Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

Georgeous, George

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

 

[Instagator]

Ancient picture playing the slide/ fretless part to Pink Floyd’s Hey You.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It's a groovy looking amp.

It sounded great, too; the biggest drawback was that it weighed as much as (or more than) its Fender equivalent.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

No doubt.

Our police dept has had several (questionable and almost certainly unqualified) chiefs of late and a story came out this week about a Maj (lady) and her husband (sgt) having a pool party for officers. She went off into the house with some guy for a while, her husband propositioned a female officer and said their marriage was "open." Another sent high school stupid texts to a female officer. (She stupidly played along) He asked for pics and then send two of his billy club to her. Then there was the genius who claimed the golfer dragged him when the PGA was here. (He held onto the clearly marked PGA car causing his own problem, but arrested Scotty because he got his ego ran over. Figuratively speaking. Case dismissed. The latest great chief resigned so they will search for someone based on appearance instead of proven qualifications. So it sounds like basically a corporate Christmas party we have going on here.

I bet former Chief Arredondo from Uvalde would love a job there. Assuming he's not locked up.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Usually an HR nightmare.

I've heard from friends about such parties, but I guess I chose my employers better. Although there were a couple that might have gone that way if we'd had parties.

At one company, two VPs took (federal!) customers out to eat at a strip club, where they got plastered and paid dancers to be at their table all night. Two angry wives (someone at the office called them the next morning when they heard) came to visit at work; that and a lot of office rebukes hit them pretty hard; I seriously doubt either of them did that again.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

A most Happy Birthday to you, Scott @godofthunder59!
Rock on in good health and happiness my Thunderbird Brother!

Happy birthday, Scott! Definitely the god of thunder rather than the god of sparkles. That's Thor.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Did a live session recently, first video is up so figured I'd share it

Sweet!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Where’s the Sunn porn?

Sunn'derbird, to be precise!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Holy crap! A grand?

A comparative steal. Go price original Klon Centaurs.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My first fruitful foray into AI.

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Tofu is not a fruit.

 

[SubHuman]

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.

I like the boobage G...and that color is over the top!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

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

Yeah, collectors love that stuff.

 

[Nocturnal]

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

Nice work George!! Looks fantastic!!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

7enderbird Phun...............

Layin down that fonky groove like a madwoman! <3

 

[Miles_ONeal]

summer’s here….,
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Summer's driving a big Bird!

Ahem

 

[Miles_ONeal]

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!

Dang. Now there are four NR's I love the look of!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Wow! That is a beauty!

His builds need serial numbers. Maybe make each one #1. (Same for @JIO)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Looking for the Nasty Habits on Youtube, the first hit was Oingo Boingo's "Nasty Habits". It never struck me before how much V & the gang influenced them.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

For those of you who have both, how does the Greco bird compare to an NR. Going by memory of the little I got to play one, I *think* they are similar?

 

[dagrev]

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

Thanks, Jeff. Just the thought is much appreciated!