Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

You have to chrome plate that PG.

I like it!

Some kind of fancy new style of string mute?

 

[dagrev]

Oh look. A friend sent me a package.
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What could it be?
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The just released Blu-ray Disc of the 2019 summer tour in Europe with Promise of the Real!

That's not a friend. That whole friends don't let... thing.

I hope you know this is good-natured fun. While I don't enjoy Neil, I am truly glad you and others do. It would be boring if everyone liked the same things. Unless everyone liked what I like, then everyone would have great taste in music!

 

[GonePlaid]

Hmm. Gibson Thunderbird Rarity Non reverse vintage No.MG548 | eBay

 

[BklynKen]

Hmm. Gibson Thunderbird Rarity Non reverse vintage No.MG548 | eBay

Hmm is right. Absolutely no info on it.

 

[dagrev]

Hmm. Gibson Thunderbird Rarity Non reverse vintage No.MG548 | eBay

It's a fake. The tug bar is upside down.

 

[JIO]

Yeah, I think some variation of off-white would look good, instead of the bright white.

I've wondered how it would look with a black pickguard like some of you guys have, but with a silver/chrome bird emblem (to match the Epiphone script on the TRC?), instead of gold.....




I've been thinking of maybe something like this for the lightish-red jazz Squier:

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.....but I feel that particular color is lacking something, but not sure what? Maybe a pattern of some kind - or maybe it just needs a bit of sparkles.......

If you can find/make a clear lucite pg you can layer anything under it. (like thin art/craft sparkle matte-board)

 

[JIO]

View attachment 4778546 Here's a question. Leo Fender Invented the Bolt on neck to mass produce instruments at a lesser cost of production ( brilliant by the way ) so I have a hard time when a bass like the Dean John Entwistle costs $3300 with a bolt on neck. Make sense ? View attachment 4778546

I usually don't assess a cost difference based on that, but I can understand why someone would. A bolt-on neck at the end of the day can be repaired or replaced easily compared to needing to address an issue with a neck-thru. Even a set neck can be repaired/replaced and made to look like new again. So in my mind it just comes down to how anyone personally assesses the 'worth' of basses that both (can) sound/play equally well regardless of that structural difference.

 

[JIO]

I agree. The stark white on stark white doesn't seem ideal. I laid the aluminum from the '06 on this once to see what it might look like. I think an aged white would be an improvement than the same color, basically. Black might not look bad to match the headstock. But nothing beats the red pick guard you have.
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If you locate a metal polisher in your town, they can buff that aluminum to a mirror finish. Once polished, you'll then need to wax it so it doesn't oxidize. I've done this on my latest build and will post pics of it soon as it's near completion.

 

[GonePlaid]

It's a fake. The tug bar is upside down.

Then I guess the 67's a fake: no tug bar.(I took the original off, then put it on my Epi EB-0 as a thumbrest).[no screw holes on new PG]

 

[dagrev]

If you locate a metal polisher in your town, they can buff that aluminum to a mirror finish. Once polished, you'll then need to wax it so it doesn't oxidize. I've done this on my latest build and will post pics of it soon as it's near completion.

That's an interesting thought. I think the brushed might look better on the '06 burst since nothing else is shiny, but on the VP that would look really good.

 

[dagrev]

Then I guess the 67's a fake: no tug bar.(I took the original off, then put it on my Epi EB-0 as a thumbrest).[no screw holes on new PG]
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Yeah, what you have there is likely a Hondo copy. I'll give you a grand for it since you've put some work into it...

 

[Tomek Worek]

Hello! I have a question and I figured this may be the best place on earth to ask it
Has anyone here tried adding an active preamp to their thunderbird (preferably a Gibson)? I'm considering doing that, for some added clarity and punch, while keeping the signature roar. Is it something worth considering? Any advice on the preamps?

Thanks =)

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I play better with my hands. Slightly.

….I wanna be funny like you..

 

[dagrev]

….I wanna be funny like you..

I wanna play like you. Let's trade.

But I guess I'll have to be content being the Rodney Dangerfield of bass....

 

[dagrev]

This is just fantastic music.

 

[WillyW]

….I wanna be funny like you..

Looks aren't everything....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Hmm. Gibson Thunderbird Rarity Non reverse vintage No.MG548 | eBay

oh my god! I’m in love….not even a year?….looks legit..
notice the swapped tone knob/jack locations…

 

[dagrev]

Looks aren't everything....

You saying I ain't pretty?

 

[MCF]

That's an interesting thought. I think the brushed might look better on the '06 burst since nothing else is shiny, but on the VP that would look really good.

I’ve always liked the look of your ‘06 and was happy when you decided to get it. And it’s definitely the best Thunderbird for metal.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

from last night…”little voice inside my head said don’t look back you can never look back”….