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Thunderbird Club
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If one comes available in Pelham Blue, I’ll buy one. Maybe swap in the Wilkinson tuners from my black one, if needed, and then sell the black one. Or maybe keep the pickups and hardware and sell the black shell. I do not need two VPs.
I’ll admit I’m intrigued by these…
Not so much the EMG or Bartolini. Not interested in active.
It is. But I can find no record of one in a green color.
I haven’t heard any Alternative Dimension equipped basses, so no idea how they sound. If you get a set be sure to fill us all in. I do have a set of the Barts I put in an Epiphone and they sound great. Im pretty sure the Barts are passive pups, but I did install them with a preamp so no idea how they sound in passive mode.
When I bought both of mine one had already been stripped and was an ugly weird color and the other only had half the Tolex left on it. I stripped the tolex off the one that still had some and painted them both flat black and I did take the corners off, can't tell the difference and the wood they used, marine plywood (IIRC) wears like iron. I paint them every once in a while, it's been years now though. They're both early 70's flat back cabs. I've slid these things up and down stairs before on their sides. This was all new grille cloth 25 years ago. I know I've posted these here before 400 times but I did it this time to share some information.
Same old ugly sun drenched picture. The heads have Tolex and the cabs don't.
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Thanks Marshall! That one was relatively easy as George had sent a template for the outline. I like the Bird at that size - 90mm wingspan.
Looking at the finish in the chipped section of your bass, it appears as a green shade all the way through the paint. If it’s the exact same color under the guard it’s likely it was sprayed that way on day one for some reason. Who knows, you might have a very rare one, essentially a custom custom shop.
I had plans to take the VP to a duo gig tomorrow but unless the white one arrives tomorrow (no chance) I have "to do" with these two. They do have 'bird guts and sturdy necks so I'll manage.
Agree.No offense to anyone here but those look like a mashup of three or four brands all put together and not in an nicely aesthetic way.
A bigger bolder bird, gotta love it!
Rick-ish for $250 off . I'll admit I was eyeballing one these a little ways back
Gaolee
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Color choices? Hmmm...News from the Epiphone camp. The Vintage Pro will now be called the Thunderbird 64 and some really good new color choices are comingSorry I can't tell you the colors but I already pre ordered one. I was really hoping for a Thunderbird II but I don't think that is going to happen.
What if I told you one color was Burgundy Mist Metallic? Not saying there's any truth to that, of course.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I'm looking forward to a reverse Gibson Thunderbird in colors. I'm not a huge fan of VPs, which is blasphemy of course, but it is what it is.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Or do like I do. Lick your fingers and stick 'em in there to see what happens.My problem is knowledge. But, as I learned in college, you just need to know where to look...
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I might go all Larry Graham with my original 360 stack. The tolex is pretty ratty, and I have white duratex. I also have five zillion other projects in front of that, so it may never happen.When I bought both of mine one had already been stripped and was an ugly weird color and the other only had half the Tolex left on it. I stripped the tolex off the one that still had some and painted them both flat black and I did take the corners off, can't tell the difference and the wood they used, marine plywood (IIRC) wears like iron. I paint them every once in a while, it's been years now though. They're both early 70's flat back cabs. I've slid these things up and down stairs before on their sides. This was all new grille cloth 25 years ago. I know I've posted these here before 400 times but I did it this time to share some information.
Same old ugly sun drenched picture. The heads have Tolex and the cabs don't.
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Already got one that color. Another will be Rallye Green eventually. It's probably cheaper just to buy one in a factory color if they have a color you like. But it will probably be the NR colors, which were pretty good, or red, which will also look pretty good. But not what I want exactly. Chucky can vouch for the fact that I have no taste.
