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He should have someone else sell it for him. Selling it himself, he just comes off as arrogant. I don’t know him, he could be a nice guy. Decent band, he played with them for about a year. Like twenty five years ago. Him owning it doesn’t do a thing to increase the value of it. It’s a nice Thunderbird in a cool color. $2300 tops.
Several reasons no doubt, but don't think design or build is much part of the equation. But one is the 60s have just been around longer and had more time to get broken. Maybe like 60s LPs may have more broken HS than 70s. But that may not hold given numbers of LPs likely ramped way up in the 70s.... 70 LPs may actually have more in terms of numbers, but still fewer in percentage. With about 2x as many 70s Thunderbirds (I think), there may be more numbers of broken, but still fewer in percentage. That and by then word was out and headstocks falling off by then.
And if Nikki were selling a blue one, well, all bets are off.
This is my thought as well. Hardly anyone used stands back in the day.Just a thought, I have nothing to back this up except what would seem to be a reasonable explanation. In the '60s there were no guitar stands made that could actually support a Thunderbird and they likely got leaned up against amps etc., fell over and broke themselves. By the '70s you could at least find a stand that would support a Bird, and, there were more made as well. I don't think there's much, if any difference in the size of the neck or headstock and the construction is the same. "76s are shaped a little different in the upper bout but I think that's about it.
I didn’t have a stand for years. I leaned my Mustang that I had against the amp. It took falls. Just never broke.
And she wouldn’t price it like that. The only way hers will sell is at a charity auction of some sort. That’s just how she is.
Some people have blamed breaks on the way the neck was supported in 60s & 70s cases. A pressure point if the case was dropped, or somethin along those lines. The newer cases design might make this theory seem accurate.
And it's from the future. Seems like a deal.
Nope... but it gives THIS PIC that you did send a lot more context, lol.
that was the original intention, glad I checked....
Smart people laid them down in a case. Assuming they had room for that.
Both are good mods for a bird with some dive. The other mod that some here have done is to add a second strap lock on the butt of the bass to help reduce forward flip. I haven’t tried it yet but others have, they could probably post a pic.
I haven't moved the lower button. I have moved the upper button from the bout to the neck (where a plate would be (or is in some cases)). Moving the upper button further from the headstock will tend to cause/increase dive.
