Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Short but uncomfortable surgery... had to inject additional numbing shot... 4 stitches... bandaged-up... feels the same, but worse... drove myself home, (automatic/Element) hand above heart... 5 days until the bandage comes off (keep dry)... move fingers regularly (not much fun right now) make fist (yah right) ... can only hope for 'relief' over time. So now will people look at my wrist and think I tried to off myself?

"This ... this is the damage a Thunderbird can do when the headstock flies off in anger. I was fortunate it hit my wrist and not my jugular."

 

[Miles_ONeal]

IV bolt on

CP and VP through neck

are there any that were set neck?

I think I recall reading in this thread that there was at least one limited edition set neck. But that might be the GF Double Stuff Oreos[tm] talking.

 

[KaraQ]

Epiphone Elitist or Elite was a set neck.
Epiphone Elitist Thunderbird bass | Reverb

Hmm....I'd forgotten about those. Japanese market only, weren't they?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Short but uncomfortable surgery... had to inject additional numbing shot... 4 stitches... bandaged-up... feels the same, but worse... drove myself home, (automatic/Element) hand above heart... 5 days until the bandage comes off (keep dry)... move fingers regularly (not much fun right now) make fist (yah right) ... can only hope for 'relief' over time. So now will people look at my wrist and think I tried to off myself?

sounds like it’ll get better….what were the symptoms?

 

[GonePlaid]

Is the fretboard rosewood? Or ebony? Or…

Yes.

 

[JIO]

sounds like it’ll get better….what were the symptoms?

Now - numbness, lack of comfortable movement, tingling... like I said, much like before.., but worse - hopefully temporarily.

 

[JIO]

Yes.

iron ore?

 

[GonePlaid]

pales in comparison to Falstaff


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Ah, yes, good ol' "Foul stuff".

 

[JIO]

My 2001 and both Nikki SIxx models (BlackBird & the 2012 model) I own have ebony fretboards.

This is the one I was referencing... late '80s? early '90s? I would definitely break for a T-bird with an ebony fb.

 

[GonePlaid]

Short but uncomfortable surgery... had to inject additional numbing shot... 4 stitches... bandaged-up... feels the same, but worse... drove myself home, (automatic/Element) hand above heart... 5 days until the bandage comes off (keep dry)... move fingers regularly (not much fun right now) make fist (yah right) ... can only hope for 'relief' over time. So now will people look at my wrist and think I tried to off myself?

Explain it's cos someone stole yer first TBird.
Seriously*, wishing you the best possible outcome.

*and don't call me...you know...

 

[JIO]

Explain it's cos someone stole yer first TBird.

...and then your dog died?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I added Leon Wilkeson, Nikki Monninger, and Pops Chambers to notable players of Thunderbirds on the Wikipedia "Gibson Thunderbirds" page. If anyone has better citations for their gear references, please let me know.

 

[JIO]

"This ... this is the damage a Thunderbird can do when the headstock flies off in anger. I was fortunate it hit my wrist and not my jugular."

 

[Ringhammer]

Don’t dis the land of sky blue waters

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I forgot, where exactly is that?

 

[Ringhammer]

Short but uncomfortable surgery... had to inject additional numbing shot... 4 stitches... bandaged-up... feels the same, but worse... drove myself home, (automatic/Element) hand above heart... 5 days until the bandage comes off (keep dry)... move fingers regularly (not much fun right now) make fist (yah right) ... can only hope for 'relief' over time. So now will people look at my wrist and think I tried to off myself?

I may have missed the details, but is this about carpal tunnel? I busted my left wrist real bad back in August 2020

and during the surgery they did a “carpal release”, since they were in there. Among the other things I went through during recovery, one thing I had going on was a significant lump in my palm, which was a result of the carpal release. Seemed like something that might not go away. It did. Despite this terrible break, I was back to playing and full time, 2 day a week rehearsals within about 2 1/2 months. The advice I got from everyone here was “Do your physical therapy!”

 

[PhR75]

Hmm....I'd forgotten about those. Japanese market only, weren't they?

I recall they were available in Europe too. At least I had a gas for one back then, it seemed the only viable option for a vintage style T-Bird.

Was Orville a set neck too?

 

[Stealth57]

Bear-wiz bear...

? Beer?

 

[MCF]

I think the Studio and maybe the short scale are set neck

They’re Gibsons. He’s wondering about Epis. I don’t recall a set neck Epi.

 

[MCF]

Epiphone Elitist or Elite was a set neck.
Epiphone Elitist Thunderbird bass | Reverb

Well there you go!

 

[MCF]

pales in comparison to Falstaff


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Class of ‘76. We had a lot of their Bicentennial beer. Probably the best sales year they ever had.