Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

Pretty day in S.F., we're nice at about 71 in Seattle today.

and then Jim West popped up…..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

cute little mom and pop……the Eppi was apparently owned by Johnny Lee Hooker….

 

[Miles_ONeal]

have heard TBirds called many things…..professional looking was never one of them…

That never just got nullified!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

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.

Chuck probably explained by now, but motorboating (in amps) is not desired behavior.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Properly grenaded!


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


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.

Except none of them are labeled as VPs. The stores (and apparently sellers) just have no idea what these are. They're labeled as less expensive instruments.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It's old, slow and ugly - just like it's owner!
I still drive it almost daily to the train station, 270K miles.

So you aren't the owner...

 

[dagrev]

Not that I'm happy about it, but 6 of the basses in this pic are no longer mine.

XXX Thunderbird Porn

 

[dagrev]

updated '60s basses:

L-R; '63 Burns of London Vista Sonic med-scale / '64 II / '65 Teisco Del Rey / 66-P / '67 WEM Watkins Rapier ss / '68 Coral (Dano) Deluxe Bass / '68 Custom Kraft "Bone-Buzzer" / '65 Teisco Del Rey NB-1 (modded w/added Guild Darkstar pu & ebony lined fretless fb) / two '68 Silvertone (Dano) 1443 Hornets

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...and no room on the couch - '66 Tempo
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Some really cool basses!

 

[JIO]

Alcatraz in the background to the left….’
gonna go look at THUNDERBIRDS in the Haight district….
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Are you in Sf and didn't call me?

 

[JIO]

Worked for me. Just TB being TB.

He got it to work.

 

[JIO]

Some really cool basses!

Thanks! I just noticed the ones I play are the ones w/o a bridge cover! Oh, And I failed to include my '66 J...

 

[Stealth57]

Darn!!….less than a mile from me…..
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Buy it and offer it to anyone at the GTG?

 

[Stealth57]

Non Reverse 8 string

50/50 bar

 

[Stealth57]

Thanks! I just noticed the ones I play are the one w/o a bridge cover! Oh, And I failed to include my '66 J...

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Who’s the photog again

 

[JIO]

Who’s the photog again

Someone named Dave here on the T-bird thread ...

 

[Nocturnal]

Someone at GC is a little more on the ball:

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[JIO]

Someone at GC is a little more on the ball:

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What did/do they sell for new?

 

[Ringhammer]

I bought new, black VP, tagged at $749, got it for $629. It is a VP, not a “60’s”.

Maybe used tobacco burst are worth more than white, or black since we’ve seen so many white and black going for under $400

…not really…

 

[Stealth57]

Someone named Dave here on the T-bird thread ...

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Couldn’t make it out the door fast enough with that killer bass.

 

[stlrocker]

updated '60s basses:

L-R; '63 Burns of London Vista Sonic med-scale / '64 II / '65 Teisco Del Rey / 66-P / '67 WEM Watkins Rapier ss / '68 Coral (Dano) Deluxe Bass / '68 Custom Kraft "Bone-Buzzer" / '65 Teisco Del Rey NB-1 (modded w/added Guild Darkstar pu & ebony lined fretless fb) / two '68 Silvertone (Dano) 1443 Hornets

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That's a hell of a collection. I like those old Japanese basses with lots of unique style.

I think I've shown this one, maybe here and probably on the distressed finishes thread.

I made the neck. based loosely on the teisco del Rey neck. 32" scale again. Body is of unknown origin. Old, plywood, and likely Japanese.