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Thunderbird Club Pt.7

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#881
Carlo,

I'll never, ever get tired of seeing pics of those two basses! They're Holy Grail in my book, one of our club members has an early '60s IV in Inverness that's quite stunning as well.
 
#882
Not the oldest and not odd but pretty rare. One of seven NR Thunderbird IIs shipped in '69. I bought this from Baz. The bass is completely original covers, case, mutes etc. and unbroken. Naturally I have equipped it with a Badbird Bridge ;)
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#884
TomStuart said:
I have a question for all the tbird members out there.... Who among you has the oldest/oddest one? I would love to see a picture of it and hear how you got it!!
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I have some notable Ho's :p


Don't let it's tame S/B finish fool you, this is a Greco
Thunderbird II, it consumes P basses for lunch!

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The headstock says Gibson but this is actually a refinned Inverness Green Orville, modified with a two point.


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One of a very few made, Jackson TBX. It's from 1993, very nicely crafted.

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#886
Lovely Ho's!
The PG never got installed on mine, it's starting to take on a pretty serious curl !
 
#888
Well, I ended up selling that TBird to a friend at work for £95, so I only ended up £5 down on my purchase which I'm not too bothered about. I really couldn't get used to the shape. When it comes down to it, I'm a P-bass guy when it comes down to shapes, and sound as well I guess. Not to say that the Tbird sound is bad though. I really like the idea of making a custom bass with one of those cheap build it yourself kits, so I may make one with some Tbird pickups. I got it and it was a bit dirty, and the strings needed changing, so I gave it a clean up and put my old spare P-bass strings on it. Sounded pretty good considering they were dead strings. The guy I sold it to hasn't had a bass before but he does play guitar so hopefully he'll get pretty into it. I did take some pictures though before I sold it, so here they are; the pictures of the bass I bought and sold within 24 hours (I did play it for a good 5 or so hours to try and get used to it!).

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I linked the photos cause they're massive.
 
#891
Finishing up my fretless goth thunderbird rebuild. I have to wire it up tomorrow and get some pics. The body is completely stripped and is mahogany. I'll put up some pics sometime this week.
 
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SlingBass4 said:
IF you wished a headstock closer in looks to a T-Bird......USACG has been known to do custom work and headstocks not listed/shown on their site ;)
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Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure yet. Part of me would like to go with a two-a-side headstock, but the pragmatist in me says 'use the neck you have!'

I do think I need to emphasise the detail in the outline at the bass side above the bridge a little.
 
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