Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

On Reverb over the last 669 orders placed prices for good to excellent condition ranged from $291-$501!!

Apparently the box and instructions etc are worth at least $500 then...

 

[BklynKen]

Tofu Bird. Impressive! But does taste like chicken?

Chicken tastes like tofu.

 

[RedVee]

And make me wear a Roosters jersey?

Ha!

You did well Donnie, there is a dozen or so worse choices than them! LOL

(For those at home, no I do not support the Roosters)

 

[dagrev]

You’ll clearly hear a big difference with a dedicated filter.
The way it functions on the Genzler is way different.

Thanks, Jeff. Good to know. I understand the general principle behind those, but have no experience with them (other than the on the Genzler).

 

[dagrev]

Ran across a pic of my old 3Pros.

 

[JJR58]

Thanks, Jeff. Good to know. I understand the general principle behind those, but have no experience with them (other than the on the Genzler).

Too bad I sold my Broughton.
I would have given it to you.

 

[GBassNorth]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

 

[JJR58]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….
View attachment 5493549 View attachment 5493546 View attachment 5493547 View attachment 5493548 View attachment 5493550

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

Beautiful George!

 

[JJR58]

What shape profile on the neck?

 

[JIO]

You’ll clearly hear a big difference with a dedicated filter.
The way it functions on the Genzler is way different.

I use this -

The RAT I posted about earlier has a central FILTER knob and adjusting it left to right is a graphic example of what a filter does. (only other two knobs are DISTORTION & VOLUME) One way and it's more treble, the other way - more bass... sorta like a tone pot. BBE calls it 'LO CONTOUR' and 'PROCESS' I know it's more involved than that (tone pot) - but that's what it basically does.

 

[TBird1958]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….
View attachment 5493549 View attachment 5493546 View attachment 5493547 View attachment 5493548 View attachment 5493550

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

It looks fantastic, George, love the color!

 

[GBassNorth]

What shape profile on the neck?

1-1/2” nut, standard Jazz bass profile. Not nearly as chunky as my Gibby NR. Closer to a BaCH in feel. And the raw wood is to die for.

 

[JIO]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….
View attachment 5493549 View attachment 5493546 View attachment 5493547 View attachment 5493548 View attachment 5493550

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

Excellent! Very classy. Can't wait to play it!

 

[BklynKen]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….
View attachment 5493549 View attachment 5493546 View attachment 5493547 View attachment 5493548 View attachment 5493550

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

Great job! Damn I need to have you build me a bass.

 

[saltymonkey]

Ditto George. That color is amazing. What a beautiful bass.

 

[JIO]

1-1/2” nut, standard Jazz bass profile. Not nearly as chunky as my Gibby NR. Closer to a BaCH in feel. And the raw wood is to die for.

Yah, I used a wenge neck/ebony fb by Warmoth - a great sounding bass resulted. Wenge is heavy though - dense like ebony.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….
View attachment 5493549 View attachment 5493546 View attachment 5493547 View attachment 5493548 View attachment 5493550

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

 

[Engle]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….
View attachment 5493549 View attachment 5493546 View attachment 5493547 View attachment 5493548 View attachment 5493550

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

Wow! That is a beauty!

 

[GBassNorth]

Wow! That is a beauty!

It’s the pickguard you made that makes it look so nice. No joking, the vintage color and custom shape along with the bolder bird logo (even with boobs, I added those in tribute to the 1966 NR) really pulls it all together! Thanks again for the great job on the custom guard.

 

[Instagator]

The TBird that Epiphone wouldn’t build is now done! She looks, sounds and plays fantastic….
View attachment 5493549 View attachment 5493546 View attachment 5493547 View attachment 5493548 View attachment 5493550

Specs:
Body - solid mahogany, arm and belly contours, finished in Golden Mist Polly (same as vintage Shoreline Gold)
Neck - solid wenge/wenge, sanded and sealed, abalone face dots, white side dots
Pickups - Epiphone 760 ProBuckers neck and bridge
Bridge - Epiphone two piece (bridge and claw) vintage style
Controls - master volume, neck vol/tone stack, bridge vol/tone stack, wenge control cavity cover
Build Price - $850 all in, includes Rosser Body, Eppi Embassy, paint job, pickguard, hardware, strings and electronics
Weight - a bit over 9.5 pounds
Balance - standing has zero neck dive, lap balances nicely as well
Reach - G string tuner is 1” less than a Gibson NR, 1-1/2” less than an Eppi VP, 2” less than a BaCH NR
Fun Factor - she’s a solid 8 out of 10, she could be lighter - Rosser body + Solid Wenge neck + regular tuners add up.
Cool Factor - a solid 10+ out of 10, what’s not to like about the color, wood selection, vintage looks and sound!

No words to describe the awesomeness!
Well done my friend!
Cheers!