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You have been a great guest, Im sure were gonna see more of you around here and I for one dont mind....."hamster wheel"
. In fact the first time I met you was on a thread about first influences or something to that effect. Side note: I often thought of selling or trading off my Thunderbird......... 
Right?. I honestly can not and most likely never will part with it as I feel my loyalty to Thunderbird Club would be tarnished. Nobody would ever have to know if I sold it but I would know and I would feel guilty as hell. Strange?, well Im pretty loyal to my beliefs and community and Ive got a deep conscience. If anything I appreciate my Thunderbird more than ever before since I found Thunderbird Club. I really didnt know how awesome a Thunderbird was until I arrived here. I cant ever sell the Bird or leave the Club. For me they go hand in hand.You mean Thunderbacker.
*durf*
I respect and appreciate your position on the matter. I was just kinda curious anyway (I've been in a real fretless kick lately).You have been a great guest, Im sure were gonna see more of you around here and I for one dont mind....."hamster wheel"
They're all basses, man. It's all what you do with it.
Year I graduated high school. Everything was Bicentennial. Anyone remember Falstaff Bicentennial beer? $0.99 a six. Tasted like it too.
I gave up the first 'Bird I ever owned. It was a bolt-on Epi, and I gave it to my son. After doing the Precision thing and Ric thing for a few years, I came around to the conclusion that no 'Bird was a mistake. Moral of this story is that giving up a 'Bird turns out to be a bad idea if the 'Bird has chosen you as one of its own. That's how it works. It chooses us. I'm always humbled to think that 'Birds chose me, but that's the truth. Once you have been chosen, you will always be a 'Bird person, and only you will know when that happens.
WOW!!! You got knexshunz errrrrrvrywhere!!!
WHOA!!! I just noticed yer li'l thumbnail down there! That's BADASS!!! Did you build that from scratch, or start with a real Thunderbird?
Thanks Dude, I kept it thumbnail because I think Ive posted it so often in full image around here that Im eating up Club mega bite space. I modded it soon after I got it. Its an Epiphone Thunderbird with Ric neck pickup and a Ric copy bridge pickup. I carved up some old bbq sheet metal to form the pickup cover and Ric style truss rod cover and drew up a Ric inspired pick guard on some automotive decal, added some vintage style Thunderbird tone and volume knobs, Ric style inlay decals and just recently chrome tuning keys. Only need a chrome bridge now. It sounds very Ric like and the neck pickup is totally responsible for that plus the bridge pickup sounds pretty decent too. Even though you hear heavy Ric influence there is still something about the Thunderbird sound that exists very deeply in the tone. If you never saw it but could only hear it I think you would have a hell of a time trying to figure it out. Some day after my band is finished with our recording process and I have time I will get back to the drum machine and 4track and throw a sound sample on here. Once again with an image of my Thunderbacker
What I meant by "fighting with the bass", was this:
Rickenbacker's serial numbers are on the jackplate, not a sticker.
Ugh, please no more car analogies.
Only in that the 4003's neck has binding and triangle inlays, while the 4003S has no binding and has dot inlays. Otherwise, they're the same (insomuch as any two Rickenbacker necks are).
Probably not very Rickenbackerish. A big part of the sound is the position of the pickups.
