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Thunderbird Club
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I'd ask Jason at Fret Nation what the "real" price is.
Can you brush up on FL law, international law, anything...and find some way to stop Mike from doing this? He has to be breaking some kind of law somewhere.
I do not believe I have dealt with him before, my usual is ebay for bulk treble and individual cheap bass sets, or Strings and Beyond for my pyramids.
Jeff and I saw a guy playing one live fairly recently. It sounded great.
When I was 16 I almost got one of these as my first good bass. Same color and everything. It was in a pawn shop and priced at like $275, something like that. I begged my dad for a loan of $300, (kinda a lot of money in 1983). Finally got the money and went to get it. Tried to haggle and asked if they’d take $250 for it. They said they’d check the file and see what they paid for it.
They came back and said it was mis-marked and that they couldn’t even let it go for the price shown and it went up to a price out of my ability to get it.
I was destroyed!
Ended up buying some P-clone “Electra”. Basically as I recall a piece of junk that ended up with a bad neck. Or probably just in need of a real setup but I was just a dumb kid. Think I traded it away with a ‘73 Duster (with a lot of good parts but with big problems my wallet couldn’t afford to deal with) for a pretty raw ‘68 Satellite that was reliable but pretty trashed all along the right side of the body.
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- Mar 13, 2008
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That thing is beat.
Way too much money for being that beat up, it's certainly not difficult to find one in much better shape.
No. But Dunlop makes a set. They are expensive though. But then again, they likely last for several years. I like Dunlop strings.
What were they thinking? Jacked around is an understatement. At least the headstock hasn’t been broken.
I’m seeing some strange things lately as used Thunderbird prices have risen. It’s like sellers know that what they have isn’t all that desirable and figure they can off it for more coin than it’s worth to the unsuspecting.
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(All tunes I/the band(s)I was in have played by request. That was our job: keep the patrons happy.)"Tie a Yellow Ribbon"; "NY, NY"; "Achy Breaky Heart"?
While it may be ill-advised, I don't think it's illegal for me to "break yer heart, yer achy"...NVM.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
I will likely pull the trigger on a green one at some point. I’m a bit bummed it doesn’t have Wilkinson tuners though. I like the tuners on my ‘17 Ebony VP. I also hope I can find one in the lower 8 pound range. But I’ll definitely buy from SW for the extra complimentary two-year warranty coverage.
Yeah. Me too neither, but we hadda play some. When yer working in a restaurant(or hotel)lounge in the mid 70s, ya don't get to choose yer crowd. Or their(lack of)musical tastes.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Nice looking Nikki Sixx Mk. II on Reverb, that or an Ember Red Epi?
Gibson Nikki Sixx Signature Thunderbird Bass 2012 - Red - w/ snakeskin case...WOW! | Reverb
Gibson Nikki Sixx Signature Thunderbird Bass 2012 - Red - w/ snakeskin case...WOW! | Reverb
