pretty subjective thing, and if your new setup makes it work for you, I'm glad to hear it. The other thing is, I rarely have to play up that high on the fretboard, so it's possible I overlooked it. Their pre-sale instrument inspection is really good, so I imagine their techs caught the issue before it shipped if it existed. It could be to try and counteract what you experienced. The neck pickup came set pretty low by my usual reckoning, but the sound was great so I didn't mess with it. I didn't have those issues you described with mine, possibly because of the setup of the pickups from Sweetwater (which is where I bought mine). In my opinion, Gibson Thunderbird pickups are among the best bass pickups ever made. I would have loved replacing my EB's pickups with a four-conductor version of them. It is even worse they give up making the original Thunderbird pickups. I don't understand they continue making them. I have to say that these DeCola bass humbucker are the only badly misdesigned Gibson pickups I ever encountered. One is strung with roundwonds, the other with flatwound strings. Later I bought a second EB 2013, same pickup problems as expected, and did the same mods. What a difference! I guess they could be even better by using ceramic magnets. I replaced them with EMG TB-HZ pickups and upgraded the circuit for separate series/parallel options and a commonly switched capacitor-tuned coil split. They had a great tone otherwise, but I wanted identifyable notes, not noises. As an experiment, I removed the front pickup and tried, with only a slight betterment. It was the string pull of the big AlNiCo magnets. I tried four different string makes of three different brands, no way. What about the tone of your EB when fretting E4th or A3rd on higher frets? The beats of E4th past the 7th and A3rd past the 10th fret were unbearable on mine. Similarly, please send any comments or critiques to the moderators.Does anybody know yet whether the pickups on the new 2015 Thunderbird are the same as the ones on the EB Bass? I bought an EB and LOVE it, and I wonder if they took those pickups and the coil taps and put them on the new T-Bird. We encourage you to report spam posts or posts that violate the rules, but please send a message to the moderators at the same time. Please tag video or audio of you or your band with in the subject line of the post. Requests for tab should be made in /r/basstabs and will be removed from /r/bass Resist the urge to start "gig pic" "bass face" and "family photo" threads. Also, do not post links to giveaways where you personally benefit (getting more entries) by propagating (spamming) a link. Posts made outside of the thread will be removed and asked to be reposted.ĭon't use the sub to sell or advertise your gear (with very few exceptions, ask the mods). New Bass Day (NBD) and Gear posts go into the weekly threads. We have lots of common questions with lots of common answers. Previous AMAs FAQ and Wiki Bass Resources 2016 Official Pedals Thread Follow /r/bass on Twitter Related Communities Other InstrumentsĬheck the sidebar, the FAQ, and search for your answer before making a post.
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