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Thunderbird Club

Is that the lighthouse near Pescadero on HW1?
no, the one in Santa Cruz harbor…..the one you are talking about is much bigger…
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My friend is visiting from Kentucky and we were hitting some of the local spots we haunted in the mid 80's. Went in to Bizarre Guitar to see what they had and there was a 2015 Thunderbird hanging up high. Looked very clean and has a case. Price tag is just shy of $2200 so it didn't come home with me.

But with today's dollar it's really only $1,200. So it's a bargain! :smug:
Curious to see if the price of instruments goes up at lot or levels off over the next year or so.

These days that’s not too bad for a rare Thunderbird. They’re not coming up for sale very often anymore so I assume most are in homes that consider them keepers. Mine is nice and light and is a wonderful player. The variety of tones is amazing.

Did you play it?

The thing I learned with Gibson and Rickenbacker is buy new when it’s available whether you like the offerings or not.

they don’t get cheaper with time.

I have a couple Gibsons I am considering getting rid of but I do know that if I ever find them again I won’t be paying what I sell them for.

I did pay dearly for my Rickenbacker 650 Dakota but the haven’t made them for 10 years and likely won’t make them again at an affordable price.

but a couple of my keeper Gibsons I got on clearance.

and I have $3100 invested in my two 21 NR’s. I honestly only bought them because they were available but fortunately discovered that the NR shape is one of my favorite things in the world.
 
Perhaps my estimate of the prevalence is incorrect?
We are bombarded with commercials for the various fixes. Given the number of commercials, I'd say only about 3.6% men don't have it. If not, they're wasting/losing money on ads. I feel bad for families with young daughters and have to explain what the crooked carrot in one ad has to do with anything. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
 
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We are bombarded with commercials for the various fixes. Given the number of commercials, I'd say only about 3.6% men don't have it. If not, they're wasting/losing money on ads. I feel bad for families with young daughters and have to explain what the crooked carrot in one ad has to do with anything. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
I much preferred when Pharmaceuticals could not be advertised except in publications targeting health professionals. And corporations were not persons.