Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Come stay a week and we'll do a tour!

Would love to do that. The down side is I may never leave.

 

[dagrev]

A good question, I went and looked at some Reverb listings and it seems at least through 2004 ebony boards were used. But, that's just me looking at Reverb listings

Interesting. Thanks for looking that up. On all Gibsons?

 

[dagrev]

always wanted to do this…..White Wed!!
thx Miles!!
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Looks perfect on you. You should buy one....

 

[dagrev]

coolest folks around……..mouthwatering BBQ….absolute blast, thank you Miles and Sharon!!!
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Cool!
Just had to get a great pic of the BBQ in there. Please do a scratch and sniff pic next time.

 

[dagrev]

Round Rock as it’s close to our place. That way we got extra hang time, and Thunderbirds were involved.

Got me to thinking (poorly) about a BBQ themed Thunderbird. "BBQ Bird."

I did say poorly....

 

[dagrev]

Chucky finally gets his hands on a VP!View attachment 5203481

Thought for a second Chuck was trying to imitate Ken.

 

[dagrev]

Holy happy horse poopie, the B-16 bigsby is a shaging 50’s engineering marvel, like the shaging Edsel…


Gargantuan pain in the ass to get set initially, but so far I’m liking it….

I’m still waiting on my headstock decals so I can finish paint/clear, and I have the treble strings set up at the nut and saddle, but I’m going to bed and I’ll do the bass strings and finish wiring tomorrow.

Very clever and looks great.

 

[BklynKen]

A little something for Jeff.......
Note the filled post holes.

That's really nice, and completely acceptable to me. But probably a lot harder for paint matching on burst and metallic ones. I guess ideally you do this along with a refin.

 

[Gaolee]

She's tough. That would be like breathing water.

She has tropical ancestors and is part reptile when it comes to heat. She will bask while I'm melting. It's amazing. The kid has my reaction to heat more than hers. I sure wouldn't subject a Thunderbird to the kind of tropical jungle heat and humidity that we have encountered there.

 

[Hondapunk]

I saw some of you chat up SIT strings. Saw these on sale. I honestly don't know if it's a good price.

 

[dagrev]

I saw some of you chat up SIT strings. Saw these on sale. I honestly don't know if it's a good price.View attachment 5203845 View attachment 5203846View attachment 5203845

I have not tried the Rock Brights, or anything fusion wound (to my knowledge or so marked). I like everything I have retried of late (thanks to our Dear Leader, Ken), and they have found homes on basses. SITs descriptions are often lacking and at times unclear, or were, that's my only issue. They would do well to have someone clean up and clarify their bass string's descriptions. Possibly it's better now. All that to say I think they would be nicde strings. Not sure on the price as I have never looked, but doesn't sound like a bad price. I generally find their nickels or SS for around $17 and at times less shipped on Reverb.

 

[Albert Ross]

Looking forward to Birds of a Feather Friday...

 

[JJR58]

A little something for Jeff.......
Note the filled post holes.

Still looks awesome to me V.
My tech and I will have to get creative with filling the old holes.

I’ll save everyone some time here
(Ahem!)

 

[The EDP]

Typo? Do you mean a reverse ‘15 like this?
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Or a ‘13 NR like this?
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Both are great Thunderbirds. Different from each other. And pretty darn rare.

So it's Thunderbird Thursday? Look what came home with me:

and here's my Rex

and my own build medallion type V with the Anniversary bass

and my own build 5-string

am thinking I should go the Fenderbird route to put a 5-string 'bird together, I can knock up a neck with an ebony board and join in Whitebird Wednesday . . .

 

[Gaolee]

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What is this color? I really like it. The fretless 'Bird is going to get refinished green. That color really looks good. I was thinking about late '60s Chevrolet Rallye Green. Your bass is close to that color, but it looks just a little darker and bluer and would look even better on a Thunderbird.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Still looks awesome to me V.
My tech and I will have to get creative with filling the old holes.

I’ll save everyone some time here
(Ahem!)

usuallly takes more creativity than filling new holes…

 

[The EDP]

What is this color? I really like it. The fretless 'Bird is going to get refinished green. That color really looks good. I was thinking about late '60s Chevrolet Rallye Green. Your bass is close to that color, but it looks just a little darker and bluer and would look even better on a Thunderbird.

This is the same colour as the one MCF showed us, Pelham Blue - it's pretty much the same bass!

 

[JJR58]

usuallly takes more creativity than filling new holes…

I’m sure we’ll come up with something that will work.

 

[The EDP]

What is this color? I really like it. The fretless 'Bird is going to get refinished green. That color really looks good. I was thinking about late '60s Chevrolet Rallye Green. Your bass is close to that color, but it looks just a little darker and bluer and would look even better on a Thunderbird.

Sorry got that wrong, should have checked the link you quoted! That is my take on Candy Apple Green:
I have a tame paint sprayer who's great at mixing colours to my description, as well as matching unusual existing colours. I had what I thought was a Dupont/Fender Candy Apple Green custom paint job on a bass (who knows?) but I wanted more sparkle and a bit more tangy so my paint guy used gold flake instead of silver. I like it too!

 

[dagrev]

4 of the 6....