Thunderbird Club Pt. II

[ThumpsAlot]

I can haz a number?

 

[BlueTalon]

Snohomish county is representin'!

Perhaps we should call ourselves SnoBirds?

Works for me!

 

[TBird1958]

Posted before, but not in THIS thread.

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1999 Gibson Thunderbird Natural Burst
2002 Gibson Thunderbird Ebony Stain

Very nice, now rare finishes on these two - beautiful, Thanks for posting!
And ThumpsAlot you're #102, thanks and welcome here




TBird1958 #1
Godof Thunder59 #2
Funkster#3
Gibenbackerbass #4
Sidd Laroy #5
Jazzbo58 #6
Tender Prey #7
Showdown #8
The Mojo Hobo #9
Doctorpunch #10
Stiles72 #11
Brenner182 #12
Baird6869 #13
Poorbassist15 #14
PWV #15
Mr Typhus #16
Tracii #17
Aditya #18
amimbari #19
knifedge #20
Nitrofix #21
Atoz #22
bassphreak #23
Seydlitz #24
bassclef112 #25
bassplayer8953 #26
D.M.N. #27
Edhunter #28
kruno maestro #29
Tombowlus #30
Kalik #31
#32 is a duplicate entry so we'll keep it open for now.
Walter Vega 33
Carlos 840 #34
Shadowtippy #35
Saltymonkey #36
lel95 #37
gaffster787 #38
mc2ny #39
Low Sound Love #40
BrianKrashpad #41
Deep Six #42
BenEd #43
Bassmachine2112 #44
ponkoponk #45
Heatheroo #46
darkside 88 #47
GCool#48
TedhHernstorm #49
Darbo #50
uncletupelo #51
Vaider #52
Rip Topaz #53
bmb73 #54
Badfish #55
Afireinside #56
Redstrand #57
reptyls #58
dabido #59
96tbird #60
whilke #61
JIO #63
thebrain #64
Rob Martinez #65
bazzandeson #66
PhR #67
Dr.Eagle #68
lowend1 #69 Mopar or no car!
Basvarken #70
s mcsleazy #71
Burruss #72
Matty H #73
moonshinegtrs #74
bass lord mutha #75
jumbodbassman #76
davidprice #77
A-Step-Towards #78
birdman14 #79
Quadzilla #80
jbalou02 #81
johnk 10 #82
electrocoyote #83
ih8law #84
muzukman7 #85
3rdcurve #86
rdwil191 #87
BluesBear #88
JAF #89
Swin #90
TBirdie #91
bassplayerbob #92
trevorguns #93
Clammy #94
jammi_fool #95
Molochnik #96
Rocker47 #97
Shark1 #98
BlueTalon #99
Fab Superlative #100
Doragon #5150
ThumpsAlot #102
Doelle #103
AllyDetours #104
Southway #105

 

[Doelle]

Now I can get in!

My Greco TB arrived yesterday from Japan. 4 weeks on the road. The danish customs were holding on to it, so it ended up being even pricier!

But today Thor and the other nordic gods blessed us with warmth and sun so I took it out to shoot some pron pics!

 

[Doelle]

A little more dirty stuff

I am so much in love!

 

[saltymonkey]

^Did it come without a tailpiece or did you remove it?

 

[Doelle]

It came without. I do want to find one eventually along with chrome covers for the pick-up and the bridge

 

[AllyDetours]

Hey guys

Any chance of a number?? I have a Gibson TB 09 Studio in Cherry!!

Cheers

 

[TBird1958]

Very nice Thunderbirds guys!
Greco's and Gibson Studio's a couple of my favorite varitions on Thunderbirds.
Doelle you are #103 and AllyDetour #104 is yours, Thanks guys!

Feel free to post anyy and all pics of you playing your Thunderbirds too.

 

[godofthunder59]

I just made arrangements to purchase this yet another '67 nonreverse Thunderbird II I should have it by mid month. Not wild about the black/purple refin, I will most likley refinish in a period correct custom color. At the moment I am selling off a chunk of the collection to buy at least one more very nice NR.

Of course it has a headstock repair

 

[TBird1958]

That bass is going to a loving home, congratulations Scott!

 

[BluesBear]

At the moment I am selling off a chunk of the collection to buy at least one more very nice NR.

Selling?... PERK!

 

[godofthunder59]

first on the block a very nice unplayed Rickenbacker C64 in Fireglo.

 

[stiles72]

I'm surprised it still has the mute! You would think that after the refin it would have got chucked somewhere along the line like most of the covers do.

 

[godofthunder59]

Yeah I was very happy that the mute was still there but just like covers I never use 'em

 

[Doelle]

I am having a bit of trouble with the E-string on my Greco. The saddle is a little lower than the other ones. It might be visible on the pics above.
Is there anyway to adjust just the one saddle or what can I do?

 

[Southway]

Can I get a number please?

 

[TBird1958]

Two things:
Release all the string tension and in small increments raise the center and top mounting posts - a little at a time for each. You can also unscrew the saddle completely and reverse it, this will give you a little more height as well.
Lastly check the neck relief, my Greco was very flat, adjusting the truss rod for a slight upward really helped.

 

[TBird1958]

Can I get a number please?

Awesome Thunderbird!
Thanks for posting, I've added you to the club numbers posted above. As always thanks for dropping by, feel free to post show pics of you and your 'Birds - Welcome Here.

 

[Doelle]

Thanks, Mark, isn't it? It help a bit.
I noticed now that the saddle is smaller, so best solution would probably be to get one that is tall enough.

Now that I got your attention, where would the best placement for the strap button be? If you would be so kind to mark that on the picture