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Thunderbird Club

#290,022
dagrev said:
Yes, I noticed the neck is really weird. As you said, not natural from playing at all. Not even a smart relic job. no worn neck would look more like wide gouges in the finish.

I agree, for the reasons mentioned I would refinish it. I'm not going t buy it, but if I did I would make it look normal.

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1964 Gibson Thunderbird II Bass the mintest 100% original Polaris White example. | eBay
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I've seen that one. It's real nice. But not that nice.
 
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#290,024
PillO said:
Am I the only one that goes straight to Zoolander?
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Yes
 
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#290,031
Rickplaysbass said:
That's the exact one that has me thinking.

I'm sure many of you have seen my Blue Mike Lull T5 on Reverb. It's got a high tag on it cuz I'm not really looking to move it, but everything's got a price right? I've turned down 4k and 4500. Had it been 45 on here instead of reverb I would've sold it. Maybe I should be offering it up in here to someone who'd truly appreciate it before fully considering parting with it.

Either way looks like I'm running to check out a G2 at nearby store today. Thanks @5StringBlues
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Not sure where you stand on vegetarian Indian but this is close to Fuller's.

Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine – Good Food | Good Friends (govindashou.com)
 
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#290,033
PillO said:
Hmmm. I don't see the need for a fancy tuner. Put strings on, and tune. Then never tune again until you change strings. And since strings last effectively forever, np need to tune again!
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Oh, how I wish- but until that first set of strings stretches…

Back in the day it was an A 440 tuning fork for guitar and mentally transposed to 220 for bass at the fifth fret.

I still have a pair of them for home and travel-
 
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#290,036
dagrev said:
Yes, I noticed the neck is really weird. As you said, not natural from playing at all. Not even a smart relic job. no worn neck would look more like wide gouges in the finish.

I agree, for the reasons mentioned I would refinish it. I'm not going t buy it, but if I did I would make it look normal.

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1964 Gibson Thunderbird II Bass the mintest 100% original Polaris White example. | eBay
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This (incoming to me) is what real play wear looks like:
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ectoflanger said:
Oh, how I wish- but until that first set of strings stretches…

Back in the day it was an A 440 tuning fork for guitar and mentally transposed to 220 for bass at the fifth fret.

I still have a pair of them for home and travel-
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I feel a little better now, having just reviewed David Gilmour's stage equipment for the Delicate Sound of Thunder tour in the late-80's-

"Additional units

Chaeffer Vega Wireless system
2 Conn Strobo tuners
Ernie Ball volume pedals"
 
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