Recent content by auraigroup

clean up this thunderbird I recently purchased. Neck trussrod needed a few cranks but is straight now, new strings intonation adjusted...hope to play it in band live later this week;)

did some research so learned that the original (ie non-reverse) body styling was in fact the original shape of the thunderbird but Gibson changed it due to poor sales and Fender complaining that the original t-bird was an enfringement on their own design. For about 3-4 years in the mid 90's...

A few differences. The blue bass is basswood body and I'm not a fan of basswood-it don't feel it is a good, 'musical' wood. I purchased the butterscotch 51 precision and I love it! Its body is pinewood and the wood shows thru. (leo fender made his original guitars from pinewood). It has a...

Yep..thanks-that's what mine looks like. Reverse body and split P and jazz pickups. Actually I like playing it and I like the tone over the standard humbuckers too. Picked it up in a pawnshop this past weekend. I have an old hi mass dimarzio brass bridge that looks like it fits (from the...

I am looking to buy an odd looking Epi Thunderbird I saw in a pawn shop yesterday but wanted some comments/help first from you folk. Its a nice looking bird, tobacco burst-neck plate on back says nashville/tennesee but on headstock says made in korea. Weirdest thing though is it has a split P...

I recently was 'given' a bass that is stamped Gilbert on the headstock and 'made in japan' on the neck/body plate. This looks like a very accurate copy of a Fender Jazz Bass. Beautiful black, block inlay fret markers, the neck is bound, and the hardware all scream 70's Fender Jazz bass. Nice...