Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

You’re probably right, Fiesta red would be a more traditional Fender color, but they did have CAR so it still counts. Besides, I’ve never been a fan of the Fiesta red hue, I much prefer the deeper darker CAR.

I never liked Dakota or Fiesta. CAR all the way. There was a Candy Cola that was similar to the CAR. I'm thinking that's what my strat is.

 

[bobyoung53]

When young, the only adjustment that was ever needed was the volume knob, and that pretty much fixed everything. Must have been better volume knobs back then.

Mine was stuck open and the tone was very close to being off. I play around with the volumes today on two pickup basses, I'm surprised at the variety of tones you can get with the volumes backed off, at least on T-Birds and Jazzes. I never play with them wide open anymore.

 

[bobyoung53]

I never liked Dakota or Fiesta. CAR all the way. There was a Candy Cola that was similar to the CAR. I'm thinking that's what my strat is.

I had a approximate 1968 CAR P bass with a '66 Jazz neck on it for years, stupidly sold it in 1995, it was naturally reliced .

 

[dagrev]

If money were no object(it is), I'd like a 2021 NR refinished in this(Emberglow)color. I had my factory silver 62 Impala painted this color. It looked great-'til I got 'hitandrunned'. (Mustangs used a similar colr)

Oh my! I loved those bodies.

 

[MCF]

Updated! 1966 Gibson Thunderbird: Gluing back together the bits and pieces!!

The Guitar Garage: Updated! 1966 Gibson Thunderbird: Gluing back together the bits and pieces!!

For some reason the luthier never posed the final pictures of it but a very interesting read of what he had to do to get this thing back together.

That is nice work.

 

[bobyoung53]

That is nice work.

When I go back this summer (hopefully) I'm going to bring my '70 EB3-L to him for the headstock break and I'll ask him why he never posted the final pictures of it. He's supposed to be very good with broken Gibsons.

 

[MCF]

I absolutely love the time and care you take to stage your pictures. Beautiful collection!

Is that all the TBirds, George?

I think until he gets that ‘21 NR that he really, really needs.

 

[MCF]

Beautiful. I met a guy back in the day who put a 383 and nitrous in about a '69 and it wouldn't stay on the road so he put big tires on the back which kept hitting the fenders so he took a sawzall and cut them . It was in really nice shape too.

My brother had the 66 Charger with the 383. Nice car. And fast in a straight line. But he couldn’t keep up with my humble Volvo 544 in the curves (Hwy 1 aka Harris Grade between Lompoc and Santa Maria) no matter what he did to the suspension and tires.

 

[MCF]

Did someone here suggest a good tool for tightening jack nuts without spinning the jack? I see this one on Amazon but some say 11mm and others say 1/2".

https://www.amazon.com/Allparts-Bullet-Guitar-Jack-Tightener/dp/B004SX1BCG/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3MTVGNJG7W9TS&keywords=guitar+jack+wrench&qid=1651800825&s=musical-instruments&sprefix=guitar+jack+wr,mi,268&sr=1-5

I have that gadget..works well on all my Gibsons, Epis, Fenders, Peavy, Ibanez and Sterling.

 

[bobyoung53]

My brother had the 66 Charger with the 383. Nice car. And fast in a straight line. But he couldn’t keep up with my humble Volvo 544 in the curves (Hwy 1 aka Harris Grade between Lompoc and Santa Maria) no matter what he did to the suspension and tires.

Those were cool cars, my brother had a '60's Volvo, I don't remember the model though.

 

[MCF]

It has its own recliner after a hard day? It needs a drink and fine cigar. Fortunately no need for slippers.

What strings are you using on it? I'm sure you said, but that was likely 4,659 pages ago.

The SIT Power Steels. I have Dunlop Marcus Miller Superbrights on the ‘21 NR. While both birds play and feel the same, they sound different run straight into the amp with the same settings. The ‘21 definitely has a more vintage quality to the tone, to my ears anyway. But I enjoy the tone of the ‘13 too. Heck, I like the various tones from all my Thunderbirds.

 

[MCF]

And you could have sold the PB to Marshall for a fortune.

Yep.

 

[sleddogn]

lol, post by post now, i'm seeing words i don't understand, and really can't tell if its about cars or basses

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Can't disagree there. I've always thought the NRs have such cool, almost mysterious look about them. Not a good adjective, but something close. Owning one never seemed to be a possibility.

now that you put it that way…..

 

[MCF]

When young, the only adjustment that was ever needed was the volume knob, and that pretty much fixed everything. Must have been better volume knobs back then.

Somehow, my guitar player buddy in all the bands we had knew about intonation. We may not have been great, but at least we were (mostly) in tune.

 

[MCF]

lol, post by post now, i'm seeing words i don't understand, and really can't tell if its about cars or basses

Wait until we start talking about motorcycles. Happens every couple of weeks.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

lol, post by post now, i'm seeing words i don't understand, and really can't tell if its about cars or basses

both?…..

 

[TBird1958]

now that you put it that way…..

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That one of Uwe's - I should have repatriated it

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I was quite prepared to pay more than I did for it. Shoulda bought the Pelham(?)blue NR next to it too. Had the $$$, but didn't really like the blue(sorry, Marshall). For those who don't recall, I bought the 67 in 73 in NYC for...$250 incl. the OHSC.

remember if the PB was a II or a IV?

 

[icefly]

I never liked Dakota or Fiesta. CAR all the way. There was a Candy Cola that was similar to the CAR. I'm thinking that's what my strat is.

Nice color this Candy Cola

And thread
Candy Cola finish on a new bass?