I may be, if Marshall passes on it. What's the nut width?
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Thunderbird Club
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That's sweet!1986 Thunderbird II. Gibson made about 6.
Notice the 8th bass placed on the end of 7 space rack - things that happen when you just keep buying basses
I guess I forgot those. Is that a Sidewinder? And the PG without a logo. Was that original?1986 Thunderbird II. Gibson made about 6.
I would be, but not sure how hard it would be to get it from Canada which I didn't think about when I first spoke up about it.
It's probably just a matter of how much the shipping will cost.
Had a '64 in my family since about 1973. My mother worked for Greyhound Bus lines in a main office in SF. They would have auctions of the things that ppl would leave behind in the bus stations. Someone left the '64 Super Reverb and a vox solid body electric strat style guitar behind. I don't recall what she paid for it but I know it could not have been very much or she would not have got it. She gave it to my dad who predictably did not ever learn to play, but it was always around. In the '80's, some of his guitar player buddy's and also employees pointed out that it was a valuable blackface Fender amp, so he hung onto it thinking it would become super valuable later. He eventually gifted it to me when I turned 50, and it sat in my rehearsal space and saw little use. I had it looked at and it turns out it had a "reverb transformer" (I think) replaced and possibly one of the output transformers had been replaced. My tech told me that quite a bit had been monkeyed with, which I found interesting since I know my dad never did anything with it and we got it when it wasn't even 10 years old. My guess it it was used and traveled hard in its short life before it was left behind lonely in a bus station in 1972/1973. I had my tech straighten everything out and a little while later decided since I wasn't likely to learn to play guitar, or at least not well enough to make that old super sound good, I sold it.
Interesting. The first amp I played bass(EB-3, Mudbucker only)through was a USN issued 66(?) Super Reverb. Piano(acoustic), drums, and bass cocktail hour gigs @ low volume. Sounded great; weighed a ton.
Oops. I specifically meant NRs.1986 Thunderbird II. Gibson made about 6.
I use UPS to send pickguards/TRCs to our American friends. It's relatively painless except for the cost.
LOL - been there done that with the rack stand.That's sweet!
Notice the 8th bass placed on the end of 7 space rack - things that happen when you just keep buying basses
Tried my basses thru my Super Reverb. At low volumes it was ok. At anything beyond bedroom level it was fart city!
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That is a cool version, love the way the bass (most likely a P-bass) is recorded. B3's ruled in the late '60s - early '70s.
26:34 - Waiting to Love You - Vancouver BC band - Robbie King on B3
"little "? no one wants these or twins anymore…too darn heavy….what vintage was yours? remember you got for it?
you used to play for the brass and stuff? lol
used to work about a minute away on foot….Fremont and Ballard rock..
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Wish I could find a good Twin Reverb but all priced near a grand.
