Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

LOL - (in my best Martha Stewart voice) Anytime a bouquet of roses have faded (usually about a week after purchase) I just rip the pedals off the flower and sprinkle them various places around the house. Adds a bit of color as they dry, then after a couple weeks they are gathered and put in sachets with a few drops of perfume and placed in dresser drawers.

Shaving your legs is the next step......

 

[MCF]

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I measured my two several days ago. But the post telling Irv what the measurements were is long buried.

 

[Stealth57]

Shaving your legs is the next step......

And borrowing one of your sparkly dresses.

 

[TBird1958]

And borrowing one of your sparkly dresses.

I've loaned basses out, no problem! Dresses, nope!

 

[D.M.N.]

All out. I may run another batch, my costs have skyrocketed. I have to think about it.

If you do, I’ll buy 3 of the pickup covers and a bridge cover, I’ve had terrible luck trying to source them otherwise. I have bridge covers for two of my basses, but the pickup covers have…”wandered off”.

 

[GBassNorth]

Shaving your legs is the next step......

And borrowing one of your sparkly dresses.

I've loaned basses out, no problem! Dresses, nope!

LOL - my feminine side lives vicariously through others.
This is about as far as I swing in the sparkly direction….

 

[dagrev]

Shaving your legs is the next step......

Oh no....

 

[dagrev]

If you do, I’ll buy 3 of the pickup covers and a bridge cover, I’ve had terrible luck trying to source them otherwise. I have bridge covers for two of my basses, but the pickup covers have…”wandered off”.

I have covers for the '64 Thunderbird and '55 Pbass. Let the bidding begin!
(I would actually never sell them. Well, unless I could buy a vintage bass with the proceeds. )

 

[Engle]

I measured my two several days ago. But the post telling Irv what the measurements were is long buried.

You said 1 1/4" and 7/8" at the belly cut - Thanks!

 

[GBassNorth]

Had some time to kill so I got the vitals on a few of my birds.
NR birds body thickness and weight:
Gibson 2021 reissue……..1.5” thick……….8#-7oz weight
Blue BaCH…………………….1.5” thick……….9#-5oz weight
White BaCH………………….1.675” thick…..11#-2oz weight
Acasia 5string active….…1.675” thick……9#-11oz weight
North ‘66 Tribute………….1.675” thick…..11#-2oz weight
North ThunderCaster……1.675” thick…..11#-4oz weight
Epiphone NR PJ……………1.70 thick……….9#-4oz weight

Reverse Tbirds weight only (wings are tapered so difficult to get comparable measurements):
Lull TP Tbird………………………………………..7#-11oz weight
Gibson gold anniversary………………………7#-10oz
Dingwall DBird…………………………………….7#-4oz

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

You said 1 1/4" and 7/8" at the belly cut - Thanks!

1 1/4"?...... hmmmm..,

 

[Gaolee]

LOL - (in my best Martha Stewart voice) Anytime a bouquet of roses have faded (usually about a week after purchase) I just rip the pedals off the flower and sprinkle them various places around the house. Adds a bit of color as they dry, then after a couple weeks they are gathered and put in sachets with a few drops of perfume and placed in dresser drawers.

You forgot to say it's so easy.

 

[Gaolee]

If you do, I’ll buy 3 of the pickup covers and a bridge cover, I’ve had terrible luck trying to source them otherwise. I have bridge covers for two of my basses, but the pickup covers have…”wandered off”.

This, exactly. I'll take a couple of each. What would I actually do with them? I don't know, exactly. The 2013 EB might look good with covers. Then again, that might make it a pain in the butt to play.

 

[JJR58]

Looks like an arrow on the pole pointing down. Don't go that way!

It’s actually pointing up, says Stairway to Heaven.

 

[GBassNorth]

You said 1 1/4" and 7/8" at the belly cut - Thanks!

1-1/4” sounds pretty thin. That’s a quarter inch thinner than my thinnest BaCH. You might want to confirm that measurement is correct. Good news is the bridge is surface mount and the pickups can fit in a very shallow rout.

 

[JJR58]

So today was a day that was kinda planned over a month ago.
I was ready to back out of it 2 days ago since I’ve got a few things to tackle, never mind trying to physically go to a music store.
So this past Monday, Anja’s dad firmed up the trip. I couldn’t say no.
It was his idea to begin with.
Anja her folks and I took a trip to Thomanns today.
Gotta a love a small footprint that sounds as huge as the big boys.
Quilter V803 and an Eich 112XS.
And to my surprise, Anja’s mom and dad bought me the cab.

 

[Stealth57]

So today was a day that was kinda planned over a month ago.
I was ready to back out of it 2 days ago since I’ve got a few things to tackle, never mind trying to physically go to a music store.
So this past Monday, Anja’s dad firmed up the trip. I couldn’t say no.
It was his idea to begin with.
Anja her folks and I took a trip to Thomanns today.
Gotta a love a small footprint that sounds as huge as the big boys.
Quilter V803 and an Eich 112XS.
And to my surprise, Anja’s mom and dad bought me the cab.

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Rock it. Maybe they will kick themselves Probably not. They sound like very nice and welcoming folks.

 

[dagrev]

So today was a day that was kinda planned over a month ago.
I was ready to back out of it 2 days ago since I’ve got a few things to tackle, never mind trying to physically go to a music store.
So this past Monday, Anja’s dad firmed up the trip. I couldn’t say no.
It was his idea to begin with.
Anja her folks and I took a trip to Thomanns today.
Gotta a love a small footprint that sounds as huge as the big boys.
Quilter V803 and an Eich 112XS.
And to my surprise, Anja’s mom and dad bought me the cab.

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How cool, Jeff!

 

[GBassNorth]

So today was a day that was kinda planned over a month ago.
I was ready to back out of it 2 days ago since I’ve got a few things to tackle, never mind trying to physically go to a music store.
So this past Monday, Anja’s dad firmed up the trip. I couldn’t say no.
It was his idea to begin with.
Anja her folks and I took a trip to Thomanns today.
Gotta a love a small footprint that sounds as huge as the big boys.
Quilter V803 and an Eich 112XS.
And to my surprise, Anja’s mom and dad bought me the cab.

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A very happy camper!

 

[poochiecheeks]

Did Gibson ever make a fretless thunderbird? I just saw this listing. It looks more like a refin with a replacement ebony fingerboard.
Has anyone ever played a fretless tbird?