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Thunderbird Club

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GBassNorth said:
Let's see, spend $10,000 to buy the bass. Spend at least another $2000 to fix it (remove fret board and truss rod, purchase and install a new truss rod, purchase and install a new fretboard and frets, disassemble refinish and reassemble the entire bass because red is nearly impossible to color match) and you're now holding a perfectly good working and sweet looking vintage Tbird that's only worth $8000 because of the non original finish. Another hard pass.
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You may as well commission a luthier to build a replica.
 
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TBird1958 said:
I would see that in person, they are a bit on the heavy side and thick, joint between the body and the neck isn't a joy either. I would pass.
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It's 15 mins from the house, I may well get a wild hair and go scratch it. I need to pick up some Dunlop strap locks anyways. New bass on it's way has recessed Dunlops and I use Schallers on everything. C'est la vie.
 
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JIO said:
Haven't we already talked about this bass a while back - the one with the incorrectly moved bridge?
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LOL - you're right! I hadn't noticed the bridge location clusterFk in the photos.
As it sits, this bass is unplayable. The action can't be adjusted because the truss rod does not work and the the bass cannot be tuned or properly intonated because the goofball that moved the bridge moved it in the wrong direction. Not to mention the set neck joint looks like it's giving out as well. This one would be a hard pass at anything above $4000 and thats assuming all the hardware and electronics are original. If not, it's a $2500 bass at best.
 
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WillyW said:
speaking of flogging a dead horse....

how do we know this is a 67? not concerned about the refin, as it's what I'd refinish it to anyway... and I probably wouldn't even change the strings...

Gibson Thunderbird II Non Reverse 1967 Blue | Reverb


any other concerns from the hive mind? bedsides the overpricing?
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Strange that the strings are not in their original notches in the bridge saddles, yet the strings line up with the neck. So either the bridge is in the wrong location, or the neck is not set straight. Possibly the neck was reset?
I also don't like to see a finish crack at the neck repair. A properly glued crack should not move.

Is this also Deja Vu all over again? Seems to me I've made the same comments on this bass before.
I would want to see it in person.
 
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Engle said:
Strange that the strings are not in their original notches in the bridge saddles, yet the strings line up with the neck. So either the bridge is in the wrong location, or the neck is not set straight. Possibly the neck was reset?
I also don't like to see a finish crack at the neck repair. A properly glued crack should not move.

Is this also Deja Vu all over again? Seems to me I've made the same comments on this bass before.
I would want to see it in person.
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Yeah, I know we had discussed some aspects of it, but finding the posts would be near impassasble.

could be the bridge/saddles was replaced as well? ?original tunas? who knows what happens in 56 years...
 
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WillyW said:
speaking of flogging a dead horse....

how do we know this is a 67? not concerned about the refin, as it's what I'd refinish it to anyway... and I probably wouldn't even change the strings...

Gibson Thunderbird II Non Reverse 1967 Blue | Reverb


any other concerns from the hive mind? bedsides the overpricing?
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That one has been around for a long time for a reason. Contact @D.M.N. for the specifics, there's apparently as much wrong with it as there is right with it.
 
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How's this for a design mashup?
Custom 4 Strings Electric Bass Guitar with Rosewood Fretboard Free Shipping | eBay
 
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GBassNorth said:
That one has been around for a long time for a reason. Contact @D.M.N. for the specifics, there's apparently as much wrong with it as there is right with it.
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Engle said:
Hardware looks original, to my eye. You never know what has been done on a bass with a solid colour refinish.
@godofthunder59 what do you think?
Gibson Thunderbird II Non Reverse 1967 Blue | Reverb
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Yeah I'm studying on it some as purely a player grade, I do want a crusty old II NR, and nothing else will do.

the refinish looks old and most of what it's covering looks to be covered well, and stable.

I'm mostly concerned with the sanded off/filled cereal number, and how the age was decremented...

I'm not even certain how I would approach contacting the seller, I would be interested in making a trip to see it in person, but not if a reasonable offer would not be considered.
 
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