Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

Travel safe and enjoy yourself my friend!

 

[JJR58]

Whereabouts? My first trip off this continent and to Europe was in ‘96 and I went to Munich, stayed in a small town (hamlet) nearby named Mueldorf(?) with some local friends of the guy I went with, who is a tattoo artist (and my guitar player in Bad Lemon). On the weekend he did a tattoo convention in Munich, and during the week after that, we got to do a bunch of stuff in and around Munich. Gorgeous countryside around there. The next weekend we were in Frankfurt, where he did another convention then we headed home.

Munich and surrounding areas.
I’ll be with my better half.

 

[Stealth57]

I’d never ask for that.

I would and do. Not that anyone pays attention to me...

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Off topic, but what isn’t around here
I’m off to Germany later, and unlike Stealth, I expect a gazillion posts.
I’ll find you guys at some point.
So post away!

I won't make a single post

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Off topic, but what isn’t around here
I’m off to Germany later, and unlike Stealth, I expect a gazillion posts.
I’ll find you guys at some point.
So post away!

Not one

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Off topic, but what isn’t around here
I’m off to Germany later, and unlike Stealth, I expect a gazillion posts.
I’ll find you guys at some point.
So post away!

Not a single solitary one at all

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Jaguar…..

 

[Gaolee]

Anyone know which Hipshot tuners can replace the old ones on a Greco Thunderbird (80s model)?

I'm not sure anybody here has replaced the tuners on a Greco with Hipshots. If anybody has, that person will probably be along and say what they were soon enough. Hipshot is usually really helpful in figuring out things like that. You will need to measure the posts to make sure whatever you put on it fits. The base may not be quite the same, but once you start drilling holes in a bass, the sense of freedom is wonderful. I suppose it's a little like Willy and pulling out frets.

 

[Gaolee]

Ha!!! You guys don’t need me, totally fine all on your own.

That's what you think. We need an acid based alien life form as a chaperone.

 

[TBird1958]

Going to a show next week..............

 

[MCF]

I thought you had six.

Now I’m confused. I also have an Epi Blackbird, an Epi Goth, and the Epi VP. I still need to get an Ebony LE Custom Shop.

 

[D.M.N.]

Anyone know which Hipshot tuners can replace the old ones on a Greco Thunderbird (80s model)?

Should be the Hipshot HB10. Gotoh GB10s are the modern version of the originals. You'd want to double check, but that's what was on most Greco basses.

 

[MCF]

are the 760 probuckers the ones in the embassy?

Yep.

 

[MCF]

Off topic, but what isn’t around here
I’m off to Germany later, and unlike Stealth, I expect a gazillion posts.
I’ll find you guys at some point.
So post away!

Safe travels!

 

[MCF]

I have brought this up but the answers really didn't make much sense. I was told that it would be to expensive to make one 60s spec. So instead they literally did a redesign, makes absolutely no sense. Making a 60s style pg and putting the pickup in the 60s location would have in no way added to development cost or finished product , if anything development cost would have been less.
While I appreciate the 2021 NRs three things keep them from being spectacular. Lack of 60s pickup position, 60s two piece tune O matic bridge and a 1.5 nut. Missed it by that much. Oh one more thing, a big headstock with big tuners.

Just a guess. But they didn’t want to spend the money to tweak the CNC program they used for the 2013 NR bodies?

 

[godofthunder59]

Just a guess. But they didn’t want to spend the money to tweak the CNC program they used for the 2013 NR bodies?

The body shape is fine, changing the program for pickup location is easy just a few key strokes. They changed the nut width to 1.60 far more complex than moving a pickup. I doubt changing CNC programing was the issue.

 

[JIO]

Off topic, but what isn’t around here
I’m off to Germany later, and unlike Stealth, I expect a gazillion posts.
I’ll find you guys at some point.
So post away!

Cool - for how long? If you end up in Hamburg, stop in and say hello to Rudolf Rock & his wife at Zwick -

 

[dagrev]

Just a guess. But they didn’t want to spend the money to tweak the CNC program they used for the 2013 NR bodies?

The body shape is fine, changing the program for pickup location is easy just a few key strokes. They changed the nut width to 1.60 far more complex than moving a pickup. I doubt changing CNC programing was the issue.

Too busy focusing on figuring out where the pickups should be located in the new 2025 Les Paul design.

Oh, wait.... that's never changed (other than one 3rd one in the middle), so that can't be it either.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Any of y'all seen these?
PeacePoti Standard - Line Knob (2 pcs)

I'd love to grab two but $14 for the product and $17 to ship it.... $31 for two knobs. I don't want them that badly.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Too busy focusing on figuring out where the pickups should be located in the new 2025 Les Paul design.

Oh, wait.... that's never changed (other than one 3rd one in the middle), so that can't be it either.

Hold on now, they did make the L5S...... Yuck