Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

beautiful dog.

Thanks. We sure think so.

 

[dagrev]

So what's going on here? That's now a handful of VP's selling for under $400. All used... so is this someone who bought it (their 1st T-bird) and then decided it wasn't for them? You have to wonder as they list for twice that and more.

If this develops into a trend, in five years current but used NRs will be going for $999!

 

[dagrev]

Touching picture.

Thanks, Mike.

I have a ton. Want to see all of them?

My two favorite people!

 

[GonePlaid]

 

[PillO]

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[Chucky Stiletti]

We need a double like button.

well, you ARE in the subcontinent…… no way you can bring back ingredients to brew a batch of India Pale Ale?…..

 

[Stealth57]

well, you ARE in the subcontinent…… no way you can bring back ingredients to brew a batch of India Pale Ale?…..

Actually, in Sri Lanka

But I’ve never seen a brew shop in India. Also, haven’t seen an IPA on a menu either. Guess they threw that out with the Brits.

 

[TBird1958]

A little Wednesday goodness..............

 

[Bassmike62]

Thanks, Mike.

I have a ton. Want to see all of them?

My two favorite people!
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[stlrocker]

For white bird Wednesday, video has surfaced from our show a few weeks ago.

This was this bands first show together. It went well. Lots of people and they got into it.

White custom build 32" scale bird. White acoustic 370 with 2 custom built 1 15 fiberglass cabs.

 

[JIO]

For white bird Wednesday, video has surfaced from our show a few weeks ago.

This was this bands first show together. It went well. Lots of people and they got into it.

White custom build 32" scale bird. White acoustic 370 with 2 custom built 1 15 fiberglass cabs.

Pics of the med-scale bird? Who made it?

 

[Gaolee]

fun with Ampeg weirdness on Tube Tues…
https://youtube.com/shorts/J29WumLZ5bA?feature=share

I don't think the Kalamazoo Model Two does that. Hmmm... There might need to be a little experimentation. It may have to do with the fact that it's a single sided amp that pushes out 5 watts or less. Probably less at this point. I don't remember how many tubes it has, but a lot less than that Ampeg.

 

[Gaolee]

Close?
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Very close. Without look at that car next to my car, I'm not sure you could say whether they are different or not.

 

[Gaolee]

So what's going on here? That's now a handful of VP's selling for under $400. All used... so is this someone who bought it (their 1st T-bird) and then decided it wasn't for them? You have to wonder as they list for twice that and more.

Thunderbirds rejected those people. That's the only plausible explanation.

 

[TBird1958]

For white bird Wednesday, video has surfaced from our show a few weeks ago.

This was this bands first show together. It went well. Lots of people and they got into it.

White custom build 32" scale bird. White acoustic 370 with 2 custom built 1 15 fiberglass cabs.

Love it!

Thank you for posting this!

 

[Gaolee]

For white bird Wednesday, video has surfaced from our show a few weeks ago.

This was this bands first show together. It went well. Lots of people and they got into it.

White custom build 32" scale bird. White acoustic 370 with 2 custom built 1 15 fiberglass cabs.

White 'Bird, White 370, white cabinets - outstanding.

 

[stlrocker]

Think I posted some pics here before, a while back. More pics never hurts.

I made it. Used an epi bolt on body, highly modified Ibanez neck that I narrowed and cut off the headstock and glued up a new one. relocated bridge, finished it myself, in white lacquer with blue pearl.

 

[Gaolee]

Think I posted some pics here before, a while back. More pics never hurts.

I made it. Used an epi bolt on body, highly modified Ibanez neck that I narrowed and cut off the headstock and glued up a new one. relocated bridge, finished it myself, in white lacquer with blue pearl.

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It is outstanding.

 

[JIO]

Think I posted some pics here before, a while back. More pics never hurts.

I made it. Used an epi bolt on body, highly modified Ibanez neck that I narrowed and cut off the headstock and glued up a new one. relocated bridge, finished it myself, in white lacquer with blue pearl.

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Well done! Cool bridge. I like how subtle the blue pearl is.

 

[GBassNorth]

There was a lot of body work done in 1999. Then I blew it up (again). Enthusiasm and 600cc sportbike habits don't translate to Chevy V8 too well. This is the con-rod that let go. There were bits of ring embedded in the adjacent piston top. The former piston that this was attached to was aluminum sand in what was left of the oil pan. Which had several deformations and holes in it. The car has lived the life Camaros were intended to live.View attachment 5100644
The motor sat in it sat in a crate in my driveway for four or five years. Then it got mostly put in place, but a couple of bolts gave me a hard time and I ran out of time to work on it. A few more attempts with not enough time and I ran out of patience. That was more than 15 years ago.
The kid is out of the house and I kinda have disposable income. It will be disposed all right. The motor will have a rev limiter to keep the car from living the life of a Camaro in the future.

Properly grenaded!

I started with a Glarry Burning Fire. That help?

(In my best epic movie voice over)…From the ashes of a glarry burning fire rises the mighty Thunderbird!

So what's going on here? That's now a handful of VP's selling for under $400. All used... so is this someone who bought it (their 1st T-bird) and then decided it wasn't for them? You have to wonder as they list for twice that and more.

I suspect it’s all in the comps.
GC sets their asking prices on completed sales of similar models. Their offering formula is roughly 60% of the anticipated sale price. So if they are asking $400 for these basses (because that’s what the most recent ones listed on their used gear pages sold for) the poor schmuck selling it to GC got less than $250 for it. I wanna find one of those sellers and offer them $260!

There could be a lot of reasons why someone would part with a VP at that insanely low price, one of which is stolen goods. GC does have a “no hot goods” policy, but on a mass produced bass like a VP it would be very difficult to ever enforce that policy.